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TOE SUNDAY OREGOyiAX, rORTLAXD, MAY 3. 1914. FISH MID STREAMS ARE IN EASY REACH Sportsman's Paradise to Be Found at End of Nearly Every Carline. MOUNTAIN CREEKS LURE I'illcd Baskets May lie Had at San ect Almost Any Day Spent on Banks of Water Close to Portland Car Service. Fishing season has now been on for a month and, as usual. Oregon outdoor men are coming home at night with loaded baskets. Still, the plaint is" often heard. "I'd like to go fishing, but where will I So?" That's a limpid excuse at best in this country, for half the 5-cent-fare rides in town end within a mile or two of some trout stream. One nickel-fare line actually goes to a trout stream. That is the Mount fcscott carline, ending out near John eon's Creek, a stream which runs through thickly settled portions of the city but still gives up fish. The trips which can be made from Portland are without number. The trains are many and the serv ice such that plenty of the state's best streams can be reached in time to make a. good catch and return the same day. One-Day Trips Eaar, For the benefit of those who are not so well acquainted .wjth the fishing situation and also as a handy guide for the old-timers, we publish some of the famous streams, their distance from Portland and the train service provided. The following trips are for the one day fisherman. The cars leave early enough to enable him to make the round trip on Sunday or any other day on which he can get away. The varieties of fish are as many as the streams which flow into the Willamette and Columbia at almost every station along the railroad lines. Within ten miles of Portland what may be termed fair sport is to be had. A little bit further are other streams which furnish some of the best fishing in the state. The Upper Clackamas Is an example. Some of the streams are: Clackamas River Reached by the Portland Railway, Liprht & Power cars from First and Alder streets. The Clackamas runs parallel to the track, and good fishing may be had almost anywhere along its banks. Dolly Var den are to be found in the upper river. The "Fishermen's Express" leaves First and Alder at 5:20 A. M. Eagle Creek On the Estacada car line. Get off at Cedar Brook and walk over to Eagle Creek. The fishing there will be good from now on, is the prophecy. Bull Run Take - Bull Run care at First and Alder. First car 6 A. M. Good trout. Big Sandy Take Bull Run cars. Little Sandy Take Bull Run cars. Any of these streams usually are good in the early part of the season. To wards the end the fish become scarce. Warden Are Busy. Fishers in that section should make it a point to keep off the Bull Run water reserve. Trespassing counts the same and wardens are rather numer ous, eo it is good policy to keep off. Another region for one-day trips Is down the Columbia. The train reaching all of them is the Astoria and Columbia River, leaving the North Bank station at 8:05 Sunday morning. Tide Creek, emptying in the Colum bia This is the weekly rendezvous for many fishermen, yet seems always to be well stocked. Good-size trout are many and it is seldom that one has to be thrown back because of size. Clatskanine is a station half way down to the coast. Around it are sev eral streams, sluggish near the rail road track, but excellent trout streams a few rods inland. Scappoose is another station. It Is about 15 miles from Portland and Is the outlet for several good streams. Many of them are very close to the station. Blind Slough 60 miles down. Is. a stream not often mentioned as a trout producing one, but has been discovered by a few lucky anglers in the past two years. The sport is said to be excel lent by Joe Addleman and others. Though sluggish near the Columbia. Addleman claims to be able to get a good mess there when other places are failing. The warm weather and general "Springy" feeling in bone and tissues is causing some of the anglers to begin the longer trips already. For the favored ones who are able to be away two or three days, some xcellent spots are to be found in the Deschutes River. The trains for that country leave at 7 P. M. and arrive at the fishing points early the next morning. Otaer Points Are Named. The points to be reached are: Deschutes River North Junction, Kaskela, Mecca or Frieda are favored points. Leave Portland. North Bank Station. 7 P. M.. arrive North Junction 4:20 A. M. : Kaskela 4:33 A. M., Mecca 5:17 A. M. Returning, leave Mecca 11:08 P. M., Kaskela 11.48 P. M.. North Junc tion 11:59 P. M. Frieda 12:19 P. M. ar rive Portland 8:10 A. M. Big Dolly Var dens and redsides rise to the fly and by wading the big pools may be reached. The past two Sundays Port land fishermen have had excellent luck despite high wind in the canyon. Anglers from Central Oregon towns frequently resort to these stations. Among the additional places for the one-day fisherman might be mentioned the following: Washougal River Reached by North Bank, leaving either at 6 P. M. or 8:10 A. M. Other places on the line are: Wind River. White Salmon and other streams flowing from Cascades into Columbia River. Local trains leave North Bank Station 6 P. M. and 8:10 A. M. A four-mile trip back from Cape Horn to the Washougal River gives good fishing water. Evening local train runs to Fallbrldge, reaching all intermediate points early. Morning lo cal runs to Lyle. Returning, morning local leaves Fallbrldge 5:15 A. M., Lyle 6 A. M.. White Salmon 6:22 A. M.. Stevenson 7:09 A. M., Cape Horn. 7:48 A. M., arriving Portland 9:25 A. M. Afternoon local returning leaves Lyle 2:30 P. M.. Whtte Salmon 2:52 P. M.. Underwood 2:59 P. M.. Cook's 3:14 P. M, Carson 3:32 P. M.. Stevenson 3:42 p. M-. Cape Horn 4:21 P. M-. arriving Portland 6 P. M. Decatur Quits Race Circuit. DECATUR, 111, May 2. Decatur withdrew today from the Great West ern racing circuit, and its date, August 17-21. will probably go to Peoria. It is said that backers of races hers re fused to conduct them because the ' town want "dry" at the recent election. PISHING- GILL NETS ARE OUT Most Catches . in Willamette Are Made With Lines. TROLLERS TAKE MANY FISH Falls of River One of Most Trouble some. Spots in State for Wardens' and Watch Is Kept on Fish- way Day. - and i Sight, ... ; Gillnet fishing opened ' in tlie Wil lamette and Columbia Rivera on May 1.. Catches in the Columbia hive' been fairly heavy, but so far the. 'net . men have had little success in the Willam ette. . Most of theni are in the vicinity of the falls at Oregon City," but the hook fishermen are . still the only ones to have any success, as they can go up. to 200 feet of the fishway. The salmon are seen by the thou sands : makln-g --their -way-, up the fish way, but they-go under or around the glllnets. . Trollina: Is Good. The trolling so far has been very good. The amount of fish which the hook and line anglers, take away- each'.day Is sur prising. The fish weigh on. an aver age of about 25 pounds.' -On. Thursday I about- 40 boats were . fishing- right -at the falls. - Practically every boat had from one to three fish: so that -close to 1200 pounds were taken away dur ing the day. ;'..' This is one of the few places in the world where salmon 'trolling is pos sible. The sport lasts for-three months of the year. , - . Some .of the amateur anglers catch and salt away enough to furnish the principal part of the menu for every Friday of the year.- .. -. The falls of the Willamette also fur nish one of the most troublesome spots in the state for flsta wardens. . .... It Is against the state law. to, fish within ,200 feet of a, fishway. and also to fish at night,' but the. commercial men - of., the Willamette, have gone, pretty tar at different . times, trying, to shovel the fish out of ' the ladder over the falls: . '.: -.. ; This ladder . has i thTCe steps. . At the foot of the first .' the i salmon. '.lay by the -- hundreds, and any ' man : with-- a pitchfork could fill a boat in three mlnr-utes.-- : ' ' In the"-second stej.;.'they 'are'1 a ''bit more tired and - arec. a . easily .caught as down, below.'' " Catchlng'-.f lsh, ..either with a spear or. a :hook,''in the ladder costs about .$50- a -.fish..; . "Despite. -the vigilance of the . fish,; 'wardens, 'the anglers get up .there but' most ,of the time they lose ,-their tackleL'.without getting fish.. - '.. :, '.' . ,;'. Light on mt. Klght'.' . ' .i t ' The worst .trouble' Is' t night. The game department . has .installed a 02-inch- searchlight . on .- one it of - the big rocks at 'the ' base i of the -falls. -Two wardens sit there and work that every minute of the night:' . .: - . :. . . . They - have-- to -change- .carbons, how-', ever, and ' more 'than. once-. upon re.-; lighting the lamps,- they'have found men -sneaking around- the .;bafe': trying to get at the fish .-ikettlea.':; ; Sl,rioei the: installation of the . searohhglit ; there have been.no arrests-'' c. j-1.- -T'. l;-.'v' 'r'X Keeping the- fish ladders, open Jto:thi egg-laden fish mean's. the;:t-rpeti2at-ioh, of the species, and. it is f or ; that -reason that the Government spends - the money keeping the' 'fishermen but of the ladder. ... ' " v Ed Clark : is' the ' chief deputy - arid electrician in' charge, of. the patrol sia tlon at the falls. His duty .also is to keep the-fishermen- ba.'ck of: the dead line, this being ; the place.;, where the river - is so. small that - one .net ef fectively blocks the channel . .. ' The deputy -wardens all hope .to" see the Willamette closed to - commercial fishing before long.. The sportsmen also are said to be working -for .that end. - - - Auwent to Queries. Will you- stat Just how the famous Merkle bonehead was pulled? Ans. It occurred in 1907." Merkle was on first base Another was on third. The batter hit what would ordi narily have been a safe hit. but Merkle did not think it of any use to touch second, and was forced out. The man from - third was not allowed - to score. Merkle's bonehead" made the : third out. . 1. How many teams were there In the Coast League when first organized? - 2. How many years has the league been running? 3. How many, times has Oakland won the pennant? 4. How many years has It been, a six team league. 5. How many' years has . Portland been In the league? . - ' Ans. 1. Six. 1 . 2. Since 103. "--.'.'' ' '. . S. Once. 4. Eleven years. : - .'. - 6. Bines MO.- - jgr-teJ.SX.--ri -itstEfcS i6j&&esmfZgfzi& -',...;-.. 1 " "-'' TOB SALMON AT OREGON CITY IT J 1 1.41 . ....... t 'V 5?4- -: (.y; :! '-!. Armory Athletic Club Promises ' Good Bill Friday. CARLSON WILL APPEAR Member of Old Columbus Club Is to Meet Wagner, of Beaverton Or--' ganization, Who Expects to Do -.'..- . :a Real "Comeback." .'Boxing usually is supposed to be over with with the coming of outdoor sports, but Just to refute that idea, the Armory Atnietic Club has scraped up a card which' compares creditably with any thing, that has been staged this past Winter. This show takes place on Fri day night at the Armory. The smoker will bring out Carlson, who as a member of the old Columbus Club, made quite, a splurge in amateur circles. Carlson will" meet i.agner', of the Beaverton Club. Recently he won a de cision over Wagner, but Wagner thinks ne. win demonstrate a clean "come back." - - - Wagner also made a good showing against Cronquist, ': the- Pacific Coast BOXING CARD IDE STARS . TO APPEAR IN ARMORY BOXING PROGRAMME FRIDAY ' NIGHT. I . . & 11 u L - 1 FALLS i 145-pound champion. The match with Carlson will be at 145 pounds. Keppinger, a 158-pound boy, will take his chances with Fireman Kacklewood, a middle, who is thought a lot of by the local firemen. John Lorenz and Bob Collander will meet at - 148 pounds. They are both newcomers in the amateur field, but the "green" boys often put up the most strenuous boxing and the fans Jook for some of that here. - Meagher, the Vancouver mute boxer, will meet Feak. of Woodlawn. 115' pounds. Abe Gordon, the Newsboy's Club 108 pounder, will meet Goldstein, unat tached. Moscow and Holland, .another couple of unattached boys, will meet at 125 pounds. .Manager Hansen has lined up 12 bouts. The pruning knife may be ad ministered but eight bouts are guaran teed. SEATS FOR - FIGHT RESERVED Plans of Johnson and Moran Incom plete but Interest Is Shown. PARIS. May 2. Although the John-son-Moran fight will not be staged for two months, orders have been received from New Tork to reserve blocks of seats. Requests have come also from Individuals in - other cities. A number of well known sporting writers have asked for press accommodations. These so far have come from New York, Chi cago and San Francisco. Neither Moran nor Johnson has se lected training quarters. Moran has in mind the selection of a . house near Paris well equipped with the require ments of a fighter, while Johnson prob ably will train at Asnieres, just outside Paris, where he is living. Both have received offers from a number of persons who want to help prepare them for the contest, but neither has yet made any definite arrangements. 4 I? 5 t 4 FIGHTERSARETARDY IN SIGNING MATCHES Middleweight Lines Are Now Badly Drawn but Four Get Consideration. PORTLAND BOY MAKES GOOD Ralph Gruman Attracts Attention by Work Done In 3teet With Walter Scott Before Crowd In Mission Arena. BY HARRY B. SMITH. SAN FRANCISCO. May 2. (Special.) The problem of who's who in the middleweight division continues to be one of the amusing diversions among those who follow the boxing game. The mystery Is as yet unsolved, and unless the . men who are chiefly concerned show more of a get-togetber spirit there s no telling whether or not a suc cessor to the late Stanley Ketchel is going to be named within the next few months. -As middle weights stand at the pres ent time there are several who have a right to be considered: Jimmy Clabby, of Indianapolis; Eddie McGoorty, of Oshkosh, Wis.; Fighting Billy Murray of California; Al McCoy, of Brooklyn, N. Y. As the fates will have it. someof the chaps in this quartet are light middle- weights and others cannot make the weight with . ease. That in Itself is apt to cause ' some complications, but t isn t apt to Interfere seriously. There are other things to be considered far more important. Two of the four, Eddie McGoorty and Jimmy Clabby, are in Australia, and. according to a story just brought across by Joe .Levins, manager for McGoorty, the chances are good for them to fight it out so far as they are concerned. Xew Boats Pleased. Levins also brings the news that Mc Goorty is no longer able to do 158 ringside and do it comfortably. Eddie, so he says, can make that weight sev eral hours before a bout and go into the ring feeling In fine shape. Clabby. on the other hand, 13 several pounds lighter than the Ids standard and may have objections to giving away pound age to the m isconslnlte. However, each of the boys will have some other matches In sight. McGoorty, in order to rehabilitate himself, will be forced to meet Jeff Smith, who made such a good showing In their last bout McGoorty was given the verdict but the Australian papers railed at the de clsion and declared that it was a plain case of robbery. In fact, so bitter was the feeling that the referee was de throned and another man given the lob for future .engagements. . Clabby will doubtless have a bout with Dave Smith and perhaps another. If the two are successful, it will be easy to bring: them together some time within the next two or three months. In the meantime. Fighting Billy Murray, the Western claimant for hon ors, is finding it extremely difficult to land matches. Sailor Petroskey was considered a first-class opponent, but there is so much rivalry between the pair that the sailor and Murray could not agree on weight. Murray Makes Blunder. And that leaves Murray very much tn the air. Much as he would like to remain in San Francisco, it doesn't look as if there are any engagements in sight for him and he will probably be forced to take an Eastern trip if he wants to keep himself occupied. Murray was in a fair way to be de cidedly popular, but Jack Kearns, his manager, made a tactical blunder. The other day he came out with a letter in which he claimed for Murray the middleweight championship of the world. He based this on the ground that Murray had boxed a 20-round draw with Clabby, and. although ready for a return bout. Crabby had run out on him. Such a line of talk might have gone very nicely save for the fact that Referee Jim Griffin was guilty of a sad mistake when he called the bout a draw. Every newspaper man present agreed that it should have gone to Clabby, notwithstanding the admission that Murray put up an unexpectedly good fight. Watson and Gallant Meet. The next thing in the fight line will bo on Friday night. May 8, when Red Watson and Gilbert Gallant meet in a return engagement over the 20-round route at Coffroth's Mission-street arena. The last bout between the Californian and the Massachusetts fighter was called a draw. Gallant had things all his own way until Watson brought over a right swing and floored Gal lant. Watson hasn't much, to be sure, but he is equipped with a hard punch if it ever connects. There was a world of talk over the decision and so much criticism that Coffroth concluded to match the lightweights. Ritchie Goes East. Ritchie will likely leave for the East the first of the week. The plans of the champion are not altogether defi LIGHT TACKLE PROVES BEST AT OREGON CITY More Qualify for SUver Button. Class and Still Others for Bronze Trophies Casting Tournament Results Please Anglers Club. BT WALTER F. BACKUS. . THE week Just ended resulted in some splendid catches at Oregon City, and the light tackle fisher men were particularly fortunate, five anglers Qualifying during the week for the silver button class. K. C. Bry son caught a fish weighing 31 pounds. Ferry Kitzmiller landed one weighing 32 pounds, R. H. Hawkins. 32 pounds, and W. F. Backus, 34 1-2 pounds. - In addition three new men qualified for the bronze button class. They are: Dr. A. F. Knowder, who took (a fish weighing- 20 1-2 pounds. W. C Block, who caught a fish weighing 24 1-2 pounds, and Everett Beckett. who caught -a fish weighing 26 1-2 pounds. There Is no longer any doubt as to whether light tackle will do for catch ing salmon, as not only does light tac kle land the big fish, but it also lands a large percentage of the strikes. Kitz miller and Beckett, who fished to gether Beveral days during the week, have a record of landing- 15 fish out of IS hooked, which is something no heavy tackle man can boast of. Another angler fishing with light tackle in the swift water below the falls, landed three salmon weighing re spectively 24, 26, 31 pounds, in less than an hour, while at the same time three heavy lines and one heavy rod were broken In the same water on fish not a bit heavier. The local anglers have been so busy taking care of the salmon fishing that comparatively little trout fishing has been done during the past week. Will Tompkiu made a three-day. nitely settled, but there is nothing In sight for him in the West. In the East he can take on theatrical work for a time and also he is dickering with Tom Andrews, the Milwaukee promoter, for a 10-round, no-decision mill with Charley White the latter part of May. If tnings work out well Ritchie can also look forward to a 10-round bout in New York about the first of June. There isn't any reason why he should not keep going and that is his inten tion. He plans to stop off a few days at Glenwood Hot Springs. Colo., on his way East. Portland Boy Hss Pnnca. Local sports are Interesting them selves in Ralph Gruman; the Portland boy. who made so good a showing last week against Walter Scott. It has transpired that one of Gruman't punches, presumably delivered in the second round, broke Scott's Jaw and that the San Francisco boy may quit the game for all time. Strange to say, Scott knew nothing about the injury until after a sleep less night, he consulted a physician and was told that a bone had snapped. Gruman is looked upon as the best prospect in the four-round game, and if he is carefully handled, may have a future ahead of him. AGGIES ARE TAKING REST CriVER PROBABLY WILL BE XTV. ABLE TO PLAY WASHIXGTOX. Team as Whole Declared to be More Pronaislns; Thsn Ever With . Crscks la Tip-Top Shape. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, Corvallis, May 2. (Special.) Coach Wllkie Clarke and his baseball hopefuls, are enjoying a short layoff after the strenuous schedule of last week-end. All of the first string men, with the exception of Captain Bennie Culver, are in good condition, and are ready for the University of Washington games to be staged next Friday and Saturday. Culver's arm is not mending rapidly, and the high hurler probably will be out of the game for some time yet. His loss was felt keenly in the open ing games of the Conference at Seattle last week, as he is an experienced man, and a good hitter; and his continued absence from the lineup may result dis astrously. The other men are all go ing good. Morgan, who was the Jonah of the team during the early part of the sea son, redeemed himself on the northern trip by his wonderful fielding and hit ting. The other lnfielders. Goble, Sei berts and Fryor, have been consistent throughout the season, and the addi tion of Morgan makes the inner gar dens almost infallible. Sinclair has continued his spectacular fielding, and is hitting: well, while Home-run Rob- bins has reached his stride of last vear. Loot is coming better than eer, and has been hitting well over .300 all through the season! The batteries are in good shape. Jude Moreland has been pitching wonderful ban. "Chub" Weller. who has been re ceiving for Moreland, is much better tnan last year. The other battery, com. posea oi jick Williams and Joe Sup pie, is also going well. "GEORGIA PEACH" SLUMPS Ty Cobb's Batting Average, Goes Far Below Other Major Hitters. CHICAGO, May 2. Ty Cobb hss drppped nearly out of Bight among the batters of the American League, ac cording to averages issued today and Including all the games played up to last Wednesday. The Detroit slugger, who struck a snag in the St. Louis pitchers, early in the week,, ranks S8tn and has an average of only .240. Wood, of Cleveland is leading the batters with .467 for five games and then, in the first eleven come Williams, St. Louis, .429; Demmit, Chicago, .417; Crawford, Detroit, .412; Jackson, Cleveland, .395; E. Foster, Washington. .590; C. Walker. St. Louis, .356; Collins, Chicago, .341; Ainsmltb, Washington, .333; Mclnnls, Philadelphia. .333; Lelevielt. Cleveland. .333. St. Louis, batting .255. leads the ciuds and Cleveland is next with .253. Hitting the ball at a rate of .600. Art Phelan, the Cubs' pinch hitter, is ahead in the National. Gonzales, of Cincinnati, is next wlthf .600. Then come Dalton, Brooklyn, .469; S. Magee, Philadelphia, .412: Gibson, Pittsburg, .400; Byrne. Philadelphia, .394: Gowdy, Boston, .370: Wagner. Pittsbure. .367: Paskert, Philadelphia, .353; Cathers, St. Louis: Killifer, Philadelphia; Cheney, Chicago; Viox, Pittsburg: Evers. Bos ton, .333. Philadelphia and Brooklyn are tied for the first place with .298 each. Steve Evans, of Brooklyn, Is top In the Federal with .583. St. Louis and Chicago are first and second In club batting, the former with .281, and the latter .279. Titus, of Kansas City, maintains his lead In the American Association with an average of .513. -Kansas City is leading the clubs with .314 and Mlnne spolis is next with .273. Western League batters are follow Ing McAllister, of Topeka, who is ahead with .591. . Then come Lejeune, of Sioux City, with .586; Shaw, Des Moines, .500; Jones, Des Moines, .445: Thomason, Omaha. .452; Lloyd. Lincoln, .433; Wakefield. Topeka, .429: Balrd, Sioux City, .429: Coffey. Denver. 409: Thomas, Omaha, .407. Des Moines leads the clubs in batting- with .306 and To peka is second with .305. E. Zimmerman, of Newark, Is ahead In the International, batting .533. New ark leads the clubs in batting with .287, and Jersey city is next with .283. trip to the Upper Clackamas River, and came back with more than 60 fine larrn trout. He reports finding the wen ior mis season or the year, and from all indications the fw finn ing will begin a month earlier than usual. The streams In the vicinity of Forest Grove were fished quite hard during the week, but with only fair success, as the fish were evidently too well fed uuring ine recent rains. The recent casting tournament held by the Multnomah Anglers' Club, was well attended and all the members pleased with the new casting grounds. The results of the tournament were as ioiiows: in the long-distance balt CfcStlng -with one-half ounce weight, W. C. Block was the winner with A. E. Burghduff a close second. In the quarter-ounce distance casting. L. W. Hum phreys was first with Burghduff tak ing second. Dr. E. C. McFarland was winner in the accuracy bait casting, with a score of 96 per cent, with W. C Block and L. W. Humphreys close for second and third places. In the fly casting events, W. E. Carlon won the long-distance casting with heavy rods, with a cast of 8 feet, while W. F. Backus was first in the distance fly event with a light rod. 89 feet, and also won the accuracy fly-casting,' with a score of 99 per cent. In the special dry fly event for the prize rod donated by Mr. Wilson, te winner proved to be George Ray. The club plans to hold another tour nament about the third week in May, the exact date to be announced later. SHOT PUT DESCRIBED A William HaywarrJ Tells How to Perform Weight Events. FORM IS CHIEF FACTOR Start Is Jiot So lni-portant as Finish, 13 Assertion In Discus Throw Attention Must lie Given to . I-"ft Foot Position on Turn. BT WILLIAM HATWAHD. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene. May 2. (Special.) The shotput and in fact any of ihe weight events, is generally taken up by boys that have size, weight and strength, and who. Decause or their physical makeup, fail in the events of track and field, due to the lack of speed. By this I do not mean that a man can be successful in the weight events without speed: he must be fast on his feet to become a good weight thrower. Perhaps no other athletic events furnish such a diversity of styles and forms as those which involve the shot- . put and discus. The best of athletes who have attained proficiency in shot- putting differ as to the method of holding the shot, the position -of hand and arm, the balance of the body and the position of the feet. It may be said, however, that much depends on the physical characteristics of tho per formers; a man with a large hand may prefer to hold the sho. in an entirely different manner from that employed by a small man. A muscular athlete may prefer a slower style of putting, while a lighter man will have to ac quire a greater amount of speed to make up for his deficiency in weight. In learning to put the shot the be ginner should proceed slowly. First or all, he must learn how to hold the shot. If the wrist and fingers are weak, the ball should be held in the palm of the hand snugly, but If the wrist and fin gers are strong enough to stand the drive the shot should be held well up on the fingers, the thumb and little finger held In such position as to form a pocket for the shot. The position of the elbow is very important in this event; it should be held close to the body, but not so close as to place it in & cramped position. On the other hand if It Is held too far away from the body a weak put will be the result. To drive the shot with the weight of the body behind it. the elbow must be held in and down. Start Is Described. Starting the put, the athlete stands In the back of a seven-foot ring, bal ancing on the right foot if he is a righthanded putter, and witli tne Iert hand extended in the direction of the intended put. The shot is held on tho shoulder close. Pay attention to form and never mind the distance: after you have mastered form, the distance will come. The discus throw is an event that ' has become popular since the revival of the Olympic games. One of the best qualifications for a discus thrower is to have height, strong arms and fin gers. Form Similar to Hammer Throw. The form is similar to that of the one turn which is used in the hammer throw. The thrower stands in the back of the ring with his feet about 2 and 2-10 inches apart and back facing the direction of the throw. A few swings with the arm back and forth to gain momentum is necessary. On the back ward swing of the arm the left foot is brought back to a point naif way to the position first taken. This forms a triangle with the movement. Pivot on the left foot, bringing the right around to a point about 20 inches to the risht of the left foot, and the toe of the right about on a line six inches back of the left heel. From this posi tion the left foot is placed toward the front of the ring and the reverse is made as in the shot. The position of the hand on the de livery should be the palm or discus facing down, in order to give a good sail on the outward and upward mo tion. A great deal of practice is nec essary to become proficient in this event. Like the shot, the finish is the important part. In order to get the whip and snap, it would probably be better for the beginner to practice from a stand and not to make the reverse until this is mastered. After this, be gin the turn. A great deal of attention should be given to the left foot position on the turn that brings the thrower to that of the reverse. Generally the thrower will find that the left foot is carried around so far that on the delivery the body is facing the direction of the throw, which causes the body to fall away Inetead of going with the heave. This is brought about by the thrower's left foot coming around too slow; it should be placed down more in the order of a jab. This places the left foot In a position in a line with the right and In the direction of the throw, and with the body facing at right an gles the whip or reverse ie made to the neck and the left side facing the di rection of the put. The left leg is swung back and forth to gain- mo mentum. On the forward swing of tho left leg.' the putter springs or hops forward with the right foot landing In the center of the ring and the left foot landing In the front of the ring. The reverse is then made very quickly by turning the body and then shooting the shot out with all the drive of the body behind. In the reverse, the right foot takes the place of the left against the to"e board: the left is then swung back and the put is finished on one foot the right. The hardest thing to master in shot putting is the final effort. Every ounce of strength from the toes to the fingers Ie concentrated in one final drive. To co-ordinate all these things so that the correct elevation and direction is at tained with all one's strength and weight behind the put Is acquired only after long practice. The quickest way to get the proper form is to master the final effort. If the beginner will make form his principal object, along with the reverse, the balance should be easy. By doing this the athlete will get a better Idea of how the body is used In getting under the shot. When this part is mastered the putter can begin on the hop across the ring, starting with the right knee In a bent position. Finish Is Important Factor. A great many shot-putters differ in their style of commencing the put. and it does not make a great deal of dif ference what form is used in starting. The important factor is the finish or reverse and the position when landing from the first hop. This latter is of much importance. Some performers believe that the -right of the body should be far back, but it is readily seen that this has a tendency toward causing a slower put, as the body has to swing Just that much further before the reverse can be taken for the final heave. In light ing from the first hop. the body should be at right angles to the put. with the shoulders a little dipped. In starting, the body should be In a leaning or fall ing position. L
