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V BID FOR ATHLETIC HONORS Few Years' Development of Islanders Indicates They Are "Comers," Too. TRIBES TAKE TO SPORTS "Performances Now Compare More Than Favorably With Karly Amer ican Marks in Intercollegi ate Activities. BT O. TV. AVEXSOX. Eprtinc Editor of the Chicago Record llerald and TiepresFntatInK The Oregonian on iiox-Glants World's Tour. CELEBES SEA. Proved by facta and figures lliat tlie Fillipino takes nat urally to sport, have the natives the ability and physique to compete on an even basis wth American, European and Australian athletes? This question lias not been finally answered, and the query might be applicable to all yellow and brown races. Close observation of the native Filipino has led American teachers to believe that in a generation or bo the little brown men might so Improve that they would have an equal how with whites. This would include all forms of sports. There are many who think that the time is far distant before the records f the white man are approached. Again, there are a few who with a pencil and tab will show where the natives have made a far greater progress in ath letics in a given time than did the American college athletes. Such is P. fci. O'RIelly, division superintendent of schools in the Philippines. -Mr. O'Reilly, writing for the Teach ers Assembly Herald, which, by the way. devotes about two-thirds of its spaco or more to sports, points out that the Filipinos shortly after starting in athletics made better marks than did the students of Vale, Princeton end Harvard in the first recognized amateur meets. Track Records Cited. In 187o at Princeton, .Sheldon won the pole vault at 7 feet 7 inches; Riddle put the shot 33 feet 3'i inches; Walter won the broad jump with IS feet lO'H inches. At Harvard the high jump record was 4 feet 8',i inches and the mile was run in 5:41. Yale's best sprinter covered the 100 yards in :llVt end the Eli's best jumper had a mark of 4 feet 7 inches. The "440" was run in :57. Mr. O'Reilly says: "These are not the best amateur records for the United States at that time, but they are the best records made at the college meets named. Turn the Cebu track arid field team loose against the Yale team of 1875 and Yale would stand about as much show of winning as Manila did at the last car nival meet (Olympic). The year 1875 is taken, as that was about three years after college athletics were organized in the United States, and I figure that the Yale athlete of 1875 had about as much training as the Cebu athlete of today." ' The physical development of the Filipino is already noticeable; in fact, markedly. The average native is of small stature. Tt is not meant lo claim here that this size has increased in such a short time, but the American teachers have noticed that the youth who has had this trained exercise since the occupation is much better devel oped in every way than is the native who has none, and this does not except those engaged in hard manual labor. Natives Kitted for Baseball. Roth by build and aptitude the na tive is better tltted for baseball and such, games and track athletics than he is for the field events. Hut even here the records are above the ordinary. Thus Llanam, a Vlsayan. from the province of Cebu. has tossed the 12 pound shot 45 feet 11 inches. This stands as the interscholastic record of the islands. As interscholastic records are the only ones at present recognized, they are the only ones taken into con sideration. The hammer throw and the discus are not allowed in native athletic meets as yet; the native has not been able to overcome that innate curiosity, and he often encroaches upon the players regardless of the danger involved. The pole vault has been well mas tered and the record now stands at 10 feet 6"i, inches. This is held by Abad, a Ulcol from Albay province. The rest of the records to date are: 50-yard dash, 0:05 3-5. 100-yard dash, 0:10 2-5. 220-yard dash, 0:23. 440-yard run, 0:54 4-5. 880-yard run. 2:13 3-6. 220-yard low hurdles. 0:28. Rxinning broad jump, 20 feet inches. Running high jump, 5 feet 3'4 inches. 880-yard relay race, 1:41. One-mile relay, 3:45. Of the record-holders five come from Cebu. three from Albay. two from Uncos Norte and one each from Occidental Negros and Bohol. C'ebua Take to Athletlca. The Cebu native seems to take best to athletics of all kinds. He is good both in field and track events, and physically is at present slightly superior to the majority of other tribes. The Cebu baseball team won the inter scholastic championship for the last three years, including 1913. In the an nual interscholastic meet of 1913 Cebu won with three points to spare from occidental Negros. There has been some talk of entering a Filipino track team in the next Olympic games at Berlin, but this is hardly likely, as there, would have to be a tremendous improvement in all blanches in order to make any showing at all. As a matter of fact, there is really no excuse for sending a Fili pino team to the Olympic for some years to come, as they have an Olympic meet of their own in the Orient The first of these "Olympics" was held at Manila in February, 1913. Japan and China entered and the final results showed the Filipinos victors by 137 points to 42 for China and 11 for Japan. Being marvelous swimmers by nature and training, the little brown men from the islands practically made a clean sweep of the events. As show ing the interest in the games it is to be noted that twice as many com petitors took part in the games as at the Olympic at Stockholm. Dr. Wu Ting Fang, former minister for China to the United States, is presi dent of the Far Eastern Olympic As sociation, which will hold its next car nival at Shanghai in 1915. At this meet will be picked the Oriental rep resentatives for the games at Berlin the following year. Igorrotm Hold the Palm. The one tribe which will probably be heard from in the near future athleti cally are the Igorrotes. These warlike people, whose reputation is, however, of more crimson hue than the facts .warrant, have taken to sport with as much enthusiasm as they -went after neighbors' topknots in the past. The Igorrotes are splendidly developed physically, and among them the Bon tots and the Kalinsas hold the palm. FILIPINOS VIEWS FROM FAR OFF AUSTRALIA DURING SOJOURN OF GIANTS AND WHITE SOX ON TOUR OF THE WORLD. T' T4 In the Bontoc meet lasj Spring 15 Kalinga boys came down from the Lubuagan Industrial School and 14 came from the Ilocano, representing the Cervantes district. The young hopefuls from Laibuagan walked the 80 kilo meters to the meet in a day and a half. They walked the entire distance from Cervantes. 58 kilometers. From this it might be deduced that the Filipinos could be relied on in dis tance events, but up to date the marks in the long distances have been noth ing out of the ordinary. They seem to be better in the sprints. Where tt re quires stamina and strength the native is still far behind. The reason for this is given by physical directors and ex perts as lack of proper nutriment. The islanders subsist mostly on a vegetable diet, and although this might be a blow at the vegetarian theory, it Is given as a fact that those who are not meat eaters have made the poorest showing in athletic meets. The native boxer is a case in point. There is -no question about his shifti ness and general speed in the ring, but given a blow in the stomach and he usually is finished. The schools are making tremendous 1 Mtlf mm W f f , m . I v t,i. , ,. t , I rp-tf p i J " ' 1 'JI" ' ? J " ' ' si TRAINING CAMP NEWS TO BE SENT BY FAWCETT Sporting Editor of The Oregonian Goes to Survey Coast League Teams and Give Fans First Hand, Unbiased Information. WHILE "Winter baseball" has been crowding real baseball dope pretty well into the minor head lines. Spring training is almost upon us and the onward march to the condi tioning camps undoubtedly will mo nopolize its usual prestige on the sport ing pages. As usual. The Oregonian will put forth special efforts to furnish the baseball fans with the livest, most in teresting, and accurate "dope" on the various teams, from the majors down to the lowliest r's. Roscoe Fawcett, sporting editor of The Oregonian, leavs tomorrow for an extensive tour of California. He will go first to Los Angeles for the Vanderbilt cup and the interna tional fa-rand prize races and, while TIIE SUNDAY OEEGOMAX, POETLAXD, ' FEBRUARY 13, 1914. f iff s-r strides in all athletics, and it may be reasonably expected that in a short time a race will be developed which will fit into the scheme of self-government, mentally and physically. Yale's Xcw Coach Arrives. . NEW YORK, Feb. 14. Guy Jslckalls. the Oxford oarsman, who for several years stroked his crew to victory in the Oxford and Cambridge boat races, arrived from England last night. He comes as an assistant coach of the Yale varsity crew. Nickalls will go at once to New Haven, where he will . start working on the crew in the gymnasium and tank. He will remain until after the contest between Yale and Harvard at New London. Willie Hoppe Wins Decision. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 14. Willie Hoppe, a San Francisco lightweight boxer who lost two fingers from each hand in the explosion of a toy cannon last Fourth' of July, returned to the ring here tonight and gained a deci sion over Sally Salvadore, a Sacramento boxer, in a four-round contest. there, will look over the Angels and the YVnice Tigers, afterwards return ing north for squints at the San Fran cisco, Oakland and San Francisco teams of the Pacific Coast League. . When the Portland champions mus ter in atSantaMaria Mr. Fawcett will be on hand and will remain with Man ager AlcCredie's squad all through the preliminary stages. Nick Williams' game Portland Northwest League club will condition at Santa Rosa, Cal., and the Colts' camp will be included in the itinerary. The Oregonian sporting editor will return to Portland early in April. The Beavers open at Sacramento Match 31 and come north for a second opening on the home grounds April 12. Watch The Oregonian for the base ball news! BASEBALL CASTING SPELL AT COLLEGE Practically Entire 'Aggie' Team of 1913 Is on Hand and Season Is Promising. NEW MEN ALSO AVAILABLE Captain Ben Culver Highly Pleased With. Prospect and Higher Grade or Playing Is l-orccast . in Northwest Conference. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Corvallis, Feb. 14. (Special.) With practically the whole 1913 varsity base ball membership in college this semes ter, Oregon Agricultural College fans are looking forward to the coming dia mond season with a large degree of hopefulness. In all there are ten men who won their baseball monograms last Spring and who will report for duty when Captain Ben Culver issues a call in about six weeks. The presence in college of a large amount of more or less promising new material justifies to a large extent at least the sanguine attitude of the Bea ver followers of the National game. The team of veterans who could be lined up at a momen- s notice would be: Pitchers. Captain Culver and More land: catcher, Weller; first base, Coble; second base, Hutt; third base. Fryer; shortstop. Smith; outfielders, Shaw, Bobbins and Loof. This is the team which last year tied with Washington and Oregon for the championship or the western division of the conference. Culver I Favorite. Local fans are putting their faith in Culver to handle a large amount of the box work this year. Ben was the "iron man" last season, pitching five out of eight conference games and winning four of the five he entered. He was selected for all-Northwestern boxman last year. He was easily the star of the local aggregation, pitching steady ball at all times and chalking up a bat ting average of .316. the highest aver age of any on the Beaver squad. Mpreland, the other last year's pitch er, is a Portland lad. He is a power ful pitcher, but last ar proved in effective against the conferenie play ers, largely because of Inexperience. Local enthusiasts tnls year expect him to show up to better advantage. Of the newcomer: with reputations as heayers are Williams,, brother of "Rube". Williams, a prominent local athlete. This lad was a feature of the Portland Interscholastic season last Spring, and Oregon Agricultural Col lege fans who are familiar with his work expect him to appear frequently in the local box. Kedderly, of Lincoln High, and Blagg. of Hood River, are two other high school heavers who will be watched with interest. Of the pitchers who tried out last year but fell short of varsity berths are Clough, Martin, Pechin, Cardinell and Tammerlane. A pretty race is promised for the position behind the bat. "Chub" Weller, last) year's regular catcher, is the fa vorite choice for this place, but there are many stumbling-stones in his way. Among these obstacles are "Supple, a clever backstop, who was ineligible last year but who caugt good ball for the freshmen; Hayes, the Pasadena High School athlete, who has a repu tation both as a catcher and outfielder, and Moist, of Lebanon, who is blessed, according to advance reports, with a speedy peg and a leve' head. Another Ilattrry Available. Doolittle, pitcher, and Lutz. catcher, a battery combination which proved effective with Pomdna Collet, : last sea son, will be available to furnish bat ting practice, but will be prohibited from partaking in conference games by the one-year attendance ruling. Doo little is also a third baseman. Both will he back in 1915. Goble, the first baseman who stepped into Cooper's shoes last year when the latter left college in the middle of the season and whose batting . against Johnnie Welch in the last Oregon game is a part of local athletic history, should have things his ev n way at the initial post. A tall, rangy iirst base man would be welcomed as a rival of Goble, who ia short, but such a player Is not on the lists. Hutt, Smith and Fryer, who held down second, short and third last year, are three good men, but each will have his hands full to hold his position against the attack o other infield candidates. Wilson, who had landed at third last year only to break an ankle at the beginning of the season, and Lansdale, also a candidate for third last Spring, are both in school. Storm, of Walla Walla; ..'rice, of Corvallis Wirh finrl Averv jtnd Rid T.nswell CV- ' lumbta University products, are other promising candidates for infield berths. Several Aspire to Field. Robbins, Shaw and Loof, members of last year's team, will be opposed in the outfield by Shafer and Kowe, subs last 'year; Tully, an Eastern Oregonian with a good rap, and Sinclair, of Pasa dena High School, reputed to be a clever fielder and a fast man on the bases. The only monogram winners of the 1913 team missing this year are Glais yer. utility! man, and McMillan, south paw pitcher. . The question as to who will coach the Aggie nine this year is as yet un answered. Jess Garrttt, whose work here last Spring pleased the fans, has been approached with a contract for this year, but has not signed as yet. The athletic board has other men un der consideration, and Is promising players and fans definite information in this regard early next week. Captain Culver is anxiously looking for the advent of Spring and he says prospects for a winning team are rosy. "You can quote me as saying," he said, "that if Oregon Agricultural College does not figure prominently in confer ence baseball circles this year it will mean that the other teams in the con ference are producing teams of a far better class than those of previous seasons. Last year we had four old men to start with, and yet we tied Washington and Oregon. This year we have ten old men, and ought to have a big season. I think that both Wash ington and Oregon will be stronger than last year, however, and look for some great clashes -when the confer eace season begins the last of April." WRITER-ATHLETES UNDER BAN Princeton Also Prohibits Interviews on Reforms by Captains. PRINCETON, N. J., Feb. 14 Prince ton's athletes hereafter will be pro hibited from writing articles on foot ball games for the newspapers and Interviews with captains concerning re forms in the sport in which they are engaged will not be permitted. This has been decided by the board of athletic control, the final authority in all athletics at Princeton. Types of Successful Men , - ' VOL " Whisky ihat U p reiudice This whisky is pure; some people say its too pure. It is distilled and sold as a medicinal liquor good for sick people and good to keep people from getting sick. No medicine ever discovered equals whisky in its tonic effect witness the endorsements of this liquor by over 40,000 physicians, the origi nals of which are on file in our offices. The National is not sold in competition aoctorea wnisKy for' consumption as stimulant. Jt is sold, principally by the better merchantS7men who pride themselves in main taining an honorable business "within the law. The only whisky sold on absolute guarantee money back if not completly pleased. Our dealers are authorized to make refunds at our expense. Rothchild Bros. Exclusive Distributors Portland, Oregon ln1nf , rill , SEATTLE GETS UNIVERSITY OP WASHINGTON TRACK TEAM STRENGTHENED. Ei-Whltmu College Sprinter Will Help Coach and Fill Gap Left ay De parture of Others. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. Seattle, AVash., Feb. 14. (Special.) The registration today of Garrel Kinder, ex-Whilman College athlete, has boosted the stock of the Washing ton track team. The unexpected ap pearance of Kinder at the recorder's office brought a big surprise to Dr. Hall, who will assist in coaching the Washington team this season. Kinder will fill the vacancy left by Turrene and Crites, who ran the sprints for Washington last year in all the meets. Kinder can sprint the 100 in 9 4-5,-do the 220-yard dash in 21 4-5 seconds, run the 440 in approximately 51 seconds, and do the hurdles better than any material that has yet ap peared at this college this year. The failure of Gale Bandy, of Tacoma. sensational hurdler of the Northwest last year, to register and his decision to become one of "Bill" Hayward's track proteges, together with the mysterious disappearance of Crowley, a crack foot ball and track man of Boise, who left Washington two days after registration to go to the University of Idaho, brought clouds of gloom to the purple and gold track squad. The appearance of Kinder, however,, has considerably brightened the aspect. Dr. Hall had, until this week fully expected that Gale Bandy would regis ter here this semester. He has been, it is understood, negotiating with Hay ward at Eugene. Hayward was in Ta coma during the Christmas holidays and As: ains Whisky "Born with with low proof, It is not recommended a beverage but as a body- at that time Bandy fully intended to come to Washington. Crowley came here a week ago. reg istered and was assigned to his classes. He received a telegram last Thursday and departed immediately for Moscow, and it has been learned he has entered the University of Idaho. With the exception of a few men, Washington's old material Is mediocre. No fast sprinters, no hurdlers, and no fast quarter-mile men have shown up. Washington's strongest department will be the pole vault, weights, mile and two-mile. Paul Clyde, holder of the Northwest record last year, will enter the Univer sity again this week. Clyde has been out working this semester and is In fine condition. COLUMBIS JUNIORS WIXX'EHS Olds, Wort n mil & King Bowlers Also Take Three Games. Two matches were rolled in the House League No. 2 of the Saratoga Alleys Friday night and one match in the Duck Pin League. The Columbus Juniors took two games from the Port land Sign Company five and the Olds, Wortman & King bowlers captured all three games from the Ballou & Wright quintet. Blaney's duck pin team fell twice before the onrushes of Ray mond's crack quintet. Merrick, of the Columbus Juniors, went 210 pins for high score and 186 pins to his credit for high average, but in the Ballou & Wright-Olds, Wort man & King match, Estes rolled high score of 225, but Randall, of the same team, finished the three games with an average of 202. Meek knocked 124 pins in the sec ond game of the Duck Pin League con test and he received high average for three game against Raymond's crew, having registered 103 pins. In (he game that Meek made his high score his team lost the game by three pins. E. P VBTCOm2S t Whisky epper the Republic" OLYMPIC FUND IN DOUBT GERMAN Tl'RNERS DIFFERENCES BLOCK .APPROPRIATION. SoclallHti ny They Will Refuse to Vat for .-0,OOU Until Working Men'a Societies Are Recognized. BERLIN. Feb. 14. Imperial Parlia ment again today discussed the pro posed appropriation of $50,000 for the Olympic games to be held here In 1916. The appropriation was rejected by the budget committee on January lo, but a number of conservatives, liberals and radicals introduced a resolution to restore the item to the budget. Differences of opinion among the German turners appears to be the obstacle to the passage of the appro priation. The turner organizations dis approve of the alleged "American ten. dencies." within the Olympic com mittee and the reputed American Ideals of sport and its "prostitution in the chase for records," were criticised by several speakers. Socialists declared in the course of the debate that while they were willing to appropriate money for sound sport, they would not grant a single penny for the purpose while the workmen's gymnastic societies In Germany were excluded from representation on the German Olympic committee and were persecuted by the police. Dr. Theodor Lewald. director of. the Ministry of the Interior, strongly' ad vocated the appropriation. "Germany Is bound in honor," he said, "to return the hospitality her Olympic representatives have enjoyed six times." The final vote, which is to be taken on February 17, depends largely on the attitude of the Clerical party, which was silent today. OH fJUARANTV 1 NJ