THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX,. PORTLAND, AUGUST 25. 1918.
LABOR TO HANDLE
ASTORIA REGATTA
Heavy-Duty Craft to Replace
Fast Motor Boats in Races
at Mouth of River.
SPORT TO LAST FIVE DAYS
Great Industrial Parade, Patriotic
Exercises, Baseball, Horse Rac
ing, Shlpworkers Contests
Are to Be Features.
ASTORIA. Or., Aug.. 24. (Special)
The Astoria 23d annual regatta will be
held during- the five days beginning- on
Thursday. August 29. and will close
with the Labor union celebrations on
Labor day and the launching of vessels
ai me shipyards.
The glittering robes of the familiar
regatta queen and the forked prongs
of King Neptune will not be in evidence
tola year on account of the spirit of the
times. The period will be transformed
Into more of a harvest festival where
in the fishermen, the loggers and the
shipbuilders will figure prominently.
The reason for this is that the old
guard, the blue-coated officials with
their maritime swagger, the admiral
and his staff, the queen and her royal
court, will all have a vacation, and the
heavy duty contingent will furnish the
amusements and provide the programme
on land and sea.
Shlpballdera Haadle Event.
This means that the regatta will be
held under the auspices of the soldiers,
sailors and shipbuilders organization,
a club recently organized in Astoria by
the shipbuilders. '
The programme this year will not em
brace any fast motorboat races. Only
the heavy duty craft will be seen in the
contests. There are 2500 power boats
engaged in commercial pursuits In and
around Astoria. - The familiar sailboat
of the past no longer spreads Its white
wings over the blue waters of the Co
lumbia. The same evolution that has
transplanted the horse on land has
driven the sailboat from the sea. It's I
all power and gasoline. The average
fisherman Is no longer a sailor. He has
developed Into a carburetor expert.
A new type of motorboat will be
seen on the waters this year. It is
used by the trailers outside of the har
bor on the broad waters of the Pacific.
This boat is somewhat larger than the
Columbia River craft: has abundance
of power and sea-going qualities, ca
pable or withstanding the severest
weather. If necessary, any one of these
boats could make the trip to the Ha
waiian Islands or to the Chinese coast
with the same degree of safety as an
ocean liner.
Aeutle Emu f Eallvea.
The river front will be kept alive
with all manner of aquatlo events,
which will Include swimming races,
log-rolling and a marine parade of the
larger craft at night.
The land features will be headed
with a carnival furnished by an amuse
ment company. Two bands will fur
nish the music one from the military
post at Fort Stevens and the other by
the shipbuilders. The programme calls
for a public wedding at the Courthouse
square on the opening night. A prize
of 1100 has been offered the first couple
that applies to the committee for the
feature.
On September I. Labor Day. there
will be a great industrial parade. In
which the shipworkers, loggers and
military forces will participate. This
promises to be the greatest assemblage
of worklngmen ever held In the lower
Columbia River district. All the labor
organizations are taking particular
pains to make this event the crowning
feature of the regatta period.
Patriotic Exercises Dally.
The patriotic aide of the regatta Is
net to be overlooked. There will be
sacred concerts on Sunday; patriotic
exercises every noon, public speakers
of note will appear; a big baseball
game will be played; tug-or-war, horse
racing, steer riding contests, bucking
exhibitions will be held; winding up
with a mardl gras on the closing night.
The .shipbuilders are To furnish the
greater portion of the programme. The
men are to give calking contests, spike
driving exhibitions for prizes, pipe-fitting
contests; In fact every department
of ship building, from the felling of
Trees In the forests to laying of the
keels, will be featured.
The men In charge of the affair,, who
promise to entertain the visitors, are
all members of the Soldiers, Sailors and
Shipbuilders' Club, They are W. B.
Oliver, president: W. L. Habernecht,
first vice president; Carl Peterson, sec
ond vice president; E. P.. Baldwin, sec
retary and general manager; S. A.
Moore, treasurer.
WORLD'S CHAMPION SWIMMER WHO RECENTLY VISITED HIS
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Early Efforts" to Establish
Game Birds in Oregon
Fraught With Difficulties.
and resulted In defeat for the Robins.
The following afternoon Grimes faced
the outfit that had taken his mate's
measure. Burleigh was In great shape
and only one hit was made off him
during the contest. It was a single
by Billy Southworth.
Rubes second effort was against
the Cards, and again he lost his game.
His next attempt was against the Reds.
Matty's men pounded him hard during
the early Innings of the game and Rube
was retired in the sixth inning. He
finally broke his streak of poor luck
by beating the Cubs.
Jess Will Exhibit His Wares Only.
DENVER, Colo.. Aug. 24. Jess Wil-
lard. heavyweight boxing champion.
will not engage In a match to defend
his title until the war is ended, he
announced in a statement here today.
During the war he will confine him
self to exhibitions, the proceeds of
which will go to war charities.
' O'Mara to Work in Navy-Yard.
Ollie O'Mara. the 'St Louis product.
now playing third base for the Brook
lyn Dodgers, has accepted a position
to work at the Brooklyn Navy-yard at
the close of the National League season
on September 2. Ollle now resides in
Brooklyn, having married a Brooklyn
girl two years ago, and was placed in
class 4A by his draft board. Ollie
worked at the Brooklyn Navy-yard all
last Winter.
Engliah "UmPM Chaae AI
Bartholemy.
'rmrr Portland Beaver Pat Oat (
Game for Flrat Time, la London.
T0OO Miles Froaa Home.
AL, BARTHOLEMY, former Portland
Beaver, who is now a sergeant
with one of the aero squadrons in Eng
land, has played ball for a good many
years, but had to travel 7000 miles to
get put out of a ball game.
In all the time ' that Bartholemy
played ball In the states, which Includ
ed the Pacific Coast. Northwestern and
Western League, he never had an argu
ment with the umpires. In a recent
game at London, which was umpired
by an Englishman. Bartholemy protest
ed a decision and was banished from
the game.
"It was awfully tough to have to
come all the way over here to get
thrown out of a ball game." wrote Al
to his mother, "and the fellow who put
me out of the game knew nothing of
the rules. Roscoe Fawcett. former
sporting editor of The Oregondan.
watched the game. I am working In
the same office In which Lieutenant
Roscoe Fawcett. of the H2d Aero
Squadron makes his headquarters.'
JiAVY BRINGS LCCK TO GRIMES
Pitcher Traveling Fast on Mount
Since Enlisting.
Since Burleigh Grimes and Rube
Marquard joined the Navy the former
has been almost invincible in the
pitcher's box. while the famous left
hander has been traveling over a hard
road. Grimes has not lost a single
game since he Joined Uncle Sam's sea
fighters and the Rube has been de
feated three times and haa won once.
The two players enlisted on the night
of July 20, and Grimes celebrated the
act on the next afternoon by beating
the Cubs.
The first gam Marquard started
after enlisting In the Navy was in
Pittsburg against the Pirates. Hugo
Bezdek'a athletes nicked the southpaw
for eight hits, five i of which were
bunched in lata rounds for three runs
coffroth Picks Friday, dth,
for big benefit boxing show
Jimmy Demonstrates There's Nothing Superstitious Abont Him Will
Have Jack Dempsey and Willie Meehan for Headliner.
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BT HARRT B. SMITH.
AN FRANCISCO. Aug. 24. Jimmy
Coffroth Is not superstitious. It
you think otherwise I refer you to
his scheme of staging the next big
benefit show at the San Francisco civic
Auditorium on Friday night. September
12. It takes courage to do anything of
the sort, but Coffroth laughs a loud
laugh when you suggest there can pos
sibly be any Jinx connected with the
coming performance.
He didn't go deliberately to the trou
ble of selecting a "hoodoo" date but
says it Just happened that way. At the
outset he wanted to stage a Dempsey
Willie Meehan match for Labor day.
but a wire came from Jack Kearns that
Dempsey was booked with theatrical
engagements until Labor day and It
would have to be a week or so later.
Accordingly Coffroth picked out the
best date that came to hand and struck
September 13. He has sent the word to
Dempsey and Kearns and has advised
them as well that Willie Meehan Is to
be the opponent.
Kearns has wired O. K.'lng the date
and adding that Meehan suits them as
well as anybody else.
Farrell May Meet Ritchie.
Nor will Coffroth stop with the
heavyweights as his main attraction.
Marty Farrell has volunteered his serv
ices. Once Marty gave Willie Ritchie
something of a boxing lesson. And
since Coffroth has hinted that he would
like to see Willie Ritchie once more in
the harness. I suppose that Is the bout
he has in mind.
Jimmy Duffy, the Oakland feather
weight who Is now a sailor at Goat
Island, likewise has remarked that he
wants to do his bit. There are plenty
of siseable opponents for Jimmy, and
as he can be depended upon to draw
from both sides of the bay he is a cer
tainty for the programme.
Of course, we've given a lot of bene
fit shows hereabouts, but a card of
that sort ought to pack 'em in at the
prices mentioned.
Camp Fremont was the gainer to the
extent of " $20,000 as a result of the
other show, but the word comes from
Coffroth that Camp Fremont will be
counted out of this benefit. The money
is to be divided equally between the
Army and Navy. Coffroth promlses that
lf Ritchie will come here to help out
he can be assured Camp Lewis will not
be forgotten on this occasion.
Detapaey to Be Big Ctrl.
Dempsey is going to be tremendously
popular, and a world of people will
want to see him in action since he Is
so close to the title. The Eastern
sporting writers haven't stopped saying
nice things about the challenger. There
are several of them who affirm he is
the best looking heavy in many a day
and that once he gains the title, he will
be a long time holding it
Jimmy Rohan, the Oakland pro
moter who tried to land Jess Wlllard
as an opponent for Dempsey and failed,
has had a letter from Judge Geary who
went to Lawrence. Kansas, to have a
personal talk with Wlllard. Judge
Geary says that he talked with Willard
at some length. In the opinion of the
Oakland legal light there's not one
chance In a million to get Jess Into the
ring for any sort of a benefit show. He
also expresses it as his own personal
opinion that Willard will stay retired
and never fight s-gain.
That seems to be the way a lot of
the boys look at the situation. Willard
can stay In his shell Just about bo long
but sooner or later he's got to declare
himself. He can't keep Dempsey out
of the championship forever and ever
simply by adopting a watting policy.
Shipbuilders' League Lana-nlslies.
Shipbuilders' League baseball has
been anything but a success in Oak
land and San Francisco. The attend
ance has never been up to snuff and it
Is a question whether the promoters
go on through with their plans, which
would mean baseball until December.
There Is Just one way to make ship
builders baseball worth while get
the workers interested. But here
abouts the workers at the various
yards don't seem to care whether
school keeps or not when it comes down
to the pennant race.
Tou could almost count the fans on
the fingers of your two hands and the
players, working on a percentage basis,
haven't had much to cut up so far as
the pot has been concerned.
Eddie Graney Back on Map.
Eddie Graney is back in the billiard
game again. The little horseshoer was
burned out bag and baggage last
Fall. For a time he was not certain
whether he would rebuild. Then when
he did decide that. he wanted to re
open, the blacksmith had trouble with
his contractors, his landlord and about
every other sort of trouble that could
be imagined.
But Eddie persevered. He stuck to
the game and finally, about two weeks
ago, his newly-fitted-up parlors were
ready for the public. He has about 32
tables, including billiards, English bil
liards and pocket billiards.
Scores of floral pieces were sent on
his opening. Jim Coffroth, once a
deadly enemy, and Jim Griffin, who
has always sided with Coffroth, were
among the first-night visitors. They
spent several hours with Graney, go
ing over old times when Sunshine Jim
was a promoter here and Graney did
all his refereeing.
Graney figures on making his new
place sporting headquarters for the Pa
cific Coast. And I will say for him
that he has a wonderfully good start.
Spnd Murphy May Jola Police.
Spud Murphy, the local middleweight
who tackled Marty Farrell this last
week at Oakland, may give over the
ring game for the police force. Spud
signed an application blank recently
to land a Job on the force and was sent
to a young physician for an examination.
The doctor who examined Murphy is
fight enthusiast and, while he doesn't
know the battlers by name, he keeps
fairly close tab on them.
Spud stripped and the physician saw
that his man had a spindly pair of legs,
but a husky pair of shoulders.
"What's your name, my man? he
questioned when the "ex" 'was over.
"Murphy," was the response.
"Oh, yes, said the doctor, probably
more to keep the conversation going
than for any other purpose. "Any re
lation to Spud Murphy, the fighter?"
"Yes." came the reply in a thin voice,
"I'm Spud."
And you can go bet there was one
applicant who passed with a high per
centage when It came to the physical
test. For that doctor happens to like
the Murphy style of fighfTng.
FIRST SHIPMENT IN 1883
Number of Varieties Turned Loose
on Protection Island, but Club
Secretary Absconds and Ef
fort Comes to Grief.
Some
cerning
interesting information con
the . early history of . China
pheasants in this country is made
known in a Ittter written by Mrs. O. N.
Denny, widow of Judge Denny, former
Consul-General at Shanghai, China, in
response to abetter sent the Oregon
Fish and Game Commission by J. S.
Pilcher, of California. Mr. Pilcher
wished to know whether a Mr. Powers
owned Protection Island when the
pheasants were put there. Mrs. Denny's
letter, in part, follows:
"I do not know the name of the man
who owned the island at that time.
We arrived with a special shipment of
birds at the end of 18S3. We had spent
so much money in our great desire to
stock our beloved Oregon with the fin
est birds in the world we were glad to
turn this shipment over to the care and
management of the Rod and Gun Club
of Portland, whose personnel were all
friends of my husband.
Big Place Rented.
"The club rented a large barn-like
place. It think it was an old unused
shop or warehouse. In which to turn
the birds loose until the right place
could be found and the right time and
season came to turn them out of doors,
I know they kept the birds In this place
between two and three months and In
the meantime looked about and decided
upon this island as a good place to
turn them out. They arranged with the
owner of the island to pay him 325 per
month to safeguard the birds from
hunters and for whatever damage they
might do to his crops.. This is what
gave it the name of Protection Island.
"Ninety birds were taken to this
island February 1, 1884. Thirty of
them were golden pheasants. These
are a smaller bird than the ring neck
and not so prolific, but very beautiful.
men there were over 30 copper
pheasants, which are a larger bird than
the ring neck. They look almost like
bright copper flying in the sun. They
fly very high and are very game. Their
longest tail feathers measure fully
three feet. They are rather narrow,
much like the other pheasant tails.
only very much longer. It Is really
a curiosity to see them manage their
extraordinary tail. Their longest
feathers are used in China on officers'
hats of certain rank or grade. There
were also some silver pheasants. There
were also some quail. And, to wind up,
there were a lot of the little rice birds,
so much used and prized in China for
dainty food supply.
Turned Oat on Island.
"These birds were all turned out on
the island in good condition. Just
here comes the disappointing part of
the matter. During that year the sec
retary of the Rod and Gun Club made
off with, all the funds of the club,
which was about fifteen hundred dol
lars. This seemed to so discourage the
club that, as time went on, the $25 per
month was not paid to the owner of the
Island and he claimed the birds.
heard long ago that this man sold the
island. It may have passed through
several hands since that time, for that
happened 35 years ago. I am sure that
if the Rod and Gun Club had realized
the value of the thing they never would
have let it drop out of Oregon's hands
as they did.
As It is, the state of Washington
does not Know how the birds got there.
so that state has not even had the op
portunity to say thank you for the gift
and Oregon, as a state, does not know
anything about it outside of the Rod
and Gun Club. The Rod and Gun Club
seems to have gone out of existence
ith the disappearance of its funds.
I am very sorry, for this was our last
gift to Oregon." .
Shipment Has Hard Lack.
While Mr. Denny was Consul-General
at Shanghai, China, he sent a shipment
of ring-neck pheasants to Mayor Red
ding, of San Francisco, a good many
years ago. but the birds were never re
ceived in San Francisco. Judge Denny
desired to treat California as he did
Oregon, and he wrote to the Mayor of
the city, Mr. Redding, to that effect.
Mr. Redding acknowledged the letter
and arrangements were made to have
the birds turned out on the Spring Val
ley Water Company's property. The
hip reached San Francisco with the
birds In good condition. There were 80
of them in the lot. The day the ship
arrived in San Francisco Mayor Red
ding died and, as there was no one
else vested with authority to take
harge of them, the captain of the boat
disposed of them as best he could, and
the sailors were allowed to sell them.
The City Park at San Francisco got a
few of them.
So the Dennys were responsible for
ringing the China pheasant to OreEon.
Washington and California.
tIACK is not dismayed
WAR WILL NOT PUT BASEBALL OUT,
OLD FOX" DECLARES.
oted Manager States Recent Dispute
at Cleveland Will Not Injure
National Pastime.
While baseball magnates contemplate
sorrowfully their dwindling coffers and
with the first of September ever in
mind look with apprehension toward
the future of the National pastime.
Connie Mack, the "old fox" of baseball,
sees no cause for alarm.
Neither, according to his views, will
the recent imbroglio at Cleveland, in
which both National and American
League magnates participated in "swat
ting" Ban Johnson, endanger the posi
tion the American League president
occupies with regard to the sport in
general.
Mack s conclusions may be summed
up as follows:
First Unless the war continues two
years or longer, baseball will feel no
permanent ill effects.
Second There will be no break in
the relations between the National and
American leagues.
Third The seeming unpleasantness
developed at Cleveland will be forgot
ten and Ban Johnson's prestige remain
unimpaired.
Fourth No reorganization of the Na
tional' commission with a view to the
elimination of Garry Hermann is con
templated. ,
Fifth American soldiers and sailors
will not permit baseball to die out.
Discussing baseball affairs informal
ly, Mack said:
"Whether baseball will suffer perma
nent injury as a result of the war de
pends entirely upon the war's duration.
Unless it lases several years baseball
will retain all its flavor and popularity.
Of course, the gates will be closed next
year, as It would be foolish to attempt
to keep the game going with men out
side the present draft age limits. Some
of the club owners undoubtedly will be
hit hard by Idleness, but I doubt wheth
er In any case the blow will prove
fatal.
. "When the war Is over, the greatest
baseball reaction in the history of the
game, will result. The sport cannot be
forgotten when it is being played In
every post, camp and cantonment In
the United States and overseas.
"There is no danger of a break In
relations between the two leagues due
to the lawsuit I filed Involving Pitcher
Scott Perry. I anticipate a satisfactory
adjustment of every difficulty during
the Winter.
"In viewing the present situation it is
necessary to take into consideration the
fact that the magnates are under great
stress, due to the uncertainty of war
conditions. It is a period to test the
character of men in all lines of en
deavor. Club owners have not yet re
covered from the shock of having their
business classed as non-essential, and
until this shock is absorbed, chaotic
conditions must prevail. I think we all
have underestimated the war's imme
diate necessities.
"If the war continues longer than
two years, all the stars of the first
magnitude will have passed on. But so
far as hurting the game permanently
is concerned, such an eventuality seems
unlikely. War, in the long run, will
boom baseball. The cantonments are
developing thousands of fans."
Regarding the set-to at Cleveland,
during which several magnates opposed
Ban Johnsons proposal to play the
world series before September 1, Mack
said:
'There is not the slightest chance
that the American League will drop
Johnson or limit his powers. I believe
a majority of those who attended the
Cleveland meeting which voted -down
Johnson's proposal to end the season
August 20 favored Ban's plan. There
were many who agreed with me that
it would be better to complete the
world's series prior to September 1.
"But when we learned, that the club
owners having chances to compete in
the world series were satisfied to keep
on playing until September 1 and take
a chance on the big games being
stopped by the War Department, that
let us out. We were satisfied if they
were. However, a majority of us today
believe Johnson was right."
SOLDIERS TO COMPETE
TENNIS STARS VIE
Robert Wabrausek to Enter in
Junior Championship.
SIMMONS LOSES TO CADY
VARIED SPORTS PROGRAMME
FOR LABOR DAY.
SET
Men at Vancouver Barracks toPut on
Wall Scaling, Old-Fashloned
Rodeo, and Boxing.
The big programme of varied events
which will be held at Vancouver Bar
racks on Labor Day, Monday, Septem
ber 2, has been about shaped up, and
the officers in charge are satisfied
that the soldiers and townspeople of
this vicinity will see something to
reckon time from.
Believing that both the military and
civilian elements are about fed up on
the cut-and-dried sprints, jumps, shot
puts, etc., of the common or garden
athletic meet, the soldiers will stage a
programme in -the morning that is far
more timely and interesting. This will
consist of such spectacular features as
wall-scaling contests, each company of
the First Provisional Regiment having
a team entered. Practice for this event
is held under orders each day, with
Captain Travis Bryan, one of the ex
pert of the old Army, as chief in
structor.
The afternoon will open with a ball
game between teams representing the
First and Second Regiments. These
teams are composed of ex-profession-
als, with both leagues well represented.
What the military believes will be
the star feature of the whole day will
follow the ball game at about 3 o'clock.
A real old-fashioned Rodeo will be
staged, with the cowboys participating
chosen from the many members of the
cattle range fraternity now serving
with the colors at Vancouver.
A boxing and wrestling programme
will occupy the evening with an eight-
round bout between Alberts and Roo
ney as the wlndup feature. A boxing
match will be held between Billy Mas
cott and Bob McAllister, the new In
structor at Vancouver Barracks. James
J. Richardson will referee all contests.
Harry Gray, Well Known in Sport
ing Activities at Lewlston, Will
Soon Come to Portland to
Make Future Home.
Walter A. Goss, sectional representa
tive of the National Lawn Tennis Asso
ciation, received word from Seattle yes
terday that Robert A. Wabrausek, of
the Seattle Tennis Club, who won the
Junior Boys' title In Tacoma recently,
defeating Phil Neer, of Portland, and
other crack Junior stars, has decided
to go to New York at his own expense
and enter the National Junior Boys'
championship tournament at Forest
Hill, N. Y., which starts Monday
August 26.
Wabrausek left Seattle several days
ago for New York and it is not known
whether he will enter as a member of
the Seattle Tennis Club or as North
west champion. It was recently decided
that the Northwest body of the Na
tional Lawn Tennis Association would
not send a Northwest delegate to the
National championships at Forest Hills,
or rather pay the champion's expenses.
Wabrausek's decision to enter the
championship, paying his own expenses,
has awakened a good deal of interest
in the annual Junior championships j ,n h',s favor when his spirit went out
pie opportunity to see more green cloth
tables than school books.
His start In life was made in a gam
bling room when a jewelry salesman
staked him to a stock that he soon dis
posed of at a profit. He also fol
lowed that business for a time, but the
fairy wand of chance caught his fancy,
although he soon abandoned the spin
ning wheel with the nimble marble for
work In the open. This led him to the
trotting tracks. Charter Oak Park
being one of the first he ever saw, and
at soon as he put up his board as a
bookmaker it did not take him very
long to extend his operations to tho
leading courses of the country.
While a betting man. Andy Welch
was like the Boston boy, John L. Sulli
van, "always on the level."
In 1887 during the Grand Circuit
meeting at Utica, N. Y., Andy Welch
made his first good Investment in a
trotter when he purchased Atlantlo
from R. W. Davis, of West Williams
field, O..
Welch turned Atlantic over to James
Goldsmith. He won six out of seven
races with him that Fall. Goldsmith
also had the horse ready to start down
the line of the Grand Circuit the next
Summer when Welch sold him to an
Italian. The amount which he received
for Atlantic together with what he
won on him put Andy welch in eas)
street. He then began buying and sell
ing trotters, as well as making book.
and while he owned several, one of
them being the colt trotter Wild Rake,
which he sold to William Rockefeller,
his next good winner and possibly
his best one was the chestnut mare
Star Lily. He picked her out of a
Michigan trainer's stable in 1889 and
within a month landed a ton of money
with her when she won the $10,000
Flower City Btake at Rochester, N. Y.
So long as Andy Welch confined
his operations to speculation, the bal
ance remained in his favor, but when
his restless disposition and lightning
like change of ideas were applied to
the management of a race track and
its upkeep, the bills were rather large.
All of them were paid, however, and
if it had not been for the depression
in real estate values on account of the
war, the balance would still have-been
RIFLE TEAM SELECTED
SIXTEEN
MEN PICKED TO GO TO
CAMP PERRY.
Five Member of Former High Scorers
in National Shoot Included
In Group.
Tentative selection of the rifle team
to represent the state of Oregon at the
National matches to be held next month
at Camp Perry, O., was accomplished
yesterday at a meeting held in the of
fice of the Adjutant-General, and pre
sided over by Captain Cecil A. James.
The selections include five members of
former Oregon squads which made
high marks in the Camp Perry competition.
Members of the team must leave
Portland Tuesday morning in order to
reach Camp Perry in time to partici
pate in the email arms practice school.
This runs from September 1 to 14, and
is a part of the training designed to
fit participants as instructors.. The
rifle matches are held September 15
to 21. So important does the Govern
ment consider the contest and school
that it meets expenses of the teams.
Subject to slight changes that may
be found necessary, the personnel of
the team as arranged yesterday fol
lows: O. Royce, Sellwood Rifle Club;
W. H. Hartman, Condon,. Hill Military
Academy: E. A. McCornack and Edwin
Finseth, Eugene Rifle Club; Fred Day,
Salem Rifle Club; A. H. Harris and
Fred Berkey, Tillamook Rifle Club;
Frank Manin, Newport Rifle Club; C. G.
Gilmore, Toledo Rifle Club; R. L. Per-
dew, Eugene; James Potts, Cottage
Grove; Steve Pearson, Roeeburg; A. D.
Melder, Hillsdale, and Walter S. Threl
keld, Harry E. Williams and Virgil A.
Clark, of Portland.
Harry E. Williams was selected by
the squad members as their captain.
Coach and alternates will be selected
later.
Chatt Best of Fly-Casters..
CHICAGO, Aug. 24. G. G. Chatt won
two of the three events in the tenth In
ternational fly and bait-casting tourna
ment today. He also established a new
world's record in the heavy tackle dis
tance fly, when he made a cast of 123
feet. The old record of 117. feet was
held Jointly by F. N. Peet and C. J.
McCarthy. Chatt won the one-quarter-ounce
accuracy bait with a score of
99.5. The one-half-ounce average dis
tance bait was won by William Jami
son, who made a score of 187 4-5. At a
banquet tonight C. B. Willey, Chicago,
wa selected president, and the follow
ing vice-president were elected: J. S.
Schwinn, Newark, N. J.; C. D. Velle.
Minneapolis; W. C. Green, Cincinnati,
and Paul W, Shattuck, San Francisco.
among the Northwestern tennis ians
and the outcome of the young Seattle
tennis shark's play will be watched.
He played a great game at the an
nual Northwest junior championships,
staged in Tacoma several weeks ago,
and no doubt will acquit himself with
honor at the National gathering.
Fenimore Cady and Kenneth Sim
mons, principals in the recent Inland
Empire singles championship struggle,
in which Cady defeated Simmons, but
the latter won out on a protest, met
again in the recent Montana state
championship at Butte. They clashed
in the semi-finals, Cady proving an
easy victor over Simmons. The next
day Cady won the Montana state
championship, defeating Robinson in a
gruelling match.
Harry Gray, the well-known Lewis
ton, IffalTo, tennis mentor, long promi
nent in tennis and other sporting ac
tivities in Lewiston for several years,
will soon come to Portland to make
his home. He will be welcomed by his
many friends here and will be missed
by the members of the Lewiston circle.
Gradually the entries of great players
of -the country are being received for
the National championship lawn tennis
singles at Forest Hills next week. The
most recent is Corporal Harold A.
Throckmorton, of the United States
Coast Artillery, who has been recently
stationed at Fort- Wadsworth. The
dashing young American has received
a two weeks furlough from the War
Department.
Throckmorton's entry adds greatly to
the interest ir the tournament, because
he is one of the most spectacular
youngsters in the game. His dashing
style f play appeals to the gallery,
and while he may not be in the same
form as would follow an active tour
nament season, he is in good condition
and can be counted upon as a strong
contender for the title.
The annual Laurelhurst Club tennis
tournament came to a close yesterday
after several weeks of matches to de
cide the championships of the club. Bob
Gillman won the mens singles de
feating- Ray Chapman, in four hard
fought sets 7-5, 6-4, 4-6 and 6-4. H. V.
Cate and S. B. Cooke won the men's
doubles, defeating Ray Chapman and J,
P. Frledli; 6-2,6-1,6-0.
This year's tournament was very suc
cessful and was participated in by a
number of the members of Laurelhurst
Club. The following Laurelhurst Club
tennis players will likely enter the
City championships, the next big tennis
tournament on the bill; S. B. Cooke, H.
V. Cate, Ray Chapman, Bob Gillman,
and Miss Sinclair.
The Irvington Club won three out of
its four matches against Multnomah
Club yesterday afternoon in the inter
club tennis tournament which has been
running for several months. The
matches yesterday were played on the
Winged M courts.
In the men's singles Walter Goss,
Irvington Club, defeated Phil Neer,
Multnomah Club, 6-1, 6-2, and Percy
Lewis, Irvington, defeated Milton Froh
man, Multnomah Club, 7-5, 10-8.
Multnomah Club won Its only event
in the men's doubles, when Max Wood
and Phil Neer, of Multnomah, defeated
Walter Goss and A. Munger, of Irving
ton Club, 9-7, 7-6.
The mixed doubles went to Irvington
Club, Miss Fox and Percy Lewis de
feating Miss Campbell and J.H. Mackie,
8-6, 6-3.
with the tide at Winthrop, Mass., last
year.
TILDEN CAPTURES TITLE
PHILADELPHIAN BEATS PELL IN
STRAIGHT SETS.
WELCH'S
RISE
IS
RAPID
Fortune Made and Lost in Harness
Racing in America.
Andy Welch was one of the most un
usual characters ever seen on the
trotting turf. While he was Irish to
the finger tips, he was born on the
Island of Jersey, in the English Chan
nel, and he came to America with the
balance of the family as a small boy.
Hartford, Conn., was selected as the
stopping place, and like many a moth
erless lad, Andy grew up on the streets.
While peddling papers and shining
shoes in the vicinity of the old City
Hotel and Gold Street he also had am-
Winner Plays With More Than Usual
Caution New Yorker's Early
Lead Soon Overcome.
SOUTHAMPTON, N. Y.. Aug 24.
William Tilden. II. of Philadelphia, won
the singles final and trophy in the
lawn tennis tournament here today on
the turf courts of the Meadow Club.
Tilden defeated T. R. Pell. New York,
In straight sets, 6-4, 6-2. 6-4.
Tilden played with more caution than
usual. He did not make his fiery as
saults at the net with the same fre
quency as in other matches. He forced
the openings and then moved up for the
"killing" shot.
Pell used his long and crossing
drives with fine effect. In the fiit
set he led at 4-2 on games, only to
have Tilden outplay him by a severe
game for the set.
Tilden and Vincent Richards won the
finals of the doubles by defeating Wal
ter T. Hayes and Ralph H. Burdick. the
Western champions, of Chicago, 6-4,
1-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4.
Richards, the boy marvel, stood as
the wheel horse of the victorious
doubles pair. Tilden was over-anxious.
Burdick played very strongly. His
service was fine, and he always had
speed. The Western players took too
many chances in the rallies, losing on
outs and nets.
Miss Molla Bjurotedt and W. M. Hall
met Mrs. Rawson Wood and R. L. Mur
ray In an exhibition doubles. The girl
from Norway and her partner won
6-4. 6-2.
SERIES RECEIPTS TO FALL
Reduction of Price Will Cut Income;
Officials to Get Less.
NEW YORK. Aug. 24. Many radical
changes will be noted in the arrange
ments for the holding of the coming
world series.
It Is estimated that, owing to the re
duction of the admission charges the
gate receipts will fall nearly 50 per
cent. Scorers, umpires and all others,
aside from the players, who recelvs
pecuniary benefits from the post-season
series will have their compnesation cut
In half. The arrangement for the play
ing of the first three games In Chicago
and the number necessary to decide the
winner in the American League Club
city will, eliminate the usual inter-city
trips thus saving railroad fares and
reducing the strain which would other
wise be imposed upon confested rail
road service.
Under the agreement reached by the
two major leagues and the National
commission last winter ine piayem ui
the winning and losing teams will re
ceive resDectively $2000 and $1400
each, in place of the usual division of
60 per cent of the proceeds or tne iirst
four games; providing the 60 per cent
amounts to $152,894. In case the 60 per
cent falls below the figures the re
spective shares of the players partici
pating shall be scheduled In the ratio
of the decrease in the aggregate play
ers' revenue this year as compared with
that of 1917.
The list of the eligible players of the
Chicago National League Club follows:
Fred Mitchell, manager; Turner Bar
ber, Paul Carter, Thomas A. Clark,
Charles A. Deal, Phil B. Douglas, Max
Flack, Claude R. Hendrix, Charles J.
Hollocher, F. Otto Knabe, William
Killefer, Jr., Leslie Mann, Fred C.
Merkle, E. C. Martin, W. F. McCabe,
Robert O'Farrell, Charles Pick, George
H. Paskert, George A. Tyler, James L.
Vaughn, William L. Wortman, James
R. Walker and Rollle Zelder. '
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