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3 SHODTI " STEPPING SOME FOR A BACKHAND RETURN. GOOD CATCHER KEY TO BALL VICTORIES FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION HOPEFULLY TRAINS FOR COMEBACK. TO START JULY 13 Pacific Trap Championship Contests Begin Thursday. Influence on Pitcher Is Held of Vital Import. Swimming Wizard to Try for New Marks. MANY STARS TO ENTER SCHALK'S RECORD CITED RACES TO BE TODAY. Ximrods From All Parts' of West to Gather at Portland Gun Clnb for Tourney. Chicago Receiver Declared to Have Mound Men Doing Fine Work in Every Game. Neptune Beach at Alameda, Cal., to Be Scene of Championship . Aquatic Events. THE" SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, JULY 9, 1922 NG TOURNEY WEISMULLEK OUT FOR FIVE RECORDS The greatest constellation of trap shooting stars that has ever com peted In a western trap tournament will gather In Portland this week in participate In the third annual 1'uclflc coast zone handicap cham pionships at the Portland gun club July 13, 14, 15 and 18. Names of a few of the competi tors in the four days' gunning, names big in the world of trap- Rom, are: C. J. Williams of Jacksonville, Fla., one of the best all-around hooters in the south. Guy Dering of Milwaukee, Wis., for 20 years one of the world's greatest shooters. Sam Sharman of Salt Lake, Utah, state champion and leading scatter gun artist. Gus Becker of Salt Lake, known at all the big trap meets. Frank Troeh of Vancouver, Wash., world's champion and holder of rec ords at every form of the trap Frame. . B. A. Gillespie of Phoenix, Ariz. H. Pfirrmann of Los Angeles, Cal ifornia state champion. Robert Bungay of Los Angeles, third high amateur in the United States in trapshooting averages. Jack McDonald of Yakima, Wash., holder of three Washington state titles, and many others. Quintet Represents Cities. Most of the cities on the Pacific roast will be represented by at least five shooters, so that a team can be entered in the five-man cham pionship events The winning team i 5 this event will represent the 3'acifie coast in the American team championship race at the grand American handicap in Atlantic City next month. Every arrangement is being made by the Portland gun club to handle a record-breaking crowd of shoot ers. "With warm weather sure, O. N. 'ord, manager of the Portland gun club, is having a 40-foot canvas shade tent erected so the shooters will not have to sit in the sun while waiting their turns. .Lunch will be served at the club, every day. All other arrangements neces sary for the convenience and com fort of the trapshooters are being , attended to. Lineup of Shooters Named. A partial outline of the great lineup of shooters who will take part in the shoot follows: Utah squad Sam Sharman, F. E. Ford nd Gus Becker. Southern California suad H. Pfirrmann, Kobert Bungay, E. M. Xutting. San Francisco squad Fred Bair, j;d Garrott, Tony Prior, Lou Pierce, Paul Burns. San Jose, Cal., squad G. A. An derson and C. H. Nash. Lewiston, Idaho, squad Captained by Marsh Wright. Boise. Idaho, squad Captained by H. R. Seckal. Spokane, Wash., squad Mr. and Mrs. Charles O'Conner, B. J. Shin gren, F. D. Stoop and R. W. Phipps. Walla Walla, Wash., squad J. D. Ankeny, Charles McKean, Z. Dim mick, L. Romine, Charles Dement. Pendleton, Or., squad Guy Mat lock, Lee Matlock, J. McNurlin, George Baer and D. C. Bowman. Seattle, Wash., Squad Dr. C. L. Templeton, R. Searle, George Baker; M. Grossman and A. Schwager. Tacoma, Wash., squad A. W. Bag ley, E. W. Cooper, J. A. Dagne, B. B. Lipscomb and J. L. Low. Chehalis, Wash., squad Dr. H. L. Petit, H. B. Watson, H. Quick, a Downs and T. J. Long. Hood River, Or., squad W. L. Marshall, S. J. Frank, J. W. Hav iland, R. V. Foreman, H. S. Dum nolton, G. W. Loughrey, E. D. But ton, E. R. Pooly, J. G. Vogt and A. F. Davenport. v McMinnville, Or., squad A. Cel lers, William Martin, A. Houck, R. McCann, A. Christenson and G. H. Hibbs. Bend, Or., squad R. N. Buckwal- tcr, L. P. Casselberry, Stewart Fox, H. D. Innis, Dr. W. G. Manning and Dr. J. C. Vandwert. t Williamette valley squad R. G. Locey, Mark Rickard, C. G. Dodele, P. B. Dodele, J. C. Herren, Charles Leith, N. J. Nelson Jr. and O. O. Helman. Yakima, Wash., squad Jack Mo Donald, R. B. Williamson, E. S. Thayer and J. A. Conklin. Vancouver, Wash., squad Frank Troeh, Arnold Troeh, Clay Sparks, H. Sparks and W. S. Short Portland Has Many Entrants. The Portland gun club will be represented by the largest number of shooters in its history when the first gun cracks in the opening event of the shoot, July 13. It Is expected that almost every mem ber of the Portland gun club will shoot at the 100 targets opening day. Among the well-known shots of the, Portland club who will figure in the race for premier honors will be Jim Seavey. Oregon state cham pion; O. N. Ford, H. H. Veatch, E. H. Keller, Abner Blair, Dr. C. F. Cathey, E. W. Gibson, Frank Tem pleton, Jess B. Troeh, C. B. Preston, William Block, J. L. Stafford, J. C Morris. J. S. Crane, Dr. E. R. Seeley, J. E. Ried, W. L. Crowe, Tom Fuji yoshi, C. H. Colburn, P. J. Holohan, H. B. Newland, George Jewett, V. C t nden, A. W. Strowger, Dr. O. D. Thornton, A. L. Zachrisson, E. G Hawman, Ada Schilling, B. L. Dea ton, A. E. Smith and Ed Morris. LASS TAUQHT WITH JAZZ Co-ordination in Dribbling Held Result pf Music' OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, Corvallis, July 8. (Special.) The largest coaching class in the physical education department this summer is that in basketball, under Assistant Coach Hager. The men are working out two days a week on the floor and getting the same work as the college team does in winter. Several of the men have positions waiting for , them- when they have finished the course and eome of them are returning to old positions. In order to teach them what he means by co-ordination In dribbling, Coach Hager has Stan Summers, Ag gie football and baseball star, who has several offers to coach prep school teams after completing the courses, play eome jazz music on the piano while the men dribble down the floor, keeping time to the music. MISS LEADERSHIP IS AT STAKE CAMAS AND STANDARD OIL NIXES PLAY TODAY. Two Teams Tied for Lead Willamette Valley League With Percentage of .818. of Willamette Valley League Standings. V. L. Pot. Camas 8 2 .818 Standard Oil. 9 2 .818 Hillsboro . ." 5 6 .454 Crown-Willamette 5 8 .4."4 Portland Woolens 3 8 .272 Fulops 2 9 . .182 The leadership of the" Willamette Valley league will be at stake today when Camas plays Standard Oil at Camas. The two teams at present are, tied for first place with nine victories and two defeats each for a percentage of .818. When the teams last played Camas defeated Standard Oil and at the same time took the league leadership. The following week, however, Fulops defeated Camas, placing Standard Oil and Camas again into a tie. Each team has won its last four games. Camas will use Blair in the box FIGHT FANS 'ARE OPPOSED TO COLOR-LINE PROPOSAL . - Survey f Projected Dempsey-Wills Battle Shows That Many Fol lowers of Sport Think Negro Has Chance. BY HARRY B. SMITH. SAN FRANCISCO, July 8. (Spe cial.)' A survey of the situation impels me iu. mts uexiei mat everybody thinks Jack Dempsey ought to fight Harry Wills for the title. And a fair proportion of this multitude likewise argues that Wills has more than a fair chance to win the crown from Dempsey. The other day I wrote a story as to whether or not Dempsey should be permitted (peacefully) to draw the color line. Also I suggested that perhaps some of the fans would like to write In their opinions. They dib write in and I might add they are still writ ing in. Out of that flock of letters only one fellow has taken the stand that mixed matches meaning a fight be tween a white boy and a negro should be barred, and in his opinion Dempsey would be Justified in draw ing the color line. He admitted at the end that he is a Texan and therefore prejudiced against ne groes. But this part of the country seems to be well-nigh 100 per cent of the opinion that as long as Dempsey claims to be the world's champion he ought to bar nobody. The argu ment is that when an athlete claims to be the best of his class, or in this OLD AND NEW WOMAN GOLF CHAMPION OF ENGLAND. , Photo by Underwood & Underwood. Left -Misa Joyce Wethered, the nevr woman golf "champion of England. Right The defeated champion, Mlxa Cecil Leiteh, photographed at Irlnce's Sandwich, England, after Mlns Wcthered defeated Mls Leltch. The latter was well known to American golfers, an the dethroned golf tar visited America recently, and her defeat was quite a surprise. Photo by Underwood & Underwoodi BOLLEX, ENGLISH TENNIS STAR. and Helmcke behind the bat. For Standard Oil the battery will be Schroeder and Chapman. Schroeder's only defeat this year was by Camas. The former Beaver has been pitch ing grand bail and has a no-hlt, no run and two one-hit games to his credit. Blair of Camas has been steady and consistent. Johnny Fredericks, leading hitter in the league, could not come to terms with Red Rupert, manager of Marshfield, hence did not Join that team. He will occupy one of the outer gardens for Camas. Fulops will play Hillsboro , at Hillsboro. A victory for either will have no bearing on the standings. Hillsboro and Crown-Willamette are tied for third place. As the season has only three more weeks to run neither Hillsboro nor Crown-Willamette have a chance to win the pennant. Poland and Boland " will be the battery for Fulops and Hues sing and Kreitz for Hillsboro. Crown-Willamette will use Stone in the box against Portland Woolen Mills at West Linn this afternoon. The last time the two teams played Crown-Willamette won. The Wool en Mills team has been strengthened since then and should give Oregon City a battle. Larson will pitch for the Woolen Mills. All games will start at 2:30 o'clock. Gridiron Practice Scheduled. Dartmouth college football play ers will begin practice September 7. case the best In the world, he ought to fight any challenger who has demonstrated his eligibility. ; Since Dempsey has proved himself of the same view by accepting the Wills challenge you may say there's nothing to argue about. However, the letters have been decidedly in teresting reading. As I remarked, it is surprising how many of the writers think that Wills is -to be reckoned with seriously. ...... As for myself, I still maintain that while Dempsey has gone back from the form he displayed at To ledo, he ought still to be - good enough to win from Wills. How ever, the way sentiment is going, it is plain to be seen the fight will at tract world-wide attention. It may be lacking some of the picturesque color of the Carpentier-Dempsey in ternational match, but I'm willing to gamble it will be a better fight when it takes place. - "When it takes place"'is good, for I doubt little but that it will be a matter of 12 months before these two worthies are in the ring. Tex Rickard, who can be looked upon as the only serious bidder for the match, has stated definitely that he wil" not think of bidding for the match to take place in less than six months. , Naturally six months would mean the dead of winter and as the fight would have to be an open-air affair to make it profitable, that spells next summer. Dempsey ha been quoted to the effect that he will need several pre liminary matches to put him in good shape for such a formidable oppo nent as Wills. Harry hasn't . spoken, though doubtless he will be satisfied, since it will be no trick for him to get some of the "soft" matches going the rounds and do some stage work until the time has come for the fight. The truth is that Rickard and the fight managers realize it takes time to work people all over the country up to the pitch of going to see a championship mill. There must be the usual propaganda until finally the country is all excitement. Then and only then can they , be assured of the attendance they want; the Interest that must naturally come if the crowd is to be a big one. We "now have two fight clubs in San Francisco. The Dreamland rink folk have been going their way undisturbed for more than a year, but'this week a new club broke into print. It Is sponsored, so far as can be learned, by the Disabled War Veterans and they have announced they are de sirous of raising funds with which to build a clubhouse in San Fran cisco. . ; The Arcadia, once an Ice rink and later a dancing pavilion, for a time managed by Mike Fisher but for a long time idle, has been converted into a fight arena. The plan is to stage a show every Thursday eve ning. The Arcadia Is nicely located so far as the downtown section is concerned, but I have my doubts as to whether two big fight clubs will pay. When you take 'Into consider ation Oakland, we have five fight clubs each week bidding for patron age. There are two small clubs in San Francisco the Association and the RoyaL Then there is the Simp son club in Oakland, which stages an attractive card each Wednesday night, and two more in this city for xnursaay ana naay evenings, it s too much fighting and somebody, or some set of promoters, is going to feel the pinch. , Renato Gardini, the Italian wres tler, and his 18-year-old bride, the daughter of a Boston banker, have come to. this city to make their home. Gardini is, of course, only a recent -citizen, but he has been so cordially received by the Italian colony that he desired to return per manently. Of course he doesn't expect to stop wrestling or traveling around the country, . but he can make his headquarters here. "Strangler" Ed Lewis, who lives at San Jose some times does the same thing and it will not interfere with Gardini's pro fessional engagements in any degree. RACES TO BE HELD NEW YORK SPORT LOVERS TO HAVE NEW DIVERSION. Mechanical Rabbit to Be Chased Around Track by 200 Blooded ' Coursing Hounds. NEW YORK, July 8. New York ii to ihave a new sport, dog racing. Arrangements are being made 'to bring 200 of the, fastest racing dogs of the southwest and a number of the best of .Ireland, where the' best of the coursing hounds are bred, to New York and to open a season of racing. The promoters of the sport are negotiating for a track, prob ably in Newark, "at which the initial meet will be held, and It is expected that another track will be started later on Long Island and coursing races field regularly wltih alternate meetings. This sport, which is one of the greatest In the southwest and which within the last few years has be come a feature of life in Oklahoma and Texas, where races -are held nightly in half a dozen cities, never has been tried on a commercial basis around New York, and with the ex ception of races by breeders and dog fancieTS the New York sport lovers have had small chance to see one of the most thrilling speed trials ever devised. The racing plant with full equip ment probably will be either a quar ter 'or a thifd of a mile circle, equipped with the mechanical rabbit which has made the sport more popular by robbing it of the sem blance of brutality. The fact that in the United States at the present time there are more than 4000 racing dogs in training probably will come as a surprise to New York sport lovers. One breeder and trainer, whose dogs are now, racing in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and over ottoer tracks of that section plans to send W of his best dogs to New York to help inaugurate the sport. Harry Stout, the well-known" box ing referee, who has been officiating in the big boxing matches in that district, returned from a long tour recently and he Is acting for . the promoters who plan to introduce the racing around New York. He reports at Tulsa and other points in the southwest crowds of 3000 and 4000 attend the races nightly; More than 50 of the best coursing hounds in Ireland have been imported with in the last month (or the American racing. ; The company plans to commence operations within the next month. BY GEORGE CHAD WICK.' -(Copyright, 1922T by The Oregonlan.) NEW YORK, July 8. (Special.) Players of major leagues are quick er to sense the weakness of teams against which they compete than managers or owners. They discuss among themselves the shortcomings of other players, but very rarely will they talk to. outsiders. For the definition of outsiders, in clude the public generally and base ball critics. However, to some writ ers, players certain of them tell everything they know In the most straightforward manner. That is al most InvariaDly the result of per sonal friendship. s In 1919 a member of the Washing ton club, a player of experience, said Chicago would win the American league pennant "Schalk," he said Schalk is the Chicago catcher still "has got the pitchers on that team so they can scalp the Indian on i copper penny. Never saw such plac ing of pitching In my life." Schalk Playing Well. Perhaps that is what Schalk Is do lng now; He is back again with the Sox and playing ball as well as he ever did. At least the players will tell you so. ' Ask those who have faced the Chicago team since the White Sox began to climb, who is responsible for it. If there is some old chap who has been In the league for some time who will concede any opinion, it is fair enough to venture that he will tell you that Schalk has done it. This is the way of making pitchers find the mark. Mechanically, there are catchers in baseball as perfect as Schalk, but they can't influence pitchers as Schalk can. The harmony chord be tween pitcher and catcher Is one of the od-d things about baseball that rto one has explained. Waddell was probably the most erratic left-hand pitcher who ever lived. Some of the best catchers of the country tried to handle him and couldn't. Give him Schreckenghost, a catcher who was fully as cranky as Waddell, and the left-handed rube could pitch any thing and no one could hit him. Catchers to Decide. Catchers, according to eome of the ballplayers of the American league, are going to decide the race in that league. That's a new angle and it 13 not half bad. Most of the fans have been told that It is pitchers or the batters who are going to win pennants Two old grizzle tops on the, Boston Americana grizzled In a baseball way venture the belief that it is the catchers. A wise and ancient lnfielder on the athletics says it Is the catchers who are go ing to do 4t. , Keen old ballplayers those. They have been through the mill and have been on some championship teams themselves, and know what catchers can do. Yet at that it is a radical departure to hear ballplayers come out in meeting and vote the catcher the blue ribbon. .Yankeea Npii1 fiohnnir. I . One Boston player, who may be a manager himself in the1 future, said today 3 "The Yankees better hurry up and get Schang back. If he were out for the remainder of the season they could take their four million-dollar pitching staff and Junk it. Let that particular team go ' without good catching and it won't win pennants. "The - fight for the American league race is between Severeid of St. Louis, Bassler of Detroit, Schalk of Chicago and Schang of New York and everyone of them is a catcher. Cy Perkins of the Athletics would be in It if the Athletics had a little speed. They're running into Charlie horses on that team. The old fellows are About played out with what they have to date, and the kids aren't as fast as they should be. Our catchers never are going to put us in, and they couldn't because they need more to work with. Picinich . does pretty well in Washington, but he won't be In the fight at the finish, and Steve O'Neill of Cleveland would surely be In it If they could inject some wornout-arm cure Into those Cleveland pitchers. He's got a lot of smart pitchers but they're too old. Yankees Take Slnmp. "When Schang went out of the game you notice the Yankees began to back up, didn't you? Maybe they were backing up before, but they backed up worse. He can steady that team, Put a kid catcher in there and that smart bunch of Yankee pitchers will do as they all-fired please. They don't think a kid knows anything. Even the kiddest kid of 'em all, young Hoyt, has to take an awful hold on himself to do what Schang tells him to do. "This Schalk has got Faber doing better than at anj time this season, and he is the best pitcher Chicago has. He's got this Schupp so he's lasting pretty nearly a whole game, and if Schupp gets back to his nine Inning status again, none of them will beat him. He is making a win ner of young Leveresse, who has already put up five or six victories with few lickings. .. Bassler Is Good. Johnny Bassler of the Detrolts had been doing the same thing. If Cobb would let him alone he'd do better. Severeid is no slouch with St. Louis. If the Browns could get Steve O'Neill away from Cleveland the Yanks might as well hang up the old flintlock right now. The trouble Is folks don't give these catchers half the show theyjshould." 1 8 TAKE TRACK COACHING Most Students Are School Teach ers in Oregon. . 0REGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGEa Corvallis, July 8. (Special.) Eighteen summer school students are '-enrolled in the track and field coaching class according to Coach Hager, instructor. Most of these men are high school teachers in Oregon, having actual work to do in training prep school teams. "We do not intend to develop the men themselves, but teach them the modern and efficient methods of coaching," said Coach Hager. Time is spent on theoretical work and actual practice. Each event is taken- up separately in theory and then demonstrated. . 1 . - - mi: - - t iilplti :i ' - ' ' Photo Copyright by Underwood. JESS WILLARD. Jess Wlllard, ex-heavywelght champloa of the world, has started active training at Hollywood, Cal., preparing for an attempt to regain the championship and wrest Jack Dempsey's crown away from him. Willarf at present weighs about 26'5. pounds, but expects to drop con siderable of his excess flesh. From now on he expects to work out every day and get back into fighting shape as soon as possible, which he esti mates will take about four months. UGUST 6 AMERICAN TEAM TO BE EN TERED IN GAMES. Amateur Athletes of Celtic Birth to Take Part In Revival of Ancient Sports. The Irish race Olympic, a revival of the ancient Tailteann games, will be held in Dublin August 6 to 13. An American team will be entere. composed of amateur athletes of Irish birth, amateurs eithe'r of whose parents was of Irish birth, or both of whose grandparents on either side were of Irish birth. Irish athletes in this section have been invited to participate in a try out at New York July 10, but there is no chance for any athletes from the northwest to compete, as the time is too short. T. Morris Dunne, secretary-treasurer of the Pacific Northwest association, received noti fication some time ago of the games, but the information was so meager that it was not until yesterday that he received full Information. According to a programme by the games committee the Tailteann games were a recurring festival on the plans of Royal Meath, then a province of an independent Ireland. There the athletes famed in Irish history met in friendly rivalry, and for centuries it was the testing place of Irish athletic prowess. Irish tradition traces the origin of the festival to the famous King Lughaidh Lamhfada, or Lewy the Longhanded, who Is reputed to have ordered the celebration of the games in honor of his foster-mother, Tailte, some 1800 years before the birth of Christ. The sports embraced chariot racing, horse racing, hurling and all branches of athletic activity, In cluding probably swimming, as there still are traces of artificial lakes ap parently used for such competitions. When the days of Greece had passed and the Olympic games which added to its fame were but a memory, the Aonach Tailteann, Ire land's equivalent of the Greek Olym pic, was still a part of Irish national life. However, like the Greek Olym pic, it, too, faded from the land and history. UN SHOOT BETTER FAIR TRAP MARKSMEN GO IN FOR LONGER DISTANCES. Once Upon Time Skirted Nimrods Shot Only From. 16 -Yard Mark at Blue Rocks. , Once upon a time the women- who played the trapshooting game shot only at 16-yard singles, but "them days is gone forever",; the soatter gun has now found its way Into the hearts of the feminine members of the house. Indeed, the women of that time regarded the shotgun as something to be feared, something to be fought shy of. even with the dustbrush, as it hung over the fire place. . But times have changed and no longer are women afraid to shoot Steadily the affiliated membership of the American Trapshooting asso ciation is growing in this respect, and steadily the women are taking to the different branches of the sport of trapshooting. While it is true that the majority, so far have not taken to doubles shooting, still some women broke into this taxing pastime last year and are now enthusiasts. They also are now taking to handicap shooting and last year many women shot at targets from 17, 18, 19 and 20 yards and acquitted themselves creditably. For the purpose of showing the best performances on handicap tar gets it is necessary to establish av erages on scores made from the four yardage marks. Investigation proves that Mrs. Toots Randall of New York, the women's singles cham pion, leads the 19-yard division; Mrs. E. L. King of Winona, Minn, the 18-yard; Mrs. C. M. Buchanan of Mitchell, S. D., the 17-yard, and Mrs. I. M. Dallmeyer of Pittsburg, Pa., has the highest average from the 20-yard mark. The following table gives the standing of leading women shots on handicap targets: 17 yards Name. Averace. Mrs. C. M. Buchanan.-. 9, ISO Mrs. E. L. King .8.8.10 Mrs. W. C. Kdmiston 8.800 1 18 yards Mrs. B. L. King 9.060 Mrs. Toots Randall 8.977 Mrs. L. G. Vogel ...8.888 iw yards Mrs. Toots Randall 9.020 Mrs. A. H. Winkler 8.90O Mrs. L. G. Vogel 8,400 no yaras Mrs. I. M. Dallmeyer 9.000 Mrs. J. D. Dalton 8.650 iirs. Konbeck 8.200 BATTER ROBBED BY BLUNDER Runner's Failure to Touch Base Works Hardship. In one of the Philadelphia games at Cleveland, recently, Joe Wood of the Indians was on f'rst base when Steve O'Neil drove the ball to the wall In right center. Steve pulled up at second as Wood crossed the plate. ' It was then claimed by the Athletics that Wood had not touched second base and Umpire Owens ruled him out. a Under the rules O'Neil could not be credited with a hit, Inasmuch as technically the runner who had been on first never reached second. As official scorer, the sporting editor of the Plain Dealer scored the play as a fielders choicer and O Nell did not draw a hit. He wrote the circum stances of the play, however, in a note to President Johnson of the American league and declared it did not seem right to penalize the batter for a blunder made by an other player. Mr. Johnson's reply came recently. It was as follows: "It is my Judgment that O'Ne'l should be credited with a hit rer gardless of the fact that Wood failed to touch second base. Intelligence and .human Indulgence should pre vail dn a question of this kind. I quite agree with you that a batter should not be penalized for another's blunder." Athletic Men Named. Assistant managers of three branches of athletics for the coming year were elected recently at a meeting of the advisory, board of Holy Cross. Robert Johnson of Peabody was elected- assistant base ball manager; G. Arthur Blanchet of Manchester, N. H., assistant track manager, and Harry Kane of Wash ington, D. C, assistant baseball manager. All are members of the class of '24. Reduce Maintenance Expense Car and truck operating and maintaining ex penses are reduced when Gruss Air Springs are installed. They absorb all road shocks, all jolts and jars, all destructive vibration. Write for "Comfort, Economy and Safety" folder. BURNESS AUTO WORKS 12th and Everett Streets Portland oat rum,. Pneumatic Cushion Co Patentee ALAMEDA, Cal., July 8. Johnny Weismulier, swimming wizard of the Illinois Athletic club, finished training to-day for an attack on five world's records In the tank at Nep tune Beach tomorrow. He will enter in the 100 meters free style and 100 meters back stroke races, but timers will also ba on hand at the 75-yard and 100 yard marks in the first event and . at the 100-yard point in the second. In the 100-meter race Weismulier will be opposed by Lester Smith and George Schroeth of the Olympic club of San Francisco and In the back stroke event by Ike Kellhio and H. Algers of the Idora club. Three Pacific association senior championships also will be settled tomorrow. They are the men's high diving championship, the 60 yard free style for men and the women's 8S0 yards free style. 9 WORLD RECORDS WON Johnny Weismulier Leads Wholo Field at Honolulu. HONOLULU, T. H., June 27. (Spe cial.) With nine new world swim ming records all signed, sealed and delivered, in his trunk, Johnny Weissmuller, Illinois Athletic club of Chicago is on his way home. ' The one which is still in doubt is a tank mark of 1:04.4 in the hundred back stroke in which race the timers picked Warren Kealoha as winner, while Ihe judges awarded the race to Weissmuller. His other nine records are: Open water, 100 yards, M0 yards, 200 meters, 220 yards, 440 yards, 400 meters, 500 yards. Tank 1O0 yards and 220 yards. The Aloha swimming meet con cluded last Saturday night in Hon olulu harbor with some 10,000 fans present to see Johnny Weissmuller topple records, and also to see the human fish, lose the 100 yards back stroke in open water to Warren Kealoha of Honolulu who was forced to set a new world record in order to win. ' Probably that was the best race of any, the 100 backstroke both In the tank and in the open water. The two men were exceedingly well matched. Warren has the choppy stroke while Weissmuller used the long pull. Warren's time in the open water was 1:05.3 while the time in the tank was 1:04.4. The most awe-inspiring part of Weissmuller's performance here was the ease with which he broke long established records. On June 23 he made 52.4 "n the century open water, thereby breaking the record of :53 flat upon which has rested the largest portion of Duke Kahan amoku's fame. The great Duke now has only the :23 flat for the half century and before the summer is over it is a cinch bet that Weisa muller will beat that time. Weissmullen by nature is placid and pleasant. They have to make him angry to get work out of him. On Friday night, June 23, the first race was the half century, Weiss muller won the race although the Judges gave the race to Pua Kealoha. It appeaTS that Johnny swam in the lane beneath their feet while Kealoha swam out In the cen ter of the course. The timers on the opposite side of the slip caught Weissmuller's time and picked him as winner. Johnny evidently figured that it was his race. He said noth ing. There were no protests and no alibis. That's one thing Bill Bach racc, his coach, will not stand. But when he came on the platform for the 100 yards men's open a little later his Jaw was set. He was last to leave the plank but before the 30-yard mark was reached he was leading. From the 50 to the 80 he spurted ond got a five-yard lead over his nearest man, -Pua Kealoha. From the 80-yard mark to the finish he coasted and yet broke the world record, finishing a good three yards to the lead of Pua Kealoha who barely nosed out Warren Kealoha. Pua kealoha made :63 flat last year and held the record Jointly with Duke Kahanamoku but he had no chance with Weissmuller. BASEBALL Pacific Coast League Double-Header Today SAN FRANCISCO vs. PORTLAND First game called at 1 :30 It Will Be Worth Your While to walk up to HENDERSON'S 410 STARK STREET And see his complete line of snit ln(r. Out of high rent district. (TV??--- i!& s and Manufacturers, San Ftanciaca. w n Plf