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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JULY 2, 1922 . ARMY WILL STAG E NORTHWEST TURF STARS TO FACE BARRIER AT VANCOUVER, WASH, JULY 4. VISII1 OAU Penn relays are regarded more or less as a conditioning meet and few of the leading colleges send full teams. The Tale-Harvard boat race can scarcely be compared with either the Poughkeepsie rega,tta or the- American Henley! True, it brings together a pair of traditional rivals, but the New Haven and Cam bridge eights have not been terrible fnp vpjini. There has been scarcely a BIG MEN HI -PIKERS 1 GAME TO BID FOR TITLE season since 1910 when there weren't July 4 Programme at Van couver Completed. Vancouver and Victoria to a half dozen crews in the country that could lick the stuffing out of either one of them. England and France are tradi tional rivals, too, but the bouts be tween folks like Carpentier and Lewis will scarcely rank with a battle that could be staged between two real fighters like Dempsey. Case of "Pop" Warner at Cornell Is Cited. Send Crack Crews Here. FAST HORSES ENTERED; COACH'S MIND IS KEEN REGATTA JULY 21 AND 22 CIRCUIT PBOSPECTS GBBD 700 HORSES TO OPEN TRACK SEASON TOMORROW. ' Special Match Arranged for Tony Faust Jr., Leora's Percy, and Frontier Boy. Rowing Event Will Be First One Official Kealized He Knew Very Little About Football and Started Out to Learn. in Portland in Several Years. Interest Is High. 2 EE VENTS ) Twelve event make up the horse race meet programme to be held at the Clarke county fairground track, "Vancouver, 'Wash., July 4. The meet will be featured by four stake races for professional racers, in which some of the best runners in the northwest will be entered. What promises to be the classic of the afternoon is a special match race at three furlongs between Chester Murphy's Tony Faust Jr., Bert Bagley's colt, Leora's Percy, and Frontier Boy, owned by Golden J. Smith. These stake horses par ticipated in the recent spring meet at the Portland Hunt club, when Frontier Boy flashed under the wire a winner. . The other three running races are a quarter-mile dash for two-year-olds, a three-furlong race for three-year-olds and up, and a 4 -furlong race for three-year-olds and up. Army Backs Meet. The race meet, which is sponsored by the 59th infantry at Vancouver Ibarracks for the benefit of the Army Relief society, is the first to be held In Vancouver in three years. Officials for the meet are Major Hart V. Palmer, Portland; Alfred Boyle. Tacoma, and Douglas XicOl, Portland, judges: Captain William F. Rehm, timer; Jack Rabb, starter; Captain T. A. Harris, paddock judge; First Lieutenant C. B. Ferenbaugh, announcer; Sergeant J. J. Smith, weigher." Programme Is Complete. The complete programme follows: Running race, for two-year-olds, one quarter mile. Running race, for three-year-olds and up, three furlong's. Running race, lor three-year-olds and up, 414 furlongs. Running race, match race between Tony Faust Jr., Frontier Boy and Leora's Percy, three furlongs. Steeplechase, one-half mile, over four jumps, to carry 140 pounds orbetter, Portland Hunt club and army horses 'entered. Pony race, for ponies under 13 hands, to be ridden by boy or girl under 12 years of age, one-quarter mile. Relay race, three horses and three riders; two horses to run one-quarter mile each and third horse to run one half mile. Restricted to Portland Hunt i club and army horses. Mule Race Included. Mule race, one-half mile, two entries from each mounted organiation stationed t at Vancouver barracks. Trotting race, one-half mile; one heat to start from stand and to be ridden by woman. Jumping, qualified hunters, for ani mals that have won a ribbon at any horse show, man or woman rider. Jumping, green hunters, for animals that have not won a ribbon at any horse show. Man or woman rider. Officers' mount, to be ridden by an officer of the United States army and to. be shown at walk, trot and canter; general handiness and performance to count 70 per cent, conformation 30 per cent. QUOIT TOSSERS MERGE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF HORSE , SHOE IS JOINED. National Tourney in Barnyard Golf to Be Held In Connection With Iowa Fair. MINNEAPOLIS, . July 1. Merging of the National league of Horseshoe and Quoit Pitchers' asosciation and the National association of Horse shoe Pitchers is announced by B. G. Lelghton of this city, president of the latter association. The national horseshoe championship contests, to be held in connection with the Iowa state fair, August 28 to Septem ber 1, will be under the auspices of both associations, under a joint committee. Heretofore, each organization con ducted "national" tournaments, but the national association, due to its having 14 states affiliated with it, addition to many private clubs, was recognized as the representative body. Pending the annual meeting dur ing the tournament days at Des Moines, the two societies will con tinue with its own officers, but Joint governing committee, composed of officers of both organizations and one woman from each associa tion, will act as the administration, according to Mr. Leighton. At the next yearly session a new constitu tion will be adopted, re organization effected and probably the name of the joint groups changed. In the interim, Mr. Leighton has been named manager of the state and national tournament to be held in Des Morhes. A feature of the national tourney is the naming of Mrs. H. J. Fletscher of Des Moines as head scorekeeper, the first time in the history of of- iiciai norseshoe pitching that woman has been selected for the position. SCOTT PERRY STILL JTJSIPING Former Member of Athletics Now at Olean, N. Y. OLE AN, N. Y July i. Scott perry, wno jumped Connie Mack's Athletics to play outlaw baseball, is a member of the Olean club now. Perry will be' first-string pitcher, manager ana pare owner. Perry will come here from Hor nell, where he ' went last season when Frstnklin and Oil City found high-class baseball meant too much monev. Perry was signed by Olean after Owner LiUntZ Sold mil SPJUnn finlrotw at $10 a ticket to raise $1000. Coach Glendon to Leave Navy. After 21 consecutive years as row ing coach at the naval academy, Richard A. Glendon has decided that he will not renew his contract with that institution. He is considering offers from several colleges. Glen don succeeded James T. Teneyck, now coach at Syracuse. His crews have almost uniformly done well, their greatest achievements being in 1920, when the championship of the world was won at the Olympic games at Antwerp, and in 1921, when . a decisive triumph was achieved at Pbughkeepsi. T RAPS- LOAFERS BALL PLAYERS DECLARED TO BE LAZY NOWADAYS. Men Used to Run Out Flies Even When Case "Was Hopeless, Says Mike Donlin. SAN FRANCISCO. July 1. Base ball players today are getting more money than they ever did and are doing less for it, according to Mike Donlin, years ago a Pacific Coast baseball star and later a heavy-hit-ting member of the New York Giants. Donlin is in the far west this month doing scout duty for the Boston Red Sox. He was in Texas recently. 'In the Texas league I found a majority of the players ill with a strange disease consisting of abso lute refusal td run out flies or grounders that looked like easy outs,'" he said. "That kind of base ball is beyond me. "I saw Texas league players gath ering as high as $700 a.month loaf ing on balls hit to the infield' and running to the bench on high flies. They couldn't do it and get away with it In my time. "When I was starting $300 a month was a big salary, and, believe me, we earned all we got. We ran out all our hits in those days and, , OHVT AMCBiCAN WINNCS RECENTLY, very recently, I had the pleasure of reading a few excerpts from a new golfing book entitled "Golf From Two Sides," written by Miss Joyce Weth ered and her brother, Roger. Since reading these lines Miss Wethered has come into the greatest honor of her golfing career that of winning the ladles' championship of Great Britain and in doing so defeating Miss Cecil Leitch, one of the great est women golfers of the age. This has made her articles doubly interesting, for one can clearly un derstand that Miss Wethered knew whereof she wrote. She is a splen did type of lassie, tall and well pro portioned, one who can send the little-ball a long way down the course when she gets to hitting it. As for. her brother Roger, the golf ing world already knows how cap able a golfer he has proved himself to be. I had an excellent chance to judge at long range and short range this young golfer's work, for It was he who made it necessary for me to remain in Scotland one day longer than I intended to last summer. When the British open was com pleted (the first 72 holes that is), Wethered and I were tied for first place. I won in the play off, but had a worthy opponent In every way. American golfers will see him again this summer, making his sec ond visit to us to play our amateur championship. Too Much Practice Bad. The article that attracted my at tention in the book was about back spin, written by Miss Wethered. She tells of many good women players, but few, she says, understand back spin cr dare employ it in their pitches. ' . Miss Wethered says back spin cannot be acquired by word of mouth or learned by reading about it unless one is Willing to devote hard work to practice. She says she discovered early in her golfing life the thing to do was get out and learn things herself without being told. It was a bit of good advice her brother offered her when he told her that she would never be any good until she found out these things for herself. The new champion advises against too much practice after one gets the shot to perfection. One is inclined, she points out, to find, some error creeping into the play and spoiling things. Her. advice is sound in this re spect. All the practice one cares to undertake will not hurt a tiny bit and will even be of great benefit if not only that, we had to fight every inch of the way, not alone . with spirit, but with our fists." Donlin, unlike some other base ball men, was not staggered by the big deal in which William Kamm, San Francisco, was sold to the Chi cago White Sox for $100,000, the greatest price ever paid for a minor leaguer, Donlin thinks Kamm is a highly developed bit of baseball mechanism. "The surprising feature to me was that he was not sold two years ago," Donlin said. "The first time I saw him he looked like a big league player, and I've often won dered what kept him in the minors." $175,000 - GIVEN Skating Pavilion to Be Memorial for Hobcy Baker. A total of approximately $175,000 has been donated toward the $250, 000 memorial skating rink to be erected at Princeton, N. J., as a tribute to Hoban (Hobey) Baker, 4 University of Princeton alumnus, killed overseas. Baker was one or the Tigers' most versatile and bril liant athletes and considered among the country's best at ice hockey. After war was declared, Baker enlisted in the aviation corps, was sent overseas with the 141st aero squadron and met his death at Toul, Prance, in active service. The invitation to subscribe to the fund has met with a ready response from all sections of the country, and 20 per cent of the donors are men without college affiliations. OF BRITISH OZCM one will not lose interest in the practice or play so long as to be come tired and the shot monotonous. Here is the real danger of too much practice. Miss Wethered's secret In playing the back spin, which undoubtedly was a great help' to her on the Prince's course, is given out to all women players. Back Spin Recipe. She writes: "If from the top of the back swing the club is brought down rhythmi cally on to the ball, so that it tucks itself under it, a portion of the turf will be taken after the ball has been struck, and all will be well with one of the most Important provisos: That the club must be stopped at a aennite point in its forward move ment. The hands must not be al lowed to rise loosely toward the sky at. me rinisn, otherwise the clear ness of the shot is spoiled." She further describes the shot this way: "A firm back swing like the spoke of a wheel, a precise and rythmic blow stuck down and through the ball, a definite sopping of the club at a point which prevents the head's rising unduly, and there ought to be a feeling of a bite on the ball which almost seems to compel it to run up the face of the club." This is an excellent description of a possible way to play the back spin. The theory is there, but I suppose every one feels just a little different in his own way from that of some one else. , It is a pity the ribbed club is not permitted in Great Britain. I think this club would help any golfer to play the shot much quicker and much more effectively, but please don't misunderstand me. The ribbed club is not everything. There are golfers in Great Britain who have played with ribbed clubs, but who could see no advantage in them, bo it is not all in the club after all. In my own case I found that the ribbed club helped but, mind you, I had learned to play the back spin before this club came into exist ence. . This is now considered one of the most necessary shots In golf. Un less one has some specific control over his ball on the modern green he will find himself playing many weird shots from traps and long grass when he had figured that the ball was duty bound to stop on the green. As I have explained before in my articles a high pitch shot Is not a back spin shot, since it, is. indeed, impossible to pitch the ball very high and impart a cut to it such as will produce the back spin. ; FOR RXNK MSI Some of the entries In race meet at left to right Mamhall May's Fire Ball) Pay Day taking the hurdle, with SerRCont Bern np. Bottom Two vlevrs of the runners being put through workout at the track. GOLFER GIVEN NEW TIP REASON FOR POOR SHOTS IS TOLD BY THEORIST. Hint Given as to How Much Talk ing on Links Can Be Elimi nated Entirely. NEW YORK, July 1. Harry Cross says that tne theory has been ad vanced that the reason so many people play poor golf is because! they do not breathe correctly. Play ers have known for some time that they did everything else connected with the game wrong, but this bus iness of breathing is a new one. According to this theory, if the player inhales a deep breath just before he makes his swing on the tea and exhales as he goes through with the' shot, the result will be a long, straight ball of some 200 yards; . It sounds reasonable enough. Heretofore golfers have used their respiratory organs for the ex clusive purpose of letting off sur plus steam when they make a poor shot. Much breath has also been ex pended in controversy over scores on certain holes. The ordinary golfer will probab ly tell you that the only time hard breathing ever aided him on the links was when he talked his op ponent into submission in a heated argument about whether he was playing the eighth stroke c-r the ninth. There are great possibilities to make golf a more attractive game in this newest theory about breath ing. If it should be taken up in a serious way by golfers it might do away with much of the superfluous talking on the links. Of course, that seems almost too much to ex pect. However, It would help a little if only a few of them would take it up. There are any number of players who can talk a good game of golf, but here is a chance for them to use their breath for a practical pur pose. MISTAKE LAID TO OWNER Pitchers Who Hold Out for High er Pay Seem to Win Cases. Whenever the issue regarding salary arises befween owner and player the former frequently refuses to pay a pitcher his demands on the ground that he cannot better him self elsewhere. This view has been knocked into a cocked hat by the cases of Dickie Kerr and Dutch Leonard, both of whom are south paws. The former engaged in a duel of words and passage-at-arms, so to speak, with Comiskey. Kerr held out for some sum in five figures, which may or may not have been sensible. Perhaps Comiskey felt that Kerr was not worth the money. Iif the case of Leonard he asked some $11,000 or $15,000 salary, and Navln, president of the club,' said that there was nothing doing. Both pitchers held out. refused to sign and apparently have not rued their act. At least Leonard is pitching for the Fresno club ia his 'native state Clarke, county fairground track. Top, of California, while Kerr has a good contract to hurl semi-professional ball in Chicago and on the road. Without entering into the justice of the players demands or the righteousness of the owner's cause, let us say that Comiskey appeared foolish in the extreme. He refused because of a salary dispute to keep a rattling fine left-hander like Kerr, one who was the soul of hotiesty in the tainted series and who pitched grand ball in that woeful debate. JAPAN TAKES TO GOLF GAME Course Near Tokio Crowded; An other Is Planned. TOKIO, July 1. The Japanese are taking to golf with enthusiasm, and the nine-hole course situated in an ideal position seven miles from To kio is crowded! morning and after noon. The Japanese of Tokio, however, have now. undertaken a more ambi tious scheme, and In connection with a country club which is being built between Tokio and Yokohama are laying out an 18-hole course on, 112 acres of land. The plans of the club house, which will be the finest in the country, are from America. JOE RIVERS BL1ED OUT LAMENTABLE SHOWING WITH HARPER IS FINISH. Mexican Battler Goes Way of All Great Fighters When Best In Them Is Blown. The lamentable showing of the once great Joe Rivers in his bout with Bobby Harper, at the armory the other night, goes to prove how deceptive may be the showing a fighter makes in the gymnasium. Rivers does not belong to this class referred to derisively as "gymnasium fighters. The Mexican battler once - was just as great a fighter in the ring as in training quarters. The fact is that almost any old-timer can don gymnasium togs and, if he is in fair physical condition, go through his stuff like a youngster.- He can take on the boys around the gymnasium and often make them look slow. He looks to be as fast as ever, seem ingly hits as hard and uses all the tricks of the trade. And like the "gym champion," whatever is 'lack ing does not become apparent until he steps into the ring. Sometimes the veteran will go along, at his once-great clip and then after a few rounds blow up. But often he will be unable to start at alL For some reason or other his muscles fail him. His blows are slow and lack steam, his footwork and distance are bad, all his tricks are left' in the gymnasium. The crowd begins to "boo" and he is labeled the shell of his former self. After watching Rivers sock his sparring partners in the gymnasium and then seeing him in action against . Harper, one might have thought Joe was stalling, pulling his punches, or waiting for the fight to get under way. But he never got started. He couldn't. It was merely ring history running true to form. He was burned out Inside, - - Oarsmen of Vancouver and Vic toria, B. C, will make a determined effort to win first honors in the an nual championship regatta of the North Pacific association of amateur oarsmen, to be held here under aus pices of the Portland Rowing club July 21 and 22. , The Bntisn Columbia clubs have been working for months preparing for this regatta, the first one in Portland in 'several years. The. Vancouver Rowing club has picked the team it will send to Port land. Last year these same Van couver oarsmen set a record, being credited with victories in the senior and junior fours and in the junior doubles. The Portland crew had hard luck in several races aN didn't make its usual showing. Portland has always been well to the front in northwest rowing circles, usually winning at least one championship at each annual regatta. The Vancouver, B. C. Rowing club crews that will come to Portland this month are as follows: - Senior four McKay, stroke; Mc intosh, No. 3; Sweeney, No. 2; Wood, bow. Junior four Winch, stroke; Boe, No. 3; Weeks, No. 2; Marshall, bow. Junior four C. Flnlayson, stroke; Hess, No. 3; Green, No. 2; Insley, bow. Junor four McDonald, stroke;. Lunn, No. 3; Wright, No. 2; Wels- ford, bow. 140-pound four Nelson, stroke; D. Flnlayson, No. 3; Annance, No. 2; Coates, bow. , 140-pound four Bossons, stroke; Bod well. No. 3; Stewart, No. 2; Hodge, bow. In addition, entries also will be made in the senior and junior doubles and the senior and junior singles, with Black, Mariacher, Fletcher, White and Thompson, of the Vancouver club, competing for sculling honors. There is unusual Interest in row ing here this year, partly due to the fact that the big regatta will be held in the Willamette. Reed col lege's adoption of rowing as a major sport has made that many more ac tive oarsmen for the Portland Row ing club. Most of the old-timers are back in harness again in the hope of making 1922- a winning year. Exact'details of the championship programme have not yet been worked out, but are aearing com pletion. GREATEST EVENTS LISTED World Series Put First and Ken tucky Derby Second. A Kansas City sports writer, at the request of his readers, lists the ten greatest annual American sport events as follows: World's series, Kentucky derby, open golf cham pionship, tennis championship, east vs. west football game, Yale-Har vard football game, army-navy foot ball game, amateur golf champion ship, Penn relays and, Yale-Harvard boat race. The first eight choices are good ones, but the last two will scarcely meet with the approval of most lovers of athletics. In the east the Mounting Prices Nash 357 Entries Are Made for 19 Events Scheduled for In augural Meet. CLEVELAND, July 1. With more t'han 700 horses, the pick of Amer ica's pacers aed trotters, quartered at North Randall, indications are that the Grand Circuit meeting, which opens Monday, will be one of the greatest in the history of the track. Three hundred and fifty- seven entries were made for the 19 events scheduled for the inaugural meet. The track has been resurfaced. and judging by time made by horses in training is one of the fastest in America. T. W. Murphy, the Poughkeepsie reinsman, the only trainer in Amer ica with to two-minute trotters in his stable, is iere with Peter Man ning (1:57), the champion trotter, and Arian Guy. Mr. Murphy expects the latter to lower the stallion rec ord (1:5814) held by Lee Axworthy, now dead. Besides Murphy, other prominent drivers whose mounts will be seen here Include "Pop" Geers, "daddy of Grand Circuit drivers"; Walter Cox, Charley Valentine, Fred Ed- man, Harry and Vic Fleming, Lon McDonald, Dick McMahon, Ben White, Mike. MeD&vitt, Harry Stekes and Ed Allen. Of the 19 events only two have less than ten nominations. These are for very low record pacers the free-for-all, with seven eligibles and the 2:04 pace with eight. The Edwards 2:08 pace has 25 eligibles, the 2:17 trot 21, the 2:16 pace 33, 2:21 trot 30, Fasig 3-year-old trot 22, the 2:12 pace 21, the Tavern "steak" 26, and the 2:14 pace 29. In addition several other races have from 15 to 20. "Incidentally, if all accept the issue. five jor more events wiM have to be raced off on each of the five days' racing instead of four as originally planned. Saturday is an open day, held in reserve in the event rain causes & postponement. The week's programme follows: July 3 2:07 class, trotting, purse $1,200; the Edwards, 2:08 class, trotting, -purse. $3,000; 2:17 class, trotting, purse, $1,200 ; 2:04 class, pacing, purse, $1,200. July 4 2:10 class, pacing, purse, $1,200; the Ohio, 2:0S class, trotting, purse, $5,000; 2:12 class, trotting, purse, $1,200; .:iu class, pacing, purse, si,2U0. July 5 2:21 class, trotting, purse, 1.2UO; the Fasig Sweepstake, for 3-year-old trotters eligible to 2:12 class, purse, $2,000; trotting sweepstakes, 2:05 class, $1,500 added money; 2:12 class, pacing, purse, l,2UO. July 6 The Tavern "Steak," 2:14 class, trotting, purse. $5000: 2:06 class, pacing purse, $1,200; 2:10 class trotting, $1,200. July 7 2:19 class. trotting, purse, $1,200; free-for-all pace, purse, (2,500; 2:14 class, pacing, purse, $1,200; 2:15 class, rotting, purse, 51,200. Niehaus Released by Bender.' READING, Pa, July 1. ManageT Bender of the Reading International league club has announced the re lease of Catcher Carl Johnson of Bridgeport of the Eastern league on option; and Pitcher Dick Niehaus and Outfielder Andy Kotch to the Rocky Mount club of the Virginia league, also on option. Sales Reflect Its Value The great sales gains recorded each month reflect the conviction of pur chasers that the Nash is a known value and a proved investment. By every test of comparison and per formance it is the finest car in a manu facturing history devoted to the building of fine cars. Fonrs and Sixes range from $1175 to $2725, f.o.b. Portland Motor Car Co. TENTH AT BURNSIDE , L - ead the World is Meter Ce Valve BY SOL METZGER. Big men are never pikers in the game they play, and they never know it all. Recently we discussed the case of John McGraw. the fren zied financial winner o( big league pennants, who spends more money for talent yearly than the average club formerly cashed In at the gate during the season. All of which causes a reader to demand an ac count of the success of "Pop" War ner, miracle worker in football, whose coaching days have been sodden with success. "To what do you attribute the success of Warner as a gridiron tutor," we are asked, "when it Is a fact that he learned his football If any at Cornell, when that univer sity kne-w less about the art of chasing the pigskin than any insti tution of its size. Warner has a keen mind. Prob ably no one realized better than Pop, when he began coaching, that he knew very little football. So he set about improving himself. When he first went lo Carlisle. Warner began importing the knowledge he lacked. Assistant coaches were levied from the leading football schools of the country. And Pop absorbed all that was taught at Yale, Pennsylvania and Princeton. He also did a lot of thinking along right lines on his own hook, and a deal of experimenting. It wasn't long until he discovered that the Indian was a master at learning by imitation. The new candidates were taught the rudiments of the game always an exacting task by sitting on the side-lines during practice under instructions to witch the stars. Pop learned discipline and also to discard a lot of the tommy-rot about training long before others were given credit for such advances. And he was gifted with good "human timber from the various reserva tions over the land. JVarner rarely went batty over plays, as many coaches do. He's been a believer in somewhat simple stuff, when yon analyze his offen sive methods. In addition, he was quick to note that the game of foot ball is to score more points than the opposition. He has, therefore, been a better general at scoring than at stopping the other fellow. As a result his teams generally run up the long end of the tally by nightfall. That is a point so many coaches overlook. They spend far too much time figuring out how to stop the opposition which could be more profitably employed in evolv ing a system to score more often. Warner Is not a complete master of the game. . By that we mean he cannot take material below the average and tune it to champion ship form. Like everyone else he must have the "stuff" to win with. This has been clearly proved on more than one occasion. But with an even break Po,p can turn in far more wins than losses even when working against the handicap of a big game every Saturday. So he's a maste- at keeping the boys at top ppeed. ' Portland