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T1TE SUNDAY OREGOXTAX, PORTLAND, JULY 21. 1018. OREGON STATE TITLE AT STAKETHIS WEEK GROUP OF WELL-KNOWN TENNIS STARS IN ACTION WHO WILL FIGURE IN OREGON STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS WHICH START TOMORROW AT IRVINGTON CLUB. LIFE Ifj ARMY FINE, SAYS ANSE CORNELL Seattle to Send Down Mayme McDonald to Try to Capture Honors This Year. Great Oregon Football Star in Augusta, Ga., Waiting to Go Overseas. ENTRY LIST GROWS LARGE ARREST SEQUEL TO BATH Many Prominent Northwest Players as Well aa Two Young Women From California to Compete In Play at Irvington Club. ' Portland will see Mayme McDonald. Seattle's girl tennis player. In action this week at the opening of the Oregon state title play at the Irvington Club courts. The University of Washington crack, who was runner-up In last year's patriotic tournament, has sent her entry blank to the Rose City of ficials, and Is preparing to make the trip. Miss McDonald lost to Miss Living stone, fifth ranking player In the coun try, in a recent tournament in the north, but the Seattle girl Is playing better than ever. Her exhibition in the semi-finals of the meet here further proved that she is the Joe McGlnity of tennis. In a single day Miss McDonald played even matches and won them all. She competed in three single matches, two doubles events and two mixed doubles, playing a total of 126 games. She reached the final rounds in all three vents on the programme. This Is an endurance record which will take some tennis to beat. Seattle net fans are hoping that Portland will send its women cracks up there during the state championship play. The caliber of tennis on tapis this season is below the average, owing to the war, but if Irene Campbell, Stella Fording and a few more of the Oregon women players compete there, it will add no little interest to the play. The entry list is one of the largest In the history of the tournament, despite the war year, and naturally there is a large falling off of the pick of the best players, who have appeared in previous tourneys. Mrs. .Walter Ellis, of Los Angeles, and Miss Newell, of Pasadena, will give the Portland and Seattle fair sex talent a run for honors from the start and undoubtedly will show strong near the finals in all events in which they will enter. The drawings In the ladies' singles: Mayme McDonald va. Fanny Lob, LuclHs Laugerman va. Harriett Johnson. Mary Cooo- er va. Mrs. Cushing-. Adele Jonei va. Marion Sinclair. Mrs. Robert Slmpion vs. Mrs. Wlt mer. Madeline Steffen vs. Mrs. Ellis, Sally rmasn vs. ,-urs. weniwonn, mibs iNeweii vs Ethel Cooper, Mabel Ryder vs. Miss Ford ing. Miss Campbell vs. Lucille Bronaugh, Mrs. Mulder vs. Ines Fairchild. Miss Fox vs. Marion Weiss, Miss Burnett vs. Mildred wnson ana violet volley vs. Marls loher. The drawings in men s singles: E. Gynther vs. L. R. Prince. H. F. Hob son vs. Paul Steffen, A. D. Wakeman vs. Dr. H. F. Hosch. M. A. Zollinger vs. Ralph Mitchell, A. C. Saunders vs. V. C. Condlt. J. it. Hyda vs. E. a. Thomas. Dr. R. J. Chip man vs. W. M. Ambrose. S. A. Blna-ham vs A. B. McAlpln, Carl D. Lewis vs. H.V. Cate. B. H. Wtckersham vs. H. A. Paulback. Alma D. Katt va Kenneh Pauline, Walter Rosen leld vs. J. Neer. D. Goodsall vs. R. W. Froh- man, E. H. Smith vs. Winner, s. B. Cook vs. J. rv. Norton, David Cohn vs. Ij. N. Starr, Henry Stevens va. Charles Mathls. L. S. Martin va. E. C. Smith, Herbert Swett vs. H. A. Walklns, Max Wood va. A. D. Norria. I. P. Mulder vs. Deo Mallett, J. B. Edgar vs. Martin farcmns, f. w. Lewis vs. Lver ett Johnson, T. Morris Dunne vs. James Shlves, winner to play Dr. Tracey Parker; CJ. c Durnam vs. captain cooklngnam, ft. J. Chapman vs. M. C. Frohman. D. Younar va. Irving Halsey, Emery Olmstead va. Sam Smash. W. A. Goss vs. G. G. Jones, A. A. Munger vs. W. H. Edwards, G. A. Ganahl vs. B. A. Green, Allan Hoffman vs. Robert Oil man, H. C. Grey vs. Stacy Hendricks. David Whitmer vs. Olin Lewis. J. H. Knlarht vs. Corwln Buffington, H. E. Thomas vs. A. Net and Dr. J. B. Bilderback vs. Phil Near. Tomorrow's Schedule. 11 A. M. Douglas Burrell vs. Ralph Mitch ell. H. E. Thomas va. W. S. Badson. 2 o'clock Mrs. Robert Simpson va. Mrs. favltl Wldmer. Mrs. J. P. Mulder va. Ines Fairchild, Madeline Steffen va. Mrs. W. A. Kills, Miss Sally Smash vs. Mrs. Wentworth, Miss Mayme McDonald vs. Miss Fanny Lob, T. Morris Dunne vs. James Shives. 3 o'clock S. B. Cooke vs. J. R. Norton, Walter A. Gost vs. G. G. Jones, Ray W. Frohman vs. D. Goodsell. G. N. Ganohl vs. B. A. Green, David Goodsell vs. Ray W, Frohman. . 4 o'clock Walter Rosenfeld vs. J. Neer, David Cohn vs. L. M. Starr, Phil Near vs. Dr. J. B. Bllderbach. Max Wood vs. A. D. Norris. J. H. Knight vs. Corwln Buffing ton, Percy W. Lewis vs. Everett Johnson. 6 o'clock H. F. Hobson vs. Paul Steffen. J. B. Hyde vs. E. B. Thomson, Dr. R. J. Chipman vs. W. N. Ambrose, Henry Stevens vs. Charles Mathis, Allan Hofman vs. Robert Oilman, Herbert Sweet vs. H. A. Wllkins. 6 o'clock J. B. Edgar vs. Martin Parellus. Miss Newell vs. Miss Ethel Cooper, Mrs. Gushing vs. Mary Cooper. Douglas Young vs. Irving Halsey, A. D. Wakeman vs. H. F. Hosch, J. C. Saunders vs. V. C. Condit. T o'clock L. S. Martin vs. Ernest C. Bmlth. J. P. Mulder vs. Deo Mallett. Geo. C. Durham vs. Prescott Cookingham, Mildred Wilson vs. Miss Burnett, David Wltraer vs. Olin Lewis, E. Gynther vs. L. R. Prince. RIVERS SEEKS MATCHES MEXICAN EXPECTED TO SHOW VP IS PORTLAND SOON. -iV"' 4 Hbr- ' i I u X 'riff :. : ;. mmi &S i-iws x-'4i h l- A Mfn I'M A -r-s- A I A 'f ' aXt ' w A -v f -1 0mr ml iA "' I " ' : '' ' '' ' ' ': t' y '' yv if& if 1 MRS. W. ELLIS. 3 PAUL STEFFEN. 3 DEO MALLET. 4 OLIN LEWIS. (-MRS. J. P. MULDER- MABEL NEWELL. SOUTHERN SPORTS FIND SOLE DIVERSION IN VIEWING PUGS With Baseball Gone, Fans Count on Ring Game to Dissipate EnnuL Joe Rivera Stages Successful Comeback. Willie Meehan in Bad. Earl Mohum Receives Telegrram Stat ing That Boxer Baa Had Break in Boat Wit a McCarthy. Karl Mohan, who returned Friday from a visit to San Francisco, with the signature ol Joe Blvers, boxer, author izing; Mohan to obtain matches for the Mexican In this section of the country. received a telegram yesterday from Rivers, who was on the short end of a decision in his four-round bout with Johnny McCarthy at San Francisco Friday night. The telegram stated that Rivers received a cut over the eye in the first round and that his sec onds put something on the cut to stop the flow of blood and that the preven tative oozed into Rivera' eye, almost blinding him, which prevented him from putting up a -good battle with McCarthy. Until he met McCarthy last Friday night. Rivers has been stepping out like the Rivers of old and has been putting up some excellent exhibitions, in and around San Francisco. The Los Angeles battler is eager to return to Portland and take on the best of the lightweight crop. He has authorized Mohan to make a match for him with any capable lightweight in the country. TENNIS TOURNEY PLANNED Camp Lewis Players May Compete for Cantonment Honors. CAMP LEWIS, Tacoma, July 20. (Special.) While tennis facilities here are not of the best, efforts are being made to bring all the racquet wielders together to determine the 1918 cham pionship of Camp Lewis. Several stars were figuring on taking In the annual Oregon state championships at Port land next week, but it requires too much time for soldiers to attend on short notice. BT HARRY B. SMITH. i AN FRANCISCO, July 20. (Special.) With baseball out of the way as a source of amusement, we are de pendent for the future on the fight game and what we have In the way of amateur sports. And unless the fight game holds up, which seems to be quite likely, we will be In a bad way for recreation. It has been a fore gone conclusion for several weeks that baseball wouldn"t last. Followers of thletlo stuff, therefore, are pinning their faith, to the four-round contests. Whether the fight game will be the big sport remains to be seen. It hasn t been any too strong the past few weeks, but I have an idea that if the promoters put on headllners instead of the pork-and-bean variety It will be a different story. When the local matchmakers try to make us believe that a. poon card is worth while they are usually fooled. They tried It last week, and in conse quence had a small house. The result was they switched their tune to an all- star card for the following Friday night and packed em in. Joe Rivers, so far, has been one of the surprises locally. After Kid Tillle Herman took his eecbnd slam at the Los Angeles lightweight and beat him Joe was very much to the discard. Nobody thought he amounted to much and they said aa much. Experts, one and all, agreed that Joe might as well pack his trunk and leave for home, no more to roam. But Rivers did nothing of the sort. He insisted on sticking around and took a fight with Johnny McCarthy In Oakland. We all felt sorry for Joe and wondered just how long It would take McCarthy to score the knockout punch. Instead, when it came to the fight, it was McCarthy for whom we were sorry. Johnny, always slow at the best, was slower than ever. Rivera looked more to his old dashing style. and. though the referee and the judges called it a draw. Rivers was entitled to the decision and ought to have had the same. It was a most successful sort of comeback, and while we had previously been commiserating with Rivers we took to congratulating him and re marking how good he is. The McCar thy alibi came to light at once. Ac cording to Sol Lewlnson, who not only makes boxing gloves, but manages fighters, McCarthy was the victim of eatltis. It appears that on the night of the fight with Rivers Johnny's mother fed him liberally with dinner. She handed him a spaghetti meal, and in conse quence Johnny was a sick lad when the stomach pummeling was ended. What is more, he was slower than he ought to have been, according to the astute manager. And, though there are a lot of folks who don't believe in alibis, it was suf- ficent to produce a return engagement between the same boys. a Bobby Evans, erstwhile Portland promoter, and now soldier at Camp Fremont, has two reasons to rejoice. For one. Bobby, who took part in a Fremont fistlo encertainment the other night, registered a knockout against some chap who faced him. For the other, he has received his stripes and Is now hailed as Corporal Evans. Un the subject of the fight Bobby is more than ordinarily loquacious. or course, the fellow who boxed me Is a green kid." he said, "and I am not taking any credit to myself. If I can help entertain the fellows, I am glad of the chance, though I realise mat my days as a fighter axe ended. This knockout doesn't cause my head to swell or make me believe that l am going to be a champion again." Evans has received a letter from Flanagan, of Portland, asking him to use his good offices to land Rivers and McCarthy for matches in Portland. Bobby hasn't talked business with the local lightweights (God save the mark) but he will have a chance to find out where they stand within the next week and will then send word to Flanagan. are he would grab him in a minute if he didn't fear opposition. After a couple of weeks' vacation or furlough spent In San Francisco, the Yosemite and other districts, Willie Ritchie left last week on his return to Camp Lewis. Willie brought with him two sisters and one of his brothers from Portland. They certainly had a fine time of It while in this ' city. Ritchie was not at all anxious to go back, but of course business is business. Satlor Willie Meehan Isn't tn good standing so far as San Francisco is concerned. Willie has been pleading for a chance to show his wares here. but the tip is out that both the police authorities . and the promoters are against him. It's a sad story, mates, though not a long one. When the police, under the leadership of Captain O Brlen, de cided to stage a Red Cross show, they wired Meehan. then in San Diego, ask ing him if he would box Fred Fulton for the good of the cause. Willie an swered that he would. He brought north with him Gunner's Mate H. C. Alden, who turned out to be an Important laddie, at least in hii own estimation. Fulton sprained hi heart or something and wouldn't come to San Francisco. Alden. all puffed up with his own Ira portance. said that Meehan must fight Fulton or not at all. He declined sub stitutes, and In consequence Willie stayed on the sidelines watching the other boys in action. Now. however, when Willie wants to feather his own nest he is mighty sorry that he allowed himself to be persuaded against his will. Alden is no longer the fair-haired boy, but Meehan is out in the cold just the same and. take it from me. he is likely to stay there for some time to come. Frank Schuler, the wrestling Impre sario, has let it be known that the wrestlers can go hang so far as he is concerned. Frank had a letter the other day from J. C. Marsh, who Is manager of Marin Plesttna. Marsh hinted that Plestina would like to come to San Francisco to wrestle and wanted to know all about the inducements. But Schuler says there are no in ducements; that he can land no good opponents and anyway what's the use? He did figure on Strangler Lewis, who has been dividing his vacation between San Jose and Camp Fremont. Bu the Strangler will have It that he must report to his draft board shortly and has no time.. Ad Santell is still hang lng around these parts hoping that lightning will strike him. but Schuler doesn t want to use Ad. At least, that Motorboat Club Regatta Notes. WAR BIG MEDICINE Wonderful Boxing Revival Be lieved Sure to Come. SOLDIERS BECOME EXPERT BT CASET. RAT JAMISON received a letter last week from Frank Mathlot, late skipper of Fred Vogler's cruiser Care mardo, and now engineer of Milton Henderson's cannery tender Sheppard Point, running out of Cordova. Alaska, to the seining grounds. Frank de scribes the scenery thereabout as grand, and says the weather is hot. very hot. In fact, we are not telling except to our friends how hot be says it is. At the time of writing, the Sheppard roint was lying on the beach on her aide having some needed repairs done and Frank said he had to sleep In the rorraed by his berth and the side of the hull. The trip from the cannery to the seining grounds and return is 190 miles and a great deal of the way is over tide flats that are dry when the tide is out. The Sheppard Point was built with a flat bottom, so if while on a trip the ebb tide catches her she reposes on the mud until the next flood, then resumes her way. Mos quitoes are very plentiful and about the size of Kansas grasshoppers. Frank says. Otherwise he is having a fine time. Mr. C. W. Nice recently bought the Agusta and brought her to the moor ings and will change her name to Cres cent if Uncle Samuel consents. She Is being extensively overhauled and will be a nice boat when she takes the water. Skipper Hilton has the O'Wtn In the hoist, painting and overhauling her. As soon as she is in running order she will go on all the cruises. Entirely New Crop of Champions to Step Into Squared Arena, Fol lowers of Game on This Side Believe. Mr. Frank Dayton's boat and house were towed to the moorings during the week and are moored at the lower end of the fleet. The Umbrla, belonging to Mr. Fer rers, is being repaired at Ray's, and when In running order will be one of the finest runabouts at the club. There is an air of mystery and some surf boards around the club. The skip pers of the Spear, Zephyr, Wawego, Gee Whls and a few other boats can be seen of evenings oiling the hulls of their craft. Some say Ray Newberger Is engineering a little stunt that will be pulled off some evening in the near future. Rumor has it that each boat will attach a surf board and race around the mile course, the loser to furnish a chicken dinner at Magoon's. It is spoken of about the club as the chicken race. One would scarcely believe there was any jealousy In the make-up of Cap. tain James Smith, but the expression that overcame his countenance and oozed between his Hps when two boat houses squeezed the Keno was a sur- what he tells us, though the chances prise to his friends. After the Hun has been humbled and the peace-loving peoples of the earth can retire for a night's slumber without danger of being awakened by the ex plosion of Boche bombs, there prom ises to be the greatest revival of box ing that has ever marked any branch of sport. The obvious truth of this as sertion Is the patent fact that nearly every soldier in the numerous training camps in America has had enough In struction in boxing by an expert to assure a knowledge of the science, to instill In him a liking for the sport. The result is that when Uncle Sam's boys come marching home after hang ing a K. O. on the Hun chin, there will be an army of boxers ready to contest for the titles in all classes. Tnere also will be an army of boxing enthusiasts who will be anxious to follow up this sport as spectators. Ckasaploas Colas; to War. It is quite unlikely that there will be Any further change in championships during the progress of the war, for those tltleholders who are boxing -in structors will be kept busy teaching recruits during the remainder of the conflict. The champions now In the service- and who will go to the front are Pete Herman, bantamweight cham pion of the world, and Mike O'Dowd, middleweight champion of the world. These two will have their hands full holding their titles after the war. for they will lose form through long In action. Johnny Kllbane, featherweight cham pion, Benny Leonard, lightweight cnam Dion, and Battling Levlnsky. light heavyweight titleholder. will also lose considerable of their form, even though they do a good deal of hard work in the camps. "W 11 lard's Star Waalaar. The only champions who have done absolutely nothing for the cause ex cepting perhaps box for the soldiers and at benefit performances are Jess Willard, heavyweight, and Ted Lewis, welterweight. It Is questionable if either will be in lively demand after the war. Lewis is doing quite a bit. though, by boxing at many Red Cross and other patriotic benefits and In way keeping up his end, but WUlard absolutely nothing. The chances of a new set of boxing champions when an allied peace is de clared are excellent, with the indica tions that some of the new tltleholders will be the men who went over the top in the great combat "over there.' Frank Parslow. the Portland welter weight known as the Battling Taxlcab Silver, is now in the United btates Army, driving a truck at Camp Hill, Va. Frank enlisted some time ago an has been all over the country since. He likes the Army life, according to letters received by his friends, and hopes soon to get across the pond to France. Parslow Is a Sergeant, and there are a number of other Portland fellows in the same company. One of them is Lave Wheelis, the old four-round wel terweight, who fought his last flsrht against Valley Trambitas, about three years ago. Wheelis and Parslow put on the gloves for the boys frequently and have put up some great bouts. Klrkpatrick Juniors to Picnic. The Klrkpatrick Juniors will hold heir next picnic on Sunday. August i. at crystal Lake Park. Manager Doane. of the Klrkpatrick. has ar ranged a game with the Junior Artisans, which probably will settle the independent lodge championship of the state. The game will start at 2:30 and will not Interfere with the rest of the programme. Lefty Leonettl will do the wirling for the Kirkpatricks. while Manager Tauscher, of the Artisans, will rely upon famith. Oregonian Wanders Out of Bounds and Finds Captor in Man He Rubbed Into Mud Back In 1914 Goie YltU Idaho. Anson Cornell, former University Oregon star quarterback and one the best sporters of tbe pigskin th lemon-yellow institution ever boasted was happily located in Augusta, Ga the last time he introduced & pen to .u sheet of paper and scribbled a few? things that were fresh on his mind tql one of his old tlllicums in Portland. Bu the diminutive gridiron hero, who Is now a member of Uncle Sam's ordnanc corps, expected to go ; toss the briny deep most any time. Cornell's letter In part follows: "After I enlisted in the ordnance de partment in Portland, I was furloughs to Lugene to take a' six weeks course in ordnance storckerping. etc Afte completing that course I was trans ferred to the Uenicla Arsenal at Benicla Cel., for another six weeks' work. Abou the time our course was up at Benicla.! we were all sent to Camp Hancock. Portlaadrrs la Class., There were 104 In our class. Includ lng a number of Portland boys, bu since arriving here they have all been distributed around the country. I was one of the fortunate ones and was as signed to a permanent company. No men, are transferred out of our battalion un til we get across. We were scheduled t leave here last Tuesday for some poin of embarkation .n New Jersey, but fo some reason did not make our get away. We are ready to leave and cai make our departure within six hours. "This army hie is great. 1 wouldn't be out of it for anything. About all do here Is drill, kitchen police and spe cial details. Things go against the grain once in a while, but you know you have to take your medicine whether you want to or not. 1 am sure this life agrees with me. I weich about li pounds now and am as black as a ncuro and some of the rare birds clown in this country are pretty black, take it from me. Bath Caa for Arrest. "Augusta, Ga.. where I am stationed, is a city of about 60.000 population. 40.000 blacks and CO.OuO whites. Sums town! I went down swimming last Sunday in Augusta, and not thinking about getting into the restricted terri tory. Of course. I got arrested. No soldiers are allowed in the negro sec tion at all and the only natatorium in town is located right In that district. , Well, the fellow who arrested me was a, Captain Johnson (provost marshal), and ' when he read my name on my identifl-i cation card he looked Into my eye and. wanted to know If I was the Cornell, from the U. of O. I told him yes. sir," and than he asked me about ParsonaJ Cook. etc. Then he wanted to know where I enlisted. "The last question he asked me was If I played against Idaho In 1314, so I told him I did. It seems to me that Idaho had a Johnson playing along about that time, but 1 couldn't Just place him. Anyway, think of running across a fellow like that clear out on the At lantic Coast. He was a pretty big fel low or else I would have talked him out of arresting me. but I realized I was pretty small alongside of him; besides, if we had played against each other he might have reminded me of the times I busted him in the game when he was down in the mud. ao I just kept still and went back to camp under arrest- However, nothing happened and I still here. Coraell Loses Ills GlrU "That was the first time I got out of camp since I got here. Besides. I got a good pair of sunburnt shoulders, so I have decided to be good. v hen th Government turns me loose watch m hit it for the West. I have nothin more to stop in Portland for since became a soldier (I lost my girl), s l 11 Keep risni un kuiiik Idaho, where I have a nice little inter-, est In a grain mill. "Claude Bristol. Glen Dudley and Baix Williams all send resrards." Herman to Resume Boxing Game. "Kid" Eddie Herman, claimant of the bantamweight championship of the local shipyards, soon will return to the squared arena after a layoff of about six months. Herman has met some of the best boys in the East and has made a fairly good showing. He Is former manager of the J. S. Beall baseball team and Is also a crack foot ball player, playing on the newsboys' team for the past three years. Many varieties of athletic recreation are Indulged in by the members of the American Army and Navy in England and France and aa a result hundreds of competent Instructors are required in order that the athletics may keep the men fit. They must have baseball, soc cer and rugby football, tennis, hockey. boxing, wrestling, handball, volleyball and golf In season. BILUTH TOUKN'KY BIG SUCCESS Rowing and Swimming Events Held for Benefit of Red Cross. PULUT1I. Minn.. July 10. Dulu won many of the chief events in I Red Cross rowing and swimming to nament held here today under the si pices of the ruluth Boating ClubJ Weather and water conditions were perfect and a large attendance of fol4 lowers of water sports was recorded! The winners: J Elsht-oared shells Duluta Boat CluV miles Duluta Harsraves, Junior eight; time. :.". Uuuhle scu'.Ih shells, l1 Bo. I Club: tlm. 8:40. Swlmmlnr rice, loo ysrds -J. St. I'sul Y. M. I". A.: time. 1:2.1. Swimming-, quarter-mile championship 1 Draper. lwluth; time, 7:O.V Single scull shells John J. Sullivan. St. Alphonsus Rom-Ins; Association: time. t:l.Y Women's swlmmlnir race. 2-o ysrds Mrs. M. Taunton. Winnipeg;: time. 3:.M a-S. Four-oared shellt Pu!uth. first and sec ond; Century Rowing; Cluh. St. IiuIh. third; Illinois Valley, Peoria, fourth. Time. S OJ A man may get tired of ordi nary tobacco but never of Real Gravely Chewing Plug, with, its pure, clean taste and lasting quality. 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