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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, MAY 16, 1920
STATE GOLF PLAY
MAY SHOW GLASS
Mew Talent Seems to Have
Chance With Experts.
OLD GUARD THREATENED
Five States to Enter tonr-Man
Teams in Special Event for
Clemson Trophy.
(olf Dates to Remember.
June 7-12 Oregon state champion-
shins, at Waverlev.
July 5-10 Pacific northwest cham
pionships, at Vancouver, H. C
www
BY ROSCOE FAWCETT.
"With the Oregon state solf cham
pionship tournament only three -weeks
off it is hich time to inspect the field
ana sucn inspection leaas one to re
mark that the 1920 tourney will bring
forth the finest assortment of home
grown ciass mat nas ever oeen en
tered in an Oregon tourney.
During the several years preceding
the war the two stars Rudolph Wil
li elm and Russel Smith had things
mucn to tneir own iiiving. xjv. j. r.
willing, the present Waverley club
cnamoion. is now to ue senouaiy
recKonea wua ana several omer ex
perts seem to have improvea tnem-
selves to such an extent as to threaten
annimiaiion 10 me aia Kuu.ru. x..
Macleay. runnerup last year to iu-
dolDh Wllhelm, is expected to wear
the rust oft nis ciuds ana snow some
VI tne nasnes mat wuu lur nun me
norm west tine in me uygone uays.
Yonngr Stars Have Chance.
A. S. Kerry, Forest Watson, G. M.
Standifer, J. R. Straight, Andrew
White and a cron of the younger stars
Just coming up are also to be con-
tmerea.
One thing sure, there will be keener
competition t his year than at any
time since iJ . ana per naps Keener
competition man ever ueiore, ueuenu-
ing upon whether or not there are
entries from outside the state.
It is regrettable that Millard Rosen-
Matt will not he here to enter, lor
this young Tualatin club star is just
beginning to show true form. Last;
week Millard defeated Jack. Neville,
the California state champion, in the
finals of a tourney at the Beresford
ciud in- san r rancisco. lMevnie biahcu
him 3 up but he won 4 and 3 so didn't
need the handicap. Young Rosen
blatt is attending Stanford university
. 4 n.nahl,r -n' 1 1 1 nnt Via ahla t f ontdr
lhe state.' llast fall he was runner
up to Dr. Willing in the Gearhart
tourney.
New State Trophy la IT p.
One of the innovations this year
will be play for the Portland inter
state trophy presented by John G.
Clemson. It is to be played for by
four-men teams from clubs in the five
states, Oregon, Washington, Idaho,
Montana and Utah. The trophy is a
five-time win and the team that wins
It each year is to hold it until the !
following season, when it Is to be
played for at its state tournament.
The scores of the qualifying rounds
of the tourneys will be taken as the
qualifying scores of the four-man
teams and the two with the lowest
aggregate will play match play in the
finals. The conditions are similar to
those governing the C. H. Davis Jr.
cup event, which is a big feature of
the northwest tourney every year.
Whether or not Seattle, Spokane,
Tacoma and other cities outside the
state will send teams is not known
but invitations have been extended
and this event may lure a few outside
cracks to compete in the Oregon
classic.
Today, at the beautiful Waverley
Country club links, 15-nian teams
from the three Portland courses
Waverley. Portland Golf and Tualatin
Country are competing against each
other in the elimination round for an
other Clemson trophy this one lim
ited to the three clubs named. One
of the clubs will be eliminated today
and the two remaining will play next
Sunday In the finals.
The quartet that represents the
Portland Golf club in the Davis cup
event at Vancouver in July probably
will carry the club's colors in the
four-man event in the Oregon state
tourney, although "Chairman Nash
may ushis two young stars, Adolph
Haas and Douglas Nicol, as running
mates to Rudy Wilhelm and Dr. Will
ing. Both these lads are improving
fast and today are averaging &u or
under in practice rounds. Waverley's
mainstays in the interstate event and
also at Vancouver in the Davis cup
will be Russel Smith and Forest Wat
son. There is a chance that Chandler
Kgan, former national champion, may
be lured from his ranch at Medford to
plav for Waverley at Vancouver.
If Kgan condescends to enter Wav
erley will have a corking team at
Vancouver in Egan, Smith, Watson
and one other.
Prescott Scott, a San Francisco
grolfer made a wager in Seattle the
other day that a Californian would
win at Vancouver in any one of the
three classes amateur, open and
women's that anybody wanted to
pick. A Seattle man took $250 worth
of it on the open, which was the poor
est bet of the three, inasmuch as it
seems likelv that MacDonald Smith
and Jelm Black may come north.
Black undoubtedly is the best golfer
on the coast amongst the "pros," as
he has demonstrated time and time
again. Smith has been giving him
some competition since his return a
few weeks ago.
The California amateurs stand less
chjince of winning than- do the "pros."
providing, of course, that the Blacks,
Sampsons and Smiths enter the tour
ney. However, there wilt be a lot et
class mixed up in the Bear state ama
'teur clique that is planning on the in
vasion of British Columbia and the
northwestern amateurs had best look
to their laurels.
Ruth stood for the name through
several frames of the exhibition
game, but finally his composure
slipped away and he crawled into the
stand after the cheer leader of the
roasting crew.
No trouble resulted from Ruth's
visit - to the stand, because Ernie
Shore and Fewster followed him and
got between Ruth and the fan. The
fan, however, was ready to do battle,
for when "Babe" climbed into the
stand the fan pulled out a man's size
Knite.
Those who have been, in the game
and know of the deal that sent Ruth
to the Yankees have been trying to
figure from the Jacksonville inci
dent whether Ruth will be accorded
a similar reception over the entire
circuit this season. Although never
having been branded a trouble-maker
until he was sold to the New York
club. Owner Franzee of Boston did
not increase Ruth's popularity when
he publicly declared be let Ruth out
because the big lad was a chronic
kicker and disturber. From his days
with the minors Ruth has never been
able to stand for a "riding" from the
sun-baked seats, and there is said to
be a possibility that worry over be
ing panned liberally may affect his
hitting. Time will tell some inter
esting things about big "Babe."
WRESTLERS FIGHT -RULES
GKAPPLERS DISLIKE BAX '
PUXISHIXG GRIPS.
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George Bothner, Referee and Au
thority, to Attempt to Purify
Branch of Sport.
The movement about to be launched
in New York looking toward the
abolishing of all dangerous holds now
in use in the wrestling sport is not
going to meet with howling success
at the hands of the grapplers.
I he matmen seem quite anxious
to bar the head-lock made famous
by Ed (Strangler) Lewis, but from
Champion Stecher down they will not
consider the elimination of the toe
hold. George Bothner, referee and wres
tling authority, has taken it upon
himself to cleanse the sport of all
holds that are liable to leave a victim
crippled. His willingness to rid the
game of dangerous holds encouraged
the formation of a sort of associa
tion, which, according to Bothner
will branch out in real busine&alikf
form before next winter.
When he was apprised of the in
augauration of a campaign to. clean
up the game. Champion Joe Stechei
immediately voiced a protest on the
elimination of the toe-hold. Stechei
declared he did not want to appeal
arbitrary, but he felt certain there
would be difficulty in drawing th
line and if too much liberty was
taler. in eliminating the various holds
it would not be long until those
wrestlers who have specialized would
be unable to compete.
"My scissors hold is really nothing
new, but I have developed it a little
further than wrestlers in the past,
said Stecher. "Why should I abandon
work that has required years of pa
tient endeavor to develop just to
place myself on a level with the as
piring wrestler who has neglected
or was unable to speeialize?" Stechei
is unconditionally against the plan
Bothner admits there will be dif
ficulty in arriving at what holds
must go and which must remain. But
he says the wrestling game is cer
tain to deteriorate In its present con
dition and the association project is
simply a safety first more. Both
ner is also much interested in the
association project to do away with
the talk about a so-called "wrestling
trust," which he terms an underhand
maneuver by those who would kill
the ancient pastime.
Bothner is qualified to attempt the
task he has outlined for himself, as
he is one of the best informed wres
tling authorities In the country. He
referees all the big matches in New
York. He was the third ma"n in the
ring in the recent Stecher-Caddock
tilt In which Caddock lost his crown.
CORTALUS GOLFERS GUESTS
PORTLAND TENNIS WIZARDS WHO ARE ENTERED IN ANNUAL SPRING HANDICAP TOURNAMENT WHICH GOT UNDER WAY AT
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Fast Semi-Pro Game Expect
ed on Vaughn Lot.
Prk v. Coak Gill at 6t1wead park. 11
A. M. ; Oldv Wormian A Kin . Council
Crest at I-ran ki in Bowl. 2:30 P. M. ; On
ronians vs. Fields Vctor Car company at
Kaat Ta olfth and Davis. 2:30 P. M. ; Com
pany A. Encineiira at Oswcjo: Oregon City
Woolea Mills va. presoa City u.1 Orexoa
City.
PERRY AFTER JACK BRITTOX
Pittsburg Welter "VViU Get Anotlicx
Chance in July. .
Jack Perry. Pittsbure- vilin.iitt
is making a strong bid for the crown
now worn so proudly on the classic
uruw or jacK tsntton.
I erry and Britton have ne twicA. -
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CENTEWNIALS CRAVE WIN I the popular iiluiSS
J "jviuj ui i no crmcs at In
ringside. In, 13 rounds at Cumberland.
Md.. Perry put up a great fight
against Britton,' and on St. Patrick's
day, at Canton. Ohio, he made an ex
cellent showing and was iriven the
shade by some of the experts.
Pittsburg: boxing fans regard Per
ry as the coming champion. They
ppim out that he has everything a
champion needs and proof that he can
punch is found in the fact that be
knocked out 13 opponents during the
last 11 months. He has won decis
ions over Johnny Griffiths and Patsy
Cline.
Manager-of Team From Port City
Says Xine All Set to Knock
Heales' Bunch From Perch.
Portland Baseball Association Standings.
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Sherwood 1
Astoria x
Hood River ... 0
I Camas 0 3
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Columbia Park 0 1
tnion Pacific O 1
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Cook & Gill 2 0
Co. A. Engineers 2 0
urwron city Mills l x
iOrexonians . ; . . 1 1
Capitol Hill 1 1
Oids. Wortman Ac Ring- 1 1
Kleias Motor Co O z
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Left to right Catlln V olf ard. Oregoai
state champion Henry Steven, one
of best youthful net stars and hold
er. of several titles; Walter A. (iiiMi,
three times winner of atate title.
TO SEND -TEAM
SEVEX SWTMMIXG STARS TO
EXTER XEW YORK MEET.
WRESTLING DUE FOR REVIVAL
IN PORTLAND COMING WEEK
"Sailor" Hoffman of New York Is Top-Notch Man on Mat and He Is
to Appear With Good Local Man.
M'
Eugene Club to Entertain Xo
Tournament to Be Held.
EUGENE, Or., May 15. (Special.)
Twenty-five members of the Corvallis
golf club are expected here tomorrow
as guests of the Eugene Country club.
There will be no tournament between
the two clubs that day but individual
matches will be arranged for the
forenoon and a part of the afternoon.
The local club's annual field day
will be held during the afternoon
and the visitors will be invited to
take part in the different events and
compete for the prizes offered.
A return tournament between the
Eugene and Salem clubs will be held
here Sunday. May 24. Salem defeated
Eugene on the Salem links two weeks
ago.
Record Holder to Contest for Mem
bership on Olympic Squad
of United States.
HONOLULU, T H.. May 15. (Spe
cial.) Hawaii will send a team of
eeren swimmers .together with, a
coach to New York City next month
for the trials to be staged there prior
to the selection of the American
swimming team for the Olympic
games in Antwerp. The seven are
Duke Kahanamoku, Ludy Langer,
Warren Kealoha, Pua Kealoha, W. W.
Harris, George C. Kane and Helen
Moses.
Duke Kahanamoku is the world
sprint champion who created such a
sensation in Stockholm in 1912. Ludy
Langer is the holder of the world,
record for the 440-yard event and is
a former Los Angeles swimmer. War
ren Kealoha is an island boy who
stepped into the limelight by break
ing the world backstroke record for
the century last month. Pua Kealoha
had a victory over Norman Boss in
the century.
W. W. Harris, born in Hawaii, but
a resident of Manila for many years,
is the far eastern Olympiad hero ana
created a sensation here by defeating
! . . T-i v..Uka
Harola Kruger, run .
Duke Kahanamoku in a 220-yard race
last month. George C. Kane is cham
pion breaststroke swimmer of Ha
waii. Helen Moses, a fourteen-year-old
girl, defeated Charlotte Boyle in
the 50-yard dash in the trials here in
April but lost In the. hundred on the
night of the meet through swimming
out of ker path. - George "Dad" Cen
ter will be the coach to go with the
team.
IKE BUTLER is expected home
from California tomorrow to
make the final arrangements
for the wrestling match between his
protege, Ted Thye, claimant to the
world's middleweight title, and his
latest challenger, "Sailor" Hoffman of
New York. Hoffman Is a topnotcn
grappler, without Question, for he
wrestled the semi-wlndup to the
Stecher-Craddock championship match
at Madison Square garden, Ne,w York,
last winter and that alone guarantees
that he has a lot of class. . ..
Hoffman thinks that he can pin
Thye's shoulders to thev mat ' and
wants to bet $500 on it. 'Butler un
doubtedly will call the bet for he
thinks there isn't anybody In the
world that can beat Thy: Thye won
his title by. defeating Walter Miller
of St. Paul a year or two ago.
Recently Thye and Miller wrestled
more than two hours to a draw in
Spokane and the 2000 fans who turned
out characterized the match as one
of the greatest ever held in. Spokane.
Hoffman is in The Dalles visiting
relatives and will be in Portland
within the next day or two to put
on his, final training touches. The
match with Thye is scheduled for
Wednesday night of this week at the
new Olympic club hall on Alder street
at Eleventh. The tMlding is a new
building and the secfhd floor is used
as a club for training boxers and
wrestlers for the Portland and Mil
waukie boxing commissions. It has
a gallery and has a capacity of eev
eral hundred.
One of the preliminaries to- the
Thye-Hoffman bout will be between
BagantaSingh of Astoria and the
local Y. M. C. A. instructor, George
Leaner. Singh is said to be a first-
EXPERT DESCRIBES COURSES
FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES
American Professionals on Visit to England Will Have Variety of Links
to Prevent Staleness While Waiting for Big Event,
EX-CHICAGO AMERICAX " GOIXG
good With cardixals.
class wrestler and Lesher's friends
will be out in force to give their
man all the moral support they can.
Singh wrestles in Spokane against
Chris Gesek a couple of nights before
his match here. He has beaten Gus
Pappas and other good men.
The Pacific coast conference track
meet is scheduled for tomorrow at
Stanford university and Coach Butler
of the Oregon Aggies probably will
start home Saturday night.
It has been a good many months
since there has been good wrestling
in Portland and if Mike can keeo it
clean the time should be ripe for a
healthy revival.
FREAK PITCHIXGXOT STOPPED
Allen Sothoron Thinks "Sailer"
Can Still Be Used.
Allan Sothoron, former Beaver, now
the leading trick ball pitcher of the
St. Louis Browns, says that the new
rules prohibiting freak deliveries will
not prevent the use of the so-called
"sailer" this year. Sothoron says that
as soon as the ball is hit once by the
bat it leaves a mark on the smooth
cover of the ball, and this one bruise
will enable the pitchers to use this
spot in throwing a ball that comes up
so mysteriously that the batters imag
ine it is floating up to them.
Sothoron believes that pitchers like
himself. Cicotte and "Eller, for in
stance, will be able to throw the so
called shine ball without rubbing the
ball on their uniforms. The Brown
star contends that if batsmen ethink
they are going to have an easier time
making base hits this year they are
mistaken,- for it is going to be Just as
difficult as ever.
Sojourn With Pacific Coast Angels
Prores That Tilinors Can
-Improve Game. v
MIDDLEWEIGHT GRAPPLING CHAMPION WHO WILL MAKE
HIS REAPPEARANCE BEFORE PORTLAND AUDIENCE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. "
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BY FRANCIS OUIMET.
ARLY this summer waiter
-Ua-an .Tim HarnfiS. Tom MC-
Namary and possibly Jock
Hutchinson and J. Douglas Edgar
will sail for England in qest
of the British open tilte in golf,
now held by Harry Vardon. This in
vasion coupled with the counter at
tack somewhat later of various Brit
ish stars on
our own coveted, open
SOITUERX FAX'S "PAX" -RUTH
Home Run King Is Dubbed
"Cheese" and Trouble Follows.
The baseball fan is a peculiar in
stitution. Sometimes he seems quite
docile and yields readily to analysis,
but on other occasions he is as mysti
fying as the pyramids. And maybe
this accounts for the conduct of
southern tans who have apparently
taken a dislike to "Babe" Ruth of
the Yankees. Just why the fans in
the warm belt should attempt to
"ride" the king home run swatter can
- hardly be guesse-d at. The opinion
: has been advanced that the impres-.-
sion below the Mason and Dixon line
lias to do with Ruth's kicking him
self off the Boston Red Sox, but the
charge has not been substantiated.
. Although not generally known
Ruth had one near encounter with
the southern fan in 'an exhibition at
Jacksonville during spring training.
A party of "bugs" seated in the
bleachers got after "Babe" and chris
tened him tbts "clieese" of Uie ciul).
trophy, has caused more man tne
usual amount of enthusiasm in golf
ing matters for the year. It has
occurred to me that a few words on
the chances of the Americans will not
be amiss, neither will a discussion of
the course at Deal, which I have had
the eood fortune to play.
o Deal is a small English town but a
short way from Dover. It is located
on the English channel. It is blessed
with a mighty comfortable hotel, the
Southeastern, which overlooks the
ocean. There is a bit of talk about
the course ritself not being in top
shape for the event as it was the
scene of much target practice during
the war. On that point I am not
familiar.
Links Vaed for Title Eiest
The Royal Cinque Ports links, at
Deal, over which the British open will
be Dlayed. is one of the recognized
championship courses of the British
Isles; the others being Sandwich,
Westard Ho, Muirfleld, St. Andrews
and Prestwick. On these all the Brit
ish title events, amateur and pro'
fessional. are always held.
There are many peculiarities about
Deal. With the exception of the nrst
hole the first nine run almost straight
on a line from the second tee to the
ninth green, while the eecond nine
parallel them in reverse order. Thus
it Is that when you have wind back of
you going out you buck it coming
back or vice versa.
. The fairways are narrow and ex-
amA .... i .--.,. l rinin r n il -. r- ti .
i suit. N ft lure has beeo, kind to -Dealt
in that the hazards are nearly all nat
ural ones, the trouble consisting for
the most part of heavy rough and
sand-dunes. There are few artificial
traps on the course.
One of the big features about this
course is that it is In .a veritable nest
of famous links and therefore one
need not . tire of sameness in his
period of preparation. For example.
we played the nrst nitie at Deal, then
hopped over a fence back of the green
and landed on the first tee at faand
wich. We negotiated 13 holes on this
course, crossed another fence, and im
mediately tackled the 18th of the
Princess course. From there one may
vault another fence back of its' 18th
graen and And himself on the 14th
tee of the Sandwich course, finishing
which leads you via this same fence
rouPe to the 10th tee at Deal, from
whence you may finish your third
round of golf for the day on three
different courses alj of championship
caliber.
Interesting; Variety provided.
I am of the opinion that the Amer
ican professionals should do very well
because they will have all this variety
of golf to interest them and to pre
vent them getting stale and tired, as
one is inclined to become when he
plays over the same old links whiler,
waiting for (he big event. As to pre
dictions one guess is as good as an
other and so many odd things happen
in golf that few can foretell what
any outcome is to be. But I pur
posely set down a brief description
of Deal so that I could thus show
that the outlook for either Barnes or
Walter Hagen is all but. ideal.
Hagen has a better chance at Deal
than I believe he would have were
the British open to be staged at Sand
wich, say, for where Sandwich Is short
and easy for most of the boys. Deal
is" a he-man's course in every 'sense
of golf, and prodigious drivers like
Hagen and Barnes will have a big
advantage in their favor there. Of
course Jock Hutchison and Tommy
McNamara will bear watching. - .
(Copyright, 1920, by Lol Uetzger.)
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CHICAGO. May IS. Javk.Pournier.
formerly of the White Sox. is playing
first base for the St. Louis Cardinals.
His return to Chicago with a major
league club brings up the point that a
player, although he has seen several
years of service under the big tent. Is
not necessarily relegated to the has
been class permanently when sent
back to the minors. It may take one
or two years for a man to come back
if he had any ability left in him.
Some, through discouragement, never
get out of the minors; they finish
their days there because they figure
they are Just a step or two shy of the
higher grade.
When he was sent back to the Los
Angeles club of the Pacific Cbast
league he jumped into his work with
more ambition than he ever displayed
before, determined to prove sTie was
an athlete of major leaa-uer skill
xnere are times when a ball player
suuueniy -arrives, - as they say In
baseball parlance. Fournier did not
arrive until he went hank m h
minors the second time, and then un
der careful observance of Wade Kille-
ler or tne ios Angeles team pro
gressed with leaps and bounds In his
neiaing. ills advancement in that ri
partment had a great deal to do with
his return to the majors.
Where Fournier shines is at the
plate. He is a slugger of the Joe
Jackson type and predictions are
made by some fans that he will give
Roger Hornsby a run for the batting
honors of the club. Fournier's batting
has been surprising this season.
Heretofore he has always been a
right-field hitter, but this spring
most of his drives have gone Into the
left-field territory on a line, probably
because the pitchers have been keep
ing the ball on the outside. This,
however, has not bothered him much',
for he can hit the ball wherever it is
pitched.
Local fans, while waiting for the
battling ' Beavers to return to the
home lot, will have an opportunity '
to witness a fast semi-pro contest this
afternoon when the Kirkpatrlcks and
Astoria "Centennials" of the Intercity
league clash on the Vaughn-street lot.
The "Kirks" are leading the intercity
circuit, having won their first two
starts, and the Astoria nine has an
even break in the percentage column,
with one win and one defeat.
Fred J. Brown, pilot of the "Centen
nials." sends word that the tosscrs
from the lower Columbia river city
are all set to knock Bill Heales and
his league leaders off their perch.
The leader of the Kirkpatrick clan
has not decided who he will send out
on the mound, but will start either
Mike Boland or Beaver. Heales has
signed up another chucker by the
name of Pollock, whom he can ehove
into the, fray in case Boland or Beaver
should weaken. Mike Boland shut
out the Hillsboro nine, 14 to 0, in the
opening game fcof the intercity circuit,
and Beaver, who chucked for the local
team against Camas last Sunday also
was credited with a victory, 60 it
looks as though the "Kirks" are well
heeled in the gunning department.
Bill Boland, brother of Mike, will do
the receiving.
Riley Kuehn, the "Waikiki Wonder,"
is Manager Brown's selection for
mound duty against the Kirkpatrlcks.
Kuehn worked against the Central
Door & Lumber company last Sunday
and, aided by some timely hitting on
National Guard Officer Shows
Great Control on 50-Yaxd. In
door Range In Xew York-
NEW YORK, May 15. Atyona who
tries his skill at blowing the center
out of a little target with a .22-cali-ber
bullet knows that the feat of
placing'a number of bullets one after
anofher in that small black heart Is
a real accomplishment.
When Captain D. V. Ashley of the
4th infantry. New York national
guard, placed 6s consecutive bullets
in a two-inch bull at 50 yards on the
indoor range in the Binghampton
armor-y he accomplished something
that any rifle shot would be proud to
attach to his own record. In fact, he
set up an indoor .22 mark that will
probably not be knocked over very
quickly.
Captain Ashley, who is a member of
the Binghampton Rifle club in addi
tion to his military service, made this
record while trying out a new small
bore rifle which had been placed in
his hands. It was one of the new-
Winchester bolt action box magazine
rifles which made their first appear
ance at Caldjrell when 12 of the 20
members of the international small
bore team used them in their suc
cessful contest with the English
team.
Firing at a sighting bull of three
and three-eighths inches and a count
ing bull of two inches in the prone
position and using the regular sights
with which the rifle is equipped. Cap
tain Ashley started in to test his skill
and the rifle simultaneously and
when he had had enough lie had an
nexed a remarkable run record. Sixty
eight bullets In succession made the
center of the target and it was not
until his 69th shot that Captain Ashley
got out of the center of the target
enough to lose the bull. Then he
the part of his teammates, succeeded rhung up a close four.
in stopping the Cendors. 6 to 5. Kuehn
struck out six men and allowed nine
hits. Cook will backstop for the As-
torlans.
The game will get under way at
2:30 P. M. with Ed Rankin umpiring.
The Hesse-Martin nine, which is
tied with the Portland Railway, Light
& Power tossers for the leadership of
the class AA circuit of the Portland
Baseball association, has a tough
game on its hands today, when it
tangles with the Battle Ground, Wash.,
aggregation, the latest addition to the
Intercity league. The Hesse-Martin
team is composed of Wilkson, for
merly of Los Angeles, and Moore, a
local boy, as catchers: Deardorff of"
the champion Spokane -all-army team
and A. Jordon, who played in the
Eastern Oregon league, pitchers: A.
Jones, fiTst; P. Drake, second: Bird,
short, and Willio Gabarlno. third. The
outfield consists of Al Nygaard, E.
Habler and E. E. Swanson.
The complete schedule for all games
listed by the Portland Baseball asso
ciation for today follows:
Inter-City.
Kirkpatrlcks vs. Astoria, at Vanghn
street: Multnomah Guards at Hood River;
Cendors at Camas; Portland Iron Works
at Cainas; Honeyman Hardware at Sher
wood.
Class Doable A.
American Can company va. Columbia
Park.' at Columbia Park: Vernon Eeavfra
vs. Union Pacific at Sellwood park: Hesse-
Martin at Battle Ground: Arleta W. O W.
at McMinnville; P. R., I.. & P. vs. Port
land fire department at Crystal Lake
Park.
Class A.
Capitol Hill vs. Marshall-Well Hard
ware at Capitol Hill, 2:40 P. M. : Seliwood
TKD THYE IIVD'HIS M4NAGF.R MIKE Bl'TLGR, TRAINER AND
TRACK COACH AT THUS ORK.GON AGRICULTURAL COLLUJUld.
RUGBY FOOTBALL ENTHUSIASTS
IN CALIFORNIA LACK WISDOM
Chance to Win at Antwerp as Small as England Would Have in Sending
Baseball Team to -United States.
Captain Ashley's shooting was done
from a prone shooting table used
for regular indoor prone shooting
gallery work without any artificial
rest, arm clear and using the sling
on the rifle.
Indoor rifle shooting has been, in
dulged in quite vigorously this win
ter in many sections of the country
and some fine chooting has been re
corded, but it is a question whether
any better record than that of Cap
tain Ashley will be made under the
conditions which he shot.
Such shooting requires wonderful
control, an accurate eye and remarka
ble holding qualities. The least flinch
or failure to hold perfectly during
that long strain of bullseyes would
have broken the charm and sent one
of the bullets outside the little two
inch circle. Captain Ashley's record
gave a remarkable example of fine
holding and close grouping over a
long stretch of shots.
OLD 1ASTE&S' HOLD OWN
GOULD, HOPPE AXD COBB
DEFY OXSLACGHTS OF TIME.
THUirts; never was sucn an ansura
proposition hoisted on sports
followers as the one now nro-
moted by rugby football the Eng
lish code in central California toi
send a team to Antwerp, to represent
the United States in the Olympic
games.
That such a team would stand no
chance at the games is evident to the
least informed person on this code
of football. Let us say for instance
that England adopted baseball for
ten years and got to be fairly good
at the game. England then decides
to send a team to the United States
to play us for the world's title. We
would -undoubtedly give England
credit for "trying," but there would
be a general Utter run throughout
this country at the "nerve" of the
English figuring 4hey were on a par
with major- league ball in this
country. To become of major-league
type the player has to be born aud
bred to the game. Exactly the same
argument holds good in this rugby
football project.
Rugby never approached the stan
dards in this country that are neces
sary for auccessful international com
petition. In the Olympic games the
world's greatest rugby teams will be
contenders. The best rugby team this
country could put on the field -in the
inter-allied games at Paris last year
was beaten by a third-rate French
team. Since then France has regained
its international recognition as
"major leaguer" in the rugby world.
France this year was beaten by only
t to 5 by Wales, . the recognised
champion European country. France
has also beaten England, Belgium
and Ireland, in international competi
tion in the last few. weeks. -
The rugby enthusiasts aim to raise
$25,000 to send the team overseas,
tanford university, the stronghold
of the game, has only been able to
raise J1C00 of 'their quota and the
Stanford Daily Palo Alio in Its latest
issue expresses regret at the lack of
enthusiasm of the students. The
amount necessary to send the team
to Antwerp does not fit in with the
amount of general public interest in
the game, nor with the "chances" the
team has for success. The American
public will support any meritorius
project, but here is one project
that it looks as though the nublic
fails to see in the same light as a
few enthusiasts. For some reason or
other the enthusiasts will not see
the light of day In this matter.
The Pacific coast has discovered a
real discus thrower. -He is Gus Pope
of the University of Washington. On
May 1 Pope broke the best Pacific
coast record for the event, sending the
discus out to 140 feet 11 inches. The
previous record was also held by a
Washington man. Heck Edmundson
and it is a coincidence that Edmund
son coached Pope for the event. 'Ed
mundson made his mark at Seattle.
May 24. 1915, with 140 feet 10 inches.
If Pope continues to show the same
ability there is a possibility for him
landing ;on the American team for
Antwerp.
,
May 17 the University of Oregon
and Multnomah Athletic club of
Portland will. hold a dual swimming
meet at Eugene. Or. The university
Is grooming its men anl it looks as
though the varsity will be able, to
give the club men a good argument
in the various events. Hazard and
Howard "are figured two of the best
sprint swimmers who have ever
swam at Oregon. Andre and Kemps
are two high-class divers and Hedges
and Dingman have been showing well
jt. distance events.
.Christy Mathewson has a copyright
ed article in which he takes severely
to task ball players whose money de
mands are likely to kill the goose of
baseball that lays the golden eggs.
Yes. but Matty always insisted on
getting bis.
Tennis, Billiards and Baseball
Show Experts Who Have Had
Long Tenure as Leaders.
Fourteen years ago a boy, 17 years
old, won the national amateur court
tennis championship.
The other day the same boy, but
now 31 years old, successfully won
the title. In the period of 14 years
he has not met his match at this
game, but has also added the na
tional doubles title and two other na
tional titles to his string. .
There is no player, either amateur
or professional, who can equal this
"boy's" skill at the "king of games
and the game of kings."
The player is Jay Gould, perhaps
the greater player at this game pro
duced either in America or England.
The champions of the- two countries,
both amateur and professional, have
bowed to "him time and again.
There is no other player in any
branch of sports except Ty Cobb in
baseball and Willie Hoppe in billiards
who can equal the record made by
Gould.
Cobb has been able to hold off all
challengers, year In nd year out, in
baseball. He stands, alone as the
greatest offensive player in the game.
Hoppe is the master of billiards, and
there does not seem to be anyone
even close to him. in this game to
day. Cobb started his great run when he
was 17 years old, and today, at 33,
appears to be about as good as when
a boy.
Twenty years aaro Hoppe was
known as "Master" Hoppe. as he had
to stand on a soap box in order to
reach .the balls on the table. He was
"Master" then, he is master now, in
every branch of the billiard game.
Years have only helped to point out
that there is no man in the world in
his class today.
These three masters Gould. Hoppe
and Cobb have outclassed all com
petition. They have also shown up
Father Time. '
America Leado Turf.
John Walters, Frank Flood and
John Sullivan, well-known turfmen,
arrived in New York recently after
a visit of several weeks in England.
Ireland and France. While on the
other side they saw several turl
classics decided, among them the Lin
colnshire handicap and the grand na
tional steeplechase The- party aUso
inspected the leading race courses of
France, but saw nothing that was
worth emulating in this country.
tVnltfia KaiH that ImArifi fontt nntk.
ing to learn from Europe iu th con
duct of racing.