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nrr at( bag rxraciratd bob
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Bod Fltssjmmons gave an unexpected
demonstration of his physical might the,
other day In downtown sporting goods
house In the metropolis. ' The ? big;
fighter drops, into- this establishment
frequently and . edlnas the clerks and
whatever customers , may be., about by
his skill at drumming the bundling bag.
INCH
lie rarely ms to perform ms-ow tncaHdlenraMd.
-of knocking ithe bag. -loos from; It
bearliigs. and on this occasion, after .a
bard blow bad. torn the bag loose from
the .string tiiat held It. one of the con
cern who was looking on and who knows
Fits well, remarked to the pugilist:. "
"Oh, I don't think much of that stunt.
Fits; that piece of rope was an old one
and It wouldn't take much of a blow to
break It. It took you soma time-to get
that bag loose, and my own opinion Is
vow couldn't land ; on Corbett any
harder than that he'd trim , you In Jig
time.' , , 'i
. .Pita Wa Silant. - I
Fits didn't say anything In regard to
the guying, but the, mention of Corbett'
name made JiU. face take on more de
termined expression. f , ' ... !
Then." said the business man. lnjtell
Ing of the Incident; "fr-got a brand new
piece of stout sash cord, nearly thick
enough to lift a horse, and rigged up the
Bunching bag. ..wlthllhlacord. JNjowLX
said . to Fits, there is something you
could not-'knock loose In a hundred
years.' Fits- lammed away , at 'the bag
viciously for a while, but didn't knock
It loose. . I stood there , guying him
some more, . telling him how he'd gone
beck end all that, aud then X walked
wy about 20 feet. .
"i turned, around to f bow Ftta w
getting- along, and as I did so I saw his
arm shoot- through, the air so fast it
waa only a blur in the air, and the next
thing I knew the bag was shooting
through spijce like bullet. . i :
"It was oomlng. straight for me, too,
and at such speed that I didn't have
time to dodge it. It cleared an Inter
vening showcase, and the next Instant I
was wondering whether I was In the
ring or lii The hospital, a ue flying ball
cairght me squarely over the eye. and I
surely thought-1 -wouhl have to take
the' count. : The blow dased me for a
moment and nearly put me out. k
"I gucws I waa the one thatwas being
suved all the time, but in any event
between the kick of a mule and a man
who can. drive' a punching bag 10 feet
through the air' and hard enough to al
most knock, you down, the mule for
mine. I don't think Fits Is quite
candidate yet for " the home . for, super
annuated out men. , '
HANDBAtt CHAMPIONS
ARRANGE FOR MATCH
Oliver Drew, champion of Ireland, and)
Mike Egan of. Jersey City, have been
matched for the world's' championship
and . stake of $250 a side. The match
waa arranged last - week 1 at , Martin
Sweeney's, Jersey City, and. M." A. Tar
rant posted the first 1100 on behalf of
Drew. The conditions stipulate that the
contest will be for the best of IS games,
the first seven to be played , -at Kgan'm
court on the afternoon of March 17, and
the remainder at Tarrant a court un
March 28,. Drew la now In 'Ireland.
Drew and Egan met two years aco
under the same condition and -In the
first half of the games played at Kgan's
In Jersey 'City Crew showed 4 great
science and won by a score of 4 games
t 3. A squabble ' ; followed 'and "; the
match '"was .aever finished. s So the
coming match will settle a much-di
cussed question as to Which 1 the bet
ter man. " " '
.... BIBO TOM POOTBAIXi COACX.
Journal Special Service. V.
Astoria, Or, Feb. 6. The "Astoria
Commercial club' ha presented to
Charles H. Abercromble, the football
coactf who mad last ' season teiefc). a
handsome signet ring, as a mark of ap
nroplntlon of hi efforts. Mr. Abercroni
hie is 1 a -crack football an, baxtball
player end has done much to sdvance
the club's Interests! The ring i a wide
gold" band. with-a nine and white foot
.hMll on the outntde and an-appropriate
4ncripuoa insiae. .-',.:.
NEWS
JACIL WARNER, STAR CATCHER OF THE NEW YORIl NATIONAL LEAGUE NINE;
5SBflMtjrr?ii5?ri'"
HARVARD'S HOPES ARE
- HIGH'.THIS SEASON
Keenly disappointed .a. Harvard ;men
have Telt over the fact that the" Intercol
legiate athletic, game this year will be
decided on Franklin.) field, Philadelphia.
instead of Wlt.htn the enclosure of the
new: stadium' on- Soldier' field, thi dis
appointment '1 ' notr going to r prevent
them from making a desperate effort t6
ihscrlbe thelfnames-on the coveted new
tronhy cud.' which -will again be offered
as an intercollegiate' prize thi year.
A long as Cambridge cannot get the
meet Harvard- students are more-, than
satisfied that it sheuld go to Philadelp-
JVia'.where the. treatment ef her athletic
teams always naa neen or tne most satis
factory nature. Moreover, the feeling is
negtnmng to manliest nsen tnax per
hapn, fter',ll.; lt la better to have the
meet tbla year at aome other place than
For. two year Harvard
ha lost, i If she were to win this year-
on. Soldier' 'fleld-the wiseacre -might
shake their heads. A It la she is bound
and-determined to"wlri but on another
field -with-nothing' tdMar, the glory of
ber-miocess.-- .;.v -;'' .
' Harvard's hopes of a victorious season
have been strengthened by the announce
ment "that Ellery -dark,-holder of the
all-around'7 athletic championship : of
America, would throw aside business and
come out and coach the-track-team this
spring. , : For ( many year the 1 crimson
tuthoiitie have tried to get Clark, but
fbr one reason or another -he never wa
able to1 accede to their wishes. Thi
year, however, he 1 keenly alive to the
track and field situation, yttn-few star
men and a small field of other candidate
the prospect , of , the team are by no
mean , encouraging. - andv It Is only
through the, .:. personal t effort . f the
trainer ' and coaches that t Harvard can
hope to win out two successive defeat
n, the track. ,
QUESTIONS THAT ARISE
" ON THE GOLF-LINKS
The following queries and answer
pertaining io golf-Rlaying may be later
estlng at this time. to the many follow
ers of the game In thi city:
: Q-.i there . any. penalty. ln match
play for hitting the pin when oft the
green but within' 20 yards distance of It
(the pin)? Of course, I am aware there
ts-a penalty In stroke play1.
A. There Is no penalty. The t rule
only says "either side 1 entitled to have
the flag stick .removed when approach
ing .the hole," so that If the ball of one
sits hits thepla the other side have only
themselves to blame. ,' We have repeat
edly called attention to the discrepancy
between the match and stroke . play
rule on this point. If It be a punish
able offense to play at the hole with
the flag In It . Within. .20 yard of the
hole. In stroke play, so .It should also
be In match play. There la no reason
why one' fellow . competitor should be
put In a different position in regard to
thi. matter to one's opponent If the
act 1 wrong It must be wrong In both
forms. of .play.,,;-. ,.. ., 5 -,:
Q In a bogey competition A, being
within 20 yards of the hole, putts be
fore the flag ha been withdrawn, hits
it. and boles. Doe he only lose a stroke,
as in a stroke -competition, or does he
lose the hole? - i
JL The player' lose a stroke. ' .
Q. A ball became three-part, em
bedded on the green, making it lmposal-,
ble to use putter. . What must be done?
Dig It ' out - with nlbUck and damage
green, or move ball on one side f tem
porary bunker T Suppose it la a medal
comnetitton. i '..'.!
A. If there la no local rule the player
has no alternative except to. tplar th
ball with the club he thinks most suit-
able..-.x --, '..- . ' ,'i :,-'..,;
SLIGHT OPPOSITION'
TO REGULAR TICKET
The wcent movement regarding ..an
opposition ticket to the regular ticket
recently nominated at the Multnomah
club has been practically given up. and
little , opposition, if any, will be made
against the regulars on next Tuesday
nigh One of the prominent .member
of the club stated, this morning that the
whole affair was more of a Joke than
anything else, although Charles Bucken
meyer Vas industriously engaged lit
leading another ticket. . A little oppo
sition now and then is a good thing- for
club spirit, according to the memtwrm,
but It appears to be an Impossible tusk
to down the ticket put fortu la' rfguUr
conventions ,-.. -..- ."-4
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SUJUF'XXOV. (Jgersal BpeeJal Berrlca.)
Ormond, Fla., Feb. 5. The all-around
laughter of the records, and a ceurse
that la from five to ten seconds faster
to the mile than any straightaway in
the world, on. which automobile have
not yet been raced against -time,- have
established Ormond Beach aa the stan
dard speedway of the world and the
Mecca of all racing automoblledom for
the future. - , ' .
It - la - prophesied . that the American
and : European makers wtll send their
speed creations in future to this course
to be tried out in private or as par
ticipants tat the great tournaments that
will mark the uture. .
' It Is claimed that the. course, so far
as surface goes, cannot . be duplicated
by any beach in the world by reason , of
the peculiar composition of the sand,
which cause It to pack down with a
hard, springy surface that- renders ab
normal speed possible. The sand I
really cochlna shells beaten to a powder
as fine as flour. There is- no shifting
of the sand, and a ton racer driving over
it leaves no more than a white streak
such a a -dusty wheel rolled . across a
polished floor - might make.
Am Available Course.
The course is available for speeding
about .four hours twice a day. With sn
almost Imperceptibly shelving bank on
the ocean side and mounds of soft sand
on the land side, the 100-yard wide
stretch of hard racing surface permits
even the most timid driver - to -speed
his taachlne to the limit without fear
of . disaster. Telegraph, .poles Una the
course for IS. miles, to carry the wires
for tke timing apparatus and for the
telephone line, affording- communication
to , the officials at either 'end of the
course. Ther are also mile posts plain
ly marked and mile stretches with thai
quarter, half kilometer and three-quar
ter' points similarity Indicated. .
.W K. Vanderbllt, Jr., Howard Gould.
H. i Borden. S. B.- Stevens, William
Wallace. F. A. LRoche, B. M. Shanley.
George Tangermann knd other automo-J
bile racing enthusiasts, who are here
for the first time, to say nothing of the
several hundred followers of the sport
Interested In the gam a onlookers are
loud in their praises of the beach aa a
race course and of Ormond-and Daytona
as winter resort. Fashion,' as repre
sented here by the-cope tderable automo-
blllng set has stamped Ormond with Its
approval, and a visit to -this .beautiful
spot will be a partiof the annual-pilgrimage
of the fashionables and sports
men to Florida. - '
IHDIAV WZBS AT WBESTXlva.
- (Joortial Special Seriice.)
Vancouver. B. C, Feb. S. Chief ; Two
FeataerSr tha Jadiasv. wrestler-sueeeded
in defeating both John Berg and Duncan
McMillan In a double-headed wrestling
bout here last evening., The Indian
threw Berg twice and McMillan, once,
and they each secured one fall out of the
reasnjn. . , - .
ruiKjjr to vxxt BXAsroxo. ,
; " (Joornat gpwHal 8rviee, .
1 Oregon City. Feb., S. Frank Free
man of thi city has been matched t
meet HjJI.rirsaiorii 01 suuma on murxn
id. " Th fight will' take place in thla
city nT- the men are , to ' weigh; 110
pouud and o SO; rounds,'! , , ,
THE: ANVIL CHORUS
lis WELL ORGANZED
The Portland baseball te4m has been
announced and now let the "Ornery and
Blatant Order of Knockers" bring forth
their hammers and anvils, and let the
Joyous' chorus salute the Joyal fan on
every street corner regarding the poor
quality of the Portland pitching , staff
and varioua other elements of the team.
Charlie Shields Is the espeetal butt
of the anvil chorus, but for what rea
son Is not known. The would-be au
thorities on subjects baseball and other
wise, are peculiar! fellow who, If the
truth were known, do not know a foul -from
a fait- ball. - Some people - cannot
how the slightest appreciation for merit
In any one but themselves..;-,
A t-tha- start Of !hV season Portland
bad a crippled team, which, with a
couple of gold bricks more or less, served
to handicap the work of Pitchers But
ler and Shields. The comiag season will
find a considerable improvement? In the
work of the "old reliable" Ike Butler,
and. Charlie Shields as well. Jake Thiel
man will be with us again, and as every
one knows., he la as good as any In the
league. . Corbett, Newton or Hughes not
excepted. . Hia- work ha - shown It
Knockers, put away your hammers un
til you have some excuse, .
:':; ' Oastro a Pippin.
- In Louis Castro Manager Ely has a
man ' who is a credit .to any team, or
league. ! Castro is a 'ball player of all
around' ability being capable of playing
any position.. Visions, of -Joe Tinkers,
Holllngs worth and Toman will ' fade
away -when you-see this man Castro
play.-: .- v. ' ' -
Castro'ia a nephew of the president
of Venesuela and was sent by hi father
to Holy Cross university where he learn
ed the national game so well that sev-
eral of the big league clubs bid fot Jils
services 'and Connie Mack - secured him
PLUMBERS WHO HAVE
BECOME PRIZEFIGHTERS
- "I '"am proud .- to observe," . said a
plumber, aa he tapped the pipe, and
charged 72 cents for each blow, "that
our profession has contributed some ex
cellent men to the fistic game. Frank
Erne,: the ex-lightweight champion.-was
a plumber, and worked j"or Barnd '4k
Geiger . before 'he 'became a boxer.
Jimmy Britt the pride of San Francisco,
is a plumber, and gathered the nerve to
ask for big percentages through Ms ex
perience with plumbing bills. Marvin
Hart; the great Louisville slugger,- is a
plumber, and has generally had a lead
pipe cinch upon bia. adversaries. Billy
Botchf ord. the Chicago featherweight.
Well known In Buffalo, is a plumber, but
he say he prefer fighting, because It
doesn't distress a ma a half a much to
break hi nose as It does to hand him an
average plumbing bill, and Rotchford is
a kindly sort of fellow. Buck Kane; the
welterweight, la a plumber,- and when he
started Ed Johnson' no to bleeding
he nearly? lost the fight because, he
stopped, and - shouted' to his seconds:
'Quicks there,, with soma solder.. Ijnuat
top this' leak!'. Danny Needham.: the
old time welterweights was a plumber,
and ther have bees many good fighters
who graduated from - eur honorable
trade." - '''' ! -
T.
O. A. 9XTOATS H..JU A. O.
'The Intermediates of ths focal T. Ml
C. A. won the basketball- gams from
lb Multnomah team In tha M. A. A. C.
gymnasium last evening by the score
Of 14- to 10. ' ' .
" The nrom at the end of the first half
wsj- to 6 In .favor of- th InWrmediate.
and each team added to this In the
One of Fitzsimmons' PunnyStunts Orjxtdnd Beach" Proves
to Be a Great Auto Track Arivii Chorus 'Has Organized5
for the Season Bowling on Local Alleys P Other Sports
for. hi Philadelphia Athletic, where he
played regularly until the acquisition of
Murphy when he was used a utility
man. Last season Mack let him go to
Ned Hanlon to strengthen his Baltimor
team, but. Mack still retained a string
on the crack player. ' . :
Castro was a great admirer of Fred
Ely while the latter was with the Ath
letics and therefor jumped at the
chance to play under bis (Ely's) , management.-
'
"Jtodgs" KoCraedi. 7" ;. '
- The ' California ' papers . universally
praise 'Manager Ely' stroke In secur
ing "Judge" McCreedle for fhs Port,
land team. McCreedle is ' one of the
most, popular- players that ever donned
a uniform, in the golden state, and in
ability he ranks with-the best In the
business. . . , '
The "Judge" somewhat resembles Van'
Buren In face and figure, and when one
sees them together you would take them
for brother. . "Mac" is the taHer of the
t5s,and probably outweighs, Van 10 or
12Tunds. , ( ' " "
.. McCreedle Is one of the best batsmen
In minor league company, and while with
Brooklyn he upheld his record by hit
ting for 12.
The other members of the Portland
team are pretty well known to the lo
cal' fans excepting Beck and.-8teelman.
Ervell Beck is a big man. about the
ize of , Anderson, and a slugger of the
"Truck" Eagan type and I a fin fielder.
Morris Steelman is said to be one of
the best backstop In the business and
has been an in and outer In the - big
leagues- during. the past three years. He
seem to have bad luck In hitting In the
big leagues, bur holds his own in catch
ing. At any rate the Browns start the
1904 season with a reliable man behind
the bat, which means a SO per cent ln
1 crease In their - chances.
second half. Harrison played the star
game for tha winners, making several
brilliant plays which materially helped
his team to victory. Hart and Kerri
gan played, welk for Multnomah.
The teams lined up- as follows: .
T. M. C A. . M. A. A. C.
Pugh ......... Forward ......... Hart
Urlch Forward Frank
Ltringstona Centwrv;v..V Kerrtgair
Lowengardt .... Guard ....... Ctammte
Harrison ...... Guard ....... Kalahan
,. The Intermediates play a game this
evening against Oregon City previous
to th All-8tars-WlUamett game. .,
CORNELL OARSMEN
I ROW BEFORE MIRROR
Ithaca. N". T.. Feb. I. Much amuse
ment waa created In the Cornell crew
room last week when the candidate for
the freshman eight for the first tlrae had
a chance to row before the big mirror
which had been put In plaoa to show the
men their faults. Befor Coach Court
ney had trouble with the rowing commit
tee he arranged for the device and It wa
given a test the other day. It worked
Jtfst as he expected, except that several
of , the new men did not like ths image
of themselves -which they saw In the
glass when, they pulled- hard on the
oar and. disgusted, got up from th ma
chine saying that they, could not stand
for "such face." ;..,, ..,....v,.!
When' the novelty of the thing wears
off the device It is believed that It will
prove a great help to the coaches. Here
tofore Coach Courtney, has made f re
quent use of the' camera to Illustrate
to the men the pn'lnts which he could not
make clear, by words, but in 110 erew.
room the use of the camera was Unprac-
Wcablrf-aad mirror -will prove more
valuable,- f 7' -.
San . Francisco,. Feb.. 6. The- ..follow
ing list of players are in dispute by
the ,atlonal association . magnates, and
those- representing the . local league:
Los Angeles Dillon, Flood, Bernard and
Relating. j San Francisco Massey, Wal-
dron,-Marshall, Yerkes and Jones. Port
land Castro.. Waddqll, Beck, Nadeau and
McCreedle. Seattle Blankensbip. FricX,
Dfclehanty and - Crlstal.- Oakland
Schmidt, Ganley, Clancy, Whlttmige and
Sohafley. . -.- .t-...i' ..':.?'!-..
T-Tbe Joat-legne Insists upon the re-4jaHiard
llnqulshment of all these players by the
National association, and Just what
agreement will b reached remains to
be seen. -
to xbstjsjubct CTC&ura.
Denver will attempt to resurrect cy
cle racing this summer, and plans are
now being perfected for the erection
of an eight-lap saucer track to cost be
tween 12,600 and 13,000. and of this sum
the local, bicycle dealers have promised
to subscribe $1,500. The promoter of the
scheme, a Salt Lake City man, as
serts that he will furnish the remainder.
Eastern and California races by dl
rect wires. We accept commissions by
"nhone" - on above races from respon
sible parties. We also receive commis
sions for all leading sporting events In
any part of the world, at Portland Club,
130 Fifth street
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DEFEATS PORTLANDS
..The. Lewis. and jClarlt bowling team
took the measure of the Portlands last
night- on' the Portland alleys, winning:
the match by 1 pip. The mot Inter
esting feature of the game were Tay
lor' coaching and a grand stand flnlh,
by Armltage, who struck out from the
seventh frame, Tha Individual scores
were-.:
Lewis and Clark , i
- . .. "'ir j
(!) Total.
16f- 4
18 174
124 411
141 4
178 47
Taylor ." . . ; ; i .i nr-i
Armitai
.150 183
.161 m
.122 ir
Hyami
Ad am son
748 841 774 23S
Portland-- : Vfl I?2
cManamy . .......183 145
(S) Total.
182 419
17 41
McM
Watkins v
141
120
Atte ....
Knevse V
McMenomy
160 ,113 382
12 , 188
1( 177 0
........ 140
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" Boise, Idaho. Feb. 8. It has beeiti
practically settled that Boise 1 to b
represented In th Pacific National
league, with Salt Lake, Butts and Spo
kane. Th necessary forfeit money waa
posted with the league officials and all
the details practically arranged.
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