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ft : itoe ! ontenbN- Daily .totthkal, Portland, sattotat evettoto, ifebiittaiiy si; i ioox t)M ' illllUJMIMHIII MMUMIM HHM MMIIljll'l II'" I.MtlllMllltnM KW.MtfM .. . I , . eimIIMIIMMlMiniM.lj.l.MMMl MMIM MHM ,""l' ' 'V "-r - - ; . I : , j v f .:, irnnnrnir . iiruir m rxcixrir inr iiiiir y .( r i . - t nivrni I n if IHJIUHIL HI QETTII10 DUST aMaBBBHsaNssassasMaasSsassSt ' Gibbs-LafontiseBout At tracting Attention Current News and Chatter Heard Among Those Who Are Interested In Sport. HELENA. Mont. Feb. Jl. The chief Interest in Montana sporting circle! Bwadays is cantered in the coming- 20 round so between Mose Lafontise, cham pion welterweight of the state, and "Toting" Cllbbs. colored, of Cleveland. O.. which Is scheduled to be pulled off -at -mm -rpDroar zt. " ' Botif mm r training Uke beaver for the contest, and It ia confidently expected that it will be the beat event of the season. Despite the fact that Otbba once heated Lafontiae in a 16-rvund content at Oak land, the latter has Improved wonderfully In generalship and science and his friends are predicting on entirely dif ferent result Lfontlse will have an other big advantage in the present con teat he will have a home audience be hind him. I.afontIse has a new idea about train ing, and the outcome of this Is awaited with much interest. "I can train any old way," said he to a Journal repre sentative, "and weigh in under 146 pounds. The trouble with most Hunters is that they make the mistake of getting down to too fine a point. They dry themselves out. which pro cess consists In taking absolutely no ' water In order to reduce the weight. Of course, thtw must be done if a low weight. Is stipulated; but if the weight Is a convenient one it Is a great mistake to go against Nature's laws. A man when he is exercising hard naturally craves water; It does him good to satisfy this craving In a moderate way. My advice in to drink lotB of water and sweat It out. Baseball Oosslp. February has been a pretty nulet month In Montana baseball circles. All eyea are on Portland and Henttle. where the real battle of the two leagues will occur It being a conceded fact that both leagues will have teams In those two (titles. Sammy Vlgneaux ha many warm friends In Helena. Flannery Is not as yet ready to an nounce the personnel of his V'um. but ll will be forthcoming shortly, the final deals being on the verge of consumma tion. Suffice to say that he has gathered a rolled Ion of splendid men. Among those who are sure to be here will be Flannery. Peeples, Thompson ami Shaf fer of last year's team; Arthur, l'nttmttn, a six-foot-four southpaw, whom Flan nery found In Cincinnati; Fred t'arisch, a Ditcher, and Oeorge t'arlsch. his bro ther, a catcher, will probably also be with Helena. Denver Is putting up a hot fight for the catcher's services, hut Flannery expects to win out. Two other pitchers, Waterltiii y a no l.etisrh. have been signed, while It Is expect ej that Deverennx of the Champion Oaklunds, will cover third for the Senators. John Mcdoskey, manager of the Buttes. lias not conceded Ward to Vlg neux. upd says that while he may open the season with Portland he will report in Butte for the opening of the North west season. He lias reserved the re mainder of his pennajit-wlnning teumand F experts a new pitcher or two. INTERESTING TO , : HORSE FANCIERS Short Paragraphs Concerning Re cent Doings 'of Horses. . p. CL Stead, the new fceal and turfman, fecwntly at Auckland, with his two-year-old' colt King Log. captured the Great Northern Stakes from seven others. His four-rar-old 8ge Oun (by Hotchklss Frailty) won the Auckland Cup or 1(00 guineas, and later In the afternoon his entry, Orloft, won the 400 guineas' handi cap. On the concluding day of the meet ing Klhg Log raptured the Royal Stakes of 600 guineas. Kinglock. an Australian horse, by Lochlul Lady Klmbrough. won the New Year's gift, one mile, at Sydney, In 1:S, with 146 pounds up this after being nearly last In a big field at the three-furlong post This is said to be the fastest ever run at the weights over any track. fronts ("Tip") Leigh, brother to "Gene." the American trainer, who Is training for Frank liardner In England, ba tuii sngagad. - WmUi- ,MU4 Young's race' horses this season. At one time during the halcyon days of the Cluttenburg track 'TIP" rod,e a number o( winners for his brother, SIX high-class hXtrses compose the nu cleus ht John A. rrka mcintf stable now wintering at Nashville. Tftm. They are Xvyeth. winner of the American Derby last year; Bouth Trimble. Run- inn in mil Students and Faculty Clash at University Racing, Boxing and Athletic Gos sip Arranged Interestingly for Journal, Readers. THE PORTLAND BROWNS. Th Portland tlrowns, of the Pacific Coast Hnseball League, a powerful and citpuble organisa tion of ball players, who are to represent this city during the coming season, will leave for San Jose Monday evening at 8:30. The team will be under the su pervision of Sammy Vlgneaux. the popular and well-known per former, who lias been In the Portland teum for two years. President John K Marshall will leave Sunday night for San Jose, where he will niHke the arrange ments for I he coming of the Browns. From nil Indications, Portland Is going to b. repre sented by h first. class ball teum. and The Journal congratulates the officers of Hie club upon the excellent Array of talent they have succeeded in gathering to gether, to plumule the greut American ("port In this city. l't the Browns make a good start'ln the pennant no... and get so far In the lead that they will never be passed In the struggle. 39 (Journal herlal Service.) RKATTLK. Wash.. Feb. Jl. Tlie all absorbing topic In sporting circles of the 1'nlverslty of Washington, Is the battle between Will T. .juibe and Kd- i , : , , gar Wright for the position of graduate r" "'""""'''I"' , " "w''r BTflimc- rnffnirUe F. "The urUuVnrT.bily M linrr -4)rw.- nmt tnnt nmmnT lined up solidly for Wright, and the fac- ; m''y ar '" " Northwost The fight has grown to : " MIIS tiAVf mm Enjoy Their Sports as Much as We ulty for l,aube such proportions that an open row Is the result. It has long been the custom of the 1'nlverslty to allow the student Ixtdy to choose the manager. Such a rivalry for the position came up this year after the student txiily In open convention made nominations for the position, that There Is much talking nt estebllsl Ing a new rsclug ireult Including the cities of ls Anseli-H. Portland. Tsr:iniH. Seattle. HpoUanti Unite mid l,ewl.lori. for the purpose of running inces n t'.rely. The proprred new circuit will be In no way connec ted with the North jjj Pacific Fair Association clrrilt. Ingleside Accidents. (Journal Special Service.) 'SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 21. The Steeplechase handicap was the occasion for a number of accidents at Ingleside yesterday. At the first Jump Discovery. Rainier and Be Happy fell, while Duke of .York, the second choice, was crowd ed over the wing. Corriglo fell at the eighth jump. "t"he race was practically between Mike Hicr. the favorite, and ra'K?mnr, th first-named winning handily. Imperious, the other contes tant, fell at the last jump, but the boy remounted and took third money. Mc Carthy, who rode Kainler. was uncon scious for some time, but is not seri ously hurt. Bear Catcher' won the 2-year-old race at four furlongs In the fast time of 48 seconds, benHng Toledo and Rapid Water. Only orw favorite won. The weather was fine and the track fast. Kesults: Futurity course, selling Tomtnie Knight won. Puss-in-Boots second, Ac ton third; time. 1:23 3-4. Seven furlongs, selling David S. won. El Fonse second, lxne Fisherman third; time, 1:2S 1-2. Four furlongs, purse Bear Catcher won, Toledo second, Kapld Water third; time, 0:4lf, Steeplerhase, handicap, short course Mike Rice won. Dammar second, Im perious, third; time, 3:37. Six furlongs, handicap Sad Sam won, Honlton second, Glendennlng third; Ome, 1:15 1-2. One. mile and 50 yards, selling Gold One won, Oriana second, Urchin third; time, 1:45. , i . 'J-1 , :.&?... U,x 1 -ft'' -' 4ki f I - Bookmaklng System Conasmned. I The local sHrtiiig ullic is thorough ly dlsguted with the syndicate system of b.io-ianklng In vogu- In the raring BFSoclation. The wiiole proposition is a trust In which one bookmaker Is given, the rxcuslv? prlvlh te of the grounjs by ' paying the AsHoiii ion a big lump sum. It is said that Willi the monopoly book the odds are fo unrnlr that the bet' , ter has but lltllt rhance. Recently ll) prominent sporting men at the sugges tion of R. W. Iloyrc, a well known : sporting - writer rf Seattle, met and signed an ngreement that they would not attend the it.th In Seattle unless open booking Was ulloweJ. such as Is carried on surrey sftilly In Oakland nnd ! other large raclnit centers These same men lost thousand of dollars last year, because of the syndicate book. Open booking enables any one to make a book 'by giving tlireij, day's notice. There i would be plenty of ro:nx'tltion and the odds would be fliir. thus giving the bet- ter a chance for his money. If these 12 I men should stay away from the races l in Seattle, the betting ring would be ! made to look rather sick, and their firm I stand may bring to time the association members. At Oakland 20 book were successfully employed. Sons of the Great Chiefs Are Clever and Act ve in Pursuit of Outdoor Exercise. Among the Omaha Indians now settled on n reservation In Nebraska, the child ren play games which ale as popular with them as football, baseball and miinthlel y-peg are .'unong white children. The games are played in the same man- -wrr thry. hsre wsn for cpfitflrtasV One is called' ManclnbsiiKl. The boys tnke tall sticks of red' wil low in their hands, ami standing In a line, throw them so that they shall strike the ground at an acute angle and glance off. The wind catrhes the sticks and carries them to a considerable distance, arid the boy whose slick goes the farth est wlr.s the game. 8 met lines the boys dtlde into teams and the team whose sticks g the great est average dlslune- wins The ho) s be come very expert at throwing the slicks anil sometimes will send them surpris ingly long dlstulices. especially when the gume is played In winter, an I the sticks are thrown on tin- frozen crusts of snow which cover the prairie III winter they sometimes play this game with a peculiar MUk having a thick projection at one end. nnd the boy whose stick goes the shortest distance Is hit on the head br hi" companion,",, though not hard enough to hurt him."' In summer the boys arc fond of div ing In the river to see who ran swim the farthest under water Before diving a boy puts u hnndful of grass In his mouth BASEBALL WISDOM. During the past several months a baseball war has been In pro gress In the principal cities of the Northwest. This controversy was not relished in any way by the lovers of the game, and had It continued, it would have been Instrumental In injuring baseball In this city. No matter what dis pute caused the silly turmoil, tlicr was no reason why the principals of certain organiza tions rushed Into print on the most trivial pretext, arid vomited forth their personal abuses upon those who have seen lit to be their op ponents. Bnsehall men can and must lie gentlemen; any devia tion from the principle of gentle manly courtesy will be frowned upon liy the patrons of haselmll teams. A cause, however Just, will be surely lost, when ItN sup porters resort to mallelous bick erings. Cortland wants a llrst class ball team, not a debating club of blatant lsllowers. Spring Practices Have Just Begun, () "4 a BOWLING MEN AT TOURNEY Great Gathering at Indianapolis for Tcd pin championship. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Feb. 21.-Ten-pln players from all over the country are gathering In lndlanaolls to take putt In the bowling championship of the t'nttid Htaies. which Is-glus In Tomlln on II. ill Moti'lay, to continue all week. 1'iom Toledo, St. Haul. St. IahiIs. Kan sus t lly. Columbus. lHs Moi.ioa, Krle, I'll.. Louisville, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, t'licago, New York and numerous other pje s the alley men arc sw.u iulnu In, to compete for the .n.'nv prizes olVeird and enroll themselves as guests of the I ii.i,niaH)lla Howling Association, host for the championship tournament. The and as he swims alone under the water i hottest kind of competition Is l oked for be blows through It. causing bubbles j In all th.' evwits, hve-men, two-men nnd to rise to the surface, by which ils j individual. Close followers of the game JOSH P. HilSHilL president of the Portland Baseball Club. nels. High Chancellor. Savable, winner of the Futurity, and Von Rouse, thought to be a better colt than Savable. All six are engaged at Nashville and Memphis, as well as other points Fast and West. Knoeh Wlshard. the trainer of the sta ble, has returned to Nashville after a holiday at Hot Springs. Six Day Race. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Feb. 21. The fx -day go-as-you-please race which starts at midnight tomorrow night in Industrial Hall will have more promi nent starters than ever competed in any other race of the kind In this country. Pat Dineen, who won the championship title last year, heads the list and other well known pedestrians who are entered are Len. Hurst, the champion of Eng land, John Ulirk, Tom Howarth. George Cartwrlght, Sheltori, the rolored rbam pion; Iaii Taylor of Pittsburg. Oeorge Tracy, Pete Hegelmai and Davis, the Indian champion. Several of the most successful of the Callfonla Jockeys are just now severely criticised for bad work in the saddle. On the other hand, the excellent work of Burns. Bullmnn and the great Improve ment In the work of V ly praised. "Tod'' Sloan may ride for Mrs. Iang try In this country this year. If he suc ceeds in his efforts to secure a pardon from the Kngllsh Jockey Club. It seems that just before she left for America. Mrs. Ingtry made him a handsome of fer to ride forher In America, and this has encouraged him to urge Ills appeal to the Jockey Club with additional en ergy. Mrs. Irftngtry was the first patron of racing to predict a successful career in England for Sloan, and she has always felt that he had been harshly treated by the Jockey Club authorities. If Sloan s license is refused he says he will turn his back on the Kngllsh rare course forever. the faculty met and appointed I,aube. The students declare that they will not stand for It, and unless the matter la straightened out in some way, some of the best baseball and football players In school threaten to withdraw. This would cripple the I nlverslty Interests. This week the students bad It framed up to meet apd hold a regular election, despite the artion of the faculty, and let the students decide whether Laube or Wright should be manager. President Kane stepped In and Ht his request the . .....iH.. ........ I ..... ! . . , ,......... 1 Waldo, are high- "''i"'"1"'" " wrn iui uvrr nit wrfK. liuwBver, an I "-leftist Baseball News'. i The new hrtH just leaked out that I Parke Wilson itt the Keatlle team of the Pacific I'linut J.titKUe has Just signed I Jesse 8tov.il: ttte premier pitcher, who I did such line ui,jjk for Dugdule's Seattle I teum last year. Stoval jumped Dug- dale and went to the Cleve:and Club. where he got J2S0 a month and expenses for live months. Parke Wilson offered him $--.r. for eight months, and the deal was closed this week by telegram. StoVaLidld great work In the Cleveland team. The addition of Stoval gives Wilson the following pitchers: Jesse Stoval. Jack Hlckey. Fred Schnock. Den nle MrCarty. J. J. Thomas nnd Dannie Murray, the pitcher from the George town I'nlversly. It Is said that Dug dale is worrying greatly over the fine array secured by Wilson. Wilson Is al ready claiming the pennant and says he certainly has the; material to win it with, if he is not fooled. Wilson's grounds have been completed except the grand stand and the bleach ers. It Is the only grass diamond on the Coast and is said to be the finest laid out grounds In the Northwest. More than S 5.000 has already been spent on the park. There will he played this season 110 gsmf-s, barring, of course, rainy days. Waterloo Coursing Event. MVEKPOOL. Feb. 21.-The. Waterloo cup coursing event at Altlcar was cap tared by Father Flint, owned by J. H. Blsby. Sixty-four dogs' were entered. fierdman Resigns. Northwest Athletic Commissioner H. H. Herdman, Jr., of the Pacific Athletic Association, has tendered his resignation. Sporting news, Tracy A Denny, 105 4th, A- stake race of four nilles will be run by th Louisiana Jockey Club, which an nually holds a six-weeks' meeting at New Orleans, next month. The race has been named after the club, which will add $2,000 to a sweepstake of $10 each, with ?25 additional to start. A race at this distance has not been run at the Crescent City in 20 years, and the revival is Intended to recall memories of the four-mile heats which were nt one time all the rage In the South. If the new race proves successful Its value .111 I.a InprpttR ed with the Idea of at tracting a better class of horses next veavr. The only other four-mile race on the American racing calendar is the Thornton Stakes, run at California. The New Orleans stewards, who have had their hands full ever since the open ing of the meeting, may refer the case of Jockev Buchanan to the Western Jockey Club for final adjustment. Buch anan was set down because his employer. Sam Hildreth. openly accuser; mm i riding a horse contrary to orders. Buch anan Is under contract to ride during the from Ing season in tne vt ewi io. n. .i. Tlchenor & Co. ana is one oi me riders In that Jjart of the country. If the nower of the New Orleans stewards ends" with the present meeting. It Is be lieved that Buchanan will be reinstated. Vgnaux Victorious. PARIS, Feb. 21. The International billiard ehabaplonshlp tournament game played here laat Wight was won by Vlgnaux. who defeated Louis Cure., the scpre being 300 to 403. This tlea Vig haux, Sutton and Cdr. Indignation meeting has leen arranged when steps will be taken by the students to force the faculty to allow them their rights. If that cannot be secured, ath letic leaders will le Induced to drop out and practically kill college sports In Seattle. The faculty retaliates by threatening to expel the leaders in the rebellion If an end la not soon reached. The students are led in their fight by Donald McDonald, Joe Wright and Kd Hansen, best known athletes of the school. If the students decide to force the election upon the faculty, all kinds of trouble may be expected. Baclng Program. The program for the summer racing meet to be held In Seattle from June S to July 4. Inclusive, has been completed and some fine races are promised. Many entries .of Portland horses will be made. and racing men of that city are already being interested In the big show. There will be nothing but running horses. It was decided to bar harness animals, and make this meot strictly a running race affair. Butte may not have exclusive running races this summer. A. T, Van Devanter. manager of local racing, Kays he expects there will be 606 head of horses here. Five liberal purses mill be offered every day. The rules will be the same as those used by the California Jockey Club, which the North Pacific Fair Association has adopted. Entries for all stakes will close on May 1. Among the big stakes are the follow ing: The opening handicap $600, one mile; Saturday, June 6. The King County selling stakes $600. six furlongs; Wednesday, June 10. The Seattle Derby $1,200. one mile and one quarter; Saturday. June 13. The Ladles' Plate $800, five furlongs; Wednesday. June 17. The Inturban Handicap $600, seven furlongs; Saturday, June 20. The Kindergarten Handicap $600, iour and one-half furlongs; Wednesday, June 24. The Club Members. Handicap $600, j one mile and one-eighth; Saturday; June 2". The Seattle Hurdle 8takes$600, one mile and three furlongs; Wednesday, July 1. The Celebration Handicap $1,000. one mile and one-quarter; Saturday, Jul) 4. On February 24 Parke Wilson ond his baseball players will leave Seattle for Riverside, Cal., for practice. The party will go as far as San Francisco with the Portland team, which goes to San Jose for preliminary practice. Several play ers not already In Seattle will Join the party at Riverside. Ous Klopf, of Dugdale's team, has Uft Seattle and gone to Spokane, where he will play second base for the Buneh- grassers this season. Klopf really didn't want to go, but some Inside dis sensions made him conclude that a change was the best thing for him. Klopf is a player of much ability. Secretary Lishton y that b la to On-March 9 in Tacoma. Ben Tremble of Seattle and Mysterious Billy Smith of Portland will fight 20 rounds, the winner to meet Tommy Rellly, who won the Rellly-Neiil fight in Portland re cently. Rellly may also soon fight Billy Woods, the well known colored boxer. Bowling Oosslp. Plans have already been formed for a triangular bowling meet to be held In Portland March 1. The final details will be completed In a few days. The contesting teams will be from the Se attle Athletic Club and the Multnomah and Commercial Clubs of Portland. Much interest hag been picked up in rocked hat. Oeneral bowling interest has been greatly revived. Big Track Meet. The Seattle Y. M. C. A. Athletic As sociation has decided to issue Invita tions for a big Indoor meet to be held some time the early part of March. The Armory will be used. "It Is the Intention to bring the best track men of the Northwest Into this meet. The T. M. C. A. took It up because of the trouble over the selection of the graduate man ager of the State University. That fight prevented the students there from arranging the meet. The Associations to be invited will be: 1 1'nlverslty of Washington, Portland T. M. -. A.. Port land Multnomah A. C, Tacoma Y. M. C. A.. Spokane A. C. and clubs of Western British Columbia. There will be eight or ten clubs in all. William F. Pierce, a prominent loral bowler, is taking tep to organise a state bowling league. Me says such an organisation, and perhaps nothing else, will serve to increase the Interest in the sport. ' course csn be traced. The boy who goes the longest distance Is privileged to strike with a wet cloth the boy who goes the shortest. riay In the Mod. The little Indians delight to play In the mud as much as If they were while children, and making mud wigwams Is a favorite amusement with the buys. The girls used to make dolls out of sticks. mt of bite they have taken to making rag dolls Instead. Whloh sliow an advance In civilization. What white children call last tag Is much played by the little Omahas. When they tag each other. Instead of crying "You're It," they shout "Outrun," which means. "So far." Another game, called tahacija. is played as follows: A s lift hand Is laid out flol and the skin on the back of It is pinched l,y lis left hand, which In turn is pinched by A s right hand, ami that by B's right hand. Then they raise anil lower their hands twice, saying, "tahacija" at earh movement. Having done this they suddenly release their hold and "strike at each other. In another game arrows are shot up Into a tree until they are bulged thick among the brunches. Then the players shoot up and try to dislodge them and bring them down again. Whoever hits an arrow and brings It to earth may keep it. Queer Sunt, lilnbeklde. a boy's game, consists of shooting arrows at a morrusln attached to an arrow stuck In the ground. The boys, mounted on ponies, ride by at full speed and let fly their arrows at the target. The first boy who bits it has the moccasin and the arrow for his own. but generally he puts It up again for the other Isiys to take a chance at it A game played by both men nnd boys is called fabc-gusl. und Is played with a large ball and curved sticks. Two posts are set up 12 to 15 feet apart at either end of the playground and the players are divided Into teams. One team tries to bowl the bull be tween the posts of the opposing team, and the players of that team, who are stationed about half way betwewi their goal and the bowler's station of the op posing side, try to divert It 'from Its course with their sticks, one man at a time being sent to the bat. as it were, and each player of the opposing side having a chance to bowl the ball. If the opposing team succeeds In send ing the ball between the sticks of his adversaries It wins that inning, and If the goal Is successfully defended then the defending team wins, of course,. In the next inning the team which before assaulted the wicket of its op ponent now defends Its own wicket, and, after an agreed number of innings have been played the side having made the greatest number of goals is declared the winner. In this game village plays against village and each community boasts of Its tabe-gasl teum ns we do of our baseball teams. j 1 1 . 1 1 ( that no better figures will be scored I ha n have Is en made In previous competition.". The alleys are 'new, fresh plus .re to lw set up dally, und none ol the coiiiH'tltors urn to be allowed to prio'tiee upon the tournument alleys. All of these conditions will militate ugainst hlKh scoring, und as the visiting bowl ers will probably make their visit more ol less of ,i social event it is doubtful if their lvsl torn) will be shown. Sessions of fhe American Bowling Con gri'Ss. controlling organization of the game, will be held, beginning at noon Muud.iy, und wlun the election of new olllcirs and the selection of u city for the next annual championship come up hot I. ghts are looked for. The liust has announced as Its raudldute for the pres idency John il. Price of Boston. It Is said riew York bowlers In u body will boost his cause. while other tropin knights In that section of tin! cutintry who urc entitled to vote at the con- gii'ss will cust their ImiIIom for him. Price was one of the nioing spirits In tin ltufTalo tournament last ;. ear, and he has taken an uctlve lnt"reit In the game for years. Mayor Orulnser of Ijoulsvtlle Is looked Upon us th" most promising cimdldulr of the West. Mil waukee, Ixnilsvllle anil Cl.irinn.itl ure said to be candidates I'or the next con vention and championship. Southern League Meets. (Journal Special Service.) p NEW ORLKAN8. Lu., Feb. 21. -The members of the Southern Association of Iiaaelta.il clubs met here today nnd dis cussed the final arrangements for the coming season. Chairman M. J. Finn of the schedule committee presented u schedule providing for the season to open April Z and close September 20. with practically the same numls-r of games as last year. The managers and own ers of the various clubs embraced In the rircult are pleased with the outlook and predict the most successful season since organized buavbull was Introduced In the ftouth. Tennis Challenge LONDON. Feb. 21. -The Kngllsh T.nwn Tennis Association, through Sw-retury Mcwbttrn. has forwarded a challenge to America for the International championship. Squash Championship. (Journal Special Service.) NEW YORK, Feb. 21. The fourth an nual tournament for the championship of the United States opened at Tuxedo today and will continue until the middle of the eomlng week. The meeting has attracted many of the best squush play ers of the country, the number and prominence of the contestants giving evidence that the game, though still In Its Infancy, haa taken a strong hold upon the fashionable set. The prize of the tournament is the vrluable cup that was presented by James Henry Smith in Ifloo. Oeorge I. Scott of the New York club Is now the title holder and he will meet the winner of the tournament In the finals. Golfing Note. (Journal Speclul Service.) NEW YORK, Feb. 21 The executive committee of the United States Oolf Association has derided that the woman's csmplonshlps should be played on the Chicago Golf fc'lub grounds In the week beginning- September 2. and that the open championship should be played on the links of the Baltusrol Club on June 26 and 27! The amateur champion ships will lie competed for on the links of the Nassau Country Club in the week Teglnninf August 31. Commissions on California Races Accepted at Portland Club Cate. 130 Fifth street. Direct wires from tracks. Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Cornell and Georgetown Have Nines. of Excellent Piayers. Baseball is now the main interest at the his colleges, iar th,,.larg univer sities have either begun baseball prao tle or ure lust about to do so. Plana for the year and the season's schedules I'm 'etn ni'jH,t cusrs , lfttu dwJd pn, mm ' from now on ull efforts will be devoted to developing flrst-s-luss teams. Tale, Harvard. Princeton, Cornell and Penn sylvania are those In which work on the diamond Is the center of athletlo In." terest Just at present. , Yule buseball begins this week with unusually excellent prospects. Uarvan. pitcher; (luernsey, third base, and Wear, tight field, were the only player to b grad listed Inst season. There ana, how ever, half a dozen good new met. to take their places. To replace QueroMS there is some talk of putting Chittenden, last year's first base, on third, and al lowing Husenwlnkle or LJttlefieid to Oc cupy first. Metcaif can be relied On t cover second, while Miller, of last son. and O'Brien, from Andover, art tA logical candidates for shortstop, rtns Pttoasra. Out In the field the most promlgrflf men seem to be Cote, Cornwall, Barn well snd White. Winslow, the ctntaln. will be behind (he bat most of the time, 1 but he has two strong substitute la Farmer and Rockwell, both Of th foot ball team. Three good new pitcher ' have been found in the persona of Jack son, from Kxeter School; King, front Hotchklss School, and Bowman, the foot imll fullbark who formerly pitched la the Hill School nine. Patten, en of Yale's best pitchers, who injured -hi urm last season, tit in first claaa shape again, and will be relied on far moat of the pitching. Besides the encouraging feature of ' good material to count on, there tm an other aspect to this year's seasoa at Yale which Is encouraging, and that la the ac quisition of u professional conch. Dr. William H. Murphy, an old Kit pftener, and a brother of "Mike" Murphy, th Yale trainer, will lie at New Haven to coach the buseball men throughout th entire season. This Is an advantage that Yale has never enjoyed before, and u corresponding Improvement Is expected In the team's play. , Bin and Baa Oatloek- Pennsylvanla's baseball team ha brighter prospects than In IMS. TM baseball authorities are 'particularly gratified that Indications for this sea- , son point to the fact that the Quaker will be unusually strong In their bat tery, a department of the game la which they have Iteen weak during recent sea sons. Devlin, Grover and KaufTman, last year's pitchers, urs again available, and , Marshall, who wus injured last Season, will also try for the nine. Bennett, who caught In most of last season's games, und Wolfe, who also made a good show ing, will be the catchers. With thee men and Caniss, a substitute, the Quak ers will be strong behind the bat. Can didates for the other position ar equolly promising, . Conditions for the development of m good nine are fairly favorable at Cor nell. Aside from the absence of Whin ery. the catcher, the Ithaeana did not lose any valuable men by graduation. Tydeman Is regarded an the most likely man to take Whlnerys place. Corneirr pitching force of last season will return, and the lthacans should be fairly strong; In that branch of the game. Ferguson, Lewis, and Costello will be the basemen, und other veterans will also make up the outfield. Tiger' Prospect Bright. Princeton's prospects, unlike those-Of most of the other big college, ar not so bright. The leading batsmen and buserunners of the team were Bit grad uated last June. Stelnwender, . Meier and Brown, members of the All Amer ican College team for several years, ar gone. Four positions on the team ar vucant those of second base, shortstopv left field, and catcher, places that were filled last season by the Tiger' best players. inmiiniassizza n For Strength and Durability For Base of Running For Graceful Lines For General Excellence NOTHINQ EXCELLS OR EQUALS THE .. 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