6 . ; -' ' THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL; PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 13. 1S37. '
LIVELY. TIMES
' IIEI'I.
. Racingl People Help Entertain
. ', the Thousands at the
. " . Mardi Cras. '
CITY PARK JOCKEY CLUB
: GIVES SPECIAL EVENTS
Best Known Sport of tha. Tnrt Visit
, th Crwnt Cltjr m4 PUf . the
. IUcrs by Dy and Buck the Banks
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; By J. S-A. Macdonld. .'
' (Sprlil from tlw Brtnt Newt Serrlc.)
Ktw Orlrn, La.. Feb. 1-Jut as did
the festhcred tribe of th aunnr sura
marland three months affor ths amart de
votees of the npto-data sporttnr world
of 'the north ar now dolnir lirre.tln
to Dixie land. Theea aro ths festrvs
Ides of the Mardi Oras and tha reat top
notch ' stats of the southern sporting
season. ' Thousands of men and women
who lore to bet on the horses and enjoy
rood eatlns; and a look In upon the rol
licking; carnival days, when, by the soft
sunshine of the day and by the purring
whit arcs of the night, all hands agres
by tradition and inclination to chase the
'pleasure gods, are trooping Into town.
.Karry today every Incoming train and
- every docking steamer from Havana and
along the gulf of Mexico brought a full
Quota of passengers, one and alt bent
on a 10-daye' gambol within the Carnival
rClty. The hotels are well filled, good
apartments n private homes are at a
premium., and during the lightsome and
the darkening hours Canal street resem
bles New -York's Broadway or Chicago's
Bute street at -election times. The real
Inception of the Mardi Oras commenced
" February 17 lot' on that day King- Kex
came up the Mlselselppl In his royal
yacht about noontime.
Just at the time Rex's knightly eaated
foot lalla upon the -city -wharf -the ear
nival begins. - In the meantime New Orleans-
Is the sporting mecca, old-timers
agreeing that the ancient city Is to see
a record-breaking carnival. In the mat
ter of attendance and enthusiasm, this
' year.
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, , The City Park Jockey club spent 8.000
laet week in enlarging Its accommoda
tions In anticipation of the flush Mardi
(Iras attendance, while Secretary George
H. Kuhl offers several special races aa
etlgnallslng the - coming of the. festive
season. This has been a great winter
for New .Orleans racing, and right now
the game Is at Its height, for only this
week a complement of Just M bookmakers
drew In for business, and each of them
found plenty of trade, too. As much as
Si50,M0 In ready currency passes between
jthebookmakersandtheracs players Jn
one afternoon Just now something be
lieved Impossible but a few years back.
Any sort of a player, can get the biggest
kind, of action, for such operators as
."Dave" Uldeon. Paul S. Ralney and
"Bob" Tucker do not find It necessary
to spread their commissions about the
' up-north poolroom circuit In order to be
assured of getting a given certain sum
taken by the lawyers.
. Any of ths carntvaf rape players msy
find It possible to bet tlb.OOO at ths mar
ket price any day and yen "any race.
Along. with the Mardi Oras comes an
interjection of ths metropolitan , flavor
Into tbs betting ring, for here, there,
and all about, are to be discerned the
familiar fsces of ths celebrities of the
summer months about the N "York
courses. ' The New Tork contingent
brought along a lot of fresh money dur
Ing ths last few days, which, of course,
la always welcome,.! from ths book
makers' standpoint, "Dave" Gideon Is
still with us., while Charles Read Bmltb
la entovinr a lucky strsak and awaiting
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' Endorsed by the County;.:
"Ths most popular remedy In Otnego
eonnlv, and the bet friend or my fam
llv." writes Wm. M. Diets, editor snd
t,uhlilir of ths Otsego Jonriml, OU-
l.rriKvllle. N. I , 'Is Dr. . King s Nea
iirovnry. It has proved to be an In
fallible curs for roughs and colds,
niBklng eliort work of the worst of
t'lftn. Wn slwsys keep a bottle In the
bona, f believe It to be the. moat val
vi'o prfMil Ion known for Lung snd
, 1 hrmit disease, Guaranteed to never
tui..iMrit the taker, by K1 t ross
. J In. mi. "v. rrlcLl0 and 1100. '. Trial
Imdje fire.
1 v . f . i - .' V CZZZ?' : '. ' - Ji mt wp such rumm v : " :
..THE EVOLUTI6N OF THE RING FIGHTER IS A MATTER OF INTEREST. TAD GIVES AN INTERESTING SERIES OFPICTURES OF CHAMPIONS "SINCE THE DAYS
OF TOM HYER, JOHN MORRISSEY AND YANKEE SULLIVAN, AWAY, BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR, TOGETHER WITH SOME .FIGHTERS OF TODAY. THE CONTRAST
IN A HIRSUTE WAY - IS PARTICULARLY INTERESTING. ' . - w,,, .: -..'. . --y ;.r.i .; r ''l V;'i t -i " r
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the oncoming of John ' W. Gates and
John A. Drake, ths latter being anxious
to catch a glimpse of little Garner; his
stable rider, whoss development under
the coaching of Jimmy McCormlck
stands as one of the surprising incidents
of the long -campaign. "Bob';, Lloyd Is
making ons of the strongest books, while
"Dave" O'Connor of Gravesend, Long
Island, Is . one of the top rungs with
the Cells Interest a There is no real
great horse here this winter such as
George Arnold, Intrusive or McChesnsy,
but the lot Is better balanced than usual,
which, of course. Is responsible for the
splendid Tangs -of - prices prevailing In
the ring at City Park and' the fair
grounds for a month past. Then again
there Is no "Marvelous" Miller among
ns, and yon know this precocious young
ster made even the game about New
Tork lobslded sometimes. On the whole,
the racing Just now Is right bully.-
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' The elnbs are all doing brisk business.
Around the bank game In one of the
clubs on Gravter street last night were
"Bob" Tucker, "Whltey" Langdon, "Joe"
ITIIman, "Cap' Bradley- and "Al" Fon-
tlllleu. "look Ilk- thg' 6ftrator-trf
The boys came' close about 10 o'clock
and cashed out after the midnight hour,
the bouse taking off some $9,204 on the
session. "Bob" Blandish, ths Florida
Casino promoter. Is behind a strong
poker and faro game here this winter.
Plenty of action In his place, 'with a
midnight lunch whlch-outdoes the sump
tuous spread. "Jos" tnirosn put down at
his famous Brldgs 'Whist club at Sara
toga, New Tork, two years ago. UU
man. "Cap" Bradley and other famous
knights of the - gaming balsa silently
drifted Into town two' weeks ago. Of
course the sharpshooters smelled out a
rat at once. Then- came the Jolly an
nouncement that for the carnival day
the "ltd", would be lifted.. -
BILLIARD FINALS WILL ' "
, BEGIN ON MONDAY
Ths-tollardC0rnmmebrTTirT.ruTt-nomah
Amateur Athletic club has com
pleted the rehandlcapping of the players
who will compete In the finals thst will
begin on Monday. The prises srs a
gold medal to the- first and a cue to
the second player. Here Is the scheduls
of games:
Monday 7:10 p. m Mulford 108. ve.
Fechhelmer U; ! p. m.. Warinner 0, vs.
Kerrigan (5.
Tuesday T:I0 pV m., Sterns 0, vs.
Moore 10: $ p. m., Mulford 100, .vs.
Wsrlnner it. '
Wednesday 7:S p. m., ' Fechhelmer
8S, vs. Kerrigan to; I p. mM Warlnner 90,
vs. Sterns Q; 8:80 p. m., Wsrlnner 90,
vs. Moors B0. "
Thursday 7to p. m., Mulford 10s, vs.
Kerrigan. 85: tjp. m, Ferhhelmer 5, vs.
Stems 0; 1:30 p. m., Kerrigan (S. vs.
Sterns 0. -
Friday 7:10 p. m.. Mulford 100, vs.
Stems' 60; t p. ra, Fechhelmer S. vs.
Warlnner to; t:S0 p. m,, Kerrigan 5, vs.
Moors BO,
Saturday 7:10 p. m.. Fechhelmer IS,
vs. Moore SO; g p. Mulford 100, vs.
Moors 10. .
COMMERCIAL BOWLERS
. 'CONTINUE TO IMPROVE
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The bowling of the two Commercial
club teams last night showed a decided
Improvement over their past work.
McMenomy was necessarily detained
snd Laotond rolled In. his place. Ths
gnmes wss very even, only seven pins
dlffrenoe--4nthe total,- the No." 1" team
winning. Barbour had the beet average,
gelling S0O: Hanson secured the highest
single game, 134. After the gsms Msrk
Schlussel addressed the teems relative
to conditioning themselves for the com
Ing Denver tournament, lie mentioned
taking a run on -the road before going
to work In ths morning and keeping
gooa Hours, especially as being taaen
tisL Mark ought to know, as he Is
known as a sport all ovsr the coast and
If he had his way the teams would win
everything at the tournament. The
scores and players are as follows
COMMERCIAL NO. 1.
I - (1) () (8)
Av.
170
Ball ........... 174
Barbour ....... 171
Keating ICS
Kruse ......... 17
Lamond , 101
177
m
iss
sot
1BI
too
190
177
Totals ....... 881 951
Grartd total, t.74.7 pins.
1
. . (1) ft) t) AV.
Moore:. Ill 1M 111 1(9
Hanson ........ 18t , tie - 171 , 18
McMonles ...... 141 170 191 161
Kneyss ........ 101-,. Ill 117 199
Hamilton .119 101 191 191
Totals 919 989 111
. Grand total, 1,740 pins.
ABERDEEfTBAaCLUB
- CHOOSES ITS OFFICERS
(losrssl iDeetal Ber1ee.t
'Aberdeen Wash., Feb. 18. At a meet
ing of baseball enthusiasts the follow
ing officers were elected for the. coming
season: President, W. R. Macfarlana;
secretary, Robert P. Brown; treasurer,
8. K. Bowes, M. R. Sherwood and U
H. Burnett will aot with the officers
aa an executive board. Owing to the
failure of Hoqulam to do anything tn
the way of raising funds toward ths
support of a team, the local fans de
cided to name the team the Aberdeen
club Instead Of the Grays Harbor team,
as last year. The meeting, which was a
rousing one and attended by some of
the most Influential business men In
.town, raised 12.000 toward the expenses
of ths team within a vary short time.
Actlon was also'taken onthe subject
of a guarantee to visiting clubhand It
was agreed that they should be guar
anteed 1300. In order to have a place
In' the league, this team will have to
raise 17,000. but the ease with which
the -initial -11,009 was raised shows that
there will he no great difficulty expe
rienced In securing the whole amount.
BOSTON ATHLETIC MEN
WILL COMPETE TONIGHT
Boston, Mass., Feb, 1 The annual
games ct the Boston Athletic associa
tion to be held In Mechanics building
tonight promise to be the largest Indoor
athletic event held this season, and the
number and qualify of thentrles Indl-.
cate that some new records may be
made. Severs! hundred athletes have
entered, and tney mciuoe a numDer oiw
world's record holders, besides the ptcKT
of association and Intercollegiate, per
formers. . .."' ' .
Relay racing will be a conspicuous
part of ths program. Tsams have been
entered In the relay races by Tsle. Har
vard. Princeton. Dartmouth, Pennsyl
vania. Holy Croas. Amherst, Brown,
University of Maine snd other leading
Colleges
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Ballard's Snow Liniment Is prslsed for
the good It doe?. A sure curs ror Hneu
matlam snl all pains. Wright W. Lov
Ing. orand j-jnctlon, Colo,, writes: "I
used Ballard s Hnow Liniment Isst win
ter for Hb;iimstlem and csn recom
mend It SS the bst Liniment7 on tha
market. I thought, st ths time I wss
I 'ten .down with this trouble, that It
would bs a week before I could get
sbout. but on applying your I.lnlment
several times during ths night I 'was
sbout In 41 hours and well In three
anjs. sold by all druggists.
HARRY CORBETT IS
flO MORE
Widely Known Sporting Man
Drops Dead This Morning in
. San Francisco.
DECEASED HAD FRIENDS
BY THE HUNDREDS
Wag a'. Stakeholder ' and Official
"Weigher-la" for An of the Big
Fights Ever Pulled Off la Call-
fornia.
" ' (Jearnal BpeeM aarvtes.
San Francisco, Fsb. II. Harry Cor
bett, . brother of . the ex-heavyweight
champion,' James J. Corbett, and Joe
Corbet t, the crack baseball pltchsr,
dropped dead this morning In bis home
in . this city. Death was caused by aa
attack of heart .failure. Mr.. Corbett
arose at his accustomed time and pro
ceeded to take his bath "and as he was
about to step Into tha tub reeled over
and died immediately.- Physicians ware
hastily "summoned but the well-known
sporting man was beyond all help upon
their arrival. .,
' Harry Corbett wag one of the ; best
known sports in .this country. He was
his brothsr Jim's principal backer when
the latter Went Into his successful flghf t
with John jU Sullivan on September T,
1192. at New Orleans. He operated one
of the biggest saloons in San Francisco
and was the one man that eould ran a
pool room when all other plscss in
town remained closed. ' His place of
business was the meeting place for
fighters, fight managers and race track
men. All of the principal fights In
California have been arranged in 'his
saloon and it was a well-known custom
whsn. fighters had to "weigh In" to
proceed to Harry Corbstt'g to have it
dona '..'
Harry Corbett was known aa a great
stakeholder, at times parties to big
sporting events would hand him im
mense sums of monsy to hold and never
asked him for a receipt. He was abso
lutely "sauare" as ths term ds known In
sporting parley, and had hosts of
friends. lis wss widely known, hsvlng
boon friends In every city in the coun
try, and one of his chief characteristics
was In gticktngsby a friend In -trouble.
- Today there Is mourning among ths
San Francisco sports and on every cor
ner is heard a word of kindness for
Hsrry Corbett.
SPORTING GOSSIP
The Tale wrestling team begins Its
season today with a contest with the
University of Pennsylvania team at Nsw
Haven.
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Richard Smith, ths veteran pitcher,
who plaved last year with lUoomlngton
In the Three-Eye leagus, will twirl for
the Springfield club of the same league
during the coming season. - -'
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The St. Louis' Unlvsrslty athletic meet,
to be held the latter part of next month,
promisee to be a notable affair. Among
(hi stars who are counted upon to take
part are James Llghtbody, Archie Hahn
and Wssley W. Coe. . '
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Catcher ' Frank Cross and Shortstop
Bach, who played last year with Day
ton, have been secured by the South
Bend team of the Central league,
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Tom McCreery, a former amateur ball'
player In Chicago, will hold down one
of the outfield positions for the Colum
bus team this summer.
The ' fight promoters of Reno havs
made an offer to Sam Berger to box
Jack O'Brien or Al . Kaufman next
month. ,
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The ' fighting game' appears tobe "get
ting a foothold In New Tork again. Ac
cording to report, Tom O'Rourke Is or
ganising an athlatlo club for the pur
pose of holding, limited round bouts In
ths metropolis.
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If a bill now before the Massachusetts
legislature goes through, there may soon
be Sunday baseball In the Old Bay stats.
New Tork, Rhode Island and Pennsyl
vania are also .considering Sunday balL
e e'
' Since Pat Dougherty signed with ths
American league club for 1107 the fans
are wondering whether . his luck will
land him with anothsr championship
team. He has playsd with two Ameri
can league organisations that havs won
ths pennant
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McOraw Is said to have offered (10,000
for Johnny Evers of ths Chicago club,
but the offer evidently proved no temp
tation for Chicago to release the star
player. .. . j-. ' ..
Clarence Beaumont,"' who was once
Pittsburg's best run-getter, has asked
Barney Dreyfuss for his relssss. '
' ' '
Pittsburg Is looking for a pair of pitch
ers, a catcher" and sn'otrtflslde.-Dreyfuss
says he Is willing to pay the price
If ths right men csn bs secured.
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Charlie Murphy paid 1106.000 for ths
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IF you tire easily, have a poor appetite
can't sleep, feel nervous, you are
not welL Ordinary food does not
nourish you. '-Li. .'. "
Take Scott s fitnuUfon. It is
a pre-digeted fooL It will revive your
strength, improve your appetite, induce
natural sleep and strengthen your nerves.
It will make you vrelL
Scott's Effiutsfon gives . the
system strength to throw off colds,
coughs, catarrh and rheumatism. Noth
ing better for weak
ALL DRUCCUTSi
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Chicago dub, players, franchise and all,
and then cleaned up C48.000 the first
year. This does not look as though In
terest in the national game is dying out.
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Hugo Kelly will probably be Tommy
Ryan's next opponent at Hot Springs. .
VANCOUVER BEATEN
BY PORTLAND Y. M. C. A.
.The Vancouver Athletio club basket
ball team was no match for the local
T. M. C A. firs last srenlng, suffering
a 43 to 10 defeat. - r '
The match was played tn the local
gymnasium and attracted a falr-slsed
crowd. The team , from across ths Co
lumbia was not up In the fine points
of the game and the Portlandera played
rings around. thsm. The line op: ,
Vsncouver. i T. M. C A
Sugg Forward.....,, Russell
Perclvel, Ander- '
sqn .........Forward....,; Hartmaa
Johnson ...., .Center. ... Forbes
Wood ..........Guard OIney
Spssrs -TV. . . '. . Ousrd . r. . i-Tonng
BRIEF. SPORT ITEMS
At Salem last night tha High School
Girls' basketball team was defeatsd by
the Willamette co-eds 11 to . 4 Miss
Bslknap of the college team scored
points for hsr club. I
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The dsns A' playsrs In the monthly
tournament at the Waverly golf links
will be in competition this 'afternoon. . -
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Dr. Dammasch, tralnsr of the High
school track men Is rounding out his
men for ths coming season. The mate
rial at High school Is first-class this
year and ths prospects for a crack track
team are Very bright.
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Ths nsxt psper chase of the Portland
Hunt club will be "a" clossd affair and
W1TT1JS runon-Washington's birthday.
E. P. Chase has been appointed hare for
this occasion. Mr. Chase will select an
other rider to act with him tn laying out
the course.
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HAMMER PLAYS OH
AILSHIE
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Independent ' Mine Owners of
Coeur d'Alenes Claim He Is -Smelter
Trust's Man ..
THEY SAY HE WOULb .
AID THE GUGGENHEIMS
Mines So Rich They Can Defy Trust,
Despite - Railway . Alliances, bat
; They . Dread Adverse Federal
Court. . . .. .,,,".",. "7 ' . 1- .
Vashlas1oa Boreas ef The Joe real.) '
Washington. D. C. Feb. 1, Repre-,',
sentatlvss of. the Idaho Independent
miners have come to Washington to '
take a hand la the contest ovsr the ap
polntment tf a .successor to Federal
Judge James H. Beatty of Idaho. . i
They olalm they . have fought . the
Quggenhelms' Federal Mining and
Smelting company's trust for years;
that the naming; of Allshle, now chief.
Justice of the Idaho supreme court. , '.
would mean a victory for the Guggeh- .
helms; that both the Harrlmarr and the
Hill-Morgan roads are under the domf
nation of the Ouggenhelma, as to all ore',
shipments; that Silas Ecoles, vice-pr eel-,
dent and general manager for the Oug
genhelma, diotates ore rates on both
systsms from his office, No. TI Brosd-
.way.New.Tork, and that the independ-
ents have' fought for thalr verr exist- -
ence against tremendous odda. -.
They allege that the Smelter truss1ii I
almost absolutely in control over tha
situation everywhere - in the United
States, excepting Idaho, which produces
SO per sent of the lead of the nation,
and where the Quggenhelms, who own
only part of the mines, have offered to
buy out the independents of ths Coeur
d'Alene country,' but the latter, have re
fused, placing fabulous prtoes 'on their
properties, preferring to remain out of
the trust rather than be swallowed up.
The Independents are making a sav
age fight against Allshle, sssertlng that
bis appolntmsnt would pleass the Dug- .
genhelmg and make it possible to ass
the Tederal courts for ths purposes of
the trust
This, with allegations mads by All- '
shls snd supportsrs, that the naming of -F.
S. Dietrich of Poeatello, Idaho, eonn- '
set In Idaho for Harrtman, would be
railroad victory," transforms "a hereto- -fore
complex contest into., one. of great
intensity. ...
Others claim the apparent contest Is
a sham, becanse, under the ore trsffto ,i
arrangement between Harrlman, Hill f
and' the Smelter trust ths appointment
of sit her Dietrich or Allshle would be "
tantamount to placing on ths federal
district bench a snan favorsble to the
smelter people. ' " : , ,
These facts will be laid before the !
president today.
Must Support Their Husbands. '
-One of the - nniaua .juuurM Intro.
AiinmA af tha nrmmmnt Milttn Af . th.
Wisconsin legtslaturs provides that a
win who it., pruv.rcy itiuii rnvvyvr i
isskss aw -for' u.'