a. J . . . TITE- OREGONrDAIIV ; JOURNAL, POUTLANDi SATURDAY .EVENING, - 3fAY 23,, 1903.- :.'.. BROWNS PLAY FANS DISPLEASED; GREAT CROWDS -. : ... t, , , ..... .... i. ,..,.. , "v ' ..m...:.m l-V . v...:":1-" .; .1.' ... . .. I;;'- . .v '.u1.,.. 11 ' - -1 - y.v v.'... I ' J,, .. ... : r : 7 1 - ' , 1 ....' i irt. i n ii GREAT INTEREST IN THE BG MILL Mysterious Billy Punches Three Men in Succession Waicott Is Working With Jack John son Who Is After Anothar Bout With Hank Griffin. BUTTE SPORTING MEN TALK EIGHT HerreratoMeetM'Govem, Laf ontise to Try Turner The Helena Fans Intend Koasung Pull'em Shaffer for Ingratitude Displayed on Several Occasions SPLENDID BALL AT TACOHA TEAM I WITNESS TRIAL '4 .;v'v 4 V Defeat Sacrajnento in a Well Played Contest Danny Shea. Caught for Portland and Distinguished Himself by Mak- , Will . Not Support Byron Reliance Ready for Sii tpreme Tests Today. s v : I .27 Ing Three iv PI rt land 9. Sacramento The Portland Browns tulled" together yesterday afternoon and succeeded In roundly troundur Mr. Fisher's Caoltal 4ts from the sunny land of tllfomla It wa really refreshing to aee the way In which Portland battod at the right time, stoltj bases daringly, beat "out flow onea like antelope, gobbled up hot lines, low balls, high balls,' Mamie Taylors, ginger ale straight . mistakes, grounders, rollers, buntatlons, swatta Hons, and every old thing in the fan category which signifies good work How the old guard yelled 'When the' home boys equaled the feat of Sacra mento by scaring a, quartette In the seventh. The New York Nationals oould not have made an Impression on Vigneux' men yesterday. Danny Bhea took Har low's place behind the bat and started the run getting by smashing out a hot Mingle. . Later In the game he made two more safe ones and his oup of Joy was overflowing. Danny played a good steady game and was a big help to the PjCwns. His work was quick and ppy, - and he did what the crowd hnd long pleaded for with Harlow, bat' ted like an Indian. Nadeau, as usual distinguished himself in his patch and Engle fielded like a lightning flash making a remarkable throw to first catching his man. tRaidy again demon. strated his ability as a performer by fielding his position in clever fashion Once he made a great Mve after a fast one, got It, but fell on his back. He arose in a second and by an aocutate throw retired the runner at first. Just keep your eye on Mr. Raldy and see if be Isn't going to be the greatest short top In the Pacific Coast League. Do .cot forget this. Besides his fine field fng. Raldy batted fn championship form. Vigneux played like a warrior bold. There certainly must be rubber in his arms, the way in which he reaches into space for the high ones. No one ever dreams of Shaffer M. V, V. now. Andy and Jay delivered th goods and so did old reliable Van Buren. Sir Isaac Newton Butler served beautiful shoots to the "Ashes.' Isaac is a good one.. The entire playing of the Browns was a big improvement over other games, and demonstrated that with a complete team In the field Portlamf 'wW need not care for any club In the league. About 2,000 souls witnessed the contest. Detail of Same. Portland scored first In the fourth when, with two out. Sammy . walked, 8hea hit. Butler walked, filling the bases. Joe Raldy waited long enough to get another of Cutter s, compli mentaries and Vigneux was forced home. Van bunted and beat the- ball to first and Shea scored, Nadeau flew to HUdy and the side was out. The Browns tallied thrice in the sixth. Rhea started things, after Sammy had been retired by hitting safely. Buyer made It two out by bunung the third strike. Raldy hit safely, scoring Shea, who had taken third sack on Graham's throw to center field In the attempt to catch him at second. .Van was safe on Townsend's error. Nadeau hit safely- and Joe scored. "Doc" Andrews mashed the first ball pitched clear to the flag-pole and Van Buren scored the third run of that Inning, Nadeau taking third, only to be caught a moment later by a qutck throw from Graham to Bheehan. 1 Sacramento gave the faithful a bad case of the shivers.- In their half of the seventh they landed on Ike But ler 8 delivery for three singles and a double, which, coupled with Raldy's errr, netted them four runs. But. the Browns tame back at them strong in their half by tallying a similar num ber. Andy walked, Engle bunted safe-. ly and in the attempt to get Anderson, who had over ran second, Cutter threw h h he ball into center field and Andy took hird and Engle second. Danny Shea corking single to leu neta, scoring Andy and George. Butler sacrificed Danny to second, whence he scored on Raidy's drive to left. Raldy took third, when Graham threw badly to catch him at second. Van hit safely and Raldy scored. Two errors by Eagan allowed Van to reach third, but Nadeau ended the session by a foul to Graham. , , The condition of the feround made clean fielding very hard. Joe Raidy's two errors were owing to the rough nui fuce, the .ball taking a bad bound .luBt before reaching the little short stop. The score follows: PORTLAND. A.B.R. H.P.O.A. E. Raidy. s. s. ... Van Buren, c. f. 1 2 0 V 0 3 1 4 0 12 3 3 0 0 Nadeau. 1. f. Andrews. Sb.uj.... Anderson, Kb. . ...... Kngle, r. f. Vigneux. lb. . Shea. c. . BugSbr, P. Totals.. 34 9 11 27 IS 3 SACRAMENTO. , A.B; R. H. P.O. A. E. Dovle . f 4 0 0 1 0 Hildebrand. 1, f. 4 0 1 2 McLaughlin, r. f. ... 4 0 0 1 Townsend. lb 3 0 0 11 Eagan, s ..8 1 0 1 Casey, 2b, . .......... 4 112 Sheehan, 3b. 4 . 1 2 0 Graham. C. . 4 1 1 6 Cutter, p.', .3 0 1 0 Hogan . ........... 1 0 10 Totals . 34 4 71)23 15 Hogan batted for Cutter In ninth. liBufler out: bunted third strike. ' HITS AND RUNS BY INNINGS. Innings ....... 1 2 8 4 6 7 89 , Portland 0 0 0 2 0 J 4 0 9 - Hits 0 .0 0 2 0 4 4 1 11 Sacramento 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 Hits , p 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 17 SUMMARY, Earned runs Portland 1; Sacramento $. . Stolen bases Raldy, Anderson. Bases on. balls Olt Cutter ,7; off Butler 2. Struck ut By Butler I: by Cutter 2. ' Two-base-hlt-r-Oraham. Double play -Raidy to Anderson to virnauc left bases fortiana hi Bacramenii to 14 Stani-lAna hits Andronntlr Ttmn -of'Kttme--Ohe fiour and CO minutes. Um pireMcDonald. - The "reduced homeseekersr raes. effec tive February 16; apply via the Denver Y Rio Grande. Have your friends oome through Salt Lake City, over the ecenld line of the world. , - Only Four Players on the Team Fast Enough for the Company and the Outlook Is Gloomy. . TACOMA. May 23 Although the last fight which ' was sprung on , Tacoma was a frost of th worst kind and prom Ised to damage the attendance at any future event of a similar character la this city, there Is every evidence that the ' mill next Friday, between Ben Tremble, of Los Angeles. andiCurley Carr, of Portland, is going to attract a big crowd. A series of fairly good fights in Tacoma during the past Win ter aroused public confidence and In terest to a high pitch and there was a full house when Jack Fogarty and Tremble stepped into the ring a month ago. Fogarty put; up such a sickly ex hibition, however, that most of tho spectators were ready to quit even be fore he was, which was in the seventh round, after Tremble had floored him time and again and had outclassed him from the start. Carr is not the sort of fighter that Fogarty is, though, and, the "dope" is that he will give . Tremble the fight of his life. Carr has had a number of nasty fights, among'' them being his match with Big Fred Russell, with whom he stayed ten rounds, after con- ceding him 08 pounds. He lost to Tommy ReUly In 20 rounds of sharp fighting once and put Jack Fogarty, the bad actor, 'out of the play in two rounds. Hts fight with Nick Burley was stopped by the police during the 26th round. Tremble and Carr met in Victoria only a ' feW weeks ago and fought 20 founds to a draw. The men are to fight at catch weights, straight rules, the referee, to be se lected at the ringside. It will prob ably be Del Lampman, of Seattle, how ever. A glance at the standing of the clubs In the Pacific National League shows that Tacoma and Portland are fighting- for the last place. In spite of Byron McKibben's apparently en- thusiastic attempt to relieve Jaek Grim of the seat in the cellar, the Portland Greengages .manage to keep asead of the Tigers In the number of games lost. The Tacoma team will not receive a cardial welcome 'when it returns to Ta coma -and the attendance in this city is very likely to be less than is suf flclent to make the stockholders look anything else than gloomy. Tacoma fans have supported a tall end team for two seasons, and have done it al most cheerfully. The club this year, however,, promised them a team which would at least land in the first division and with this honor the cranks would have been more than satisfied to shove their money over the counter every day in the week, for Tacdraa, is well known as a good ball town. But in stead of winning- games . the Tacoma team has gone steadily on losing at the least three out of every series they have played. In fact, only once did they capture moce than two games- In a week, and that was when Grlm's Green gages came to .Tacoma and dropped three out of ftvfe games. In San Fran cisco, where the attendance Is said to have been most disheartening from a National League standpoint, the Tigers grabbed just one game out of six. Personnel of the Team. The team la a stronger one than rep resented the city last year. Byron Mc Kibben has the qualities of tSgood manager and the fans still -believe that be will do something to, strengthen the team. In fact, this will have to be done If the stockholders expect to get any patronage. There are only four players on the .team fast enough to make good in the race this year for the Lucas pennant. Byers, who was brought from Minneapolis, is a stone wall behind the bat and has captured the heart of Tacoma fandom. Jack Rabbit Lawler, who Jumped to Ta coma from the Los Angeles Coasters, Is fleet of foot and has been hitting the ball hard. Ikey Rockenfield, whom Ta coma secured last season from Dug dale and is now playing in .the. field, is a leading candidate for first place in the league s hatting list and is a fast fielder. And little Johnny Baker, the 17-year-old southpaw, who is the only pitcher on Tacoma's staff! who has wonmore games than he has lost, is good enough to keep. Lynch has beqn playing a goad game at thirdand is far above the average in the team. Most of the weaker brethren were signed this season by McKlbben without any per sonal knowledge . of their work and only' upon the warm recommendations of the Tacoma officials who had -seen their work last season. jFisher, Mc Carthy and the others pfay brilliant ball at times, but they never can be renea upon. A combination cricket team, repre senting Tacoma and Seattle, will play in Victoria against a team representing that city on May 25, Queen Victoria's birthday. - - .6Ai: I-T , . (e. tkAJlT S Yachting Enthusiasts of New.Yort City Take Advantage of Half Holiday V and Flock to the Sound. OlLn COVE, May 23. A good north' west .wind this morning presaged a fin contest .between the Reliance, Columbia and Constitution today. The latter boat layat anchor during the morning along. side' of the Columbia. In fine trim. .At 9 o'clock the' Columbia and the Consti tution were ready to move to tne start Ing point, over in Echo Bay. The Reli ance's huge sails were seen slowly run ning up. The wind Indicated an 11-mile to .windward thrash, three miles broad reach and an 11-mlle run with the wind abaft the beam for the course today, This gives an excellent chance to try the 'defender out in good shape. A slight bubble to the sea made the Colum bia admirers hazard the prediction that the Reliance will not have a runaway race, such as marked her trial two days ago. There were even more steam yachts and pleasure craft off Glen Cove today than on Thursday, The half holiday in New York seemed to hava caused all who were able to attend the trial. The steam yacht Privateer, the regatta committee boat, came up fearly this morning while th New York Yacht Club, steamer Sirakas had her dock Jammed with a crowd of yachting en thusiasts. M'CLOSKEY'S TEAM SCORES ON GRIM'S Wallace Was Knocked Out of the Box After Damage Was Done. SAN TRANCISCO, May 23. McClos key's men defeated Jack Grlm's bunch of Portlanders yesterday. The game was featureless and on the whole a very poor exhibition of the national game. Attendance was very small, about 800 persons were present.. 8core: R H E Portland ...10120000 o 4 10- 4 San Fran ..3 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 13 Batteries Wallace, Lundbom and An derson Stovall and Zearfoss. 'Eleven Innings In Snow. HELENA. Mont.. May 23. Seattle and Helena played an 11-innlng game yes terday. The score was 5 to 8 in favor of Seattle. The game was played in a slight snowstorm. The weather was bit ter 'Cold. Attendance 700. Score: R? H E Helena 0 020000100 03 9' 2 Seattle 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (WO 2 5 7 6 Batteries McKay and Stanley: Put nam and Carldeh. -. Tigers tost Again. LOS ANGELES. May 23. Yesterday's game between Los Angeles and Tacoma was an eleven-inning affair, which was won by the former by a score of 4 to 3. Score: R. H. E. Tacoma . ...1 000 0 00 0 20 0 3 9 3 Los Angeles. 0 0.0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 14 11 2 Batteries Loucks and Bvers: Thomas and Hardy. Attendance 800. Snowing at Butte. -' BUTTE. May 23. A snowstorm pre vented the Spokane-Butte game sched uled for yesterday. NEW LINE-UP OF TEAM. The Pendleton team will play Dayton on Monday morning at 10 o'clock. The Indians will line up In the order given below for the games of this series. and are in to win: Brown will wear the cage, McDonald, Marcus and Collier will pitch, Danforth will play first, BrockholT second, Speid ell, short stop, Dunn, third, Neagle, left field. Gass center field, and Llndberg right field. With the new line-up the local fans are confident of victory. GYMNASTIC EXHIBITION. The final gymnaatic exhibition thli Bftfl inn hv minfla rtf iha pAHatn1 "Phm Vereln, held last night before a large f attendance, proved a decided success. Prof. Krohn was thanked at the close of the entertainment for the proficiency shown by his pupils. The exercise and indoor athletics close on July 1, for the season and open again In September. Full description of all sporting events. New York and Chicago races received by direct wire from the tracks. New York telegraph tips posted. Commissions received for all sporting events in any part of the world. First betting Cali fornia races 1:45 p. m. . Memphis races commence Monday, March 28. first bet ting 11 -45 a. m. PORTLAND CLUB, 130 Fifth street. THIS WEEK'S SPORTING CONCEPTIONS OF THE JOURNAL ARTIST. The above, while not a life-wise oil painting of Michael Angelo Fisher, owner and manager of the Sacramento baseball team, nevertheless resembled the subject so well that even strangers would note the striking affinity that the picture has for the humanity that it represents. So much has been said about his remarkable gentleman, his ability to garner the choicest fruit of the baseball orchards for his own use. his agree able personality, which makes him a and devotion to the national pastime other word here in his praise or in his surpassed, and this statement Is proved by tho fact that he has entered Into baseball solely for the love he has towards the game. Of course, like any body else, he likes to see both ends meet, but in the end so long as he has a winning team, he only cares to come out at the end of the season flnauclally even. At every park in the Coast League baseball circuit Fisher is better known than the greatest players In the game, and oftentimes furnishes amuse ment and Jollity for the bleachers by his funny remarks. Yesterday he said at the end of the seventh Inning that the "geese were flying rather lively, and that his men were unable to wing them." If baseball had more Fishers in the game the public oould be assured of a clean article of ball all the time. 11 1 " 11 . 1 I" ,!," . 1 DIAMOND CUTTERINGS Brief Items of Interest of the Coast League Players. Cutter cut no Ice. The reason was, he could not mow the rubber. 0 Joe Raidy Is playing the finest short seen in Portland for porno time. Jay Andrews' timely hitting was a feature; He exhibited one or two yes terday. Jo Kostal has allowed his opponents but 25 safe hits in the last six games that he has been on the slab, an average of but four to the game and Still Joedy has not won a game. Poor support has been responsible. Sammy Vigneux plays first like a vet eran. Sammy is also hatting well. George Engle threw McLaughlin out at first base on what would ordinarily have been a safe hit. Georglana is showing up all the right fielders who lve, played In Portland so far. YOUNG ATHLETE KILLED. (Journal Special Service.) UTICA, W...-Y., May 23. Grove Pv Sherman, 17 years of age, nephew of Congressman J. S. Sherman, met his death here in the New Hartford Y, M. C. A. gymnasium while exercising on the horizontal bar. The yotfng man was endeavoring to turn a backward spring. and Jand on his feet. His hold slipped and he fell, striking on his breast and the point oj his chin. The bar was at the UBual height, about seven feet, and -under It was a thick mat, Intended to guard against Junt such accidents, but the fall rendered him unconscious. Phy sicians who were summoned endeavored to restore animation, but beyond a few faint flutterings of the heart there was no response. Death was caused by an injury at the base of the brain. Young Sherman was a noted athlete hereabout, and was preparing to enter college. RUBE WADDELL TO STAR. (Journal Special Service.) ST. LOUI8, May 23 "Rube" Wad dell, the star pitcher of the Philadel phia Athletics, has signed for a theatri cal engagement next season by William Caren, manager of Havllns. Waddell will appear In "The Stain of Guilt," which is Just closing a successful tour of the North and East. Just what part the baseball man will take has not been decided, but Mr. Caren thinks his popu larity will be a valuable asset, even If he does nothing more than a heavy thinking part, welcome guent everywhere, and his loyalty that It would be superfluous to add an honor. As a true sport he cannot be RACING TRACK RESULTS t Results of the Running at Morris Park and Worth Tracks. At Worth Traok. (Journal Special Service.) CHICAGO, May 23. The spring meet ing at Worth ended yesterday. Results: Five furlongs Glisten won, Lady Free Knight second, Salto thjrdijtlme, 1:04 1-6. Seven furlongs Gracious won. Full Back second, Safe Guard third: time 1:30 3-6. I Six furlongs Fako won. Goody Two Shoes second. Dr. Worth third;! time, 1:16 3-6. ' One mile and 70 yards Linguist Won, Rankin second, Herraencla third;1 time, 1:47. Six furlongs St. Minor won. Autumn Leaves second, Uranium third; time, 1:15 3-5. ' & . At Morris Park. NEW YORK. May 23. Morris Park summary: Last seven furlongs of Withers mile Stevedore won. New York' second. Futurity third; time, l:27Vi. Last Ave furlongs of Eclipse course Godr'en ""lrop wOn, Cyprlenne second, Destiny third; time. 0:68 14. The Gaiety Stakes, four and a half furlongs Dovecote won, Contentious second, Tee Pee third; time, 0:52. Seven furlongs Meltonla won, Pen tecost second, Ingold third; time, 1:26. Withers mile Past won, Bar 1c Due second, Glennevls third; time, 1:42. One mile and a sixteenth over hilt Surmise won. Blues second. Junction third; time. i:454. the In- IN THE BOXERS' CORNER. t Journal Special 8ervlce.) SAN FRANCISCO, May 23 Al Her ford, the fistic promoter, and "Young Peter Jackson" (colored), who was giv en the decision "In Seattle the other night over Tommy Rellly lrt the second round, have arrived here. Herford will superintend Gang' training for his com ing contest with Fitzgerald. TORONTO RAC MEETING. (Journal Special Service.) TORONTO, Oat., May 23. The spring meeting of the Ontario Jockey Club opened at Woodbine today and will con tinue 12 days. The entries for the vari ous events are numerous and of a high cIhss, and altogether the outlook is bright for a successful meeting. The Journal's representative, as usual, was the only npoitliiK scribe on hand yesterday at "Mysterious'' Billy Smith's training quarters In Lower Albina when Waleott in a 20-round contest at the Exposition Building commenced his afternoon's work. Shortly after he donned his ring-working apparel visit ors from Astoitn, Vancouver, Oregon City and C'orvallls commenced to drop In. Among the many present we notu-ed Nell O'Hare, Bob Patterson. Maxey Bottefuhr and Charley Babeork of Portland; Charley Brown and 'Alec Grant Of Astoria, Bud Smith and "Hod" Allen of Vancouver. "Doc" Strickland of Oregon City, and numerous others. who were Joined later on by "Pop" Ken dall of Chicago and Johnny Beach of Corvallls. Smith Looks Pine. Smith, who was feeling unusunlly well after his seven-mile spin In the fore noon, after donning the gloves had for his opponent an ambitious youth named Con Doyle of Anacortes, who volun teered to face Smith in a ' three-round bout. He lasted but two. however, and said: "Phew Why, Billy is faster than ever. Some one of you fellows take my place for the third round; I've had enough." Then another young, fellow who stood over six reel and weighed about zou pounds, volunteered to All the gap oc casioned by Doyle'a crying "Stop, enoJUgh!" and proved a hard customer by staying two rounds at a cyclonic pace. Charlie Yost, who a short time ere Smith donned the gloves, hart a merry four-round go with a clever Mon tana boxer named Mahoney and more than held his own, now wound up with Smith In a clever give-and-take four- round go. The latter's borlng-in tac tics' and e.vor side-stepping was the subject of fivorabie comment from the sports assembled, who in unison, de clared that .Smiths when he facs Wai cott for the eighth time, will te lit to box for a King's ransom. Jumps Rope. The skipping rope was then brought into practice, and Smith Indulged In a half-hour's work. Then followed the massage treatment, and In less thai) 30 minutes Smith had donned his street attire.t&nd was conversing socially with few of his out-of-town friends, who inquired of him as to his chances of winning. The hero of many battles, how ever. Is no boaster, and modestly re marked: "Of course I intend to win. A boxer who enters a contest should always hold fast to such a belief." CBrivn m& Hnller. "Kid" O'Brien of Pittsburg, who meets Fred Muller in the preliminary 15-round star event, then walked out with a clever youngster from Pocatello and the concensus of opinion was that Muller would find O'Brien a hard nut to crack. Waicott la Busy. At Walcott's training quarters. Park and Flanders streets, the colored man is working faithfully under the mentor' ship of Jack Johnson, the colored heavywefght. The latter, who haa met with but one reversal .during his phe nomenal ring career a. defeat at the hands of Hank Griffin (colored) Is ne gotiating as to meeting the latter or Kid" Carter before the Columbian Clulrs Juno boxing show. ROWING GOSSIP. The coming race between the T'nlver- Ity of California and Portland Rowing Clubs' Junior fours on Decoration Day. arousing much enthusiasm Ih local aquatic circles. The University of Cali fornia crew ar due to arrive here about May 27 and will train for a few days on the river. The race will be a mile and1 a half straightaway, and Will be over the usual course finishing at the Morrison street bridge. A smoker has been arranged to take place in the even ing after the boat race, rfnd the Port land Rowing Club will endeavor to make the stay of the visitors u, pleasant one. PACTPIO ZfATIONAX. 1EAQTTE. . Yesterday's Scores San Francisco, !); Portland, 4. Seattle. 5; Helena. X. Los Angeles, i ; Tacoma, 3. Standing of the Clubs. Won. Lost. P,C. Los Angeles 22 9 .71rt Seattle . . 20 Tl .645 Butte Hi 13 .552 Spokane . . ...... 1 13 .552 San Francisco'. ...15 H .4i4 Tacoma ..11 IX .379 Helena 11 18 .379 Portland 9 22 .290 I Journnl Special Service.) I HELENA, Mont., May 23. Two rwell : f)Htlo events are on tapis for the gr?at . mlnliu Carap of Butte ,n ths nw tlxtnr will meet either Mo Govern or Broad on Miners' Union Day Jun! 13 while there is every probability that Mose LaFontlse, the weiterwtight champion of the state, will take on Rufe Turner, the colored California whirl wind, on May 27. Manager Billy Nolan of th Montana Club has received a telegram from Turner personally in which he said the date was satisfactory and that he had written naming the conditions he desired to govern the fight. LaFontlse has pra tlcally agreed to meet Turner and It Is -believed that the match can be pulled off with the arranging of a few prelimi naries. If this right Is pulled off. it will give, Montana sports the opportunity Of seec Ing LaFontlse go against the best mail he has met in years. Turner la known to every follower of the dope as one of the cleverest and fastest men In the buelrupMs. Me is not far from the top of the ladder. With men lilt -Turner and LaFontlse ere Is no chance for anything but a clesMAsst and scien tific exhibition something Tover of the game have yearned for these many -moons. As the fight is scheduled for May 27, the day -President Roosevelt is to be in Butte, the attendance should prove a record breaker. t It is almost assured that Herrera will have for his next opponent either Terry McGovern or Kid Broad, and that the contest will be pulled off on Miners' Union Day. June 13. at the Broadway Theatre. Manager Nolan of th Mon tana Club, and Biddy Bishop, the Mexl- , can's manager, have been in communica tion with Sam Harris, McGovern's man-,, sger, and Parson Davies, who looks ot forthe Interests of Broad, and sav for a few minor details it was announct'4 v last night that a match with one of these men was practically assured for that day. . It is understood here that the reason -for Harris' holding out for the contest taking place in Louisville, as first con sidered, was because he thought the theatre too small for a fight -of tMs -magnitude. It was impressed upon him, however, that with the stage -and, box seats the Broadway would hold close to 3,000 people, meaning gate re ceipts of at least 310,000. and since thls Information has been furnished him he has Indicated a willingness to come to . Butte. McGovern holds a decision over Herrera.-" . Britt and O'Xeefe. ' ' 3 An effort Is being made to pull off a second contest on Miners' Union Day . between Britt and O'Keefe. Th Butt Sporting Association has posted a 1500 forfeit for the match and transportation has been wired the Britt brothers at San Francisco. , ." - - It this match goes throug1 ss ther .; now seems every prospect. It will be pulled off in the afternoon at the 614, t football park. which has seating ac commodations for 5,000 people, to say nothing of the Immense space that would ' be available for the "standing room" crowd. Thj-lng Is to be on a raised plat form in the. center ofjthe ,Qt&..&MJlt:.. fording an uninterrupted view from all parts of the park, so It will be an', easy matter for everybody to se the fight. V Joe Gans has- agreed) to meet thy -winner of the latter oontest. and th black champion Is expected to be a spec-y tator at the contest It is figuring too far ahead to state wher th matcttir will be nulled off If at all, but It Is a cinch that Portland will hav to W4 high If it wants to take tha match away from Butte. Manager WUmot. j. Walter Wilmot. late of th Minneapo lis Club, is to manage the Butt team for the remainder of tho season at; s salary of 3400 a month. In addition to a round-trip ticket frfm Minneapolis to. Butte. Wihnot reached Butts In time to participate in the Spokane game, and assumed his old position .In leftfieldk, There was a great deal of telegraph ing before President Lane secured th services of the ex-leaguer, who held out until the last moment for $500. but when informed that he had gone the limit' he accepted the terms of th miners' agreement. Skel Roach is expected to reach Butte next week and will ana greatly to the pitching strength of the team. The work of Dowling and Kelly, who have done the brunt of the delivery work since the team., started out, has been away above par. For a team to win more than half the games played away from home, and1 with only two pitchers is considered little short of marvelous. Plucky Kane, who has had charge of the team, shouldered the-burden against his will, but ho certainly showed good judgment from 'TEne percentage :" column. It is probable that Butte WUI release Shortstop Brockoff and Utility Man Mc Gilllgan. The Helena grounds have been fixed . up at considerable expense. The news paper men are to have exclusive quarters on top of the grand stand, wnum nas been cushioned and the central portion . reserved. Additional bleacher have been built and the. diamond Improved. Shaffer an Ingrte. A club has been organized here to hnifii things to '"Big-Nose" Shaffer whn he. appears here with the Butt club next week. The people of Helena, re gard him as an iftgrate of the worst cali ber. At the close of last season he was given employment at 36 a dy and was working throughout the winter on that . basis. The people could not believe thalr eves when they read that he had Jumped to Portland. Now they are gojng to try and make life miserable for the comed ian roasting the Hf out of hlftl la.tfc. ' local papers. - BLEB' ROCK SHOOTING. ' journal1 Special Serrfc".) ' SAN FRANCISCO, M 23. The MsT three-days' blue rock shoottns; tournaf ment of the San Francises Tr-oil' ing Association. nowt ta ;trotr,s i. )'; Is a decided 'succesii.'.' r ' V . ; Artwmcr vtsttin snort nrti"'.;t 'Jit tl (i troHndS-jrer Harry A. i i u. .'("-m A bra m s, Frank' !'. A. J, and fcnerlff W. A ht.. .i t u Ing th PortlatiJ Uuti (. i..'.' .