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TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, STAY SO, 1915. 5 OLD RING LEADERS HAVE GATHERING Fighters, ex-Promoters and One-Time Managers, Con gregate in California. RICKARD DONE WITH GAME lex lb Now Argentine Cattle King. Jack Kobinsou Says Johnson Didn't Train as Hard as Me Might for LaM Bout. BY IIARRT B. SMITH. RAX FRANCISCO, May 29. (Special.) Fighters, former promoters and ex managers of fighters have conspired to make San Francisco resemble the former stamping-ground of the fistic game thiB week. Tex Kickard, whose hief claim to fame is the fact that he staged the Johnson-Jeffries match at Keno, has been here for several days and promises to stay a fortnight more. Jack Robinson, former manager of Bat tling Nelson, was In our midst until Thursday, when he loft for Australia. I'ighting Billy Murray, the Pacific Coast middleweight scrapper, has re turned from the Fast and is awaiting the arrival of Jack Reams, his man ager, who plans to take a stable to the Antipodes. And on top of all that, Willie Kitchie is expected to arrive al most any day to spend the Summer mouths in the West. Tex Rii'kard lias nothing to do with the boxing game these days. Instead, he is a cattle king in Buenos Ayres, where he has thousands of acres given over to stock-raising. Tex, be it said, is considerable more of a millionaire than when he was delving in the gold mines of Nevada or promoting prize fights. He can afford to sit back and take affairs leisurely, which Is Just what he is doing. Fights Not I'opolar In Argentine. "The boxing game wouldn't take in my new country, I am afraid," he said the other day. "Tho people are not 'fans' because it is a game they know very little about and they are not ac customed to pay the same big money as Americans. No, I guess If there is any future to the fight game, it re mains for this country. I" m sorry to see the sport put out of commission in California, but was not altogether sur prised that it happened." Kickard is not here on business. He is touring the country for pleasure. He wants to see as much of the exposition as possible, and figures that three weeks will be the right amount of time to give to San Francisco and Its en virons. Kouinson, who, as manager of Bat tling Nelson and press agent for a variety of contests, has been mixed up in the boxing game ever since he quit newspaper work, spent several days in San Francisco before departing on a steamer for Australia. He came di rect fnpm Havana and says he may go around the world before ho concludes his outing. Tho fight man hints that Johnson didn't try as hard as ho might in the "Willard fight. He doesn't go so far as to make an out and out statement to that effect, but Willard does declare th.it Johnson's training was nothing mare than a pretense. JohnMOn In Spain. "The last I heard of Johnson" until Jcohmson. "was that he has arrived In SOaill HIlH U'a tf'ir,rv t rrtY I.'..., ...... , ... - -. . - - - - - - .a ,v l w i i a ii i. lie bus the moving-picture rights for Franc and England and if this war is ever ended he ought to make some money. II,. hardly trained a full day for the Willard match. Whether that was a case of over-confidence or some- . thing else, I wouldn't care to say." "At all events, he was fat and plainly out of condition. Willard might have beaten Johnson in good condition, but the negro was in no trim at all. He took wild swings, and who ever saw Johnson do that when he was serious? "Curley made a lot of enemies for himself in Havana by failing to keep his promises. He was in 'Dutch' with the newspaper men and some of the , fellows who aided him from a political standpoint. In short, lie has killed Ha vana as a promising center for big tights. I had a match all ready be tween Freddie Welsh and Bat Nelson. A couple of fellows had agreed to make good a $13,000 purse for Welsh. And, believe me. Welsh is mighty close to . being ' through with the game. Nelson had several tryout contests and proved that he was better than a lot of people could be led to believe. "night on top of all our scheming Curley knocked the game. Welsh and. Nelson wouldn't have drawn $15,000 be tween them. So we had to abandon our plans. Willard Poorly Handled. "Willard's theatrical work has proved a farce, and now they tell me he Is traveling with a circus, which is funny stuff for a heavyweight champion of tho world to be pulling. As has been said right along, he was poorly handled. In New York he should havebeen out on the streets attracting attention. In stead of that they tried to make a secret out of him and it wouldn't work. He drew the crowds for two clays at Hammer stein's. After that he was a frost and only worked his week out." Robinson cays he isn't going to do anything but rest while he Is on the ocean. As soon as Manager Jack Kearns puts in an appearance, which will be about the tirtt of the week, he will set sail for the Antipodes with his stable of scrappers. including Fighting Billy Murray and Red Watson, the llght- weight. Murray returned ahead of his manager, inasmuch as there was noth ing doing for the middleweight and he .: wanted to see some of his friends. Watson, according to Murray, has been . doing mighty well in the Middle West. ; Murray tlgures on five contests In Syd ney under the promotion of Snowy Ba- I Iter, and a similar number of events L are scheduled for Watson. Kearns has ialso planned to take under his wing " several other boys who will appear in "' minor contests. The advent of hot weather in the '; Fast, with the prospects of no matches, is doubtless what has persuaded Willie Kitchie to lay plans for coming home to remain here during the Summer. He . has his business Interests in the way of an apartment-house and stock in a local hat store which will require his atten tion, and he would much prefer to be it home than hang around the East. Also Ritchie is one of a group of men who own a spot of land in a good deer hunting country in Northern California. and the chances are that he wants to be here for the annual pilgrimage into the ; mountains, which likely will be the mid dle of. July or early In August. Ritchie Jiagged a deer and a big black bear last season, and is dead anxious to return. Rosing Brevities. Frank Kendall, the Portland heavy weight, who was the pilot on an ice w agon nere ueiure enienng nie i ujieu 'u renin,, is scheduled to clash with Al Cowlan at Tulsa, Okla., In the near tu- ture, nccording to word received hei vesterYlay. In i. letter to his brother Kendall said thht Cowlan had tho reputation ot -being tlie only man that ever knocked INTRODUCING WILBUR J. SMITH. THE WORLD'S YOUNGEST SPEEDBOAT PILOT, AND VIEW OF HIM "HITTING ER UP" IN OREGON KID II. I x:-:V-,::. :;::.. out Champion Joss Willard. Kendall and his manager, Tom Ratcllffe. have already departed from Kansas City for the scene of tho battle. ... Ralph Gruman, the Portland light weight, is coming in for a good deal of favorable comment these days in New ork. The newspapers have been taking a good deal of notice of the Portland mit slinger since he defeated Phil Bloom. Bloom is a tough customer and lias been fighting the top-notch lightweights, (innnan fought him in stead of Sammv Robideau. Robideau refused to show for the bout and Bloom was substituted and received a beating. Gruman has several other bouts lined up. That Rill Masrott will knock Jockey Bennett out when the two meet at Pendleton is being freely predicted ly local boxing laps who have seen both men in action. Mascott la a good deal cleverer than he has been given credit for and besides carries a stiff jolt for a featherweight. ... Sammv Good, the Seattle boxer, who originally hailed from this town, has thrown his hat back In the ring, bijmmy retired from the squared circle a short time back to run a jitney up and down Seattle's inclines,' but fell back on his mitts when he got hungry. Sammy agrees with those who say there is no money in the jitney business. An effort is being made to have the Tacoma Moose Lodge lift the ban on boxing and begin staging shows again. "Judge" Flannigan, manager and local adviser of Wing Wang, the Chi nese 100-pound boxer, is endeavoring to stage a bout between his boy and some other at Astoria. It will probably be staged under the auspices of the National Club. SELVTOX IS SLX'GFEST VICTIM Crook feds Defeat St. Ijouis, 11.0, and Then Tie Second Game. ST. IX)UIS. May 2D. After St. Louis had slugged Finneran and Seaton for an ll-to-0 victory in the first game of a double-header hero today, Brooklyn rallied behind its new pitcher, Wilson, and held the locals to a tied game, which was called at the end of the tenth inning because of darkness. Scorea: First game R. H. E.l R. IT. E. Brooklyn... 0 3 1 St. Louis... 11 18 0 Batteries Seaton. Finneran, Pratt; Blank and Hartley. Second game R. H. E.! R. H. E. Brooklyn. ..4 7 2 St. Louis 4 4 0 Batteries Wilson and Land; Daven port. Watson, Groom and Hartley. Baltimore -1, Kansas City 1. KANSAS CITY, May 29. Johnson had one bad inning, which a ninth-inning rally by the locals failed to overcome. and Baltimore won, 4 to 1. Quinn pitched a nice game and was seldom in danger. Score: R. IT. E.l R. H. E. Baltimore. ..4 8 OIKan. City...l 4 2 Batteries Quinn and Owens; John son and Henning, Brown. GAMES TO BE AT NATIONAL TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS . TO 11K AIGIST 6 AND 7. Senior and Junior ICvrnts Will He Held aa Originally Planned Tryonts In June and July. NEW YORK. May 29. Frederick W. Rubien, secretary of the Amateur Athletic Union, said today that the Amateur Athletic Union senior and junior track and field championships and the outdoor-swimming champion ships wi.L take place at the Panama Pacific International Exposition, as of ficially announced, on August 6 and 7, and July 19 to 24, respectively, and that the Panama-Pacific International Exposition indoor-swimming cham pionships will be held in the Sutro Baths July 16 and 17. Secretary Rubien hopes shortly to announce full details of the Eastern tryouts at the Harvard stadium at Bos ton on June 23 and the Middle West ern tryouts in Chicago on July 17. Secretiry Rubien says that John J. McGovern. vhi has tendered his res ignation as assistant director of ath letics at the exposition, had strongly urged all along the athletic programme as prepared for Hie exposition to be carried out In full, but the exposition authorities had deemed it wise to cur tail their ath'etio programme. Tuny propose to elimtnats a few events, vsucn bs tug of war, relay racing and the t even-mile walls. KELSO ELECTS TEACHERS Eight of Former Force Ketalned and Six Others Employed. KELSO. Wash.. May 29. (Special.) The board of directors of the Kelso school district has completed selection of the grade teaching force. Eight of the teachers during the past year will be retained, and six new teachers have been elected to replace those who are leaving. Miss Sarah Waldrip. of Seattle, thas been selected as German and Latin teacher In the high school. The grade teucners are as follows: Ethel Goerig. Millie Alexander, Bessie Vick. Gertrude Sears. Dean Vance: Mildred Brous, Ruth Nelson. Nettle Hargrave. all of whom are retained: Lillian Stewart, of Re public; Bertha Kimmel, formerly of Port Townsend: Elva Nuttall, Bellig ham; Helen Boucher, Bollingham; Myrtle Boyer, Coupeville, and Evelyn Dobler, Sumner. Tho booby, a Bahama bird, la o spirit less that when attacked by other birds it does not flcht, but Klves up the fish it has cuuslu without resistance. 2 Ah I'll ' : :. - f ' -: V : BOY OF 17 IS PILOT Wilbur J. Smith to Run Oregon Kid II at Regatta Tomorrow. AIDE IS 15-YEAR-OLD LAD Herman Zapf, of Astoria, to Be In Fast Craft in Kaccs Young Owner Expects to Enter Speed Events at San Francisco. Yacht and motor-boat fans who wit ness the annual regatta tomorrow on the Willamette will eee the youngest speed boat engineer in the world at the throttle. AVilbur J. Smith, son of Captain Milton Smith, of Rainier, Or., is only 17 years old and yet this youth has already captured one Pacific Coast free-for-all championship and he in tends going after more honors this year at Astoria and also at the San Francisco international regatta. With Wilbur in the Oregon Kid II. this year will be Herman Zapf. a 15-year-old Astoria lad. Wilbur, who is a quiet and unas suming chap, has been connected with speedboats all his life, and the way he can run the Oregon Kid II clearly shows that the Instruction he received from S. F. Brock in past years is beneficial to him now. Mr. Brock ran Captain Milton Smith's Oregon Kid I during the invasion of the East, and when last heard of he still had charge of "the Kid." WTilbur made his. initial appearance last year at the annual Astoria Re gatta and with comparative ease won two out of three races. At Cathlimet last September he established a record of 8 miles in 8 minutes and 13 seconds while giving an exhibition before the populace of the Washington town. This mark shows that the boat is capable of tearing along at almost 58 miles an hour. Young Smith was aeked if he had ever accomplished 60 miles an hour with his machine, but the only satis faction he would give is that it wasn't official and all he wanted was to get in a race with some of these well known Eastern champions. Last Sunday, with his 13-year-old assistant, Herman Zapf, Wilbur Smith defeated Johnny Wolff in the Wolf IV at the annual Spring cruise of the Portland Motor-boat Club at Butte ville. The next big gathering of speed boats with which the Oregon Kid II is scheduled to make an arpearance is at Astoria. July 1, 2 and 3. when the an nual meeting of the Astoria Regatta is staged in the lower Columbia. After competing tomorrow afternoon Wilbur is going to store his boat in the boathouse and have it towed home to Rainier, Or., Tuesday morning. Be fore he goes in the races at Astoria he wants to overhaul the engine, nn thi will, require a great deal of his atten tion for the next few weeks. Only one accident has happened to Smith during his career as pilot, cap tain, driver, owner, mechanician and crew of the Oregon Kid II. Last year a motion-picture house at Astoria had several important reels held up at Rainier because of some delay. Wilbur agreed to take the films from Rainier to Astoria. He delivered his packages and was on the return trip when with in 13 miles of his home the front end of the boat was caved in by a big wave. The boat immediately filled with water and went down, but not before the boys managed to attach a rope to it. With the help of several fish boats, the Oregon Kid II was towed ashore and the next day taken to Rainier. This was before the Cathlamet. . Wash., events, so the six-cylinder Van Blerck special racing engine of 5 bore, six stroke, is far from being injured as yet. The engine weighe 1000 pounds, making the total weight about 1500 pounds. TOLD ON THE LINKS ONE of the greatest problems in any club is the caddie service. Most of the boys are self-taught. But few members ever go 10 the trouble of ex plaining to the boys Just what their duties are. If you want good caddies it is necessary to devote some of your time to them. If you will not teach them what to do and what to avoid, you should not blame the caddies if they make mistakes. There is no one who ' s '" :':' ' ' ' ' 4? ;:' "i'i... . . X . r . ..::: :..-..:.:'.:::. mm, .T. J Tr it - can learn more quickly than a boy. The trouble you will spend in teaching your caddie will be time well spent. A poor caddie is worse than none at all. Furthermore, a player, who is ig- norant of and indifferent to observing the ordinary rules of play is worse than a poor caddie. . ,- Francis Ouimet. the amateur cham pion, learned to play in the day of the gutty ball. .His links were a cow pas ture; his club, the first he had, was a cleek, and at that time the only one he had. The cow pasture was back of his home and after carrying a bag of clubs around the links as a caddie he would retire to the cow pasture with his cleek on going home. A3 to his long driving, he thinks it is due to the fact that when playing in this pasture there was a brook that the boys all tried to carry over from their teeing ground. After many weeks of trying Ouimet finally got a ball across the creek. Since then he has been add ing to his drives every year. One of these days some one will write of the sports and recreations of our Presidents. Their various biographers are in most instances' silent, whether from lack of information or because most of our rulers were not athletically inclined, is a moot point. There are only four of our chief ex ecutives that were genuine sportsmen as the term is generally used. Cleveland was a famous fisher and gunner. Every one has heard of .Roosevelt's famous tennis Cabinet. Taft and Wilson are the only ones that have ever gained much publicity as golfers. The former was the first chief executive that made golf popular with thousands of Ameri cans who flefore showed little or no interest in the game. President Wil son, however, seems to have it on Mr. J. R-. Straight. Crack- Oolfer of Portland Club. Who Will Par ticipate In State Tournament. Taft. He took up the game when a professor at Princeton and has played it with great enjoyment ever since. When a committee of New Jersey Democrats went to notify Woodrow Wilson that he had been nominated for Governor, they found him intent on a golf shot. Jack Coombs, famous ex-Athletic pitcher, now with Brooklyn, does not agree with those who declare golf bad for a ballplayer. He says it helps him more tnan the ordinary man realizes. Robert E. Hunter is the new cham pion of the Midwick (Cal.) Country Club. Although Hunter has always been regarded as one of the three . best golfers in Southern California, this is Ithe first time he has ever held any defi nite laurels. He won the title May 22. i It j . ..i 1 " . . .. : : a -I f 9 BIG REGATTA NEAR Yacht and Motorboat Clubs' Joint Affair Tomorrow. VARIED CONTESTS SET Multnomah Divers to Perform and Several Special Feature J faces on Programme to Bo Given on RiTer Near Oaks. All things considered, the greatest Joint regatta i(cr held on the Willam ette River will be staged tomorrow afternoon under the auspices of the Oregon Yacht Club and the Portland Motorboat Club at the Yacht Club moorings near The Oaks. E. J. Carr, chairman of the regatta committee of the Oregon Yacht Club, and Len Myers, chairman of the same committee at the Portland Motorboat Club, have been working overtime in securing entries for the various events. Water contests of all kinds will be introduced to the Portland aquatic en thusiasts who venturo out to the scene of the races. From the time the cruiser race is started in the afternoon until the canoc-tilting contest has been held, a little before o'clock, not one dull moment is going to bo allowed to creep in, according to F. B. Newton, secretary of the Oregon Yacht Club. Divers to Io Stunts. Louis .1. Balbach and Clair Tait have been secured from Swimming Instruc tor Jack Cody, of the Multnomah Club, to give fancy diving stunts for the benefit of the crowd. A special fea ture race will be made up of 16-foot speed boats. Already the Bear Cat, Vogler Boy II, Doc Yak and Baby Bell have been entered. Wilbur J. Smith and his Oregon Kid II will be expected to furnish the thrills, along with Johnny Volff in the Wolf IV. in the free-for-all speed boat race. Young Smith is credited with being the youngest "speedboat artist" in the world, and he will have Herman Zapf, a 15-year-old from Astoria, to assist him in the boat. An added attraction, which is being billed as the best fun producer for the afternoon, will be the so-called "jitney race." All old boats of one of the con cessions of The Oaks have been pur chased and four passengers will be placed in each one. Each Passenger to Paddle. The' boats are square at each end, making it almost an impossibility to steer them. Each passenger will be requested to carry a paddle to furnish the motive power. The race will be for about 100 yarhs and will be started at 4 :30 o clock. In the class B or 28-footef yacht race considerable rivalry has 'been created. Captain Todd is going to have his Grayling out and the Virginia will be on tap with Captain Mendenhall. An unnamed boat, built by H. C. Hastorf and designed from the twe other boats, will be lined up to race. The Kenosha, with Wyn Nichols at the steering wheel, and George Sholin, in the Swal low, will be entered in this race. Arthur Sholin and his veteran crew, with his Columbian; Nelson Dodge, in the Wauna; the Naiad, owned by Ted Breyman and sailed by Luciu Mackel vey and Halcyon, piloted by William Wylie, will form the opposition in the cruiser race. Officials Arc Announced. Following are the officials of the regatta and the complete programme for 4he day: Judges. Gos Moser, Dr. Charles Hill, M. M. Ringler. A. A. Hoover. C. W. Boost; timers, W. F. Ross, J. L. Scarth. Fred Moline, Dr. F. Dammasch, Dr. Jack Yates, Miles Standish; regatta commitee Oregon Yacht Club, E. J. Carr, chairman; William J. Towey, A. W. Stanchfield. Riley M. Meador; re gatta committee Portland Motorboat Club. L. M. Myers, chairman: J. L. Scarth, A. A. Hoover, Gus Gade, M. Jones. Programme 1 P. M., sailing race for cruisers; 1:13 P. M., six-mile race for runabouts, speed 15 miles or under; 1:30 P. M., ladies' doubles canoe race; 1:50 P. M., 50-yard swim for ladies; 2:15 P. M.. six-mile motor cruiser handicap;- 2:o0 P. M., exhibition of high fancy diving: 2:40 P. M-, 100-yard swim for men; 3 P. M., mixed doubles canoe race; 3:15 P. M., six-mile race for run abouts, speed 15 miles or over; 3:30 p. M men's doubles canoe race; 4 P. M., sailing race for class B yachts; 4:13 P. M., speedboat race, nine miles; 4:30 P. M., Jitney race; 4:45 P. M., evenrude free-for-all; 6 P. M.. men's fours canoe race: 5:30 P. M.. canoe tilt ing; 8:30 P. M.. presentation of prizes; 8:45 P. M.. dancing at clubhouse. SEMI-FINALS OH TODAY DIRECTORS' CIP TOVRXAMEST WILL EXD AT PORTLAND CLIB MONDAY. Qnnll tying Rounds Dm for Club Cham pionship Matches, and Team for Salem Play to Be Chosen. Semi-finals in the directors cup tournament will be played this after noon at the Portland Golf Club. A, G. Mills will play Dr. W. I. Northrup ana John Hotchkiss will meet Earl Parker. The finals will be played tomorrow, and the match w-ill be J6 holes. A good deal of interest was man! fested in the tournament and a large gallery is expected at today 3 and to morrow's matches. Yesterday the players started on the qualifying rounds for the club cham plonship tournament, which will be played as soon as possible after the qualifying scores have been figured up. The qualifying rounds are expected to be played off by Monday. The team that will play the Eugene golfers here during the Rose Festival will" be chosen from those having the best scores In the qualifying rounds. The Portland Club ie figuring on having at least 20 players participate in the state tournament at the Waverly Club. Rudolph Wilhelm and J. R. Straight are sure bets for entry. They will compete in the open events. Changes and improvements are still going on at the Portland course. The bunker across the sixth fairway is half completed and traps are being put in at the eighth hole. Two new members were voted in at the meeting of t,he hoard Wednesday. They are Frederick W. Skiff and Mise Ida May Steele. The ban has not been lifted on women members, but Miss Steele was accepted, as her application was filed before the order not to take in any more women membera became ef feeti ve. Harry Pratt, tho club professional. paid a visit to the Salem links yes terday to see how the game was played in the capital city. Yelobans AVin No-Hit Game. MMINNVILLC, Or., May 23. '.Spe cial.) The ninth consecutive victory was registered by the McMinnville Yelobans when they played the Amity nine, a no-hit, no-run game. The score was 8 to 0 in favor of the Yelobans. The batteries were: Amity, Brown and Brown: lelohans. Foster and Court ney. The Yelobans will play tho Ken ton club, of Portland, here Sunday and the McMinnville College team on the local diamond Monday. BALM OX TRAIL OF BUTTORS Coast lx-ague Head Promises to Stamp Out Gambling. SA FRANCISCO, May 23. "All forms of gambling on baseball games in the Pacific Coast League must bo suppressed," A. T. Baum. president of the league, said, last night before he left for Los Angeles to investigate al leged gambling. "Any gambling scheme is sure to hurt the reputation of baseball, the very lite of which depends on its being kept freo of every taint," President Baum said. "We have done our best lo prevent the operations of gamblers who would like to sell pools or make beta upon base ball, and several arrests and convic tions have helped to drive them to HANDSOME MEIER & FRANK COMPANY PERPETUAL TROPHY OF THE OREGON YACHT CLUB WHICH WILL BE UP FOR THE FIRST TIME TOMORROW. 9v . x r'r- 4! The Meier & Frank Company perpetual trophy of the Oregon Yacht Club is of a high-ly valued European design and will be raced for among the class B yachts or 28-footers. A cup has been donated to the winner of the race tomorrow but the Meier & Frank Company trophy is a perpetual affair and belongs to the Yacht Club. Secretary F. li. Newton, in behalf of the members of the Oregon Yacht Club, sent appreciations to the donors for their interest in the crent river snort. . - cover. We shall keep on their trail and shall stamp out as much of it as pos sible." AltMV DEFEATS NAVY, TO 5 Cadets Score Seventh Consecutive Victory in Seven Years. WEST POINT. N. Y.. May 29. The Army defeated the Navy at baseball, 6 to 5. today. The Cadets hit Blodgett hard in the pinches, gathering their tallies in pairs, while Neyland. except for a momentary lapse in the third, when the Middies got three singles and a home run off him, kept the hits well distributed. Home runs by Mitchell and Hicks and JI. 'Fisher's hitting were features. Today's game makes , the seventh straight victory the Cadet have scored over the Middies in as many years. Score: R. H. E. R. H. E. Navy 5 13 2,'Army t 10 3 Batteries Blodgett and Hicks; Ney land and Oliphant. . ALBANY WILL PLAY' LEBANON Games Also Are Scheduled With Tho Teams From Portland. ALBANY. Or.. May 29. (Special.) Afte,r playing the Lebanon Giants at Lebanon this afternoon, the Albany Athletics will go to Junction City, where they will play tomorrow. They will meet the Jefferson team here on Decoration day. The Athletics have games scheduled bt this city for each Sunday In June. They will meet the Harriman team, of Portland. June 6; Salem, June 13; tho North Bank team, of Portland, June 20, and the Junction City team here June 27. It Is said that about 1400 earth tremors wr folt in Japan lat vesr. RACE RACES! Motorcycle Races at Rose City Park Speedway Today at 2:30 P.M. Admission Including Ptfj Grandstand JJL BORROW VIS RACE Gelding Is Surprise Victor in Kentucky Handicap. VALUE OF STAKE $11,700 Favorite, Itnaincr, Kinds Import Too Great and After I fa din 5 for Mile l)ros Back. More Than CO I-n pi hs in Last Quarter. LOLTI.SVlLl.i;. May L'9. U S. Thomp son's 7-year-old gelding. Borrow, car rying 1 L' pounds, won the Kentucky 1 1 7- , - wft vot v v, w v y ft it 4 4 handicap at a mile and a quarter at Douglas Park, here today, over a heavy, holding track. Hodge was sec ond nd Prince Ilermls third. Net value of. stake to the winner was lt.T00. Time was 1:10 2-!. Jockey J. Nottcr rode Borrow. Thompson has leased the Harry Payne Whitney stable. Uorrow'i advantage over W." J. Weber's Hodge was an open length and a hair, and he won well in hand. The most rousing fight was for second honor.s, Hodge winning by a half length over Lew .Marion's Prince Hermis. The next two horses in a driving finish, Hmerson Cochran and Short Grass, were heads behind the third horse. Royal IT, six lengths away, led the other starters of a field of nine. Hoamer. Andrew Miller's champion 3-year-old of last year and favorite in the betting today, was eighth, more than 20 lengths back of the leaders. At tho rise of the barrier, the red of Roamer'a rider flashed to the fore and the gelding held sway for nearly a mile, when his Impost of 12V pounds, top weight in the race, began to tell on his efforts. Prince Hermis took up tho lead, but he relinquished command when Borrow challenged. Jockey Not ler kept his mount well up with the leaders during the early stages, and when Juft about to turn into the stretch moved through the field with a rush, and retained his advantage to the end. Borrow is owned by Harry Payne Whitney, who recently leased his en tire string of racers to L. H. Thompson. The handicap Is the second capital stake captured on Kentucky tracks this season by the Whitney stable. His filly. Regret, won the Kentucky Derby. A week's continued rain had left tho course for today's race in poor condi tion. Borrow was lightly regarded in the betting today because of a recent dis appointing race he ran over a heavy track and, as a result, winning t mutuel ticket paid 11 40. -J 19