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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.
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(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
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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. ,
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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,
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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
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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.
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