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4L THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JULY 30, 1933 BEST RAGE HORSES TO VIE AT GRESHAM Pacers and Trotters Fill Every Stall at Track. THE OBVIOUS ENTERED Owners in All Parts ol Northwest Are Training Fast Steeds for Fair. Events. The best of the northwest har ness .circuit is entered in the four day meet to be held August 9 to. 12 at the Multnomah county fair, Gres ham. Every stall at the track Is already filled - with the pacers and trotters while several strings are yet to arrive. Sim Lindsay is training; George I Parker's string of four horses at the track. These horses, which are be ing raced under the black and white colors of -the 'Oregon stables, are Barondale, Hal Fitsimmons, Vesta "Vernon and The Obvious. Barondale was the class of the pacers in the circuit last year, win ning all but one of his starts and in that race he was second. Parker bought the animal from Tom Howatt last year and will enter him in the free-for-all pace and the 2:08 pace in the Gresham races. Hat Fltz immons is entered in th 2:24 pace. This horse paced a heat in 2:11ft at Salem last year. The Obvious Entered. Vesta Vernon, entered in the 2:17 pace, looks better than ever. The trotter of the string- is The Obvious, a well-bred horse purchased last year at Springfield, 111., by Parker and A. L. Lea. The Gresham races will mark the first start of The Obvious on a western circuit. Will Williams of Boise, Idaho, has a string of five. His entries are Frank Reno, who raced last year; Mary J, Daisy Direct, Princess Hal ro M. and Grace Fitz. William Marshall will enter Todd Patch, a Dan Patch colt, in he slow paces and Bull Patch in the elow trots. Al Schwartz has Linnie C. en tered in the fast paces and Surety . in the fast trots. Harry Davis will start two trot ters, one being John Kadderly's Oregona and the other Zeigler & Misner's Perrio. Rockwood Hal, a new pacer, will make his appearance in the 2:24 pace. Heinie Gleman, who also has Guylight entered in the 2:10 and 2:17 trots, worked Rockwood Hal a mile in 2:17 last week and the horse had plenty of speed to spare. W. H. Williamson of Boise, Idaho, has fiaron Jolly and Frances Mac entered in the slow trots and paces. Horses Trisming In Salem. Paddy Bond, a. green trotter, and Mac Fitzimmons, who is pacing this year, are entered by Ed Dpnnison. Mac Fitzsimmons, who was entered as a trotter last year, will start in the 2:10 and free-for-all paces this season. - Tom Howatt has Gresham Boy en tered in the 2:17 and 2:10 paces, also Hal Girl, a full sister to Hal Boy. Jack Keener, who took Rags Di rect to the grand circuit after the Salem meet last year, is expected with P. J. Burke, last year's class in the trots. Tom Brady has L. M. McK. in the Dakota circuit, but is expected at Gresham. George Sur sher is at Salem with Lena Alta Hall, Oregon Bond and Hallie B., who are all entered at Salem. Other horses training at Salem for the Gresham meet are Florimel, Francis Greeting and Nuristo. ' The1 spectacular race of the week ; will no doubt be the steeplechase on Saturday afternoon, when a field of 10 or 12 hunters and jumpers will be started over a course about a mile and three-quarters in length, and containing eight different hur dles and obstacles, all in plain eight of the grandstand. .. Steeplechaslng Revived. According to W. U. Sanderson, who is in charge of the entry list, the event will be one of the best steeple chases run this year in the entire west. Steeplechasing diminished dur ing the war and only this year has shown any remarkable revival, and the fact that a first-class race is included in the first local race meet this year is significant in Pacific coast racing circles. - The course over which the hunters will run goes around the Itaside of the half-mile track, then onto the track for a quarter-mile and Into the fields opposite the grandstand. The -finish will be on the inside of the track along the home stretch. The water jump, which consists of a two foot hurdle and an eight-foot ditch of water, is to be placed directly In front of the grandstand and will be the third obstacle which the horses will face. The other obstacles are brush and rail and all are about four feet in height. Some of the hoifces entered are W. U. Sanderson's Major Dillon, Mrs. Stanley C. E. Smith's Daisy Deane, Walter Gearin's Buster, Harry Ker ron's The Joker and The Comet, Pay Day and several other horses en tered by the officers from Van couver baracks, and two other thoroughbreds entered by eastern Oregon owners. Scott's Hands Are Like Oysters. Everett Scott's handicraft in handling- ground balls is distinctive. The top-notcher of the shortstops plays the grounders with bivalve hands, says the New York Tribune. Which is to say his hands open as the shell of a clam with the hinge, the heels of the hands or their in side edges, touching most all their length, depending on the bound of the ball. If it is ' a ball close to the ground the edges . of the hands touch, and the hands are thus ad justed awaiting the ball. They lift or descend, according to the hop, and 6hut on the ball like the closing of a book, but with enough hollow in them less than the average fielder to hold the bulb. On higher bounds, say waist high, the heels of the hands are more likely to be in contact, but there's the same sure, ciam-UKe, beautifully timed closing down of the hands over the aii. Japanese Take Up Golf. The Japanese are taking to oM with enthusiasm and the nine-hole course situated in an ideal position seven miles from Tokio is crowded morning and afternoon. There are also courses near other Japanese cities and the country hotels are also providing for their guests fn this respect. The Japanese of Tokio, however, have now undertaken a more ambitious scheme and in con nection with a, country club which is being built between Tokio and Yokohama are laying out an, 18 hole course on 112 acres. The plans of the club house, which will be the finest in the country, are from America. TWO VETERAN PITCHING REINFORCEMENTS ON At the left is Al Demaree, me new Portland manager, who cnjx still twirl a mean pill, as ae snowed Friday when ae went in as relief pitcher and stopped. a bombardment. Demaree is a veteran bis; league f linger, having- been a mainstay with the Giants for slxbf his nine major leagne seasons. The .other hurler is none other than our old friend, Byron HouckvwhQ. broke into professional baseball a good many years sgo from Washington high school in Portland. Byron was with the Philadelphia Athletics for a time, them with Portland, and later with, Vernon. He retired and became a moving picture cameraman, but was enticed from obscurity recently and signed with Portland. GUN CLUB SHOOT TODAY CONTESTANTS TO BE DIVIDED INTO THREE CLASSES. Two Prizes for Winner in Each Division; Competition Is ' Close Among Gunners. The Portland Gun club will hold its sixth registered target shoot at the Bverding park traps today. As an added incentive to new shooters, the contestants will be divided into three classes, with two prizes to the winner in each class. Class A gunners are those with averages of 90 per . cent and . up; class B, SO to 89 per cent, and the rest of the entries will be in class C Competition is close among the shooters for the E. J. Jaeger trophy for the one making most points this season. With five tournaments yet to be held, L. D. Broodhead and V. C. Unden are tied with 42 points each. Other shooters well up in the running are: W. L. Crowe 39, Dr. Ireland 36, 3. B. Troeh 34, A. L. Zachrisson 30, W. J. Legg 27, J. C. Morris 26, J, B. Huston 22, A, W. Short 21, -Dr. E. R. Seely 20. There also is a six months' contest on at the Portland Gun club which SISLER IS LIABLE TO BEAT V TY COBB'S SWAT AVERAGE Batter Declared More Interested in Winning Pennant for Browns Than in Own Chances to Attain Fame. Cobb Holds Modern Bay Record on .420 Average. ( -Only three players have touched the .400 line in batting- in., the history of the American league, which dates from 1900. The particular eons of swat, are, Tyrus i- yobb, Joseph Jackson and ueorge bisler. Batting reoords are being created al most annually. Ruth set the mark for homers last season with 60, while Sisler la getting 257 base hits in 1920 created a new record. The .400 batting averages in the Amer ican league follow : v Tear. G. AB. K. H. Ave. 1911 Cobb 148 591 147 248 .420 Mil Jackson-,.... 147 571 126 233 .408 1912 Cobb 140 553 110 227 .410 1920 Sisler t 154 631 137 257 .417 ST. LOUIS, July 29. (Special.) The American" league pennant race, in itself sufficient , to make the most sophisticated base ball fan do a dally flipflop, appears likely to put on an added .wrinkle and answer that much-discussed question: "Who'll succeed Ty Cobb?" , Not so many years ago, when the Georgia Peach reflected the ruddy hue of his prime, this question of an athlete capable of stepping into Ty's shoes when he decided to quit began to be noised, and gained im petus as the months wore on. It was conceded, however, when in 1911 Tyrus carved the apple for a. .420 average that nary a son Of swat for years would go beyond that mark. By way of proof that this tremendous batting average was no mere flash, Ty came back in 1912 with a grand average of .410. There passed seven years during which no American league batsman, not even the mighty Cobb, was able to stick his nose above the .400' mark. But in the interim there had come into the American league a collegian, George Harold Sisler. In 1915 Branch Rickey, then manager of the St. Louis Browns, had plueked Sisler from the University of Mich' igari and, be it known, Sisler's com ing was an event well heralded, for Rickey Is no man s tool in tne mat ter of publicity. Batting Average HIg.h Branch was authority for the statement that "here was a kid who could pitch, play the outfield, in field and if it were necessary don the mask and pad." What Rickey censidered infinitely mora to the point, 6isler could and would hit .300 or better in the American league, an assertion that was made in the face of the fact that Sisler had skipped the hitherto indis pensible minor league seasoning period. To condense an otherwise long yarn, Sisler came. Sisler stuck, and Sisler hit .800, just as Mr. Rickey had promised. This so pleased the effervescent Branch that he spiced bis press agentry with the bold aa. !i I - " ..." - ' ends December 31- In this event the gunners are divided into classes with three prizes for the high guns in each class. There also is a prize for the contestant ' making the greatest number of 25 straight scores, with prizes likewise for the best professional score and the best women's score. Every score at 25 targets from now to December 31 will count in the competition.. . Following are, the best scores in .each class out of 300 targets: Class A J. Blaine Troeh 296, J. W. Seavey 290, Dr. e. F. Cathey 289, Arnold Troeh 288, C. B. Preston 286, J. C. Morris 279, H. H. Veatcfc- 265. Class B V. C. Under 290, A. I Zachrisson 284, J. S. Crane 272, A. Parrott 270. Class G Dr. 0. D. Ireland 278, L. D. Broodhead 276, L. W. Crowe 273, J. B. Houston 268, H. Ward 261. Mrs. E. E. Young has the highest women's score, with 212 out of 300. 1 imi ' 1 -' Gorman to Meet Carlson, v GOLD HILL, Or., July 29. (Spe cial.) Joe Gorman of Grants Pass, the Pacific coast lightweight boxing champion, will meet Johnny Carlson of Gold Hill in an eight-round con test in the Gold Hill boxing com mission arena August 2, at Gold Hill. Carlson ho'lds the southern, Oregon championship and has de feated all comers during bis boxing career in this region. Each of the combatants will enter the ring weighing 133 pounds.- sertion that in Sisler he had discov ered the logical successor to Tyrus Raymond Cobb. ; It was four years after Rickey's assertion and five years after he had seen -a major league baseball park fpr Jthe first time that George Harold Sisler applied the bum's rush to Cobb as the champion l)itsman of the American league. - Bue Bit Record. In 1920 Sisler topped the Ban Johnson circuit with a batting aver' age of .'407, and in so doing cracked out 257 base hits, a number never before amassed in a single season by any athlete. Cobb, even with a .420 average, never hit safely more than 248 times. This remarkable achievement seemed to bear out Rickey's asser tion that Sisler would crowd out Cobb as the wonder-player of the age. But in 1921 George was the victim of a temporary aberration his average declined to .371, and he had to turn over the batting crown to Harry Heuman, Cobb's teammate. Now this year is something else again. Here in midseason we find the indomitable Sisler grinding along above the .40 mark, leading by a comfortable margin all com petitors in the business of making nits. Ana it is a, fact that if Sisler continues the pace he has main tamed thus far he' not only will shatter Cobb's wonderful .420 aver age, but will break his own world's record of 257 safe hits. Having in mind that thi is the year in which he can, if he so wills, prove beyond doubt . that he is Cobb's master, Sisler was sought out and interviewed, the idea being to ascertain whether he was bend ing his efforts toward such an end. Pennant Ahead of Fame. "My individual average is not wor rying me in the least." Sisler began MI ' i . , . , ! i m oul Lucre mis season ror one thing only, that is to help the Browns and Lee Fohl win the first pennant St. Louis has had for al most two decades. An impressive batting average may be attractive to tne ran. it isn't to myself beyond me success it nnngs the Browns. "My sole ambition is to win for tne club; to win particularly the game we're playing and let the av erage take care of itself. Of Bourse, if I can break the American -league batting record no one will be more happy than I. but I'll be still kin. pier if it helps the Browns win the pennant. Batting averages are peculiar miiiea,, you Know. Take my own case. In 1920 I hit above .400. The very next year I sliDDed bark tn .371. But that year I had a lot of worries away from baseball which puoiie mail t know about and was not interested in. These wor THE BEAVER STAFF. ries preyed upon my mind to such an extent that I wasn't myself. "I was swinging like a barn gate, at any and everything. You can't be a successful hitter unless you de velop patience and wait for the good ones. Last year, during my slump, I forgot myself to such an extent that I hit an umpire. They don't count those kind of hits In the averages, therefore . this year' I'm taking the umpires' decisions as they come." Staler a Modest Hero. There's Sisler's personal reply to the question: "Who'll fill Ty Cobb's place when Ty's an also-ran?" And it is strictly characteristic of this Brownie star. Sisler is the personi fication of modesty. He is distress ingly difficult to interview because you can't- make him talk about him self. He is reserved to the last de gree, yet has one of the most mag netic personalities of any player in the game. Sis isn't a slashing slugger of the type of Ruth, Williams, Heilman, Delehanty and Hornsby. He "chokes" his bat and seldom, if ever, takes the full swing characteristic of the sluggers who get power and dis tance to their drives. But his stance and swing are the last word in grace and he is acknowledged the greatest left-field hitter among the' southpaw batsmen today. . He mentioned in the interview an interesting anecdote " about the pitchers he has faced in the AmerU can league. When- Walter Johnson was considered in the heyday of his career Sisler found him among the easiest in the leagrA to solve. vNow when many critics want to arrange a wake for the big Kansan Sisler says Johnson is the hardest pitcher for him to hit safely. He ean t ac count for the turn, either. It will be recalled that Sisler came into the American league a pitcher, which position he had filled with the Michigan Pine., Rickey . decided, however, to use him in the outfield, and when Sisler left the pitching mound Clark Griffith, remarked: One ef the mast promising left handers I have ever seen has gone." But Sisler's stay in the outfield was short In 1915 Rickey tried out 15 candidates for first base. Each was a failure. Desperate, Branch bought a first-sacker's mitt and laced it around Sisler's wrist. He told him to play the bag. Sis, at last accounts, was still playing it. GOLF EXHIBITIONS TODAY JEASTMOREIiAND STARS'1' WILL SHOW HOW IT'S DONE. Observation, of Players' .Methods Declared Best Way to Absorb- Game. The exhibition golf match played oy experts as a means whereby other members of th club may gain a finer knowledge of the game by watching the stars in action will be tried out today at the Eastmoreland Golf club course.- This was bus gested to the Eastmoreland officials through an article by . Jock Hutch son appearing in a recent issue of The Oregonian. Hutchison says there is no better way to absorb golf then by observa tion of the methods used by various players. The stylist is the first to be considered and player who wants to see good form should al ways seek one with reputation for hitting a ball easily and gracefully and try to learn his secret. This sort of information, says Jock, is free to all and the cheapest way to get golf lessons. So in order that the duffers play ing at Eastmoreland may remedy their faults they will get a chance to see how it should be done this afternoon when six of the leading players of the Eastmoreland club tee off in an exhibition. The six players are John Rebstock, Walter Mackie, Roy Moe, Frank Dolp, Harry Kyle and A. A. Kaufman. It would pot be putting it too strongly to say that these six young players also are rated among the topnotch ers in the city. - The six will play together in order that the gallery will not miss a sin gle stroke of any of the players. There is a cup up for the low medal score made for the 18. holes. - The match will start at 1 P. M. Phone yourewant ads to The Ore gouimu Main 7070, STATE FAIR 111 PURSES INCREASED Entry Fees to Be Added ta Regular Rewards. FAST HORSES SIGNED UP Prizes on Track Range From $360 to $1000; Keen Com petition Is Assured. - SALEM, July 29. (Special.) A new ruling in regard to purse money goes into effect this fall at the Slst annual Oregon state fair, which opens in Salem September 25, in that, differing from previous years, the entry fees collected for each, harness race will be added to the stipulated purse. Three per cent of the purse will be charged horsemen to enter, 1 per cent Sep tember 1, 2 per cent before starting. All entry money Collected will be added to the purse, with no deduc tions from money winners. et Returns Worth While. When it is figured that from 15 to 30'.horses are entered in a single event, it will be seen that although the regular .purse . is somewhat slighter than heretofore, the - net returns are deeidedly worth trying for, and most satisfactory to all directly concerned. Entries for the races closed July IS. A fine showing is to be made this year, with horses with fast records coming from all parts of the west, including British Colum bia points. Many of the older horse men, whose names have become common on the state fair grounds, through their many years' partici pation, will be here again, including Tyron, Harden, Merrill, -Swisher and Treanor. , Thursday la Portland Day. On Thursday, Portland day, will be" featured the Alexander (Dad) Grant memorial race, a 2:20. pace. In this way horsemen are endeavor ing to show their esteem of the veteran turfman, who died in Salem last February. All entry money in this pace will be paid to a commit tee of horsemen, George L. Parker, chairman; Fred Johnson and J. E. Montgomery, for the purpose of purchasing perpetual care for a cemetery lot and erecting a suit able monument In memory of this well-known horseman, who died without funds sufficient to care for these expenses. . It is . anticipated that every horseman will wish to have his name added to this list. Horses Work Out. Large numbers of horses have been working out since the first of May, with additional fast material coming In every week. The track is being given the most careful and intelligent working and it is prom ised that it will be in the best shape passible when the week of the state fair rolls around. Purses range this year from $360 up to and including $1000. In the running races purses will be di vided on a 70-20-10 per cent rating'. The bigger purses, as heretofore, have, been scheduled for the two biggest days,- Wednesday and Thursday. Nevertheless classy events have been arranged for the earlier and .later part of the weekJ so that those who are unable to attend during the mid-week are assured of keen competition and fast races on all other days. Most of the horses in training in $alem will leave shortly to begin the circuit at tne uresnam tair, which opens August 8: The Linii county fair ends the circuit, com ing immediately after the state fair in the capital. Entries Are Listed. The list of the entries and their owners are listed below: 8:10 Pace. 1. Hal Harden, A, B. Harden, Glenwood, Wash. 2. Texas Jim, D. A. McLeod, Vaneou t ver, B. C. S. McFttzaimmons. Ed Dennlson. Port land, Or. 4. Red Hal. J. K. Greer. Eugene, Or. 6. Bonetis, J. B. Johnson, Walla Walla, Wash. 6. Prinee Zolock, Frank O. Ziegler, Portland. Or. T. Frances Mac, Frank S. Damant, Boise, Ida. 8. Leanor, L. X. Roberta, San Francisco, CaL 9, fiaeramento Boy, Walter Tryon, Sac ramento, Cal. ' , 10. Valentine Jr., A. H. Lea, Salem, Or. 11. Derby Dillon, H. H. Helman, Salinas, -. Cel. 12 Frank Reno,. William Williams. Boise, iaa. 14. Lady Hal, Ed Brain, Calgary, Can. 15. Gesrge M., J. E. Montgomery, Davis, cai. 18. Bertha Hall, F. T. Colleye, Btetler, Alta., can. FTee-for-All Pace. 1. Valentine Jr., A. H. Lea. Salem, Or. 2. Joe McK., A.. E. Harden, Glenwood, Wash. 3. Daisy Direct, Wm. Williams. Boise, . Ida. 4. .Derby Dillon, W. H. Helman, Salinas, - Cal. t 5. Prince Zolock, Frank O. Ziegler, Portland, Or. 6. May Day Hal, R. H. Ball, Seattle. wasn. 7. Llnnie C, Al Schwartz, Pleasanton, Cal. .8. Barondale, G. L. Parker. Portland. Or. 9. Vesta Vernon, G. L. Parker. Portland. 19. Emma M., Fred WoodcocR, Salem. Or. 11. Beauty Logan, J. E. Montgomery, Davis, uai. 8:08 Pace. 1. Valentine Jr., A. H. Lea. Salem. Or. 2. Todd Patch. Mary E. Kimball, Gresb am. Or. 3. Frank Reno, Wm. Williams, Boise, Jda. 4. Oracle Fitz, Wm. Williams, Boise, Ida. 5. Joe McK., A, E. Harden. Glenwood, wash. 6. Llnnie C, Al Schwartz, Pleasanton, Cal. 7. Texas Jim, D. A McLeod, Vancou ver. B. c. - 8. Leanor, L. T. Roberts, San Francisco, CaL ' 9. Barondale, G. L. Parker, Portland. Or. 10. Jim Curwood, H. H. Helman, Salinas, Cal. 12. Sacramento Boy, Walter Tryon. Sao- . ramento. Cal. IS. Emma M., Fred Woodcock, Salem, Or. 14. Lady llal, isd .Brain. Calgary, Can. 15. Beauty Logan. J. E. Montgomery, Davis, Cal. . 2:12 Trot. 4. La Panza, Walter Tryon, Sacramento. Cal. 2. The Acme, A E. Harden, Glenwood, Wash. 3. The Obvious, G, L. Parker. Portland. 4- Hazel Bond, M. C. Merrill. Cornelius, Or. 5. Perrico, Ziegler & Misner. Portland. 6. William Gray. Plummer & Wilson. Seattle. Wash. T. Maxey Bingen. Plummer & Wilson, Seattle, Wash. . 8. Roan Mack, T. L. Davidson, Salem, Or. v 9. Bull Patch, Wm. Marshall; Salem, Or. 10. -Cavalier Gale, A. E. White, Olympia, Wash JL L. C. McK., James Dacres. Walla Walla. Wash. Free-for-AH Trot. 1. La Panza, Walter Tryon, Sacramento. " Cal. 2. The Acme, A. E. Harden, Glenwood. Wash. 3. Hairie B., Geo. Swisher, Eugene, Or.l 4. The Obvious, ueorge u. barker, Port land, Or. 6. Surety, Al Schwartz, PleasantoTi. Cal. 6. Cavalier Gale, A E. White, Olympia. Wash. 7. D. J- Burke, Ethel Keener, Grand Forks, N. D. 2:18 Pact . ' 1. Tied Hal. J. K. Greer, Eugene, Or. 2. Hal Paxton Jr., Fred Woodcock, 6a- lem, . . 3. Joe McK., A E. Harden. Glenwood. Wash. 4. May Dal Hal, R. H. Ball. Seattle. 5. Gresham' Boy, T. R. HowitL Gresh am. Or. 8. Prince Zolock, Frank O. Zleiler. Portland, Or. T. McFitzaimmons, Kd Dennison, Port land, Or. 8. Daisy Direct. Wm. Williams. Boise, s. Valentin Jr.. A. H. Lea. Salem. Or. 10. Leanor, L D. Roberts. San Francisco. 11. McAlpin, S. E. Klrkland. Albany, Or. 12. Princess Hal, Wm. Williams. Boise. 13. Brown Pater, H. H. Helman. Salinas. CaL . 14. George M, J. E. Montgomery, Davis. 15. Blister Jones, Grover Wright, Cs gary. Can. 46. Dorothy M.. J. , Johnson. Walla walla. Wash. ' 17. Delroas, J. N. Grant, Wattburi, 2:24 Pace. L Lena Alta Hal. C. A. Harrison, Seat ' tie. Wash. 2. Gladiola Mack, G. L. Swisher, Eu gene, Or. 3. Georgia Hal, H. G. Cox, Salem. Or. 4. France's Greetings. L. O. and B, H. Davis, Salem, Or. 5. Gale H.. J. E. TCirklamri A lh,n rt- Ruby Hal, Anna Hutchinson. Salem! nai ntzsimmon. G. L. Parker. Port land, Or. 8. Leanor. L. D. Roberts. San Francisco. V. Paddy Bond. Ed TVnnifinn Pnrtl.nri J?' 5" ,R-vW- B- H- BalL Seattle. Wash. 1L Hal Harden. A E: Harden. Glen wood, Wash. 12. Mary J Wm. Williams. Boise. Ida. , ,"" oy, jrrea woodcock. Salem. 1. Todd Patch, Mary E. Kimball. Gresh am. Or. 15. Frances Mac, Frank S. Damant. Boise. Ida. 16. Vance Patch, 0. N. Deatley, Water- ville. Wash. 17. Albert W., G. W. McBratnev. Olym pia. Wash. 16. Rockwood Hal. H. Glerman, Port land. Or- 18. Mysterious Jim, SI. N. Ellsworth'. Eugene, Or. 20. Lady Lincoln, Plummer & ' Wilson, 21. Bertha Hall, F. T. Colley, Canada. - Stettler, 22- Mabel Kester. Frank Treanor. Santa 23. Robert Bruce", W. J. McBain, Reglna, Canada. 24. Hal Brown, J. J. Kadderly, Port- landi Or. 25. Beauty Logan, J. E. Montgomery, 2 Pwr Lou shu. Walla Walla, 27. Baby Lou, J. N. Grant, Waitsbnrg, wash 28. Walla Walla-Kid, Lou Shell, Walla Walln Wb.1, 2:17 Pace. 1. Mabel Kester, Frank Treanor, Santa Maria. Pal. 2. Hal Brown, J. " J. Kadderly, land. Or. Pert- 3. Jim Curwood, Salem, Or. 4. May Day Hal. R Wash. . . - ' L. Davidson, H. Ball, Seattle, 6- Donetis, J. E. Johnson, Walla Walla, wash. . Bell D.. O. N. Deatley, Wash. Watervllle, 7. Prize, C. -Wash. Packenham, ; Chehalls. 8. McAlpin. J. E. Kirkland. Albany. Or. Fr'n" Hal, Wm. Williams. Boise. 10. Hal Paxton. Jr., Fred Woodcock, . Salem, Or. . XI. Mysteriouss Jim, Hi N. Ellsworth. Eu- 12. Janice Hal. G. L Swihr v 13. Vesta Vernon, G. L Parker. Port land. Or. 14. Stoney Logan, J. E, Montgomery, 15. Blister jonee," Grover Wright, Cal- 2:14 Pace. 1'- D8WahDlrBCt" Wm' W1Ulluns' .Botse a Valentine Jr., A H. Lea. Salem. Or. 3. Paxton Boy, Fred Woodcock, Salem Oregon. ' Gror1egmnBoy' T' R- Howi". Gresham. s- Toddnfajjh' Mary B- Kimball. Gresh- 6-DOt.lai-. a JhnSOn' 8V IJor' u D- Roberts, San Francisco. 9'Brhs,PCear- H" Sa-W'- PMarfarcal'1, Frank Treanor- Santa Wash'' B' Harden- Glenwood. " ai itzsimmons, q Portland, Or. 13. Stoney Logan, J. E Davis. Cal. L. Parker, Montgomery, . 4 2:20 Pace. 1. Mary J, Wm. Williams. Boise. Ma. ' "oregoT""' T" Davidson. BalTm, 8. Ruby Hal, Anna HntchinsonT Salem. Oregon. - - p!" Wa W- McBra" Olym 5. Frances Greetings. L. O.-and B H Davis, Salem. Or. . Gale'H, J. E. Klrkland. Albany Or 7. Georgia Hal. H. G. Cox. Salem Or. 8. Pady Bond, Ed Dennlson Portland, 10 ?en H?"'tIS' M- Bush' SaI". Or. 10. Rockwood Hal,, H. Glerman, Port- 11. Hal PltzsimmonsL . q Portland Or ' L. Parker, 12' H8a,emfo? Jr"' rred Woodcock. 13. Dairy Maid, G, L. Swisher. Eugene, 14. Merry Princess. Fred Johnston. Cal gary, Canada, - ' . 2:24 Trot ' GaMaer.aBCalPr,U,k 8anta M"sa'tt,B.inveanshP1Ummer W1on' 3. Roan Mack. T. L. Davidson, Salem. Oregon. - dale- A' BarnM' ,Qolden- ' H Orl.Bnnd M- C MerA-"' Cornelius, " F1 wSh ' Arthur R'minrton, Tacoma. 1. Baron Jolly. Frank S. Damant. Boise. Idaho.. RXTnnctscoMal.1'" R"s. ,S. ' ThOre,gonOUS - L' parker- Portland. 11 LUC t' 7m Marshall. Salem. Or. ' Wash Caere's, Walla Walla. 8:16 Trot. 1 BTnd. Or"'' - K" H,Wltt Port t Miss San Francisco, Geo A Kl!v Walla Walla. Wash. KelIy' 8. Perneo. Zelgle Misner, Portland, ' Nuristo. Roseoe Staats, Independence, 8-W'seS,eXyshP,nn,mW W,lson' 7 sJ1ny,!t'w'uGle'y,ln- Portland. Or. Cal WaHer Tryon. Sacramento, . -war H-. peter Cook, Riekreall, 2:20 Trot. , Or. 1. Florimel, Arthur Remington. Tacoma, Washj 2. Zomdell. c. Merrill.-Cornelius. Or. FraSclsco.aCaL'" Rbert"' San 4. Oregon Bond. G. W. Swisher, Eugene. Cal 6. Garrett B.. Frank Treanor Maria. Cal, . Catherine T., Frank Treanor, Maria. Cal. Santa Santa T. Oregona, J. J. Kadderly. Portland Or 8. Sequoia. Walter Tryon. s..J.?J?r Cal. TENNIS STARS TO TRY AGAIN Women Racquet Wielders to At tempt "Comeback" on Courts. Miss Mary K. Browne and Mrs. Ma? Sutton Bundy have decided to attempt the, "comeback" which they narrowly missed last season in the women's national championship tournament on the turf of the West Side Tennis club at Forest Hills, L. I. The former champions, accom panied 'by Miss Helen Wills, the 15-year-old girl who won the national title in her class, have made for mal entry for the American classic scheduled to begin Monday, Au gust 14. According to information from of ficial headquarters it is also likely taht Miss Elizabeth Ryan, the Cali fornia girl who has been playing so ably in Europe for several seasons, will test her skill in her native land. Likewise, there is .the prospect that Miss Kathleen McKane, the English girl who has created such a furore abroad, will come over. Possibly one or two other of the English players may make the venture. This decision hinges somewhat upon the plans of the British Isles team coming to this country . for the finals of the Davis cup series. As the programme stands at this time it Is probable that the women's championships will represent an in ternational contest for the titlejield by Wrs. Molla Bjurstedt Mallory and the Wissahickon cup. which now bears the names of Mrs. George, W. Wightman and Mrs, Mallory. 3-RING SHOW HELD 111 ITER AT Swimming, Diving Cham pionships Most Popular. REGATTA ALSO IS HELD Multnomah Club Entries Almost Sweep Field In Title Events. Douglas Entries Take 2. With eanoe, motorboat and wlm-m-ing races all taking' place &t the same time the Oregon state outdoor swimming' and diving champitxtrfirpt and regatta at the Oaks park yes terday was a regular . three-ring water circus. The swimming and diving championships attracted most attention, although the canoe and motorboat races came in for a share, of the spectators,N4nteret. Multnomah Amateur Athletic club swimmers and divers came close to sweeping the field In the title events. Through the fine paddling of Miss Virginia Wilson in the women's events and Harold Ha-tton , in the men's races the Multnomah club was able to carry away most of the first place medals. ; Miss Wilson won the 60-yard open, the 60-yarof back stroke nd th 50 yard swim ffr girls 16 years and under, whileJHatton took the 440 yard and 100-yard races. Ben Lom bard; another Multnomah club nat ator, , captured the Junior 60-yard race for boys 16 years and under. wnue in tne men a fancy diving an four places went to the- Winged M springboard artists, with Wldon Hyde taking first. Denglas Swimmers Win. Representatives; of the Douglas Aquatic school of the Broadway natatorium took two firsts when Jimmie Eagan, In a sensational race, won the 60-yard open event by barely beating out Ben Lom bard at the finish, and Mrs. Ruth Lewis captured the woman's fancy diving from an entry list which included Mrs. Constance Meyers Dressier, ex-national champion, and Miss - Gladys Stansbery, another Multnomah club spring board artist-Mrs. Lewis went through her list of dives from the ten-foot board with fine form and finish. Her list included several of the more difficult dives, but she executed them all without a miss. Miss Stans bery was a close second in the div ing. William Prior's Doc Yak won the 16-foot speedboat raoe with Frank Linnehmar.'s T. N. T. IL The time was 6 minutes 35 seconds. The class A handicap race went to Neverin, ewned by William Parham, with R. M. Sherman's tfheik second. The time was 9 minutes 47 seconds. P. Block's Frankie B. took the class B handicap with Rowmar, owned by E. Pierre, second, and Mary Louise, owned by C. H. John ston, third. The time was 7 min utes 53 seconds. Surf Board Contest Held. ' Charles lit Skinner and Miss Irve leta Smith won the surfboard rid ing contests. The summary follows: . 60-yard, - -men Jimmla Kuan, Douglas aquatic school, first; Ken Lombard, Multnomah club, second; Harold Hatton, Multnomah club, third. Time, 2.4 sec onds. Novelty race tor boys Jimmy Gladon, unattached, first; Ray Wilson, Douglas school, second; John Arnold, unattached, third. Time, 49 seconds. 440-yard, men Harold Hatton, Mult nomah olub, first; Jimmie Egan, Doug las school, second. Time, 5 minutes, 63 seconds, 60-yard, wotnen Virginia Wilson, Multnomah club, first; Bertha Schnase, Douglas school, second. Time, 31 sec onds. . . 60 yards, boys, 14 yeM-s and under Normal Sells, first; James Glandon, sec ond; Chuck Cody, third. Time. 8L4 seconds. 50 yard?, girls, 12 years and under Lois Murrin, Multnomah, first; Irveleta Smith, Douglas, second; Louis Llndholm, Multnomah third. Time, 84.2 seconds. 100 yards, men Harold Hatton, Mult nomah club, first; Ted Alonen, Multno mah club, second; McAdoo, third. Time 1 minute 5 seconds. 50-yard back stroke, women Virginia- Wilson, Multnomah, first; Bertha 'Schnase, Douglas school, second. Time, 41.8 seconds. 50 , yards, boys 16 years and under Ben Lombard, Multnomah, first; Louis Jolly, Douglas -school, second; Matt Kelly, Douglas school, third. Time, 27 seconds. 60 yards, girls, 16 years and undej- Virginia Wilson, Multnomah club, first; Maude McKeever, second; Berths Schnase, Dounglas school, third. Time, 33.1 seconds. Men's fancy diving Weldon Hyde, Multnomah, first; Dave Fall, Multnomah, second;- Frank Lasstter, Multnomah, third; Warred Lasslter, Multnomah, fourth. Women's fancy diving Mrs. Rutn Lewis, Douglas school, first; Gladys Stansbery, Multnomah, second; Eva Schultz, third; Mrs. Constance Myers Dressier, Multnomah, fourth. , Babe Ruth Temperament Handicaps Slugger, Nevertheless It bat Preventing Htm From Game Try at Home Run Rivals, Says Metzger. BY SOL METZGER. WHAT is temperament? Byron Bancroft Johnson, in banish ing Babe Ruth for conduct familiar to most umpires, stated that the worry incident to this star's long absence from the game and in seeing others . fill his accustomed place as King of Swat, was having a temperamental effect on Bambino. Yet If Babe's temperament Is de teriorating to his batting eye Me would like to assimilate seme of nis spleen. In the first month of his rampage this season, weighed down by fines, inactivity and an Immense handicap to spot others, the Bam bino was hitting them where they ain't .with the same exacting regu larity as he smote them for a like period during his best season last year. The only fair way to get a line on Babe is to await the fall of the curtain at the end ef thin season. Then, by comparing his fence-clearance record of this year with the past as per number of times at bat in ea&h instance, we can learn if the swatter reany is suomg back ward. We are inclined to believe that Babe's swan song is a long way off and that the premature hintings that it is about due are similar to the dirges sung about Cobb and Walter Johnson for the last half dozen years. Babe is temperamental. Who Isn't? But his good nature is cer tainly helping him over the rough spots that usually clutter the paths of most high-salaried performers in sport. . Masters of a game's fundamentals do not always win. The perfect shot maker dubs his drives and flubbs his putts. Tilden was as adept at etroke execution and foot work in 1917 and 1920 as last year or this. But he did cut come OAS through. First. Lindsay Murray and then Bill Johnston muddled his thoughts and got him off his per fect game. Murray piannea io jump -Tilden when they met for the title. And he did, Johnston, noting the wisdom of this move, followed it in 1918 with marked success. He fairly drove Tilden off the court In the first set. That settled the title. In 1920 a different and wiser Til den faced Johnston, one who out guessed the latter from the start. Johnston, figuring that Tilden would think he would play him under different tactics, decided again to jump Tilden. Tilden had figured the same way and added spice to their meeting by deciding . to jump the man who planned to jump him. The first set of their match for the national singles championship , stands as the most dazzling and brilliant of tennis annals. It was over like a horserace. Both men turned loose their top tennis from the start. They fairly burned up the courts and each other. But Til den walked away with it to the tune of 6-1 in the remarkable time of 9 minutes. He made & clean sweep of the match thereafter and has held a mastery over Johnston ever since, except on asphalt, Johnston defeat- -ing him on this form of court in California this spring. Johnston did not reach the finals last season. But the signs point to a come-back on his part this year. Each possesses two of the needed three legs for the championsnip cup. Little Bill is reported also to be in better condition than in years. He is greedy for a final conquest. All signs point to another sizzling opener should the fates decree they meet in the finals at Philadelphia in September. V Most of our golf "Instructors are up against trouble. They are at tempting the impossible. Their slogan is to take an easy, graceful swing and never to slug. But their pupils cannot adapt themselves to this creed when the facts are pounded in at every national title event that the winner came through because of his long range. It's hard to convince the average dub that the practices of Hagen, Barnes. Guilford, Mitchell, Ray, Ouimet and Herron are at fault when the story of an open or amateur championship has been digested. A crying need in golf today is In struction in slugging. JOHN BUFF'S SUN IS SET KNOCKOUT BY JOE IiYNCH IS BliOW TO BANTAM. Little Fellow, Still Flyweight Champ, Named After New Jersey Fire Station. - Johnny Buff's sun has set as far as his future in the bantamweight division is concerned. His technical knockout at the hands of Joe Lynch the other night drew the shades over that sun. ' But Johnny is still flyweight champ and still rates as one of the best little boys in that division. Buff is one of the few men in the game who can really make the fly weight heft of 112 pounds. Buff has already made a bid for fame by licking Jack Sharkey, Mid get Smith and Abe Goldstein in fly weight bouts when he tackled Frankie Maston, February 11, 1921. This lS-round battle was billed as a championship and Buff won the decision handily in 15 rounds. Abe Goldstein was the only fly weight to dispute Buffs claim to the title, sq Johnny took him on and knocked him out. Buff had just passed 32 when he lost the bantam title to Joe Lynch the other night. Johnny was born in Perth -Amboy, N. J June 12, 180. His parents are Austrians. It is told that Buff's father, a eooper, once worked in the same shop with the original Jack Dempsey. Johnny's real name was Johnny Lasky, but he drew the "Buff" nom de plume from the fact that he hung around the fire station- which - folks usually called buffs in Johnny's neck of the woods. It was in the fire house in Gam montown, a tenement and factory district in the lower east eide of New York, where he has lived for years, that Buff learned boxing. But he didt enter the professional game until he was 26 the age when most fighters are slipping. Buff got his ring start while serving in the navy during the war. He won the bantam title of the Atlantic fleet. His first pro bout was on his return to civil Ian life and as a substitute against Rocky Walker, September 23, 1921. Buff beat him and Mickey Russell, his next opponent. These bouts gave jonnny his start. Buff won the bantamweight title from Herman .when put in as a sub stitute against Pete a year or so ago, when Roy Moore, booked to tackle the bootblack, was unable to go on. Buff won the decision and crown in the 15 rounds that night. COACH TO HUNT FOR SHARK Hayward of Oregon Will Attack Sea Monsters at Catalina. UNIVERSITY OP OREGON," B gene, July 29. (Special.) Bill fit y ward, track coach and athlrtio trainer at the University of Oregta, has become tired of hooking gv.clv petty fish as trout and bass and is now out to tangle with something that can give him a real battle. The veteran conditioner of Oregon's athletes, who has just completed a summer course in the coaching of track, for high school teachers and others Interested, is to leave in a day or two for Santa Catalina island, off the California coast, where he will join forces with C. W. Kolb of Kolb and DHL entertainers, in an expedition after sharks and swordfish. These sea monsters are reputed to supply all the thrills a fisherman could ask. Hayward will return in time to get an early start on the conditioning of the football squad. ' Meanwhile, C. A. (Shy) Hunting ton, football coch. is taking his summer vacation, acting as a guide in the Oakrldge district, much fre quented by outing parties. Shy is familiar With this region through several summers spent there, SKIING GOOD ON MT. HOOD Summer Sport Can Be Brought to ' Prominent Development. HOOD RIVER) Or., July 29. (Special.) Hans Hoerlein, pioneer here in boosting the recreational features of Mount Hood, after a tour of the snow fields of the peak, declares that skiing as a summer sport can be brought to prominent development on what is known as Coleman's chute on the north side of the mountain. At this point, Mr. Hoerlein declares, a natural decliv ity is available every summer. Ski enthusiasts, he says, may enjoy every feature of the recreation, in cluding a jump at the bottom of the chute. r While on his highland tour Mr. I nucriem luuim puutv;(. iiduauug 11. I lost by him on a similar excursion five years ago.