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SAN FRANCISCO AND PORTLAND BOYS WHO WILL MEET FOR THE BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPION
SHIP OF THE PACIFIC COAST TOMORROW NIGHT. .
T STAGE IS SET
Football! Football!!
Detroit Player Gets 13 Hits in
Seven Games.
Boxers in Fine Fettle for To
morrow Night's Card:
ROUSH LEADS NATIONAL
MASC0TT TO MEET M0Y
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Cincinnati Man Averages .349,
Robertson, of Giants, Ties Cra
v vath, Philadelphia, for Home
Run Honors, With Nine.
Portland Youngster Will Try to
Wrest Coast Bantam Title From
Californlan Six Events
Are Scheduled.
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CHICAGO, Sent. 1. Roush, Cincin
nati, with an average of .349, continues
to lead the National League batters,
according to aerages Including? games
of "Wednesday and released today.
'Heinle Groh, of Cincinnati, Is press
Ins Hornsby for honors in total base
hitting. Hornsby has stretched 132
for a total of 205 bases, with the Cin
cinnati third baseman, who has bagged
151 hits, only two bases behind him.
Robertson, of New York, tied Cra
vath, of Philadelphia, for home-run
honors, each having: nine. Williams,
Of Chicago grabbed the lead In sacri
fice hitting-, with 25. Burns, of New
York, continues as the leading; scorer,
with 84, and Carey, of Pittsburg:, In
Ibase stealing- with 88. New Pork tied
Cincinnati in team batting: with an av
erage of .265.
Seven Bat Above .304.
Leading batters for half their clubs'
frames: Roush, Cincinnati, .349; Horns
by, St. Louis, .324; Cruise, St. Louis.
.313; Kauff. New York, .312; Groh, Cin
cinnati, .312; "Wheat, Brooklyn, .305;
Wilhoit, New York, .304; Zimmerman,
New York, .299; Carey, Pittsburg, .297;
IBurns, New York, .297.
"Ping" Bodie, the Philadelphia slug
ger, continues to climb in the American
league, averages Including games of
"Wednesday showing him hitting fifth
among the regulars with .308. Cobb,
the leader, continued his remarkable
Ibattlng-, driving out 13 hits In seven
games.
There Is a spirited race for command
among the home-run hitters. Bodie,
Veach, of Detroit, and Pipp, of New
York, each have seven. Bush, Detroit,
has a five-point lead over Cobb, his
teammate. In scoring, having: crossed
the plate 95 times.
Roth Lead! Chapman.
Roth, of Cleveland, snatched the lead
. Jn base stealing away from Chapman,
his teammate. Roth has stolen 39
bases. Chapman continues ot lead In
sacrifice hitting with 58. Detroit, lead
ing in team batting, has an average of
.261.
Leading batters for half their clubs'
Fames: Cobb. Detroit, .388; Slsler, St.
Louis, .362; Speaker, Cleveland, .350;
Harris Cleveland. .316; Bodie Philadel
phia, .308; Veach, Detroit, .303; Chap
man, Cleveland, .302; Felsch, Chicago,
,o00; Lewis, Boston, .298; Mclnnis, Phil
adelphia, .295; Schang, Philadelphia,
.295.
billiard. News and Gossip.
ST. LOUIS billiard fans are agog over
the world's titular match between
their favorite son, Robert Loren Can
nefax. holder of the Brunswick trophy,
emblematic of the three-cushion cham
pionship, and Alfredo de Oro, famous"
Cuban who resides in New York and
who ha3 held the coveted Jeweled badge
more times than any other wlelder of
the cue. They will meet in the Mound
City beginning Wednesday evening in
a three-night 150-point contest, playing
CO points each night. Total points will
count.
"Bob"' Is 27 and "Al" Just twice that.
Bo it will be a battle between a youth
brimful of confidence, a fine shotmak
er who knows a world of billiards for
his age, is long on strategy when the
troing is tough and who is happily
possessed of a temperament that noth
ing can ruffle. He plays equally well
from in front or behind, can wait pa
tiently if the Ivories are not breaking
veil and will fight gamely every bit
of the Journey. He would rather lose
his right eye than that trophy, to say
nothing of the wagers of his friends.
De Oro Holds Record.
The veteran Islander, on the other
hand, is the last word when it comes to
billiard perfection as applied to three
cushion caroms. He holds the world's
average record, having made his com
plement of 150 points in 145 Innings in
his championship match with August
Kieckhefer at Chicago two years ago.
In the second block of that match he
made his string of 60 points In 35 in
nings, but the latter mark was not ac
cepted as a record, as De Oro did not
shoot from the spot, having had the
balls In his possession where he left
off at the end of the first night's play,
the match being a continuous one. He
is now trying to stage a real "come
back." That the Cuban Is In fine fettle for
the contest with Cannefax is shown by
the fact that in recent practice against
v Charlie Otis, In New York, he scored a
run of 18. His wonderful skill is well
known, as is his generalship in match
play. It takes a brave youngster to
look the "Old Master" in the eye
throughout a three-night match with
out shrinking. He "gets their goats,"
but in Cannefax he will find a spunky
kid that will not be easily rattled.
There is ne condition In favor of
Cannefax and against De Oro that may
Drove the deciding factor in the strug
gle. Bob, carefree, will go to bed after
each block of play and sleep like a
log, firmly convinced that De Oro has
Tio more chance to beat him than he
would have to beat Willie Hoppe at
halkllne, while De Oro, high-strung and
nervous during a championship contest,
may. not slumber as peacefully as his
young antagonist. It is an open secret
that the former champion is troubled
more or less with Insomnia and should
he not get proper rest his task of re
gaining the emblem will be doubly
hard.
Vannrfax Whirlwind Player.
Though Cannefax holds no records he
has set some rare marks in exhibition
play. Last Spring against Otto Reiselt
In three nights' play he scored his 150
fioints in 134 innings, while a few days
ater in a practice game with Dr. Frank
at Toledo he ran a 60-point game out
In 18 innings. Previous to that in a
tournament at Bensingei-s room in Chi
cago he won one of his games by run
ning 50 points in 37 innings. More re
cently at San Francisco he beat one of
his mentors. John Horgan, a 25-point
pame in the Graney Academy in 18
Innings. He astonished cuedom last
April at Akron, O., when he raced past
Charlie McCourt in the last block of
play and won the championship by 15
points, 150 to 135, after appearing
hopelessly beaten.
John Daly, another old-timer of the
De Oro school and a champion years
ego, will meet the winner of the Canne-fax-De
Oro match some time in Octo
ber. Boxing
Carnival,
Baker Theater,
Tomorrow night
Reserved seats Rich's, Stiller's. Adv.
Japan's gold holdings now amount to
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CHARLEY MOT, OF
MERMAIDS BEST
Gotham Authority Says Local
Diving Girls Lead All.
JACK CODY IS PLEASED
Jj. do B. llandley Writes: "I Am
Giving Your Girls the Women's
Diving Supremacy of the
United States."
L. de B. Handley, one of the best
swimming authorities in New York and
the writer of the syndicate articles on
swimming, has written to Jack Cody,
Instructor of swimming at the Multno
mah Amateur Athletic Club, to the ef
fect that he ha3 picked the Multnomah
diving girls as the best in the coun
try. Handley said:
"I am giving your girls the women's
diving supremacy of the United States."
Led by Mrs. Constance Meyer, Na
tional champion, the Winged M club has
Misses Thelma Payne, Helen Hicks,
Irene Pembrooke and Virginia Pera
brooke in the diving and Miss Harriett
Walters in the springs, with Mrs. Mc
Farland taking care of the distance
swims. Miss Aileen Allen is the only
girl in California who is anywhere
near the class of the Winged M divers.
To Jack Cody, the club instructor,
goes all the praise for developing these
girls. Jack has developed Norman
Ross, present world's swimming cham
pion, and Louis Balbach, one of k the
best drivers on the Coast.
Cody and his pupils are at Astoria,
where they are giving swimming and
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Merrit D. Wells, chosen to be one of the teachers of physical education
In the Portland high schools for the coming Fall term, has been trainer
of the Portland Beavers during the present season, and has more than made
good. In the words of Walter McCredie, "Wells is the best trainer we
have had; always willing to work and always looking out for the boys'
benefit." Wells probably will finish the season with the Beavers before tak
ins up his new duties, as the season will close in five weeks.
SAX FRANCISCO, AND BILLT HASCOTT, OF PORTLAND.
diving exhibitions during the regatta.
Norman Ross again Is In bad with
the amateur officials. He now is in
Honolulu, where he expects to compete
in the September Water Carnival. Will
iam Rawlins, of the Hawaiian A. A. U-,
has declared that he will not allow
Ross to compete. He says that Ross
Infringed on the A. A. U. rulings when
he accepted excess expense money from
the various Summer resorts at which
he swam. Ross claims that the charges
are unfounded and that he will swim,
even if he is forced to do so under pro
test. Miss Thelma Darby will compete at
Idora Park, San Francisco, on Septem
ber 22 and 23. Miss Darby is the sen
sational schooolgirl swimmer from
Indianapolis. She will enter the 500
yard swims in the south. During the
recent one-mile Central A. A. U. swim
ming championships for women Miss
Darby gave a wonderful exhibition of
speed. Swimming down stream, she
came within one minute and 10 seconds
of the mark set by John Metzger, one
of the best men swimmers in Detroit.
Misses Claire Gilligan and Dorothy
Burns also will enter the 600-yard
swim at Idora Park. Miss Frances
Cowells, the San Francisco wonder,
will enter the meet, thereby bringing
the best women swimmers in the coun
try together.
GIRL STOLEN BY EAGLE
Parents and Neighbors Make Long
Search for Missing Lass.
TOKIO, Aug. 17. A few days ago, in
the mountainous district of Shidzuoka
ken, a 6-year-old girl was carried away
by an eagle. The child's parents were
manufacturing charcoal at the time,
and the child was with them. A search
was immediately instituted by inhab
itants of the villages in the vicinity,
but no trace of the child was found.
A further search was made the fol
lowing day.
WESTY HOGANS VIE
Professional Shooters to Meet
at Atlantic City.
TOURNEY IS POPULAR
How Organization Was Formed and
Why It Received Unusual Name
Is Interesting Story Told by
Peter P. Carney.
BY PETER P. CARNEY.
Editor National Sports Syndicate.
Trapshooters of all parts of this
broad land know of the Westy Hogans.
They know, too, that the Westy
Hogans is an organization of profes
sional trapshooters and that each year
it conducts a trapshooting tournament
that is second only in size and impor
tance to the Grand American Handi
cap. But what puzzles the great majority
of the trapgun artists is the oddity of
the name of the shooting organization.
Time after time you will hear this
question:
"What does Westy Hogans mean?"
So we made up our mind to find out
and did and will now try to set the
minds of the trapshots at ease.
On July 19, 1906, a group of profes
sional trapshooters were gathered in
the office of a hotel In the Innermost
recesses of Pennsylvania. As is quite
likely the case in a small tavern In
the evening a goodly sprinkling of the
citizens from the hills were present,
augmented no doubt on this evening
by the presence of out-of-town trap
shooters on hand for the shoot of the
morrow.
Unexpectedly one of t!ie professionals
spoke up: "Why don't we professionals
give the amateurs a shoot?"
The suggestion was enthusiastically
received and an organization was per
fected then and there. Neaf Apgar
was elected president and he has held
the office ever since.
Th question at once arose as to
where and when the shoot should be
held. Happily the glorious month of
September, which was Just the right
distance in the future, was seized upon
and Atlantic City for the location. or
four or five years the shoot was regu
larly staged on Young's Pier at Atlan
tic City, but a severe storm finally
wrecked the pier and thus enforced a
change of location to Venice Park
where it has since been shot.
A name for the organization came as
spontaneously as the suggestion of the
shoot; many a queer name has become
affixed to the map of North America
with less provocation. Among the
visitors to the hotel office on this epoch
making evening was a man from the
mountains who was somewhat of a
character and who sometimes -before
had enlisted his efforts with others
in holding up the hotel hitching post,
where it Invited a moonlit anchorage
in the offing. His name was Westy
Hogan. In a spirit of jest the name
was suggested, adopted, and, regret
ted, now that the tournament has gone
beyond the wildest expectations of the
group assembled at the little Pennsyl
vania hotel.
The shoot rivals the grand American
handicap in popularity; the name has
stuck through a decade; and yet, it
does add an , individual touch to the
now famous tournament given by the
professionals to the amateurs. For the
11th time this tournament will be shot
at Atlantic Ctiy on September 12 to
15, inclusive. The flower of the trap
shooting East will participate. It is a
shoot where good fellowship expands to
the nth power and where the trophies
show .unmistakable evidence of the cun
ning hand of the most skilled artists.
BEES' CLAIM FOR BRIEF LOST
National Bod? Says Pirates Do Not
Owe Salt Lake $1500.
CINCINNATL Sept. 1. The National
Baseball Commission has disallowed
the claim of the Salt Lake City club
against the Pittsburg club for $1500,
alleged to be due It in connection with
the deal for Player Brief. The Com
mission ruled that the Pittsburg club
violates no rules in turning Brief back
to Salt Lake City, and that the' rights
of the latter club were protected.
Salt Lake subsequently sold Brief to
Louisville for $2500, while the original
amount due from Pittsburg, in case
the Pirates retained Brief, was $4000.
Salt Lake was claiming the difference
between the amount Louisville paid
and the amount Pittsburg originally
agreed to give for the player if they
retained him.
Charley Moy v. Billy Maneott.
Billy Williams vs. Billy Nelson.
George Brandon vs. Abe Gordon.
Harry Mahoney vs. Johnny Boscovltch.
Sammy Gordon vs. Dick Hewitt.
Ray Leonard vs. Frankle Wing-.
The foregoing card will mark the re
opening of the boxing game in Port
land and will be held under the aus
pices of the new Rose City School of
Boxing at the Baker Theater tomor
row night. Manager Fred T. Merrill
has lined up what looks to be an all
around card of boxing bouts for his
initial snow and it is expected that
the Baker will be packed to the doors
with fight-hunry fans.
cnariey Moy, of San Francisco.
bantamweight champion of the Pacific
Coast and acknowledged California's
cleverest boxer, will defend his title
against Billy Mascott, of Portland, in
the main event of six three-minute
rounds. Both are in the pink of con
dition and are waiting for the gong
to go. Bobby Evans, manager of Billy
Mascott, says that there will be a new
Coast champion after tomorrow night.
but Moy thinks differently and ex
pects to beat Mascott as easily as he
has defeated the best of the San Fran
cisco bantamweights.
Williams to Box Nelson.
Billy Williams is all ready for Billy
Nelson and will go after the former
Spokane boy just as he did Jack
Wagner in Vancouver last week. Nel
son seems to have acquired a knock
out punch and says that he is going to
try it out on Williams. He stopped
Jack White, of Omaha, in two rounds a
few weeks ago in Vancouver.
Abe Gordon, 112-pound champion of
the Pacific Coast, arrived in Portland
yesterday and is in good shape for his
four-round tilt with George Brandon,
Oregon's best boy at 112 pounds. Abe
has been training in Seattle for about
two weeks and is down to weight for
Brandon. George has been working out
with Charley Moy.
Johnny Boscovitch will hook up with
Harry Mahoney for four three-minute
rounds. Johnny has been coming along
pretty good of late and looks better in
every bout. Mahoney has been away
for some time, but is reported to be
in good condition for his battle.
Gordon and Hewitt to Mix.
Sammy Gordon will box Dick Hewitt,
the former Multnomah Amateur Ath
letic Club 105-pounder. Sammy has
been traveling with his brother, Abe,
for the past several months and has
taken on a lot of class, according to
Hymen Gordon, who is handling Sammy
and Abe.
Ray Leonard, the 125-pound newsboy
champion, will box Frankie Wing, a
Chinese featherweight, in the curtain
raiser. The main event will go six three
minute rounds, while the preliminaries
will be four three-minute rounds. Six
ounce gloves will be In vogue.
The stage at the Baker Theater re
sembles a miniature arena with the
ring and seats on it.
DEER LAW IS MUDDLED
HUNTERS SAY THREE ANIMALS MAY
BE KILLED INSTEAD OF TWO,
Situation Arises Because of Inconsist
ency In Game Lavs Enacted
by Legislature.
ALBANY, Or., Sept. 1. (Special.)
That three deer may be killed legally
instead of two is the assertion of local
sportsmen. This situation arises be
cause of an apparent Inconsistency in
the game laws as enacted by the last
Legislature.
Of course, if no rain comes and the
deer season remains closed - by order
of the Governor, the controversy will
avail nothing.
The amendment to the game code,
which had the approval of the State
Game Commission and which provided
a limit of two deer, was approved by
the Governor February 13, 1917, and
filed in the office of the Secretary
of State February 20.- It is chapter 297
of the General Laws of Oregon for
1917.
On the same day tha this law was
approved the Governor approved an
other bill, which was not filed In the
Secretary of State's office until Feb
ruary 21, 1917, and which became chap
ter 340 of the 1917 session laws. The
intention of this law evidently was
to declare .n open season on. beaver
in Benton and Marion counties. Its
framers copied the section desired to
amend, which was section 1 of chapter
331 of the General Laws of Oregon for
1915, and then added the section on
beavers. Evidently it was overlooked
that this same section was changed
as to the limit on deer and In a few
other particulars In the bill, which
became chapter 297 of the 1917 laws.
Because of this situation there is
an interesting question as to whether
the new am a code providing for a
limit of two deer is in effect or
whether it was superseded by the act
which copied the old law and added
the provision as to beaver in Benton
and Marlon counties.
BEND CARD IS AX3TOTJ3fCEt
Billy George Will Meet Percy Brooks
Tomorrow.
BEND. Or., Sept. 1. (Special.) The
first boxing match to be staged here
for many weeks will be held Monday
afternoon when Billy George will meet
Percy Brooks, of Walla Walla.
Dr. W. G. Manning will referee the
match, which will take place in the
afternoon. Several promising prelim
inaries have been arranged.
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GIRL SWIMMERS GAIN
AMAZING STRIDES IN COMPETITIVE
SPORT ARE MADE.
Most of Vooig Mermaids Benefited
Physically Danger From Undue
Strain Pointed Out.
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Competitive swimming has made
amazing strides among American girls
and women since the Amateur Athletic
Union admitted them to registration a
couple of years ago. and the most re
markable feature of the development
has been the entry into the racing
game of a great number of immature
little maids, many of those who have
competed in important contests rang
ing in age between 10 and 15. .
Although available data furnish con
vincing evidence that the majority of
these young mermaids have been bene
fited physically by the work done, a
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ing or competing.
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class and even many instructors seem
not to realize is that the effort ex
pended in sprinting at a high speed
lays a heavier burden on the heart,
lungs and muscles than does covering
longer courses at the moderate pace
required to negotiate them. Anyone
taking the trouble to look closely into
the matter will discover that it is the
sprinters who almost invariably suffer
from overexertion, rarely the middle
distance swimmers.
This may be attributed to two causes:
First, the strain of pace; second, the
possibility of taking part in short races
before mastering a correct stroke,
which leads ambitious youngsters often
to enter the game unprepared.
Britain Advances Vast Sum.
LONDON, Aug. 15. Since the begin
ning of the war 46,000,000 of public
money has been advanced to firms and
companies principally for the purpose
of increasing the output of munitions,
A. Bonor Law, Chancellor of the Ex
chequer, stated recently in the House
of Commons. He added that more than
27,000,000 already had been repaid.
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Hundreds of feathcrless birds are
being: shot. Oil up your pin. Hop
on the car and hie yourself out to
the nearest gun club. Clay pigeons
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these speedy targets that slip out of
gunsight in less than three seconds.
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