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TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JULY SO, 1922 ' 3 FANS SAY LEONARD iSlOlG Fight Against Tendler Held Proof of Theory. . CHAMP'StRIENDS WORRY Benny's Backers Alibi With Tale - That Bout Last Week Was Merely Come-On. BY SPARROW McGANN. (Copyright, J922, by The Oregonlan.) NEW YORK; July 29. (Special.) 13ver since the Leonard-Tendler battle the critics have been arguing over the future of the lightweight champion of the world. Not even his friends declared that his showing against Tendler .was satisfactory. What everyone now is trying to de- ' termine is whether Tendler is right up in the class of Benny at his best, or whether the champion is seeing the end of his days as a legitimate lightweight. . - His showing against Rocky Kan sas at Michigan City, when he was not required to make weignt, de fined him as A-l. But last Thursday night he looked frail and it is an even guess whether his fatal fight lacked steam or whether Tendler's ability to take wallops is equal to that of the well-remembered Battling Nelson. If this is the case It is a new quality acquired by Lew, who in the past has been known to go to the floor when hit by men in ferior to himself. Leonard Takes Knocks. Insiders are freely -predicting that if Benny has it in him to stow away Tendler it will have to be a match a: catchweights. At the same time it has not escaped notice that at the lightweight limit Leonard has not lost the capacity to weather hard wallops. Yet he might not the next time the two men meet. In fact, some of Tendler's friends x are suggesting that he wait a year before tackling Benny again. Age is on Lew's side, and in a period of 12 months, it was argued that Ben ny's hitting at the lightweight limit would show further deterioration, while all the chances are that he would not be able to absorb all the blows he accepted in this week's battle. Leonard, by the way is likely to run up against another stiff prop osition next Saturday in Floyd Fitz simmons' big Michigan City arena when he goes against Ever Ham mer, the blonde lightweight who gave Leonard a hawl battle out west two or three years ago. Hammer is . the Harry Greb type of mauler and has gained in strength and in skill since last he met the champion. Hammer to Rush Fight. Hammer says that his motto is "Box a fighter and fight a boxer." Putting Leonard in the boxer class. Hammer says he intends to keep on top of him every minute and make him look like Harry Greb made Tommy Gibbons look. Since July of last year he has fought 14 battles and won them all three via the . knockout ' route. Good as Hammer may be, however, the chances are that with no necessity of tipping the beam at 135 pounds Leonard will be in every way his old self. '" Getting back to the battle of Leon ard and Tendler, the question may be asked whether Leonard would again consent to meet 'Tendler at the limit of the class. - Those who answer this question in the negative are talking on the assumption that Benny was not holding back his punches Thursday night. If he was not then it is perfectly near a cinch that Leonard will shortly retire from the lightweight division and gn after Jack Britton for the wel ter title. But if he was wearing handcuffs with Tendler, then we i may look for a fall battle at the New York velodrome, this time with the manacles resting home in the family trunk. SEW SCOREBOARD S"HOWX San Francisco Traps Enthusiast Makes Demonstration. Charles Lindemann, a San -Fran cisco trapshooting enthusiast and memoer or tne Golden Gate Gun club, recently demonstrated a new type of scoreboard of his own inen tion and for which he has made ap plication for a patent. Llndemann's scorebeard will stand aoout id inches high and will be placed about 10 feet directly in front of the shooting rail. The usual size of score paper will be used. Mark ings will be made by two markers, one intea wicn a red "1" and the other with a blue "0." An operator at the rear of the shooters handles the markers by the use of two Iron lever barstrings. m rigging up this new type of scoreboard Lindemann had In mind that' trapshooters would be able to see wnat tneir scores were at all times. At present, he says, the scoreboard is so far away from the snooting rail that the contestant cannot see what his score is or whether he has been given the right iuiirK. According to the rules of trap shooting the contestant cannot pro test an incorrect mark after two snots nave Been fired. Thus it is seen that, as he is unable to see what his mark is, he also would be unable to protest should he be marked. wrong. "With the board di rectly in front of the shooter he knows at all times whether he is be ing correctly marked. The board is equipped to permit the operator to change a wrong mark to right. Lindemann has been studying the proposition for some time, and try outs in his back yard have con vinced him that his board will be generally adopted MANY CAXOE ENTRIES MADE Pacific Coast Championships to Bo Held in California. . SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, July 29 A large number of entries have been received from canoe clubs of the Pacific coast for the canoe cham pionship races, which will be held at Monto Rio on the Russian river, Au gust 6,. the first, on the coast in many years. Among the ftrst en trants were the boat clubs of San fiancisco, the Lake Merritt canoe organizations from Oakland, the Neptune club of Alameda and the Yosemite Canoe club of Stockton The events listed are 100 and 220 yard singles for men, 220-yard mixed ooubles, 440-yard doubles for men 100-yard singles for women and canoe tilting. The last named event is expected to be the most interest ing feature of the meet, as canoeing enthusiasts have paid a great deal of attention to it the last few yeais Tilting teams have been entered already from the clubs of San Fran cisco, Oakland, Alameda. Capitola-by-the-Sea and Stockton. BROTHERS PICKED BY TRIS 1 " (iif't &'tek' Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Joe and Luke Sewell of Trls Speaker's Cleveland Indians. Joe, the short stop, made good with Speaker, so that when he recommended Lake, a catcher, for a trial, Trfct took his advice. He hasn't been sorry either. DICK NELSON IS KILLED EX - UNIVERSITY ATHLETE VICTIM OF TRUCK ACCIDENT. -T- Popular Baseball Player , Loses -Life Willie Driving Machine at Caldwell, Idaho. C. Richard Nelson, better known to a host of college friends as Dick," who was killed recently in Idaho in the wreck of a county road truck which he was driving, was a well-known University of Oregon football, basketball and baseball player in 1915-16-J7. He played cen ter on the football team' and for three years was a varsity guard in t) si s It c In the spring of 1920' he returned to the University of Oregon as coach of the freshmen Last year he was athletic coach 'at Wallowa high school, where his teams had excep tional success. When school closed for the summer vacation he went to Caldwell, Idaho', to play baseball in the Western Idaho league. It was while working for the county road department there, driving a truck, that he was killed June 21. In February of 1921 Mr. Nelson married Miss Elizabeth O'Connor of Caldwell, Idaho. He is survived by his widow and by his, parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. . D. Nelson of Lafay ette, Or.- . . - Nelson was a star baseball player. He played first base for three sea sons at the university and was cap tain in 1811. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega national college fraternity. He tried out with the Portland Beavers at one time. He was one of the most popular ath letes who ever attended the Univer sity of Oregon. , Social Distinctions Kept in Cricket Tourneys. English Fnns Criticise Papers for Class Toadying. , , ONDON, July 29. To say in Eng land of anybody's conduct "it isn't cricket. is an expression ot strong disapproval, for cricket, the national jane, is believed to show the. Englishman at- his best. - Yet cricket itself today is being strongly censured. . - - Here are some names printed re cently in aii account oi a cricKei match between two., counts clubs: Holmes, Sutcliffe, Rhodes, G. Wil son, H. L. Higgins, A. M. Carr, Tar box, Povey, C. S. Hurst, Robinson, L. W. H. Troughton. Observe carefully that some of them are preceded by initials and some are without Initials. And it is just the presence or absence of initials which shows where cricket "isn't cricket," according to the critics. Those whose names are pre-v ceded by initials are amateurs and socially are accounted "gentlemen"; those who are given their surnames only are thereby known to be pro fessionals and are not entitled to be considered "gentlemen." It would cause trouble in any English newspaper office if, in giv ing the scores in any first-class cricket match, the name of an ama teur player should appear without his initials. And it would cause just as much trouble if a professional should be dignified by putting initials before his name. Cricket Is the only game played here in which amateurs and profes sionals play together as members of the eame team. They meet on familiar terms - on the field and social distinctions are never ob truded there. But they are in evidence all the same if one knows where to look for them. There is jjne dressing room for the gentlemen cricketers and another for the professional cricketers. They must not take tea together, for that sacred function cricket etiquette requires that they should occupy separate refreshment quarters. The demociatic tendencies of the 'day have leveled more than one British class distinction no less in vidious than this discrimination against teammates in the national game. - . Larger Golf Course Planned. IsAN JOSE, Cal., July 29. The San Jose Golf and Country club Is bor- . Rlehnrd (Dick) IVelxon, former Iniversity of Oregon athlete, recently killed in motor truck accident. 1 SPEAKER MAKE GOOD. Ing for water and as soon as a suf ficient amount is secured to water the fairways and the greens work will be started on a larger and bet ter course than the one now used by the club. Additional land recent ly was bought and plans are being considered for a 6400-yard links. BANTAM SEEKS TITLE BOUT English Champion Wants Fight With Joe Lynch. , LONDON, July"29. Thomas Har rison of Hanley, British bantam weight i champion, may go to the United states in quest oi tne woria s title, recently won . by Joe Lynch from Johnny Buff. Harrison re cently knocked out Jim Higgins, the British title holder, in the 13th round of their match! Although Harrison has established himself as superior to other English 118-pounders, many of the boxing critics believe he should bolster his record before going after Lyncjj, one of the cleverest little men in the world. Higgins, defeated by Har rison, was a victim of Pete Herman's cudgels when the American invaded the isles. VERMONT STARS FOUND MORAN'S FEATS ON FIELD OF SPORT BRILLIANT. Youth of 17 Starts Athletic Ca reer in. Small School and Advances Rapidly. . In the mountainous country of the state of Vermont a star has arisen on the athletic horizon a- lad who already has attracted the attention of several big schools and colleges by his phenomenal work as a mem ber of the Brattlebora high school teams, says the New York World. They,., call him. a second Jim Thorpe, Like the great Indian ath lete, he got his start in a small school. Eugene Moran's feats on the field of sport have stood out so Driinaniiy that many believe he -s destined to be the greatest all around athlete since Jim Thorpe won the honor more than a decade ago. . . Moran is 17 years old. ; He started his athletic career three years ago and since then he has gone ahead by leaps and bounds, until now, with one more year of high school, he is being sought by coaches in several states. Two of his brothers were star per formers at the same school, but Eu gene has outshone them. The only trouble with the boy, according to the men who have been coaching him, is that he is going ahead too fast. He recently took up pole vaulting and has done 11 feet; In his fresh man year he won the interscholastic state championship at the Univer sity of Vermont and as about 125 boys from a dozen or more high and preparatory schools participated, the winning of the individual honor by a freshman of 15 years was excep tional. He duplicated the eame feat last year and this. . H took part in the 100-yard dash, 220-yard dash, 120-yard high hur dles, 120-yard low hurdles, broad jump and pole vault. He did the 100 in 10 3-5 seconds, the 220 in 2S4-5 seconds, and in the 220-yard hurdles he' made 27 1-5 setonds on two oc casions. He made the football team in his freshman year, being accepted by experts for quarterback on All Connecticut valley team. He plays baseball, skates and is an excellent swimmer. His records were made on days in which he competed in six or more events. - In three track meets last spring young Moran won 18 first places, scoring 90 points for his team. He hasn't made up his mind what col leges he will attend after he grad- RARE DOUBLE PLAY MADE Sisler of St. Louis Starts PI That Breaks Up Squeeze. -. 1 ' t George -Sisler of the St. Louis ! Americans staged a play against ; Washington- recently which is be- j lieved to have no counterpart in the annais of major league baseball, at least.no similar performance has1 been dug up by'the ancient history fiends. . , : The feat was the pulling of a double play on a squeeze play. The , Browns were playing Washington..! There were fast men on' first and i third and a fast left-handed batter 1 up. The squeeze play was staged. The fast left-handed batter bunted toward first along the ground and skeedaddled for the bag. Sisler, a speed merchant of re nown, dashed in, picked up the bunt, tagged the batter, and shot the ball to Catcher Hank Severeid, who tagged the runner coming from' third. ' . ' - , j Don't all talk at once and say; you have seen that play, it is a ' 100-to-l shot that you never did see it in all your.bdrn days. - . fc - - r v ; Medal Play Exacting. The old argument relative to the comparative values of medal and match play as the best test of golf still endures. Obviously medal play is more exacting, more fatiguing and nerve racking. - Medal play requires consistency. In it every stroke counts, and one cannot have a bad hole or two and hope to win it back. In match play one often can afford to lose a hole to get sloppy golf out of his sys tem and then win the match. But not in medal play. iFONIES TD SHOW METTLEl HORSE FLESH GRIND TO TEST ALL BREEDS. SO 0-Mile Ride to Start August 1 and End August 6 200 Pounds to Be Carried. CHICAGO, July 29. The mettle of endurance of , various " breeds of saddle horses will be tested at Colo rado Spring3, Colo.; in a SOO-mile ride,, which starts August 1 and ends August 6. Partisans of the cow ponies place their faith in the l'.Ule horses bred in the shadows of the Rockies as against such aristo cratic descendants of Eohippus as the Arab, the thoroughbred of the race course, the "quarter horse" and others. Details of the event have been made public by the -Horse As sociation of America, which has its headquarters here. The horses-, must carry a rider, saddle and other equipment totaling 200 pounds, and -when the ride is over must come in sound and fresh and prove it by going all gaits in good shape the following day. It also will be an endurance test for the rider, v . .. Harry McNair 'of Chicago, one of the last year's judges, favors a west ern bred cow pony for the place in the hall of horse fame which will fall to this year's winner. Of the SO to 70 horses scheduled to start he expects five or six to finish in good shape. . . Major Henry Leonard, an interna tionally known horseman, who is taking great interest in the contest. has written Wayne Dinsmore; sec retary of the Horse Association of ssbsss- 30x3y2 30x3y2 30x3 30x3 31x4 32x4 32x4 34x4y2 33x5 35x5 i f I America, that Edward Prlng, a Colo rado ranchman, , has entered two horses; Allyn Perkins of the Tur key Creek ranch nas put In three, and Dan D. Casement, one of the most famous of the older Colorado cattlemen, has backed his-abelief in the Concho Colonel family 6f "quar ter horses" by entering two sturdies sired by that horse. William Irvine has entered two thoroughbreds and the polo pony is represented by two entries from Lafayette Hughes. Much interest has been aroused by the fact that "Slim" Sherwood, one of the most prominent cow punchers and horse breakers, has entered a half thor oughbred. Entries also have been received from Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo., Fort Reno, Okla.. Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and Fort Riley, Kan. -' Major Leonard, with , D. Bryant Turner and Major Grove Cullum, United State3 army, 'are the Judges. Major Leonard has acted as judge for the New England endurance ride for the last three years, but de clined this year because he believed the job should be passed around. Some of the entrants in the western contest probably will be sent east for the contest there in October. Umpiring Held Non-Hazardous, . Strange as it may seem, baseball umpiring is officially set down as a non-hazardous profession by the Knights of Coiumbus. Dr. E. W. Buckley of St. Paul, Minn., is su preme hysician of the knights' !n surance committee. The question as to whetherrtiazardous rates should be fixed for umpires was raised when a minor league official applied for membership as . an insurance member of the K. of C. 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Will iams of Yale university, a Chicago boy,-was ranked as the leading col lege tennis player of the year by a special committee of the United States Lawn Tennis association, which announced its ratings today. Phil Neer of Portland, Or., and James Davies of Leland Stanford university are ranked No. 1 as dou bles players. " M The selections .were made princi pally by Dr. T. W. Stephens of Pitts burg, in co-operation with members of the association's, intercollegiate committee and were based on the records of all matches, including those of the championship meet at Philadelphia the week of June 26. "The most significant thine about "the ranking," commented Watson Washburn, chairman of the commit tee, in- making public the list, ' the large number of players from the middle west and Pacific coast who won places. "Of the 20 men ranked in singles 11 reside in western cities or, rep resented western institutions. "With the middle west, far west and south excelling the east at the ret, it means that the standard of play throughout the country is be ing improved and this is a most hopeful sign." The first five ranking players in Non-S LOW From Your Dealer singles and the first four pairs in doubles follows: Singles L. E. 'Williams. Chicago, Yale university: Wray Brown, St. uuis, Washington university; W. J. Bates, San Francisco, University, of California; Philip Neer. Portland, Or.. Leland Stan ford university; O. A. Conrad. San Fran cisco, University of California. Doubles Philip .Neer ana james Davies, Leland, Stanford university; L. E. Williams and G. M. Wheeler. Tale university; IE. V. Sanders Jr., and W. E. Howe Jr.,, Dartmouth university; Morris Duane and Karl Pfaflman, Harvard university. ' STADIUM TO BE LARGE ONE Contract Let for Field Work on Gonzaga College Enterprise. SPOKANE, Wash.. July 29. Con tract for the field work on the Gon s.aga university stadium here has teen awarded. The work is to be completed within 60 days, or by the opening of the fall college term. The contemplated field work calls for a five-layered base on the field. The contract was' awarded on a bid of U5.27S. .. The-, stadium is to cover a site 607 by 437 feet. The present field will be excavated several feet. The base of the new field will be of tile, forming a sub-drainage system to carry water away. From the base the field will be .built up 'of rock, gravel, sand, loanv&sh and cinders in a five-layer 'bed It is expected that the field will absorb any amount of water and offer a dry fast surface. Preliminary work on the field has already been completed. The con tract for the stands in the stadium will -not be let for several weeks. Contract for ac separate '"tern -about $2000 for a watering system will be awarded later. Busher Goes to White Sox. VlSALIA, Cal.. ' July 29. Lee Dempsey. first - baseman for the . . . . p. kid Visalia Pirates of the San Joaquin Valley league, is en route to San Antonio, Tex., to report as a "farm out" for the Chicago W'hite Sox, to which club he has just been rec ommended by scouts at work in the valley. . ' Yale Wins at Traps IS Years. .Tale, for the 13th consecutive year, has won the intercollegiate trapshotting championship. Prince ton, Harvard and Pennsylvania were the other contestants. The individ ual honors were taken by A. B. Turner of .Princeton. It has been a long time since Yale lost a match with the shotgun. Last fall Chief Bender, the Indian ball player and shot, coached the New Haven boys and he got them away to a good start-- Following the tournament the intercollegiate association affili ated with the American Trapshoot ing association and elected R. D. Peck of Princeton president; C. P. Williams of Yale, vice-president, and Bernard M. Baruch of Harvard, secretary. Hungarians to See Baseball. BUDAPEST, July 29. Hungary recently witnessed the first baseball game ever played in Budapest when a team from the American legation and consulate captained by Consul Vaughn, lost a Fourth of July game to a similar team from Belgrade, captained by Consul Patton, by a score of 20 to 1. The Budapest team had as mascot a goat painted red, white and blue, while the Belgrade team had two camels serving in sim ilar capacity. The American minis ter, Theodore Brentano, pitched the first ball. A great crowd attended, but the Hungarian sporting writers were of the opinion that the game was too exciting for the Hungarian temperament and declared that Mag yar teams would be sure to leave too many dead on the diamond. ires .$10.65 12,85 1 5.85 15.85 26.45 29.15 37,70 39.50 46.95 49.30