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1915. RACE WATER SOUGHT - nrr..nnnvCTrrD riT" TTTT! pAfTTTTO COAST HOCKEY csnrrccinviT TTnrTTTTVTRTS WHO ARE ENTRUSTED WITH UlU-N trUNU- Tl vuafluiw . - PROFESSIONAL 0CISTIjBpE AND TWO MEMBERS ALL RIGGED UP FOR ACTION. MANY PROTECTORS San Francisco Fair Swimming Officials in Quandary. GUARD HOCKEYIST Elbow and Shoulder Pads and Metal Shin Plates Part of Excess Baggage. . SHOES OF SPECIAL MAKE Coaltrmlrr Has Chest Cut-liion and V ire Abdominal Guard in Adtll. tion to Padded Gloves and Pad Over Trousers. I sliouM think they'd set killed Skating and buffeting around as they do out thei on the Ice." This remark ha been passed count less time since professional hockey made its debut here about five w e.- k s ago. Two members of the Portland Vncle famt, Jol.nson and Harris, were Injured In the last garni against Van couver, but. as a matter of fact the inoffensive. hockey player is more ade quately protected against injury than the football or the baseball player. To ail intents and purposes the hockeyiat wears only a thin Jersey sweater. V. B. D. trousers, long stock ing's, shoes and skates and a ahillelah la rue enough to fell an ox. Arasaaseat Is Heavy. However, the accoutrements of the hockeyist's armament would almost outfit a gunboat. Mike Mitchell, goal -? tender on the Portland sextet, wears nearly 30 pounds of excess baggage, and. while tile other players do not pad up to tins' extent, they are all well - flustered. Under the sweater Is found the el bow guards, made of leather with - heavy felt lining, and an elastic cuff above .and below the Joint to hold it in position. Over the shoulders Just a regular felt pad is placed, because - there is little chance of a shoulder - getting hurt unless thrown heavily to the Ice. Fiber or felt pads are used as pro . tectora for the hips, but most of the professional hockey stars use the felt ' because it is more flexible than the .' fiber and it will stand the Jar better. The felt serves as a cushion in falling : and there is no chance to injure one elf severely. ; Caaes Sewed la Trousers. ' Canes about eight or tea Inches long are sewed on the wrong side of the trousers in front of the thigh muscles, as in the ordinary American football ' pants. These are placed there so that in case that the puck hits on the thigh ' there ia no chance to double up the ..muscle and form a "Charley horse." The members of Manager Muldoon's Portland septet have their knees and ..shins covered with aluminum plates, . running from about three or four Inches above the knees down to the aukles. Fiber is used frequently for a .protection, but the later invention . made of aluminum ia becoming more and more effective, according to Man ager Muldoon. of the Uncle Sams. ... This aluminum covering la backed -up by felt, so that a sudden Jar will be taken more lightly than if nothing were placed as a softener of the blow. -Kelt also is used as the lining for the fiber knee and shin pads. The felt in " each case runs up well over the knee " ao as to protect the uncovered part be tween the canes and the plate. Shoes of Special Make. Even the shoes ara of a special make and In some cases a beavy steel toe cap -is placed over the toea so as to ward ' off the expected blows of the hockey stick. At that all the shoes ara made of a hard leather ao aa to help protect the feet aa much aa possible. No padding la found in the palms of the huge gloves they wear and the fingera are left to do as they please. 'Hut on the back of the hand and up - almost to the elbow, about six Inches -above the wrist, the glove Is padded with cane strips. The fingera are cov ered on the back, but trie padding breaks at each of the Joints, making :lt possible to bend the hand and fin- - Eers in any conceivable shape. Every player wears an abdominal guard made of heavy canvas or bard " rubber. In either case the Jar is re lieved when a stick or puck hits the body. So much for the regulars; now .comes the goalkeeper's protectors. Chest rtertor Vi'orsu Tha first thing is the regular base ball catcher's chest protector backed up by a heavy felt chest protector. This -reinforcement is used because a great .deal of punishment is taken In stop ping the puck on high drives. Ameri can football panta are worn. with the . canes running up the front of the leg's above the knees. Kelt is sewed in back . of the canes inside the pants. , Goal tenders" pads are then placed over the trousers. These are made of heavy cane padding, reinforced by hair -padding to keep there in place. Over -.the feet he has the regulation shoes. Inside of which ara felt shoes. Unlike -lua teammates, the goalkeeper has padded gtovea similar to the baseball PlTbese gloves are padded so that he can catch or stop the puck from ther progress. His abdominal i patterned after a catcher s heavy wire mask. It is like a wire basket and Is backed up by heavy felt. noi-Dovrs offkr weekly cit Montreal Hockey Player to Lose $100 Till Ho Signs. All Canadian hockey attention Is Just now focused on "Newsy" LaLonde, the famous ice hockey player of the Cana dians, of Montreal, who is the season s only big holdout. Coming on top of the near-scandal of the Art Rosa ease, who was charged with recruiting players for an independent league, it is serving to keep the pot boiling. . LaLonde has been offered a contract :ralling for 11000 for the season, but has been consistently asking for more roonev every time he waa approacbed and asked to sign. ... - "I will reduce the offer to LaLonde $100 for every week he doesn't play with us." said Manager Kennedy re cently, "and if he doesn't come to terms at once I'll keep him out of the game for the remainder of the aeaaon. I won't release or trade him to any other club." LaLonde. It Is said, bas lost several hundred dullara already by not playing. LAJOIE DISCUSSES RTXG GAME Ex-Cleveland Hitter Explains Dif ference From Baseball. Nap Lajoie recently attended a box ing match in Cleveland. "Great stuff." said Larry. "Do you " know the difference between baseball - and boxing?" ' -Never tried to figure it out," re ? plied bis companion. "Well." said Larry, "in baseball w hit them with the bat. while In boxing they hit them with the glove. Then. : hen you get hit In baseball you re safe, while when yon ret hit In boxing eu . , , aiZissssssasasMsr- ... . .. - . t --" ? Vt-:"" )-SL . .. . ..-sari show 4413 was received from fishing ' Q VS P RF PRTIflH NFflR rnnu.tin- -tisrsr-eS . - III Mill I I llllllll la I HI! hirh ronrsented non-resident licenses, ' UI.UIJ a.ai.W IIWII I the sum was paid by local sportsmen. " ..-a,fk iinAimi iin nunnrnTrn Yacht Organization Politics to Be Interesting. RIVAL TICKETS IN FIELD t. B. Bain, Jr., Candidate of Both Parties for Commodore and Agreement Likely on Dr. Em erson for Vice-Commodore. The members of the Yacht Club are ..i i ..it. . Bt,.nln(r cnrtr and irirniiiui5 f ... o . i a i a frln ntl tne pousnins luvii . . ' w -r- --- -political seas. The annual election will take place in February. An independ ent ticket, with some exceptions, has been formed and some spirited politics looaea ior The nominating; committee's proposed ticket was: R. B. Bain. Jr., for com- lodore: Edward Carr. vice-commouore. lugh Haielett. port captain; Fred B. rewton. secretary; T. J. Mendenhall, .....r- F J. Todd, director, and A. W. Stanchlleld, director. Edward Carr declined me nomin lon, however, on account of business, nd it is understood that Dr. R. M. - . ill l. I n r. .1 fnt 1 1 niACI r.mfr5wn ' i " " 1 " ' - " - The Independents alsb have nominated Dr. Emerson xor tico-cuiuuiwuui& the present secretary anu us I four former boards. While the Independents do not have post their ticket until 10 days prior the election, it Is made up as fol lows: R. B. Bain. Jr., commodore: ur. M. Kmerson, vice-commodore; Hugo lazelett. port captain; Miles Standish, secretary; A. D. Brown, purser; A, j. irinitt director. and Frank B. Thompson, director. The new cruiser being built by the Sparrow crew Is taking form and it ill only be a snort ume unui planking will be finished and tne cran ready to lane tne lnmai piunsc. i suggested that anyone Interested in boats of this character can visit the boys at worK on r.asi x a iut wa " . d Panrain Shnlln sava his asso ciates and he are not in the boat-build ing business, but visitors are weicumo. t l understood -that Dr. R. M. Emer son has an option on two class A . v. nr. a in the Dresent fleet at the club and one outside. It is a certainty that he will nave one or ui uiii. ir I. .At-tr nlnnr in Laaunvcj r- r. fine shape with his S8-footer. and prom- ises tnal cnoiiu, aou. -""" " the rest had better prepare for a long, hard cruise next Bummer. u,.nK Unriatt will not cive out any information concerning his new con tender, but It is understood mac u will be a combination of the several styles now in the club fleet. .-.1.-1 rr..av hn ArfSArA to BTiVe . T..,..nf s hnt he is re serving his programme until later. He promises mat no naa .h.d-k will make them "sit np and take no- t- i kftTn mntrhea between some of the fastest boys in Portland are said to be on tno caru. ments and music by a 10-piece band also will be among the features. Douglas Sportsmen Pay $441S. ,-vc-iyTTTn r x 9 fSDeclal.) Reports prepared by the County Clerk for flllog with the Secretary of State TRAPS PREPARE FOR ARMY Marksmanship Improved by Work at Rapidly Moving Target. ' PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 9. An author ity says that but one man has been hit for every 10,000 shots fired during the present world war. "This," said a prominent trapshooter at a New York hotel during the recent meeting of the Interstate Association, "is an evidence of the poor marksmanship of Europeans and would be something of a Joke were it not for the tragic phase of warfare. "Of course, there are reasons for this." the speaker continued, "among them being the fact that the peasant classes of Europe are not permitted. In some countries, to own firearms, and where there is no law against it these folk cannot afford to buy guns or even pay the tax levied on firearms. "In the United States an invading force would find a high degree of markmanship. not only because of the widespread and growing interest in rifle shooting, but also because of the hundreds of thousands of men who more or less regularly devote a half day a week to clay pigeon shooting. "During a number of years due In great part to the decrease of game and stringent game laws the art of shoot ing straight steadily declined, but be ginning some five years ago ter w" a revival of shooting, and now marks manship is quite as general as it was in the days of Concord and Lexington only it is of greater proficiency. "The poor marksmanship of the ivu ropean soldier has been most noticeable in shooting at dirigibles, aeroplanes and other moving objects, such as motorcycle troops and military auto mobiles. -Had some of the sharpshooters, so called, been recruited from the ranks of American trapshooters, whose suc cess in the game depends on ability to hit objects moving at lightning speed, the work of the bomb-droppers, air scouts and motor troops would have proved decidedly more hazardous than has been the case." - YOtNGSTEH. IS MAKIX6 GOOD IS FAST COMPANY WITH VANCOUVER. TEAM. -is' Defease Cook. Although this is his first sea son in major league hockey circles. Cook, the youngster who plays defense for Patrick's league leaders, already baa shown great class In his worK 4 on the ice. I- 1 VETERAN PLAYER SEES POSSIBIL ITIES IX EUROPE. More Than 30,000 Playera Are om Fir ing Line and Provided With Skates Would Be Effective. Jimmy Brady, veteran of the famous Argonaut team, of Toronto, Canada, says that if the European war were to be fought to a finish during the Winter months over the inundated areas of Flanders and along France's frozen canals, it would be a good thing for the allies to equip that first contigent of Canadian troops with skates and hockey sticks. His reason for making this suggestion is because of the fact that of the thirty odd thou sand men In this body of troops prob ably three-quarters, If not more, can play the great Canadian game of hockey. Twenty-five thousand hookey play ers charging across one of the new lakes in Flanders against a slow-moving body of infantry would give said infantry the time of its life. The hoc key stick is almost as deadly as the bayonet and the effect is almost as lasting. Then the men could travel 60 to 60 miles a day over the canals without any trouble, provided the ice were good. At a pinch they could make 100 miles, which is as good as cavalry can in twice the time. No game ever invented requires more speed, agility, strength, - brains and courage than the game of hockey. The speed at which the game is played makes quick thinking of the utmost importance, while ability fo skate and handle the hockey stick are indispensable. Hockey was developed from the old-fashioned "shinny," In which a tin can or block of wood was the "puck" and the sticks were cut from a neighboring thicket. Now there is a big stick-making industry and special wood is used for the purpose. In fact, the equipment for hockey is a good deal more expensive than for most popular sports. However, the great fascination the game has for the public makes it possible to support the expensive rinks and purchase the supplies as well as. In some cities, to pay big salaries to professional players. - - Players never get tired of the game. Even the professional goes into it as much for the excitement as for the money, and this keeps the sport from becoming strictly a commercial pur suit. The life of a hockey player, however, is comparatively short. There are few who attain great fame before they reach their majority. They are usually best from 21 to 25. After that they drop back rapidly. ChH6lng the Elusive Pack. Neighbor, the husky forward oh the Vancouver hockey team, is the orig inator of what is called the "Hook Check." , Neighbor's ' specialty is straightening himself out on the ice and reaching far around his opponent with one arm, using his stick as a hook. It is a hard check to get around and Neighbor has it down pat. , "Moose" Johnson, the Portland cover point, relies mainly upon a "poke check." There's no hooking about Johnson's defense. Moose generally alma to get in front of his man and then out pokes his trusty right arm about 20 feet or less, and nine times out of ten his poke dislodges the puck and sends it spinning down the ice. Kenny JIallen. forward on the Van couver septet, works in the City ?Tax O ... A . . -- " B. C, and hockey does not interfere with his tax duties in tne ieasir ex .hAn V. ia nn trinfl. New West : . 1 1 . . fayTr mtntlta1 ri tit CI Tl imjisier ia uuiy i, --- the Interurbans from Vancouver, so he is enabled to attena an me t - nf this nnaitlon that J L waa uci-ttMD , JIallen refused to report to Portland at the time tne .New nuuuii.iu . chise was transferred here and a trade was arranged. T 1 .? will nnt SPf1 the "Dros In action again until January 19, when Victoria comes down for another crack at the Uncle Sams. Next Tues day Portland starts around the clr- ..!- niavfno- nt Victoria Tues day night' and at-Vancouver Friday night. Manager muiaoon ueueoa Sams will finally wallop Vancouver next Friday, for he thinks Portland is improving taster tnan tne iminuu aires. t-i i- Tlnt.t nr nrAsf flent Of the Coast Hockey League, was himself a famous player and reieree, anu o umr be called upon to officiate in the next Portland-Victoria game. Muldoon used to room with Mickey Ion, but he thinks Mickey has become too friendly with the Canuck teams for the good of the cause, so has oDjecteu 10 luimcr ness with him. Hockey is comparatively new to Portland, and many of the fans do not i.Doni rcW the nuck is "faced UHUCia.nuu " ' r t.A-n.AAn hA canters so often. The frequent facing is because of offside 1 tT-nanr In f 1 Q fAltAr Of t llB rink it is Illegal for a player to pass the puck ahead to anoiner iimjei own team. Passes must be made later , . . i ..i-..... ,. in -11 hut a sDace 70 feet square in the center of the ice. This square is marKeu. un wv stripes under tne ice, DESPITE the cry or nara limes, dux lng stood up well in 1914 and re ceived its full share of attendance, ac cording to a report Just issued by the secretary of the New York State Box ing Commission. The statement shows that 31 new clubs were licensed in New York State during the year of 1914 The total receipts for the past year were approximately 6BO,000, of which the state received a revenue of 5 per cent, amounting to nearly J33,- ooo- ..... Polo ponies of Eastern pololsts left this week for the tournaments to be held on the Pacific Coast. Additional mounts will follow shortly. . All the best sprinters of the United States, with the single exception of Howard Drew, who could not spare the time from his studies to go East, have accepted the Invitation of the MiUroee A. C to compete at their all-star games to be staged In Madison Square Garden, New York City, January 14. Roller skaters and racers at River view Park. Chicago, who for several years have had no connection with the Western Skating Association because of the trouble some time ago between the roller and ice skaters, are favor ing an "organization to embrace roller skating alone. , , Miss Mae Eccleston's dive from the Birders of the swimming tank room at Madison Square Garden recently has , v ...rncnt In New York. caused iiiucu ... -. . - - - - -Miss Eccleston's dive put the feats of - . with thnce the leminme " of the men and was one of the senr sations of- the Sportsmen's Show. George Hodgson, the young Cana dian who captured the 440 and-1500-meter Olympic swimming titles at Stockholm in 1S12, has signified his . Bits of Sport. I Bennie Kauff, the Ty Cobb of the Federal League, is now resting up at his home in Lancaster. O. ... Al Herbert, of Chicago, who stands S feet 6 Inches in his running toga, won the high Jump at the recent ath letio meet held in Chicago. He cleared the bar at 6 feet 6 inches. - Living up to his promise of last year. Walter Johnson, the Washington twirl er who recently gained umpty thou sand dollars', worth of publicity by hopping to the Feds and back to or ganized baseball, will exhibit his prize winning pen of White Orpington chick ens at the third annual show to be held in the National capital about the mid dle of this month. ... The Georgetown University indoor track meet will be held In Washington, D. C, February 27. The Boston Ama teur Athletic meet is scheduled for Feb ruary t. e Winnipeg. Canada, will hold its an nual bonipiel in February. ... Charley Cutler, the Chicago wrestler, bad little trouble In winning from Pat Connolly, the Irish "champ," in Louis ville recently. ... The United States, it is estimated. bas 88.000 billiard rooms and 15,000 bowling establishments. ... The Nashville, Tenn.. Golf and Coun try Club will construct a 60,000 club house In Belle Meade, west of Nash ville. ... Harvard's baseball season will begin April 13. Bowdoin College will be the opposing team in the opening game at Cambridge. Blackboard talks and movlng-plctures will constitute part of the training of the Giants this Spring at Marlin, Tex. ... Ed Greer, the veteran driver of light harness race horses. In 25 years has piloted winners of more than $1,178,000 in purse money. ... Dartmouth College freshmen have track athletics as a part of their phys ical programme under Professor John W. Bowler. ... Tom Reece, the well-known profes sional billiard player of England, has Issued a challenge to play any man In the world at English billiards for 500 or $1000 a side, or Reece will Join in a sweepstakes for a like amount, the winner to earn the right to challenge Melbourne Inman for the title in the event of the holder returning to Eng land, from this country. ... Johns Hopkins lacrosse schedule. Just announced. Is as follows: March with alumnt, April 3. with Cornell; April 10. with Carlisle Indians; April 15, with Navy; April 17, with Pennsylvania; April 24, with Harvard; May 1, with Lehigh; May 8. with Bwarthmore. All the matches excepting those with the Navy and Bwarthmore will be played at the Baltimore college grounds. ... Philadelphia squash racket playera expect to win the National doubles championship, because J. W. Ware, the former St. Louis expert who. as the partner of Dwight Davis, donor of the international tennis cup, won the Na tional double title laBt year. This year Ware who is a resident of Philadelphia, will represent the Philadelphia Racquet Club. He will have as a partner George Broke, coach of the University of Penn sylvania football team, or Edgar Scott. The doubles matches will begin on Jan uary 25. CHIP PRAISES CUBBY JIMMY IS BEST MAW EX-CHAMPION EVER MET, HE DECLARES. King of Middleweight Able to Tie Up Opponent In Clinches and Stand Off Bang Away Ia the Assertion. PITTSBURG, Jan. . George Chip, middleweight champion for about three months, or until he ran into a wild swing by AI McCoy last March in Brooklyn and lost all the glory which he won by twice knocking out Frank Klaus, the title-holder at the time of the first performance, has returned to Pittsburg from an Incursion to the fighting game on the Coast. He made excellent impressions against Bailor Petrosky and Murray, stopping both, only to lose a 20-round battle to Jimmy Clabby, who now is the recognized champion by the boxing fraternity. "Clabby is the best boxer I have ever met," relates Chip. "He is far and away superior to Klaus, Dillon and any other whom I have met in the ring. He Is the foxiest boxer I have ever met, and none of the men I have ever fought can tie you up in the clinches like Clabby. He and Freddie Welsh, the lightweight champion, are the only men In the boxing profession who can get both hands around your waist and pull you into him in the clinches. You cannot do a thing with him. He bad me puzzled and he had done it to all the other men he bas met. "Out of the clinches he stands off at a peculiar position and then suddenly he bangs you, and I assure you he can hit. When I fought him he hit me so hard In the 16th round that the sound of the gong was the sweetest music I have ever listened to. "I finished out the 20th round strong, but Clabby beat me, and I think he will whip any middleweight, al though I cannot venture a prediction on a fight between him and Mike Gib bons, because I have never seen Gib bons work- "I don't want to boast, but the fight I had with Murray was where I dis played recuperative power. We fought at Daly City and before the fight I had to pose for pictures. There I was standing out In the open and being hit by the trade wind, which comes up about 4 o'clock every afternoon. It stiffened roe, and I boxed as though I had no life at all In me. For the first 10 rounds Murray simply made a show of me. He hit me when he felt like It, and he punched me about the ring as though I was a punching bag. When he saw he had it easy he began to kid. and tauntingly, ha aaked me in the ninth round if I had come clear across the continent to get a licking. "But there was a change In the 11th round, for I got going and for the next five runds Just punched him to pieces, so to speak. I knocked him cold in the 15th. "I picked up a paper the other day and Tead where some writer had hinted that my fight with McCoy had last March must have been framed, since I never referred to it. - That story was too ridiculous to comment on, for the reason that I never talk about fights. I can take a defeat with as good grace as a win, and what the people say never bothers me. for I know the good com ments and the bad comments Just about even themselves. I thought it was a cinch for me to whip McCoy that night, but he caught me with one and I never realized I was whipped until I wa in the dressing-room. Then I ruminated to myself: 'There is a fellow who has knocked me out, and my kid brother made a show of him.' "My brother Joe is going to be a champion, or near one. some day, and Just remember the prediction. Ho made a big hit with the people on the Coast. He is a big towuead, with broad and strong shoulders and a very small waist. His weight is In his shoulders and be can punch, and punch hard. YACHT HARBOR IS TOO COLD Eustcrn Kxierts RrgUler OomiiliiliiU Consideration or Windy Streloh and Matter May He Glcn Vy. 8ulro Tank Is Suggested. Directors of aquatic sports at the Panama-Pacific Exposition, to oprn shortly In San Franclsi-o. are casting about in an endeavor to locate a place to hold the swimming championships- The place originally suiectod was Tacht Harbor but Instructor Hachrach. of the Illinois Athletic Club, hna point ed out thHt this place is unfit for the events. He declares that the water Is too cold and Is liable to bo ruffled by winds, which would greatly handicap the swimmers. Other Eastern clubs that will have entries In the aquatic championships have taken up Uaehraeh'a complaints. Prevloaa Events I'BauecesafaL It Is suid in San Francisco that had not the Eastern swimmers protested, the San Francisco aquatic stars s. hcd uled to participate In the championships would have made complaint. Two meets have already been held in Yacht Harbor and neither were successful from the swimmers' point of view. These were held at different periods of the year and the water on both oc casions was too cold for proper speed and the wind conditions also opposed the performers. Louis de B. Handley, one of the best known swimming authorities In the East, has come out with the statement that the New York Athletic Club will think twice before sending Its men to compete under the conditions as at present proposed. He says that It would be folly for the great tank swimmers of the country to risk their titles and reputations in cold, open water, and that no man can perform consistently in cold water unless ho Is used to it. Phil May Is Opposed. Then Phil May. of the Pittsburg Alb letlo Club, is another of the famous swimming authorities who has a kno. k for the oourse, and he roundly con demns It. He asks: "Why should atlonnl champions travel all the way West to swim in cold watcrT The only solu tion of the affair Is to hold the meet In a tank large enough to accommo date thousands of spectators and It Is only under these conditions that the champions of the country will consent to go to San Francisco to swim for or defend their titles." The Easterners have sort of taken it for granted that the races are to b held in Yacht Harbor, but they have not given the Exposition athletic au thorities a chance. All the kicks against Yacht Harbor are quite nat ural, but this site has long ago been forgotten by tho exposition authorities. However, the kicks are doing a lot of damage In the East and and unless some official word la sent as to where the swimming events are to be held the discontent will spread. Sutro Tank Sue.tcd. Bachrach. of Illinois, has suggested that the Butro tank would be tho Ideal one to hold the championships in. as It is the greatest racing tank in th world and can accommodate about 10.000 peo ple. Swimmers in general favor this idea, but whether it will work In with the exposition Ideas has still to be de termined. . Assistant Athletlo Director McGov ern's attention was called to the East ern statements, and he said that tho location of a proper place to hold tho championship swimming events Is now under consideration. He realizes that the Yacht Harbor Is not suitable for the races, and will get to work on ths matter Just as soon as possible. He is ready to assure the swimmers of the country, however, that the lacht Harbor has been abandoned, but at tho present time is not able to say Just where tho big events will be held. CHICAGO GUTS 115 SHOOT Great American Handicap to lie Ills "Shoot fest" of Year. Chicago gets the IMS grand Amer ican trapshootlng handicap. This is the decree of the trapshoot lng "magnates" If there be such things. Anyhow, so ruled the Inter state Association in meeting assembled at New York early in December, and you want to note the Windy City's on the sporting map as the mecca of some thing like 700 shooters and soversl ten thousands of spectators. The New Yorker who said that ir Chicago could suck as hard as it eon blow, all that would be naeded would be a pipe line, and the Atlantic Ocean would wash the banks of the drainage canal." Please sit up. for the Western burg has landed the biggest thing on the calendar, so far as number of par ticlnants is concerned. Yes, sir; this is goln1 to be the larg est shootfest of the year, 'cept tho big party In Europe: but that Is bsrred be cause of professionalism. Yes sir; again, Chicago Is goln to stage' the biggest amateur battle of peace that the world has ever seen. And it has seen some large things, es pecially at Dayton, O.. 114. when more than a half -thousand slmon pure snd some 72 prof's, stepped to tho firm-? line and. after five days of gun flrlnx. left about eight tons of lesd on the field Yes. sir; this Is Just what hap pened in the town where you 'get a receipt." ERRORS OP WRITERS "CAIXED" Lee Magee Never" Ground Tender, as Eastern Paper Report. The Washington Star, speaking of Lee Mages, says that "he was the as sistant ground keeper at Cincinnati only a couple of years ago and he Jumped right Into the majors and made good. While he is a clever player, he has hardly learned the fine points of thRicr?sn't "? Seattle fan. hav. a recollection of that gingery kid playing first base for a club that won the pen- . 1 lariQ - Hf nr a that riant in aeaiLi- m - - He played second base for Waterloo. I. A. for knowing '-'"" - game, 11 m" - tho National or American League more wide-awake tnan ee, r . . , r tii used to be bat boy around the Cincinnati rark. but he has been a Dig ie r".. . i..r minor leaauer at least three years before that time. There s a .-. - the DaseDau in uu..... " season by writers who should know better. ICE SKATING AT THIS HIPPODROME Twentieth aa Marshall. Dally. 10 A. M.. P. M.. I P. M. Free I as traction. Praaa's Bead, i