THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAy, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 31, 1915. '
REGATTA COURSE FOR SAN FRANCISCO EXPOSITION RACES AND TWO PORTLAND HYDROPLANES
TO
4 CLUB SPEEDBOATS
WHICH WILL PARTICIPATE IN BIG SPEEDf ES T.
KNOCK OUT WELSH
MAY ENTER AT FAIR
San Franciscan Promises to
Portland Motorboat Colors to
Return With Lightweight
Title Tucked Away.
Be Flown in Races at
San Francisco.
GRUMAN SHOWS UP WELL
OLD TIE MAY BE RUN OFF
RITCHIE
HOPES
Oregon Kid, Baby BeU and Oregon
Wolf, Four Almost Certain as
Entrants Wastrel May Lose
I Laurels, Taken by Decision.
Three and possibly four speedboats,
flying the colors of the Portland Motor,
boat Club, will be entered In the hydro
plane races at the Panama-Pacific Ex
position races at San Francisco early
next October.
The almost certain entrants are:
Oregon Kid, owned by Captain Mil
ton Smith; Rainier. Pacific Coast
champion in free-for-all and 20-foot
classes; Baby Bell, owned by Captain
E. W. Spencer, Portland, claimant of
the Pacific Coast 16-foot champion
ship, and Oregon Wolf IV, owned by
John Wolff. Portland, famous free-for-all
speedboat.
Cptain K. AT. Spencer is consider
ing the building- of a 20-foot boat,
with high-powered engines. If he de
cides to add this to his string, it, too,
will be taken to the San Francisco
regatta.
Flare for Trio Already Spotted.
Visitors at the last Astoria regatta
taw the Kid. Wolf and Bell in ac
tion and they believe this trio will
jnakj it hot for other entrants at the
Exposition, at least in the Coast cham
pionship races.
The Oregon Kid II had everything
Its own way In the 2U-foot race. It
had a little good fortune in the free-
for-all. however, because the Wolf had
the little Kid outclassed In the heavy
srolntr. Wolffs boat was put out In
every heat by accidents, although his
boat had commanding leads.
In the 16-foot division the Baby Bell
finished first. However, at the last
meeting of the Pacific International
I'ower-boat Association, the directors
swarded the championship to the
Wastrel, of Seattl. on the ground
that the Bell did not round a stakeboat
on one of the turns due to a mis
understanding of Instructions.
Captain Spencer has publicly chal
lenged the Wastrel to a race for 8500
a. side, or any amount in excess of
S500; over any course, any length and
at any time within 30 days after the
acceptance of the challenge, and he
has agreed to beat the Vastrel four
miles an hour.
Nothing has been heard from the
challenge, but as the Wastrel likely
"Will be entered at the Exposition re
gatta these two boats may have an
other chance to settle the reud with
out a special match race.
The Baby Bell Is a 16-footer,
Equipped with a 100-horsepower Leigh
ton engine of four cylinders. Enos
Crowley will drive the Bell again this
year.
Captain Smith, of Rainier, owner of
the Oregon Kid, was a Portland visitor
Tuesday night at the Motor-boat Club
emoker. His 17-year-old son. Wilbur
Smith, again will drive the Kid. Just
as he did last Summer in the billows
at Astoria.
Wolff Kntry Not Yet Definite.
Captain Smith expects to make ar
rangements with some lumber
schooner to carry his speedboat, to
San Francisco. It will be lifted out
of the water bodily and cached on
top of the lumber load.
The Kid is a 20-footer equipped with
135-horsepower Van Blerck engines.
Johnny Wolff has made no definite
announcement as to his entry, the
battle-scarred Oregon Wolf IV. He
1s endeavoring to have the Exposi
tion committee make it worth his time
and expense.
The Exposition races will be held
under the auspices of the American
I'orer-Boit Association, so this prize
money feature promises to be a
stickler. The course is laid out on San
Francisco Bay, immediately in front
of the Exposition grounds. Each heat
will be six laps of the course or 28
Tiautical miles. The races in the re
stricted classes will be shorter, prob
ably only three laps.
At San Francisco Bay there will be
an unrestricted free-for-all for the In
ternational title, a free-for-all for the
Kational title and a free-for-all for
the Pacific Coast championship, be
sides a Faclfic Coast 16-foot cham
pionship. I Champlonstaip-at Stake.
The basketball championship of the
Portland business colleges will be
settled on the Christian Brothers" Busi
ness College floor Tuesday afternoon,
with the Holmes.' Business College op
posing the Christian Brothers' Busi
ness College. There will be a prelim
inary game between the Christian
Brothers Juniora and the Peninsula
Park squads.
Oregon Yacht Club Notes.
COMMODORE BAIN, of the Yacht
Club, has urged Chairman Hugh
Hazlett. of the entertainment commit
tee to provide a series of monthly get
together rarties. this for the purpose
f encouraging the improvement of the
fleet, both sailboat and power-boat.
There will be five new sailboats added
to the sailing fleet, and twice that
tnany to the power-boat section.
The commodore is anxious to make
this season the most successful that the
club has ever enjoyed, and to this end
he has arranged a joint regatta be
tween the Motor-boat Club and the
Yacht Club for the opening day with
the Rowing Club as invited guests.
Chairman Frank Thompson, of the re
patta committee, is at work on the pro.
gramme for this event as well as the
schedule for the Summer races.
Chairman Hugh Hazlett has arranged
another social swim for next Wednes
Uay night at the Portland baths.
The new cruiser, the Columbian, Is
jicarly ready for the water. Captain
Sholln Is eagerly awaiting the pleasant
surprise for his many friends and
lovers of aquatic sports with a trip on
this handsome boat.
Captain Hastorf and his new 28
footer. White Bear Lake model, will be
ready on time for the Spring regatta.
The latest addition to the houseboat
colony Is the river steamer Amer
jca which Ir. Thomas Koss has had
remodeled Into a handsome and spa
, clous river palace.
The get-together spirit between the
three clubs is more apparent this
Spring than ever. At the Yacht Club
smoker the Motor-boat and Rowing
Clubs were the invited guests, and on
Tuesday night the Motor.boat Club held
their smoker with the Rowing and
Yacht Clubs in attendance.
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SPOKANE-MEET NEAR
Boxing Championships to End
Season's P. N. A. Events.
PORTLAND TRIO TO ENTER
Wrestlers and Boxers Ranging in
Weight From 108 Pounds Vp to
Heavyweight Mark Are to
Take Part in Tourney.
SDOkane will see the last amateur
tournament under the Pacific North
west Association rules for the present
boxing season. The Northwest cham
pionships to be held in the Inland Em
pire city March 18 and 19 will be the
occasion.
Amateur boxers and wrestlers irom
every club In the Northwest that is a
nAK.r nr th Pacific Northwest As
sociation will be represented at the
meet.
Boxers and wrestlers ranging in
uiirht frnm 108 nounds to the heavy
weight mark will participate.
Among the 1'oruana Doys who win
ih, trivet are Earl Miebus. Frank
Huelat and Tom Byers, of the Multno
mah Club.
Monpler May Quit Game.
c. fiy tViKA hnvs are the onlv cer
tainties. Vincent Monpler, the 135-
pound: Multnoman Doy, may noi do seen
in the rins hereafter. His father ob
jects to his boxing.
The "Winged M" club has used him
as one of its mainstays in this class
In tne past, ana win no uuuui min xub
is emDloved in' the City Fire Depart
ment, and will take his vacation at the
time of the championship contests at
the San Francisco Exposition.
New Faces To Be Seen.
Next Fall, when the amateur game
under the Pacific Northwest Associa
tlon rules is in full swing again, a
number of new faces will be seen in the
ranks. Not only will this be the case
in Portland, but in Seattle and Spokane
as well.
T. Morris Dunne, secretary of the as
sociation, has been conducting a house-
cleaning campaign In Portland and the
other two cities. Vancouver, B. C, the
other member of the association, also
is due for a cleanup.
34 EXTER FOR FAIR AUTO RACE
Final Arrangements Are Made for
Vanderbllt Cup Event.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 20. Thirty-
four automobiles are entered in the
Vanderbilt cup race, which will be run
on the course of the Panama-Pacific
ExDosition grounds next Monday morn
Ing at 10 o'clock. The competing drivers
are among the country s Dest-Known
auto racers. Owing to the existence
of several dangerous turns and angles
on the race course, exposition officials
have taken unusual precautions against
accidents.
Final arrangements concerning the
race are to be completed tomorrow,
when it is expected that additional
starters will be registered. Percy J.
Walker has been chosen as referee of
the race and Fred Wagner as starter.
FEDS PLAX "EMERY BALI' BAN
Gilmore Announces Action Will Be
Taken at Buffalo Meeting.
CHICAGO. Feb. 20. Action to prevent
the use of the "emery ball" in the Fed
eral League will be taken at the meet
ing of the league in Buffalo February
26. according to President Gilmore, who
returned to Chicago today.
ti.a "am nrtr hull " An-called. is nro-
duced by roughing the surface of the
ball on a bit of emery paper. The re
sulting trajectory is said to be baffling.
LOCAL BOYS WHO WILL COMPETE IN NORTHWEST CHAMPIONSHIP
MEET.
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services, especially in the champion
shin meet. Walter Knowlton will not
take part in the Spokane meet, as he i
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OREGON LOSES AGAIN
Washington Wins Its Final
Eugene Game, 27 to 19.;
VICTORY IS WELL EARNED
Bezdek's Men Get Within 2 Points
' of Invaders at One Time, but
Spurt Is Checked Contest
Lasts Hour and Half.
' Northwest Conference Basketball.
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ttvttvfrsttY OF OREGON. Eugene
Or., Feb. 20. (Special.) Bezdek had
his last chance of the season tonight
to get it back at Tony Savage, student
coach of "Washington, before faavage
gives, up his college career, and Bezdek
failed and is doffing his hat to the stu
dent coach. wasningions dsmciuh"
j.rt Orecon 27 to 19. It was
a great game and there was hardly a
minute oe tne lime mat tuo icaw ti
tled that spectators were not on their
feet.
Despite a change in the lemon-yellow
lineup, the shifting of Captain Boylen
. thu nlniTitr of Wheeler
In his place at guard, the onrushes of
the wasningionians coum ui
n nnrt at Ik, i.lnai rr the. first
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half the score stood 16 to 8, with the
mvaaers on ine neavy euu.
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close margin, and the crack foul tossing
or Keeier Dispeti was mo
which kept them on the boards.
Once again hats orr to me BigDee
1 . 1 n.nAln PAvlan TViia tyirt
starred for Bezdek and kept the game
going at topnotch speed all the time.
SKeeter won tne aisiincLion ui uems
n.nnnn man Win WAR Ahle tO
score tonight against Washington.
Out ot l cnances ai "tsi. iium
the foul line the little forward annexed
12 of his tries, and, in addition, hung
up three baskets from the field. The
other point was the result of a maxi
mum of personal fouls against one of
the Washington men and was the re
ward of his last onense.
M.lTaa ort T?nhtTnn nnmi-
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pied the higher planes for the Seattle
university. ctavage conuiouico mice
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points. Davidson scored twice from
the floor, wnue aicr ee suarura uuseu
and threw a long one in the net from
the 10-yard zone.
It was the second half that Oregon
waxed dangerous. After lightning
play the Oregon men crept up within
two ' points of the Washington score
and fans were predicting a victory.
Washington had been unable to reg
ister, either by the foul or field route
and the lemon-yellow was "going great
" 4 Alnn Yirad nut in the rallv
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when Davidson lengthened the gap
with a pretty oasRei. inc.. H"-
sonal fouls, mixes and wrangling
marked the defeat of the Oregon boys.
Washington just went wild and placed
the game In the refrigerator.
ni. c-t ir-a trireri over a nerlod
of one hour and 30 minutes. Time for
minor Injuries was frequently cauea Dy
d two or three wran
gles did not hurry matters any.
There were two reiereea. j. uc nucua
follow:
p wftrbee fl8 J Robinson (4)
BojMen. Capt-! r Davidson
Morton &aiaf aJ
Wheeler 5" iV.
Referees. J ami. on and I Tynch.
Two points wert- l"
by a plurality in OreKon personal fouls, one
was awaraeu
Swastikas 13, Holmes College 12.
The Swastika basketball quintet
hung the Indian sign on tne Jtioimes
rniiir five last night. 23-12.
The game was played on the Sellwood
y jvL C. A. noor ana wh cai:iuii.
throughout. Proppe, Rickson and
Wetle starred for the Swastikas.
Trial in "cw Tork Brings Results
That Please Portland Boxer's
Friends Expert Says Mil
lard Has No Chance.
BT HARRY B. SMITH.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 18. (Spe
cial.) Willie Ritchie 6incerely and
honestly believes he is going to score
a knockout against Freddie Welsh,
when they meet March 11 in New York
City. At least, that's a statement he
made the day before he took his de
parture for the Kast, via Glenwood
Springs.
He was saying his good-bys and In
the course of them declared that when
he returned to the Golden West he
would have the lightweight title safely
tucked away.
"But, Willie." he was reminded,
"there are no decisions in New York
and you can't take away a title on a
newspaper verdict.
"Of course not." came the retort. In
a tone of impatience. "I'm going to
knock him out. That's what is going
to happen."
Naturally, the assertion brought a
smile. .
While out here in California we
would like to see Ritchie bring home
the bacon, there are not many of us
who figure there is a chance for any
thing of the sort to happen. He will
be lucky, indeed, if he is able to get
the eye of the newspaper writers. If
he could score a popular verdict over
Welsh, it doubtless would be the means
of his obtaining a 20-round contest, say
in Havana or perhaps in New Orleans.
And that might result In something.
New York sporting writers insist
on labeling Ralph Gruman. the Port
land boy, as a San Francisco product.
That is undoubtedly because all Gru
man's flghtlns has been done in this
neck of the woods.
Promoter Jimmy Johnston recently
tried out Gruman and the result was
ail the friends of the Portland light
weight could wish. Ralph is said to
have shaped up amazingly well.
Gruman is the sort of boxer who
ought to be popular with New York
audiences. He is shifty and clever,
knows how to step around and can
hold his head when he's in a tight spot.
Unless the Johnson-Willard match is
called off from lack of interest, and
we've heard some rumors to that effect
in San Francisco, it will not be long
before the two heavyweights are in the
ring against one another at Juarez.
An Army officer, who has been spend
ing a number of months on the bor
der, being located at El Paso, told me
the other afternoon that the talk about
Johnson having trouble landing in
Juarez is all bunk. This same officer
exhibited a letter from a fellow offi
cer, who has just paid a visit to the
Willard camp.
"I've Just come back from a visit to
Wlllard's training camp," is what he
wrote. "From all I am able to see, the
white man is more or less of a mutt in
the ring. His style Is bad; in fact, no
style at all. He has poor judgment
and his wind is inferior. Of course,
that latter fault can be remedied, but
I can't see for the life of me where he
figures to have one chance In 1000."
And that statement came from a fel
low who has been following the box
ing game for a number of years and is
considered some pumpkins in the army
as being an expert.
. .
Frankle Burns left the last of the
week for another whirl at the Eastern
game. He has taken with him a chap
named Billy Thorpe, who is more friend
than manager, although he has as
sumed the latter role.
Burns was always a good card In
and around Oaklaind, but his prior
trips to the East have never been much
of a success. .Even now he nas no
matches lined up, although he has sev
eral In view and will likely be able to
land one of them.
Joe Azevedo, the Sacramento Portu
guese lightweight, struck things lucky.
He took on Bobbie Waugh, of Forth
Worth, Tex., In an eight-round go at
Memphis, Tenn. Six of the eight rounds
were given to Azevedo and two were
rated as being about even.
On the strength of that performance
Joseph has been scheduled to meet
Frankle Callahan in a similar bout.
Callahan was unknown until he suc
ceeded in knocking out Joe Rivers, the
Los Angeles scrapper. Azevedo could
do no better than to score a decision
over Callahan. It would help the Sac
ramentan in the way of obtaining en
gagements that would mean more
money.
Since the Supervisors have refused
to do anything In the way of handling
the four-round game. Chief of Police
White has taken charge of the situa
tion and has drawn up rules and regu
lations. First of all, he has barred all boys
who have ever appeared in four-round
bouts prior to the new state law. In
asmuch as they all received cash for
their work, they would naturally be
barred. This didn't deter one of the
promoters from using a well-known
four-rounder the other night.
Chief White also will insist upon
physicians of his own naming exam
ining the contestants. Further, they
must give their right names.
Phil Noonan, one of the amateurs of
the Olympic Club, threw down the
gauntlet to the Amateur Union and
last Friday night appeared in a four
round bout at Dreamland. The regis
tration committee is up in arms. It
promises to disqualify Noonan from
further appearance as an amateur.
Cold Delays Alaska Dog Race.
KnE Alaska. Feb. 20. The Solomon
derby for. dog teams, which was to
have been run toaay. was puoipunc
. . . -,. .. Yw . 1 1 nf the extremely
unin munua -
cold weather. It was 30 degrees below
zero. The race will be run over the
snow trail from Nome to Solomon and
return,a distance or bi mues. several
drivers who have participated In the
412-mue aii-i.ittvv ....
every April are expected to compete
in the aemy.
Dillon Defeats Mantel.
NEW YORK, Feb. 20. Jack Dillon,
of Indianapolis, easily defeated Frank
Mantell, of Pawtucket. R. I.. In a 10
round bout here tonight. They are
light heavyweights. '
33 in Athletics' Squad.
ptttt.ADELPHIA. Feb. 20 Thirty-
three players will be taken to Jackson
ville, Fla., for Spring training by the
Philadelphia American League baseball
club. Twenty of these are regulars. j
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A special event at our store
Come and have a good time
WE'VE set Washington's Birthday
apart for the display of the new
Indian models spic and span machines
right out of their crates.
Lots doing February 22nd. Our headquarters
will be a clubroom for all the boys on this date.
Join in. Meet all the motorcycle men. Hear
some ripping good motorcycle talk.
See the Nine Big Innovations which the
Indian introduces for 1915. They represent all
the real motorcycle progress for the coming year.
You won't be posted unless you see them.
Come any time, day or evening. Bring as
many friends as you like. Plenty of fun at
any hour.
Remember the date v
February 22nd, Washington's Birthday
BALLOU & WRIGHT
BKOADWAY AT OAK
Also 1L LystuI, 07 Union Ave.
A R M 0 R Y H 0 N 0 Pi S D IV I D E D
DOXIXO CHAMPION'S . OK SIX
WEIGHTS ARE PICKED.
Title In ISO-round Claaa la Given Al
Sommera. While Parley Parolow
la Kamed at 145.
The athletlo committee of the Ar
mory Athletic Association has picked
the Armory champions of six weights
The 150-pound class has been awarded
to Al Sommers, of Company Kight. The
145-pound class goes to Parley 1'arslow,
of Battery A. In the 136-pound class
Jack Allen, of Company F, was picked,
and in the 125-pound class Shea, of
Company B, and lriscoll, of Company
V. at 115.
The 15S and 175 and heavyweight
classes have been left open until new
men bob up with more skill. These
Armory champions will receive hand
some gold belts, which have been or
dered from the East. They must de
fend the belts at every inter-company
meet. Other members of the guard
who desire to meet the champions must
place their application with the ath
letic committee, who will determine
whether or not the man Is entitled to
a chance at the championship.
Already the athletic committee has
been flooded with applications and is
considering Art Keppinger and Goda,
of Company C. In the 150-pound class;
Eddie Boatright, Oscar Carlson and
Harry Hansen in the 145-pound class;
Sommervllle In the 135-pound class;
Owens and Schraok In the 125-pound
class, and Weeks and Gardner In the
116-pound class.
The entire membership of the guard
Is taking a great deal of Interest in
the new system of handling boxing in
the Armory and each company is striv
ing to dig up a "hope" that can win
the title from the present champion.
There are six companies of infantry,
one troop of cavalry, one company of
Coast Artillery and one battery of
field artillery stationed in the Armory,
consisting of more than 700 young men.
Some good athletics seem sure to be
developed. The first inter-company meet
will be held probably Friday, March,
5. It Is planned to hold the fourth
company meet before the season is
over.
Sergeant Dunne, of Company I, will
act as trainer and will have charge
of the conditioning of all the boxers.
San Francisco Girl Wins Swim.
HONOLULU. T. H freb. 20 Miss
Dorothy llrcker, f S:in Francisco, won
the decision In a ici-yard nwltninlnR
event over Miss liuth Starker, of Hono
lulu, on an unintentional foul. Ilolh
participants mistook the llnl.h. Miss
Decker's time was a.1 4-.ri seconds. Miss
Stacker easily won the 44u.yard contest
In 7 minutes 8 3-5 second.
WHITMAN" I1KATS IDAHO AGAIV
Second Game Taken lYom .Moscow
lies at Walla Wulla by 2H to 20.
WALLA WALLA, Wash.. Feb. :o.
(Special.) Whitman Colleue basket
ball team won from the University of
Idaho five hero toniRht by the score of
28 to 20. making It two isame straight
over Coach Griffith's men. The name
was the most hotly contested of any
seen here this season. It being; necessary
for the play to no live minutes over
time to dccldo the contest.
During the llrst half Idaho had a
slight advantage, the score at the end
of that period being 12 to 10 In favor
of the Moscowltes. Whitman csme
back stroni; In the second period. At
the end of this half the score was
19 to 19.
The Missionaries, by clever work on
tho part of Peterson. Dement ano
Young, scored 9 points In thn next tHe
minutes, while Idaho annexed only I.
m'mix.vvii-i.k coi,m:gk wins
Pacific College Drop naskctlmll by
Score or 21 to 4.
M'MINNVILLE. Or.. Feb. 20 (Spe
cial.) McMlnnvllle Colleee defeated
Paclllc Vniverslty, of Newborn. 48 t. 24
on the basketball floor hem last night.
The first .half was close, with McMlnn
vllle missing many good shots. The
score at its end was 14 to 11 In favor
of McMlnnvllle.
The second half started out fast, and
McMinnvllle rapidly increased Its lead.
The lineups follow:
McMlnnvllle Colic..
Irinh (Capt.)
Black
Corpron C..,
Wiugaman (1 .
B.an U II
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H.pL.itl.
I'nicord
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Mult
Irth, lllnshaw
50-Vnrd DaMi Hccord Kaualcd.
rnOVIDKNCK. n. I., Feb. 20. The
Amateur Athletic I'nlon record of i 2-5
seconds for the 60-yard danh was
equaled by C. W. Loomis. of Massachu
setts Institute of Technology, at the
armory athletic games Ionian!. A re
lay race between Dartmouth and
Brown marked a renewal of athletic
relations between the Institutions for
the first time since a disputed decision
In a baseball game eight years ago
Dartmouth won.
MEN.
Why buy your clothing;
at so-called sales when
you can buy a
New Spring
Suit
in the latest style at
$14.75
I sell ready-to-wear clothinjr from reputable makers only
JIMMY DUNN
Portland's Original Upstairs Clothier
315-16-17 OREGONIAN BUILDING
Elevator to Third Floor