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SUNDAY, AUGUST 30
THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA. OREGON.
The Grand
Commercial and Ninth Street,
The New Moving Picture Theatre
Tonight
UNDER THE STAR SPANGLED
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SUCH A jdKE, BUT' WHY DON1
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fl6wer fairy
A SLAVE'S LOVE
ILLUSTRATED SONG
MAYA'S BOY ,
STEREOPTICAN VIEW
A TRIP THROUGH DALLS
Thi Theatre la equipped with
the lateit and moat Improved electii
cal Machines.
Don't fail to aee these plcturei.
ADMISSION, 10c
TONIGHT
The Beat Show of the Season
THE
CLAMAN PLAYERS
A Select Company of Playere
lfi PEOPLE 16
Band and , Orchestra
Preiemlng the Big Comedy-Drama
Ole Olson
Astoria Opera House
TONIGHT
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house will be crowded. Prices, 25c,
35c 75c.
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GOLFERS
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Many New Records Made by
Amateurs and Professionals.
TRAVERS PLAYING BEST GAME
NEW TO-DAY
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"The Modern," the beautiful ton
aorial establishment of Arthur E.
Petersen, at 572 Commercial street in
this city, is unquestionably the real
resort for the moat perfect treatment
in this behalf, and the most critical
finds nothing to criticize there, how
soever often he visits the place. '
The Palace Kestaurant
An phase of hunger can be daintily
gratified at any hour of the day or
night at the Palace Restaurant. The
kitchen and dining room service are
of the positive best. Private dining
looms for ladies. One call inspires
regular custom. Try it. Commercial
street, opposite Poge building.
The Commercial
One of the coziest and most popu
lar resorts in the city is the Commer
cial. A new billiard room, a pleasant
sitting room and handsome fixtures
all go to make an agreeable meeting
place for gentlemen, there to discuss
the topics of the day, play a game of
billiards and enjoy the fine refresh
ments served there. The best of
goods are only handled, and this fact
being so well known, a large business
is done at the Commercial, on Com-'
mercial street, near Eleventh.
New Grocery Store.
Try our own mixture of coffee the
J. P. B. Fresh fruit and vegetables
Badollet & Co., grocers. Phone Main
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The man who delights in personal
cleanliness, and enjoys his shave,
shampoo, haircut, and bath, in As
toria, always goes to the Occident
barber shop for these things and
gets them at their best '
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Phone Mib 2191 Barn, Cor, 12th
and Duane. -,' v :
National Amateur Champion In Splen
did Shape ta Defend His Title at
Qardtn City In eptembsrAne'er
ms Playing Well.
Jerome Trover In uow on the record
breaking golf game that marked bis
play before be won the national chum
ploushlp laat year, when be gained the
distinction of 72, 72144 for St. An
drews and the Dew amateur records
of 69 for the Nassau Country club, Glen
Core, N. a., '71 t Hollywood, N. 3.,
08 at Montdalr, N. J, 44 at Rosevllle
on hie first eight of the course and
60 at Ekwanok. Yt The Montclali
couree record wbea Travers moved to
that place wae Allan Kenniday's 74,
wbtcn only Will Anderson, the former
open champion, ever, wae able to lower
by a etroke. Travera cut It to 71 In
1000 and laat year cut It to 70. This
year, after two rounds In 60, Travera
did 08. The course la so narrow, only
of 8,000 yard, that It le as bard to
score over It aa one of 0,600 yards.
Travere Is not tbe only amateur who
la scoring very well tbls season, but
the Montdalr 68 would Indicate that
be will make a good defense of bla
title In September at Garden City,
N. I. This la now more than ever the
favorite stamping ground of W. J.
Travis, who hold the) amateur rec
ord of 70, while recently II. n. Barker.
despite the new hazards, bus recorded
the professional record for Garden
City of 60. necently Flndley 8. Doug
las, tbe former amateur champion,
lowered the A pa warn la (Rye, N. Y.)
amateur record, one of long standing,
from 7.1 to 71, nnd another ei-tltle
holder, II. Chandler Egan, baa this sea
son reduced the record of the Louis
ville course to 67. The former title
holders, ft evident, are In the record
breaking ranks with tbe present cham
pion, and Trovers will not lack for
rivals at Garden City when the time
cornea to tee up. Warren K. Wood.
one of tbe Inst year's wrniiflnallsts. has
mado two new record! this month.
71 at Ilomewoml and 73 at Normandle.
Will Anderson, who won the western
open championship for the third time!
last June at the Normandle Golf club,
8t Louis, with 209. Is playing very
well and wltl attend the- natlennl open !
championship Aug. 27 and 28 at the
Myopln (Mum.) Hunt club. lie baa
won the title In four different years
and makes the journey to nioet tbe
present open chnmplon, Aleck Ross of
rtoitton. on one of bis home greeni
Anderson will visit New York after the
Myopia tournament and he Is ready
to play a match or two during tbe
eek of Aug. 31-Scpt 5. The profes
sional tournament to have been held at
Van Cortlundt park, New Tork, was
canceled, but It may turn ap there
will be a tournament there Sept 1
and 2, In which Anderson and others
to come from the went for the open
championship would be eligible to
play. Tbat Anderson la to enter Is
sufficient proof that tbe rumors that
the western professionals were to boy
cott the open championship were not
true.
DECISIONS MADE TOO QUICKLY
Klem Saye Offlolals Cause Trouble by
Deciding CIom PUy Hurriedly.
Umpire Klem says that the general
tendency of knights of the Indicator la
to call their decisions too fast, before
the play Is really over, and thereto
hung neurly bnlf of the mistakes tbey
make and of the trouble they have
with the players and spectator.
During one of the recent Pittsburg
series in Chicago Klem worked very
leisurely, so far as calling decision!
was concerned. The time be took on
some of them was noticeable to all.
"I bave made un my mind tbat
large part of tbe trouble we umpires
nave and tho dissatisfaction caused by
our dedslona come from the fact tbat
we make them so hastily,"-. said Mr.
Klem.
"Naturally we want to make our de
cisions sharp, clear and decisive, that
very one may know we are not guess
ing on what happened, but art thor
ougbly convinced In the way we bave
ruled. Lack of posltlveness In giving
close decisions Is sure to bring on you
a heap of trouble with the players,
who will take every advantage of tbe
umpire.
"Still, there la an Immense amount of
kicking because tbe umpire calls a ball
or strike before tbe ball la actually
over the plate, so that tbe break la
really missed. That hurts either tbe
pitcher or tbe batter, and a kick Is sure
to follow. Tbe same holds true on
base decisions that are close. We
might just as well wait until tbe play
Is entirely over before waving a run
ner safe or out, and then we'll not
hnve to change our decisions because
something baa happened right on the
heels of tbe play on which we had
Just ruled: A little less baste will re
sult In a good deal more accuracy.".
NATIONAL RACE
CLOSE
SPENCER LOOKS GOOD.
St Louis Catcher Compares Favorably
With Othef Backstops.
Without wishing to dim the luster of
Billy Sullivan's crown, Eddie Spencer.
tbo big backstop of the St Louis Amer
icana, is entitled to rauk witn any
catcher In Ban Johnson's organization.
Possibly Sullivan of the Chicago
Americana and Lou Crlger of tbe Bos
tons bave seen their best days. "Nig"
Clarke'a greatest season was In 11)06,
although still a star backstop. Smith,
Spencers team mate, Is coming fast,
but the latter has matured to a point
where be Is recognized aa one of the
beet catchers In the business.
Spencer has only one weakness. He
la a slow runner, but bis weight makes
him a strong enough bulwark to with
stand any onslaught made by runners
coming home. He blocks tbem well.
8pencer throws accurately to second,
gets tbe ball away quickly and watches
tbe bases Ilk a policeman guarding a
trust company's safe.
Fight For Pennant In Old Leagus
V- very Exciting.
FOUR TEAMS HAVE CHANCH
A ; SUMMER DM
nnssurg, now York, Chicago ' and
Philadelphia All Putting Up a Past
Game of Sail Long String of Homo
Oamee May Help Giants' Chances.
It has been said many, many times
tbat the American league was "the 6lg
snow." This was quits true In years
gone by, owing to tbe runaway races
In the National, but let It be said here
and now that tbe National has this
year laid claim to tbe honor, and un
less things go amiss It will continue
to bold It for tbe remainder of this
season at least.
The race between the top three
teams, PltUburg, New York and Chi
KETCHEL A BUSY PUGILIST.
Jot
CONROY'S STEADY GAME.
Now' York American Third Bsstman
Hat Shown Consistency.
Whllo tbe New York Americans are
fighting for the cellar championship
with the Wellingtons there are a few
of the play era on the team who are
putting up as good a game as many
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Middltwtight Champion to Moot
Thomas and Billy Papko.
Stanley Ketchel, the middleweight
champion who defeated nugo Kelly in
Sau Francisco recently, has mapped
out a programme that.wlli keep bliu
busy for some time.
His first battle will be a twenty
round contest with Joe Thomas on
Aug. 18 before tbe Occidental club
of San Francisco at catcbwelghts.
Tbonma nnd Ketchel have met three
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i THIND HAS KM a.N
of the aturo of the lenillnji' iitii
of them Is Tklru B t.iearKi '''-m
Is playing a rleyer.np ! fwi!,
around third station. '
He has shown Impruvee::: In h!
bnttlng of l:ite. In n r; y:t erne l'i
Chicago bis batting ,v;vi t'.:; lenrtla;;
feature.
Abby Provlnfl Ki3 Worth
Abbattlcchlo Is now playing com:'
thing like the game he was expected to
play when tho IMttsburg Nationals se
cured him at great cost from Boston.
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STANLEY XETCHEt,, MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAM
PION OF TUB WORLD.
times In the last two years at the mid
dleweight limit, the first meeting re
sulting In a draw, Ketchel winning
the other two by knockouts.
In the afternoon of Labor day
Ketchel will fight Billy Papke of Illi
nois before tbe Jeffries Athletic club
of Los Angeles. This will be a twonty
Qve round event for 50 per cent of tho
receipts. This will be the second meet
lug of the pair, their first fight re
sulting in a decision for Ketchel after
a terrific ten round battle. Many of
Pnpke's friends claimed that he 'wan
entitled to n draw. Iu .the event, of
winning both these matches Ketche)
will challenge Tommy Burns for the
heavyweight championship.
Tommy Leaoh.
It Is a plty that Tommy Leach cf
tbe Pittsburg 'Natlouals is getting S i
old that he doesn't want to play third
any more. Poor old fellow! He Hfte.l
ono In tbe ninth In a recent game and
hobbled .around the bases In time to
bivak up the game.
Lobert'a Heavy Hitting.
Hans Lobert of Cincinnati has matlo
mere three baggers than any other
player in the National league. Iu six-iy-three
games ho baa rapred aut four
;cca hits for threo fcf-aes. ' '
rrrcHXB xo beclbach of thb ooioaoo
HAH0SAX8.
cago. to 'say nothing of the wonderful
spurt of the Phillies, Is something
strange In National league annals, and
from present prospects It appears as
though none of the teams Is going to
let up.
The wiseacres still pick Chicago to
win, and they may be right, but the
manner in which Pittsburg and New
Tork are traveling along makes One
believe that Mr. Chance's bunch of
ball tossers will certainly bave to hus
tle to repeat the dose tbey administer
ed last season.
The Cubs seem to lack the dash with
which tbey were playing last year and
have suffered from many Injuries,
which must necessarily bave Impaired
the strength of their personnel.
Chance is playing but occasionally,
Evers was oat of the game with a
very bad ankle, Rung's catching has
been away below par, and the batting
strength of the club has been very ma
terially, weaker than iu past seasons.
Most Important of all, Brown Is the
I only one of the Cub pitchers who Is a
1 reliable winner.
I The Chicago crowds have lost con
1 fldence in Pfelster; Overall has been
! bit bard quite frequently; Reulbach's
control has been very erratic, and
Fraser, while a good "spit" ball pitch-
! er, is not so much to be feared.
It will be impossible thla year for the
Cubs to rest up their men and wait for
tho big series, content in a big margin
of victories. Tbey will have to keep
i working as the American league teams
, are doing now. When the big series
comes along they will be as likely to
blow up as their rivals.
' New York appears to have a shade
the best of it, inasmuch as "it will
play more home games than either the
Pirates or Cubs, and this should he!;
considerably, for even this year Mau
ager McGraw's men bave maintained
their reputation of being a great home
team.
But, after all, with tbe teams playli:?
the great ball that they are putting up.
it's a toss-up, and then Philadelphia
must not be figured out of the run
ning, while even the Reds, should they
take on tbe streak that characterize J
them just before and on the last east
ern trip, might be considered factors.
The one beauty part about the race
is the fact that the Cubs are no long
er Invincible. They had the majority
of games won heretofore before they
ever picked up a bat, but now it Is
different The confidence that they
have been accustomed to Is not there,
for reports are coming In every day
of Murphy's frantic efforts and fabu
lous prices to obtain new material to
strengthen his team with. McGraw Is
going along at a nice clip. His pitch
ers are working well, especially
' Mathewson, and wheu Matty is the
Matty of old any team upon which he
Is playing has a chance for tbe old flag.
FINANCIAL
J. Q. A. BOWLBY, President
O. I., PETERSON, Vice-President
FRANK PATTON. Caahltr
J. W. GARNER. Assistant Cashier
Astoria Savings Bank
Capful Paid in 11S,000. Surplus and Undivided ProSta, f 103,000
Transacts a General Banking Business Interest Paid on Time Deposits
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irst National Bank of Astoria
DIRECTORS
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J. W. Ladd S. S. Gordon
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KSTABLIHEl ixxn.
Great Sir la Qsmbetta Wilkes.
Gambetta Wilkes has sired 107 trot
ters and pacers with standard records.
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