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WATER REGATTA IS
EVENT OF PROMISE
LATE . PHOTOGRAPH OF BIG JESS SHOWS HOW HE; OVERTOWERS JIM ' JEFFRIES
BIG PUGS DISAPPOINT
CURIOUS FIGHT FANS
Buy Your Truck Complete
Boat Races and Swimmers to
Vie for Festival Interest.
Willard and Dempsey Idle Be
cause Rain Interferes.
OFFICIALS ARE APPOINTED
CHAMPION RAPS CLIMATE
Course Between Hawthorne and
Broadway Bridges Laid Out for
Events Wednesday Afternoon.
Change From California's Swelter to
Ohio's Humidity Said to Have
. . Affected Giant's Wind.
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Under the direction of George TV.
Kendall, chairman of the water sports
for the Victory Rose Festival, all ar
rangements have now been completed
for putting on what promises to be one
of the most interesting water regattas
that has ever been held In Portland.
The time set for the regetta is between
3:30 and 6 o"clock of the afternoon of
"Wednesday, June 11.
A course has been measured and laid
out between the Hawthorne and Broad
way bridges. On this course the racing
boats will circle the pier of the bridges
on each leg of the course. This course
will enable the spectators to select
points of vantage on the adjacent docks
or bridges from which to view the va
rious events.
'Water Clubs Invited.
The barge Swan will be anchored
bout the middle of the course, at which
point all races will start and finish.
The Swan has a capacity for about 200
fruests and will be the off icial barge of
the racing officials. Invitations have
been Issued to the various water clubs
on the river and the officers and staff
of the visiting warships to be the
guests of the Motorboat club upon the
barge to view the races.
In front of the official barge will be
provided other and smaller barges from
which the various swimming and diving
.events will take place.
Professor Jack Cody, with his diving
grirls, will give an exhibition of fancy
diving and swimming. The fair surf
boat riders, of whom there will be
'some flock," will circle the course mn
the heels of the swiftest motorboats.
There will be all kinds of speed-boat
events, including the 16-foot class, the
runabouts and cruisers, including a gen
eral free-for-all race to determine the
tpeed champion. Crews from visiting
warships are expected to enter several
cutter races.
The carnival committee has offered
come valuable cups as prizes in the
various events and interest is running
very high among the speed-boat men in
picking a winner for the various events.
Roster of Officials Given.
The queen of the carnival will be the
truest of the Motorboat club on the
royal barge if she is not too busy tak
ing care of her subjects in other parts
of her fair realm.
Captain Kendall has issued the fol
lowing official roster of the regatta
officials:
Mrs. Dudley F. Clark, on entertain
ment; Captain Jacob Speier, in charge
of water patrol to keep course clear
tinder government orders; A- M. Grilley,
festival director of sports; Admiral
W. F. Kullam, with staff, honored
guests; Captain Charles Krantz, scorer;
Captain Milton B. Henderson, timekeep
er; Captain C. W. Boost, chairman of
judges; Captain Len M. Myers, in charge
of racing events; Dr. Charles B. Hill,
chairman of reception committee, as
sisted by Nelson G. Pike. General
Charles F- Beebe and C. A. Bigelow. W.
11. Curtis is official starter and George
J. Kelly the official announcer, with
Captain Marion Boone as fleet capiain
of the couifst. Captain Ray Neuberger
will look out for the surfboard contest
and Proff-ssor Jack Cody the diving and
bwimming events.
The order for the closing of the
course during the races to all traffic
, 3. as been received from the government
anj the "Scott" with full complement
of officers will see that the order ;s
obeyed.
The start and finish of all races shall
be from a point off Everett street and
the length of the courses for the va
rious classen of boats is so scheduled
uiuler the general handicapping ruls
as to promise some exciting finishes.
SKATERS URGED TO ENTER
ROLLER SKATING MARATHON' IS
SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY.
Arrangements Are Completed and
Attractive Trizes AYill Be Given
. to Ones Coming in First.
Only four more days remain for the
youthful skaters of Portland to send
in their entry blanka for the annual
roller skate marathou to be held on
Thursday under the auspices of The
Oregonian, with the sanction and co
operation of the Kose Festival com
mittee. All arrangements have been com
pleted and all tnat is left to be done
is for the boys to sign up for this race.
At last the roller marathon editor
js in a position to announce the prizes.
The first one will be a watch that will
be donated by F. Friedlander & Co.
The second prize is another watch, do
nated by G. Heitkemper company but
both of them are so nearly of the same
value that the editor has agreed to let
the winner take his choice. The win
ner's name and the name of the event
will be engraved on it.
Third prize is a gold scarfpin, do
nated by Jaeger Bros.
Fourth prize is a boy's wrist watch
to bo given by Backus & Morris.
A. G. Spalding has given the fifth
prize, which is a boy's all-wool sweater.
Sixth, seventh and eighth prizes have
been given by Meier & Frank com
pany. Aaron Frank of the firm will
act in the capacity of director-general,
lie has given three pairs of skates as
the last three prizes.
The officials or the race will be
Aaron Frank, director-general; Mar
tin W. Hawkins, clerk of course; C. M.
Menzies and James II. Lynch, judges of
finish: J. P. Jaeger and Jtm Morris,
chief inspectors; L. A. Spangler. scorer:
W. W. Barks, starter: George Roberts
Grayson. William R. Smyth. K. Plowden
Stott. George A. Anderson, Fred Nor
man Bay. Wayne K. Lewis. Otto Mikel
Bon, Harvey Newell. V. K. "Dick"
Carlon, George Hurlburt, C. L. Mullen.
Ralph Thayer, William Stepp. JacS
Herman, Lieutenant Harold K. Potter,
assistant inspectors.
Boys are requested to send in entry
blanks and prepare for the race.
Pitcher Williams Is Sold.
MINNEAPOLIS. June 7. Pitcher
Mutt Williams on whom waivers were
asked tome time ago. was sold today
by the Minneapolis association club to
t. Joseph, Mo., of the Western league.
College Baseball Results.
Holy Cross 2. Harvard 0.
Michigan 4. lillinois 0.
Cornell 2, Yale 1.
Ti'inveton 3, Pennsylvania 1.
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WHOM WILLARD LICKED.
SAN FRANCISCANS MAY GET
SPECIAL TRAIN TO TOLEDO:
Cost of Excursion to Willard-Dempsey Fight Estimated to Average $400
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AI" FRANCISCO, Cal.. June 1. Jim
my Coffroth is trying to Btir up
enough enthusiasm in the coming
T,illard-Dempsey 12-round fight in To
ledo to warrant preparations by him
for a special train. Coffroth admits
that the undertaking will be difficult.
The individual expense will mount up.
Coffroth has estimated that the rail
road and sleeper fare .for the round
trip will cost ?175. The average, ticket
may cost J25. A member of the excurJ
sion might spend $400 to see the fight
and then, naturally, being so close to
Gotham, would want to go to - New
York.
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Jimmy McLaughlin, the San Fran
cisco engineering contractor, who is
building the arena for the Willard
Dempsey fight, came to San Francisco
on business this week. He will finish
up his work soon.
It will be two and a quarter times as
big as the arena that was to have
housed the Jeffries-Johnson fight
crowd at Eighth and Market streets.
The width is 600 feet and the boys in
the last row of the J10 bleacher seats
will be a trifle less than 300 feet from
the scene of action.
"No one in San Francisco commences
to realize just what a big proposition
this fight is going to be," declared Mc
Laughlin. "We're away off here on
the Pacific coast and simply can't get
the angle, that's all.
"Toledo, you must " understand, is
only five hours from Chicago. It is
not by any mer.ns a long run
from
New York and they have practically
the entire country fronf Chicago east
on which to draw. The fight fans are
taking kindly to the first championship
of any. big caliber and seats will be
selling at a premium' before it is all
ended. :
"I doubt if Rickard w'll have enough
seats to accommodate the people. And
yet it was impossible to construct a
larger arena and yet give people a
chance to see what's going on. - For. all
that I want to spea? a kindly, word for
the $10 seats 1 know they are good
and the folks who buy them are not
going to be sorry. McLaughlin has
built three big fight arenas in his day
and has attended most of the important
matches the past few years.
Johnn: . Ray, who was barred from
San Franc'sco because he trafficked
with two sets of ficrht promoters at the
same time, is again in favor. There
w-as a benefit card last Friday night
an'l Johnny, was needed as a card. So
in consideration of his promise to be
good in thi future, Johnny was put
back on the white list.
Lieutenant Earl ' Baird has won a
home for himself here. He put up a
hard fight last week against Ray and
there were a lot of the spectators who
thought he should :.;ve received the
decision. Earl . is in line for more
fights.
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Eddie Brewster Pinkman, after one
bad fight in San Francisco and another
equally as poor in Los Angeles, passed
through this city the other night on his
way to Seattle, where he hopes to get a
match June 10. Eddie had several ex
planations for his poor showings here.
He says the reason he sprinted around
the San Francisco ring was because
his hand was in bad shape and they
wouldn't allow him to wear bandages.
Louis Parente. the Northwestern pro
moter, is now threatening a cut rate
war in the fight game. Louis admits
that so far his shows at the Coliseum
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Wednesday afternoon, have mapped out the above lm courses for the races.
nacre they want to Tiew Jhe slsUjla, '
have not been a glittering success, fi
nancially. But he insists that the al
lied promoters are at fault and threat
ens to get even. -
He is now talking of a 25-cent gal
lery and thinks that will bring the
Messrs.. Lawlor. Dolph - Thomas and
Frank Schuler to. their knees. After
the boxing game 'was down and out,
Harry p'oley brought it back with a
50-cent gallery and. corresponding
houses.
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San Francisco is. to "have the prii
lege of being represented at the ring
side at Toledo. Sol Levinson, the chap
who has made gloves for all the cham
pionship ' matches, was called upon re
cently to fill the bill for two sets '-of
gloves for the two big fellows. He
already had the measurements. of Wil
lard and Dempsey and lost no time in
executing his commission. Two sets
J of . gloves were ordered so that no
chances would be taken on a set going
wrong. Already the "mits" are on the
way east.
American League Umpire.
On what rules do the American and
National league place different inter
pretations? The playing code is sup
posed to cover definitely every situa
tion that can arise .on the ball field.
The amateur and semi-professional
jplayer has no other guide than the rule
book and must accept a literal interpre
tation of each rule. The two major
leagues are not so confined. Each is
so powerful that if -1t does not look
with favor on a rule, the rule may be
twisted to suit the fancy of the organ
ization. Here are some angles on which
the two major leagues place different
interpretations.
The balk rule is one of the most lm
portant features of the code, yet .the
two major leagues differ on the very
first section which states a balk' shall
be any motion made by the - pitcher
while in position to deliver the ball to
the bat without delivering it.
The National league adheres closely
to the rule on this point and calls any
infraction of that section a balk. The
American league, .while enforcing it.
eliminates one angle. If a pitcher
started to deliver the ball to the batter
and then for some reason did not go
through with his intention, still retain
ing the ball, if would be called a balk
in both the American and -National.
Accidents Can Happen.
Now for the angle that the American
eliminates. We will suppose the pitcher
sta.Ts his windup, and, before . he is
anywhere near ready to deliver . the
ball, it accidentally slips out of. his
hands to the ground. In the National
league that would oe construed as fail
ing to deliver the ball to the batter
after having started to do so. National
league umpires would call it a balk.
In the American league it -would 'be
looked on as an accident. The base
runner would be privileged to advance,
but would do so at his peril. American
league umpires would not call it a balk.
The infield fly is another angle on
which the two big leagues do not agree
In their interpretation. The infield fly
applies with less than two out,- with
first and second, or firsul second and
third bases occupied. lf( In the opinion
of the umpire, the batsman hits a fly
that can be handled by an infielder.
The intent was to protect the base run-
ners. It was put in the code so that an
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infielder could not intentionally drop a
fly ball and complete a double play. In
the old days the base runner was con
stantly up in the-air, not knowing what
the fielder intended to do. To try to
break up a double play, it was neces
sary for him to take as big a lead as
possible, yet not so big a lead tnat he
would be unable to return to his base
If. the. ball was caught. ' The infield fly
rule was formulated to protect the base
runner, because under it he know the
batsman waa out, regardless of whether
the ball was caught. It was a cue to
the base' runner to return to his base.
. . . Runner Cnn't Leave Base.
To advance on a caught fly ball it is
impossible to leave the base prior to
the catch. The play must be completed.
The infield fly which retires the bats
man is regarded by the American
league as a-caught fly. Therefore, the
base runner should return to his base,
according to the Americans-league in
terpretation, and - wait for completion
of the pla., .The American league re
gards the completion of the play as the
actual catching or the ball, the muffing
of the ball, or the ball striking the
ground, if it is not touched by a fielder.
At such a time base runners in the
American league can try to advance if
they so desire. To leave the base prior
to such a time would make them liable
to be . put out by throwing the ball to
the base' vacated. The National league,
while regarding the batsman as out,
places no other strings on the play. A
base runner need not return to his base
unless the ball be caught; then he is
forced to return to escape being put
out. If theball is - muffed National
league . runners can advance at their
peril,-without having to return to their
base.
CHASE COURSE FINISHED
PORTLAND HCX'T CLTJB RIDERS
TRY X EW JUM PERS '.
Steeple Chase Race to Be Attraction
-and -Quarter-Mile - Dash for
' Women Creates Interest.
The - Portland " Hunt: club's steeple
chase - course at Garden Home - is a
reality. The club racing men are
using it to -condition their mounts' for
the spring meet scheduled June 21.
Last Sunday, after the cross country
ride which -was followed bybreakfast
at the clubhouse, most of the riders
had- a go at- the jumps and the con
sensus of opinion was that they were a
fine acquisition to the club facilities.
Before the club moved its race meets
to the Garden Home track the two-mile
steeple chase race was the principal
event : of its meets. Hurdles were
placed on the track providing the
jumps. The newly completed course
has all . the feature jumps necessary
to make it a real sporting vehicle.
The steeple chase race will be
great -attraction this year. Another
race which is creating a large amount
of Interest is a quarter-mile dash for
women. The last event of this kind
was staged in 1904, which was won by
Miss Howard on Jim Budd. At the
present time there is a large number
of unusually good women riders who
have been following the paper all win
ter and spring and the racing commit
tee will give them a chance to show
their prowess in an open event on the
track.
An even dozen racing and jumping
events will be on the programme.
More than 70 nominations have been
received for the two-year-old events
that will be trotted at grand circuit
meetings and more than one-third
them are by Peter the Great or his sons.
With such a number to represent i
that family will have more opportun
ties than those which have but three
or four. -
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TOLEDO. O.. June 7 Several hun
dred persons who visited ihe training
camps of Jack Dempsey and Jess Wil
lard today in anticipation of seeing
some glove performances -were dis
appointed because a severe rainstorm,
breaking as Willard was about to start
his workout, prevented exhibitions in
both camps. (
Dempsey was more disappointed
than any of the spectators, as he has
been loafing since Monday and was
eager to resume training. He wanted
to box his partners in his living quar
ters, but Manager Kearns told him to
wait until tomorrow. If the day Is
pleasant, both boxers will play to
capacity houses as they plan to double
their efforts after missing today.
Willard complained today that he Is
finding the change in climate from
California to Ohio a hardship. He said
that when he left Los Angeles ten days
ago his wind was in excellent condi
tlon, but the conditions here have af
fected his breathing. Other members
of the champion's entourage who ac
companicd hfm from the coast made
similar complaints.
"Now that the weather is getting
cooler I think I will be able to work
faster, but it will be a week before I
am able to go at top speed," Willard
said. "I expect that my breathing will
be all right as quickly as I become
accustomed to climatic conditions"
It was announced tonight that Billy
AiisKe, tne bt. .Paul ltght-heavywelght,
and Battling Levinsky of New York
had been matched to meet In a 12-round
contest at Rossford, Just outside of
Toledo, on the night of July S. An
open-air arena seating 10,000 persons
will be erected.
REED TENNIS TITLES
HERBERT SWETT WIXS MEN'S
SINGLES MATCH.
Madeline Steffen, Takes Women's
Singles and Professor Gray and
Wooddy Capture Doubles.
Champions in tennis were deter
mined in play at Reed college during
he week. Herbert Swett won the men's
ingles title; Madeline Steffen took the
women's singles and Professors Gray
nd Wooddy topped the doubles dl
iston. Swett won the coveted silver cup and
he men's championship by a consistent
serving and placing game. His hardest
match, and one of the best-fought in
the tournament, came In the semi-finals
when he defeated Gray, 6-4, 8-6. Weath-
rly, counted as a strong contender.
was eliminated by Gray. 6-1, 6-0. Swett
efeated Brockway in the finals. 6-4,
-0, 6-4, after Robinson had defaulted
to the latter.
One of the best contests ever seen
between women at Reed occurred when
Madeline Steffen defeated Von Sella
Smith three straight sets for the cham
pionship. Steady playing when the
odds were against her finally won out
for Miss Steffen.
Gray and Wooddy won the final
match in the doubles from Chamber-
ain and Hessert. following the default
of Weatherly and Robinson. Swett and
Shumway gave the winners the hardest
ussle in the semi-finals when they
ost. 6-3. 8-10. 6-1.
Millard Rosenblatt won the Reed golf
match on the municipal links, and Pro
fessors Knowlton and Hastings were
second and third. For obvious reasons
he score was not divulged.
FANS HAVE VARIETY TODAY
HIBERNIAN CLUB AND COLUM
BIA PARK TO CROSS BATS.
Soldiers Team Scheduled to Meet
Camas Nine This Afternoon.
Loggers Play Estacada.
Hibernian baseball team will meet
Columbia Park this afternoon on the
Columbia Park grounds. These are two
of the best teams in the city and a good
game is expected.
Moran. Durry. scott or iiiggs wm do
on the mound fcr the Hibernians. The
infield will be composed of Hogan,
Powers, Murphy and Goldman or Jacob-
berger. In the outfield will be Hughes,
Sullivan and C. Murphy. Murnane will
do the receiving. The game will be
called at 2:30. Next Sunday the Hibern
ians will go to Woodburn or Gervais.
Billy Stepp's Battery A team will
journey to Camas this afternoon and
play the fast Camas nine. CupeClow,
the former BucKaroo nurier. is pitching
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ment of a truck? Why shouldn't the maker equip with
electric starting and lighting, windshield, spot-light, bumper,
etc., which are absolutely necessary for economical, efficient
operation.
GRANT TRUCKS are sold completely equipped yet they
are no higher priced than incomplete trucks of anywhere
near equal quality and capacity.
Electric starting and lighting have always been a feature of
GRANT TRUCKS. The exclusive spring-cradle battery
suspension makes the Grant system the best in use today.
As a saver of the driver's tune and of gasoline, the electric
starting system is easily worth 300 to $500 during the life,
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fine ball for Camas this season. Last
Sunday he shut out the Piedmont Ma
roons. St. Johns Lumber company will go
to Oregon City and play the team of
that place.
Peninsula Pirates will meet Wood
stock at Columbia Park at 1:30. There
is another game slated for the park
but it is hoped this game will be over
soon enough to let the other teams
play.
Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lum
bermen will play Estacada at Estacada.
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Willamette Iron Steel company-
Bearcats will play the Hawthorne Mer
chants on the Franklin high field at
1:30 o clock.
This afternoon the Standifer team
will be idle. Last week the team went
on a three days' trip and so this Sun
day the beys will take a day off. All
season the team has been playing a
strenuous schedule and needs a rest.
The O.-W. R. & N. team left yester
day for Pendleton. Or., to tangle with
the Pendleton club this afternoon.
Woodburn fans will witness the Cen
tral Door and Lumber company team
of Portland in action against the fast
Woodburn nine today.
The Western Cooperage team will
tangle with Oswego at Oswego.
Baseball teams of Meier & Frank
and Lipman-Wolfd company will clash
this morning on the East Twelfth and
Davis-street grounds iu the third game
of their three-game series, each having
won a game, so this morning's affair
will be for the department store cham
pionship of Portland.
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Next Sunday, in Vancouver, Wash.,
the G. M. Standifer baseball club will
play Hood River.
Capitol Hill bi.lltossers i
Banks, Or., this afternoon
their differences.
rill Invade
and settle
Hood River and The Dalles will play
at Hood River this afternoon.
Horse Notes.
WHEN Noah Webst
first edition of h
ter published the
his dictionary, he
omitted the English application of the
word "maiden" to racing and it has
never been inserted by those who con
tinued the work. In all probability
one of its editors may in time define
this everyday application of the term
for non-winners, while a glance over
the season's debutantes is one of the
most interesting features in connection
with either the running or trotting
turf. As yearling racing has been dis
continued, all of the two-year-olds at
the beginning of the season are maid
ens, and among them will be found not
only the winners of the futurities, but
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also the material from which future
champions will be developed.
In 1891 when Arion startled the world
by reducing the two-year-old record
from 2:18 to 2:10'4, no one ever ex
pected to see it changed. Arion was
hitched to a high wheel sulky, and his
mark was unbeaten until 1909. when
Native Belle won in 2:07H at Lexing
ton. Since that time Peter Volo cut it
to 2:04i in 1918, and The Real Lady
moved the limit down to 2:04 when
she defeated Harvest Gale, Miss Bertha
Dillon, Toddy S. and Tacita in 1916.
None of last year's two-year-olds came
within four seconds of this figure, but
the time is now at hand for the 1919
group to appear if not as record break
ers, at least to win the premiums of
fered for the foals of 1917.
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