The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, April 14, 1907, Image 14

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Newspaper Page TextMORNING. APRIL 14. 1CC7. . j i in - .m '- " um UGAL GOSSIP OF THE AUTO TRADE Good Weathei Made Demonstra tion an Easy Task the : . Past Week. , '. -THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, .' SUNDAY PORTLAND AUTO CLUB ' f TO GIVE BIG BANQUET Amafrnenti Under Way to Entw taln Every Owner la City at Hotel Sargent on Thursday, April Twenty-Fifth -Gossip of Day., ,' After a ; apell , of wet' weather 1W bright day have revived the aptrtu ot the Portland automobile dealera and one mora tba demonstration ara being Blven on schedule time. Tha prediction made t tha beginning of thU year ty 31. L. Keats and Howard Corey that thle year would be the greatest by doable -that tha local -trade- has eve known will ba more than fulfilled long Wore tha season ta halt over. Tba di rector of tha Portland Automobile club ara working- with great Interest for the promotion of every scheme and plan that will be of service to the man. ufacturer, the ., trader .. and the pur chaser. . , ' " . ' '.' ' '; -. '" A With "competition" as the ringing keynote of the song of tba automobile manufacturers for the -yvar 10T and dealgnera welcoming the opportunities for strenuous tests of motors that will furnish the widest scope for trying out pet theories of mechanical construc tion, the first 14 weeks of the year have been more prolific In endurance contesta and speed trials than the most enthuslasUe critic dared expeet..Stand lng out tn bold -relief, however In the world of tried and efficient drivers, JtaJph R. Owen, pilot of Oldsmoblle cars, easily ranks all of hie rivals in the mstter of performances and the value of the seme. From "Florida's coral trends to Bants Monica's sandy beach," as the Los Angeles poet has expressed It In a pamphlet on Oldsmoblle per formances. Driver Owen has , obtained a maximum of results from a minimum of wear and tear on a' machine. Hie New Tork-Florlda tour at the wheel of bis famous "Mudlark" and the result ant excursions over . hitherto "unex plored" hlghwsys in the "muddy belt" of Georgia and South Carolina scarcely had ceased to ba the subject of dally comment In the principal factories where mechanical experts studied ex : l.austivs data kept on thla . srduoua trip, when MrAOwen was reported to be in California eager to annex the rac ing honors to ba obtained on the Los Angeles-San Francisco 'valley , route" course. . , , ,, -, ' . "Never before in the history of ship pers has the demand for freight care leen so great, eaya H. I Keats of the Keats Auto company. In nearly every J Industry where tne product is universal and has to be transported, the dearth of facilities to speedily and convenient ly convey tha product has been felt The unprecedented prosperity through out the country has in part been the cause and coupled with the fact that the railroads were not prepared for this exigency. ' :: ,-.'' Secretary of tha Treasury Leslie M. Shaw la hla speech to the licensed automoblia manufacturers; last . year. sounded the warning of a calamity, as tie was credited with saying, but of the serious results from an over pros perity. Be said: "Wt are prosperous, we ara producing mora than we can ' haul to market but even yet tha de mand far axceeda the supply." ' Manu facturers of automobiles ara feeling that that hla words ,. were prophetic, for they ara certainly realising the dif ficulty In getting them to market It Is conservatively estimated that the automobile output for 17 Is $68. 000,000, TS per cent of which Is the product 'of the members of the Asso ciation ot Licensed Automobile Manu facturers. This means the shipment of ever 10.000 carloads from the factories. ' . ; e ',,"': W C. Wright, president of the JFIrst National bank of Union, ' Oregon, pur chased a 11,400 Reo touring car from the Fred A. Bennett company last week Mr. Wright is a grest admirer ot the Reo- ,.: ;?.:.'.. , Elmer It. Waters of Wayne, Wayne county. West Virginia, who incident ally Is tha owner of a Wayna automo bile, has evidently been worked up to a l.l Kh pitch of excitement over the mul tiple uses he finds for the name -Wayne,"' for he lias instigated a com petition which-bids fair to inspire an endurance test- of work for- offlelala of the Wayne Automobile company of 1 etrolt, Wayne county, . Michigan. Mr. Waters' conception of sporr ac cording to a letter which has been ap proved by Secretary Roger J. Sulllvaa of the- motor making concern, would be a handicap race from the county j at of every Wayne county In the i United States to the main' office of, the Wayne Automobile company at De troit, each contestant to use a Wayna eutomoblls to carry hfm over the entire distance. - ,...'... r- v. . ''' - j The directors of the Portland Auto mobile ' club met Friday evening and elected .the following officers for the present .year: Lewis Russell, president; George- Kleiser, Tice president; Dr. Itrown, treasurer ' end W; F. Llpmsn, secretary. 'It was decided by the club to give a dinner to all auto owners of Portland on Thursday, April 25, at the pnra-ent hotel. Grand arid Hawthorne p venues. It Is expected that at least lbs will attend the banquet At this gathering Informal talks will be given on the principal auto toplce of the day. From the preparations that have -been made for. this affair it la quite certain to prove both attractive as a feast snd as a real JoUy time for the car cwnera. ', . ... ... ..a. a ' '.. 0 :: -.. The men who do the road testing of Thomas Flyers in and about Buffalo will be forced within the next few weks to give up one of their favorite roadways. As" soon as the temperature t -tins to drop along the northern part r New York canalmen tie up their its and go into winter quarters. As n they do . the Thomas teeters the tow path of tha historic ! , d canal where they may speed to their heart's content This . . t nve been doing all winter and r i. ' fi has proven a good speedway.' r it.nt erring is at hand the boat -rs sre beginning- to end their hlber- i :.. period, traffic along the fa-j waterway Is being resumed and j teeters Have been loreea to take the roads again. ';'. - e '., ,' new Thomas runabout will sest . two In front and one la a rum- t Irt the rear whore tha tool 1 also te located. The price of r Is 14.000. Teat of the' new have been In presrese st irlng the past sixty days and i shown that It tferelopea great t Jit - "v5 John B. Yeon't rtfty-Honiepow-er , OAKLAND BEATEN BY . BUI ill THE ELEVENTH Dillon's Men, Manage to Squeeze Out One More Game From T the Commuters. (PnbltoKers Press by Special Uaead Wire.) Los Angeles, April U. Once more the Greeks walked Into a belated am bush, the berry boys winning out In the eleventh Inning with a score ot i to 1. It was -a pitchers' battle. Carnes passed the hits around la a very liberal fashion, but when a hit meant a run he was tighter tnan tha bark on a' tree. Willie' Hogan of Bakersfleld pinched down on the hits and kept the locale hitting them Into tbe air for nine In nings out of the lL - Oakland tied the score In the sixth and from there to the eleventh It was nip and tuck with neither side scoring. The locals scored the winning run on a double by Ellis, a single by Braaheer and a squeeze play. Summary of the game: . . . .. . ":, , .;. LOS ANGELES. . V. V AB.R.H.m A.E. Carlisle. If,- 1 12 0 0 r.ius, cr. ............ 4 Braahear, 2b. ....... I Smith, 3b. , 4 Wllon, lb. 4 Cmvath, rf. ........ 4 Delmaa, ss. ......... 4 H. Hogan, e. ....... 1 1.14 0 9 9 9 I I 0 , 0 ia 0 1 4 o at. 0 0 7 ,0 0 Carnes, p. . , ..... 4 ; Totals . -' - j ,; Baser. If. ........15 t OAKLAND. ' 4 13 AB.R.H.PO. A.E. ..,....,. sis o Van Hnltren, cf. .... 4 Heitmuller, rf. ..... 4 0 J 10 4 1 7 1 caa-nn, ss. .......... 4 HI shoe, lb. t Haley. Sb t Ievereaux. Jb.' 4 Hackett, c ......... 4 W. Hogan. p. ....... t Totals . ...t 1 10 SI II t : SCORE BT INNINGS. , Los Angeles .....1 00000000011 Hits . . j. ...... lOOOOOOOlOX 4 Oakland . . ......000001000001 Hits . . ,..,...0 0 1 1 21 10 200 io i, SUMMARY.'1 v.:-'Three-base hit Carlisle." Two-base hits Deverenux, W. Hoiran, Ellis 8ac rlflce hits Hackett, Ellis, Blghee f, Brashear. Left on- bases Los Angeles, : Oakland, 11. Bases on balls Off Hogan, S; off Carries, 2. Struck out By Carnes. 6; by W. Hogan, (. Stolen bases Smith, Van Haltren. First base on errors Los Angeles 2. Hit by pitcher Devereaux X. . Time of game xwo nours ana zs minutes.. Lropi Perrlne;.. POOL TOURNAMENT IS ARRANGED AT MULTNOMAH The billiard committee at " the Multnomah club announces that the games will ' be resumed on Tuesday evening. - The following ruling ha been made: - Games scheduled and not played on date set, or If played before, or If any contestant falls to appear at tha ap pointed time such game will be for felted, to the opponent, unless arrange ments Jiave been made for postpone ment "' ' -April 1(, 107. I P. m. Geo. McMil lan vs H. H. Jenkins. . 1:10 p. m., H. H. Jenkins vs M, Rosa . V. . April 17, p. mM Geo. McMllIsn vs M. Rosa :I0 P. m., M. Ross vs Dr. 3. P. Goray. ,- ... . April 13, 8 p., ni., Geo. McMillan vs H. Moore. 1:10 p. m., Geo. McMillan VS Dr. . P. Goray. ' . . speed and power and has the quality of reliability to a marked degree. - - Al though announcement of the new car waa made to the Thorn a a representa tives throughout the country only a short time ego the number ot orders already received show ample warrant for the placing of It In the Thomas line. -The Portland Automobile club mem ber! have agreed to participate-ia tha street parade of the 8oclety Circus on next Thursday, Friday snd Ssturday evenlnga, This will insure a most in teresting event before the circus on sach evening as the full list of per formers will be In the panda. The Una of march of - the - parade will be an nounced later. . ' .' ' A new Idea has been brought out on the Thomas Flyers this year through the replacement of tha ordinary wooden tool box on the running board by one of alumlnnm. 1 - a : . : At the last meeting of the Portland Auto club the following new membcre were elected: Julius Meier, J. Silver field. H. E. Nohle, Dr. Harry McKay, C J. Catterlin, A. D. Perklna - snd George Blodgett.. ; . ; . e .s ' ' :' ! ' The Pullman Auto - Car Col, just shipped some handsome automobiles to the Northwestern Car Co.. of Seattla Washington, that were rebuilt and re modeled. Mr. Perkins states that he has on , hand elghty-feur machines awaiting repairs. An Interesting sight at the Pullman Auto Csr company, Sixth and' Everett streets Saturday was W. C. Morns, cashier of the Oregon Trust company and Savings bank tn ' overalls and lumper "learning" his own machine. Mr. Morris Is Somewhat of a machinist' himself snd prides himself wttb the fact that ha eoce worked at tba trade. Poptr - Toledo Slmonslno, First Car ot Its TT- ' ! ' I ' 1 BILLY H1BBS I'ISS THE JESSE BROWN HANDICAP 's.,. .... v Three Features Mark the Card on the Closing Day at'. ?v Bennlngs Track. (PsbUahenf - Press by Special Leasee Wire ) Bennlngs Race - Track, April It. Three features marked the card for the closing day. Tha Jesse Brown eup proved eaay - for BUlle Hlbba The steeplechaae feature had only three starters - and Eaaex led from start to finish. The sumamry: First race, seven furlongs Bella et Jessamine, 111, Radtke,' to 1, won; Wabash Queen, Of, Goldstein, - to 1, second; Jack McKeon, 117, Mountain, 12 to 1. third; time, 1:L - , Second race, four furlongs Billy Hlbba 112. Miller, 4 to (. won; Jubilee, 115, McDanlel, T to i, aeoond; Trey of Spades, 110. Radtke. 17 to L third; tlma 0:40 4-S. . - ' Third - race, aaven furlongs Rose of Dawn. 00, Notter,. II to I, won; Lord Boanerges, 105, Mountain, 10 to I, sec ond; Sllckaway. 100, Radtke, 7 to' 1. third; time, 1:20 4-5. Fourth race, about two miles, ateenle- chasa-Essex. 140, Taylor. 1 to I, won; Lylstrata. 154, O'Brien, 10 to I, sec ond; Guardian, 140, Harrison. 0 to 2, third; time, 5:0! 2-5. ' . Fifth race, steeplechase, about two miles Dr. Kleth. 142, Archibald. It to 5. won; Com., Fontaine, 147, Mclaerney, even, second; Rockstorm, 1(1. Holder, t to 1, third; time. 4:00. r. One-elxth mile and 40 yards Bul wark, 107, Mountain, 0 to I, won; Sally K. 84. Goldstein, T2 to 1, second; Deau- ber, 105, Mclntyra, 4 to 1, third; tlma AMERICAN LEAGUE t , Won. Lost PC, 1.000 1.000 .600 , .500 Boston New York Detroit . . f ... 1 1 . ............. i . 1 1. . , 1 St Louis Cleveland Chicago . .600 .500 , .000 000 Washington ...,, w ........ 0 Philadelphia Detroit. Mich., April - It. Cleveland defeated Detroit In tbe second game of tbe American league schedule by a score of 0 to t. Detroit tendered Wlllett poor support and Cleveland's four runs In the sixth inning came after the - aide ahould have. been retired. Score: - R. H. E. Detroit . . ; .... .0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 t Cleveland . 0 0101410 10 11 9 Batteries Wlllett, Jones and Parjie; Hess snd Bemla - Umpires Sheridan and Stafford., New' York and Washington. - Washington. April It. The New York and Waahlngton Americans played 10 Innings to a tie . this afternoon, dark ness putting sn end to the contest Hogg's wlldness was . mainly responsi ble for Washington's earlier runs The ecore: ; .. . . , - , - t ' J7 w New York ... .0011020000 4 0 Z Washington ..020001000 0 i 8 2 Batteries Hogg, Clarkson and Kleln ow; Graham, - Falkenberg, Kit son and Hayd-jn. Vr- Ire Connolly. , . Browns Are Beaten.' St Louis, April It. Tha white Sox defeated the Browns here today In the second game of tha aerlea. George Stone created a aensstlon by slamming out a Items run In the first inning. - The diamond was dry and fast, but the weather . clear and too cold for fast baseball. Tha score: , i . , Chicago ,4i ....000011 01 1-io 38' 8 St. Louis 1 8001100 0 4 12 8 Batteries Walsh and Sullivan; Jacob son and t -evens. Umpire O'Loughlln. NATIONAL LEAGUE All ot the National league games were postponed yesterday on account of. rain. Won. Lost M Chicago . , .. l Cincinnati . . ........... 1 Philadelphia i , ......... 1 Boston . . ............. 1 Brooklyn ............ 0 New York, .... 0 St. Louis. ............. 0 1.000 hOOO 1.000 1.000 . .000 .000 - .000 .000 Pittsburg , M. A. A. C. CHATTER - This - morning the Multnomah league will atart tha ball rolling. LUtle Potatoes will - tackle the club The Red Onlona and tha ' Colts , will try conclu sions with tha Yannlgana Manager Eastman announcea that Multnomah and Oregon university, will cross bats on the club diamond -next Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Tha M. A, A. C. Players are: Newman, n: Houston and Ringer, C; Blm-mott, ,1 B, Campbell. IB; McClellan,' S S; Murphy or Houston, IB; Hlnkle, C F; Trow bridge, l Fi Trimble, R F. . . First Game at Boise. V Boise, Idaho, April It. The first league game of baseball will ba played here tomorrow between Huntington and Boise. ,. Baseball. Baseball. - 2:80 p. m. sharp today. L. S. Frakea va. North Pacific Brewing company. Recreation ' park, Twenty-fourth and Vauchn ftroeU. Admission 2i cents. Delivered In Portland. .1ICHI6AH I.1AY BE BARRED; ffiO;.l THE GfliifEREHCE Unless the. Wolverines Conform to the Rules They Will ; - ; . Be Ruled Out. (Pebllshers' Press ky apeelal Leased WIra.) Chicago. April It. Unless tha . Uni versity of Michigan athleUo team con forms to tha rulea of tha conference ot college athletloa that collage will ba debarred from participation la the events of tha other big eollegsa At a meeting held today at tha members of the conference all of tha western col leges In It excepting Minnesota agreed to use this drastio means of forcing tha rebellious Michigan college to comply with tha rulea Tha meeting was at tended by Dr. C P. Hutchins, Wiscon sin; A. A. Stsgg, 3. B. Rayoroft. A. W. Small, Chicago; N. O. Weetbeity. Indi ana; T. T, Moran, Purdue; A. O. Smith. Iowa; Prof. R. B. WUsoa, L. C. GUlea by. Northwestern; V. H. Lena and U. M. Batten, Michigan. - . Minnesota was not represented. Tha rules limit the number of football games to two less than the number Michigan wants to play.. ., . -.y: ' '.OREGON WINS MEET (Continued from Page Twelva ', 50-yard dash Kelley, U. of O., first; Moores, U. of second; Houston, V, of O., third; .time, i t-5 oeconda 440-yard, dash Oreenhaw.O. A. C-, first; Howard, O. A. C, second; Haw- klna. M. A. A. C, third; time, 54 4-5 aeconda - . ., t... ,- ; High Jump Chapman, O. A. C., first. a feet 8 inches; Henderson, U. of O, second, I feet 8 Inches; Kuykendall, U. or u, third, o xeet t mcnea - Pole vault Swann, O. A. C, first, 18 feet 8 inches; Moullen, U. of O., second, 10 feet 7 Inches; Robinson, U, of O, Burna. T, M. C. A., third. 10 feet " Shot put McKinney, U. of O., ' first; 44 feet 8 Inches; Hug, C. of O., second, 87 feet 10 Inches; Moullen, U. of O., third. 26 feet lnchea . 220-yard dash Kelly. TJ. of O.. first; Moores, Utif O., aeoond; Shroder, O. A. C., third. Time, It 1-6 .seconds. 880-yard run Devolt. O. A. C first; Woods, U. of second; Dodson, U. of O., third. Time, t minutes 11 t-8 seconda ' ,- . . , Mile run Devolt, O. A. C, first; Leon ard, Y. M. C. A., second; Platts, U. of O.. third. - Time, 6 minutes 7 I -5 seconda , '"'. i . '- 60-yard high hurdles Moores. TJ. of O., first; Kuykendall, U. at O., second; Swann, O. A. C, third. .Time, 8 4-6 seconda ; ' Broad jump Kuykendall, : TJ. of Ou first, 20 feet 6 lnchea; Kelly, U. of a. second, 20 feet 1 Inch; Hawkins, T. M. C A., third, 18 feet 7 8-4 lnchea Kelly afterwards 'gave an. exhibition broad jump and cleared 22 feet 8 lnchea : Half-mile - relay Moore, Huston, Kilts. Kelly, V. of O.. first; Loonoy, Bergman, Shroder, Greenhaw, O. A. C, second. Time, 1 minute 88 t-l seconda .. Academlo ITveata. 60-yard dash Kuykendall ' Eugene high, first; Dart, Portland high, aecond; Holmes, Pacific university, third. Time 8, aeconda " . 220-yard dash May, Hill Military, first; Prehen, East Side high, aecond; El maker, Eugene high, third. , . Time 25 2-6 seconds. 50-ysrd hurdles Kuykendall, Eugene high, first; Hawkins, Portland high, aeo ond; McGulre. Portland . nigh, third. Time 7 8-6 aeconda. t - Half-mile relay Ennla. Qulnn. Fries, Kehoe, Columbia university, first; El- maker, Keetly, JBean . Krleger Eugene high aecond; Meier, - Dart, - Hlckson, Houston, Portland high, third. Time, 1 minute 42 1-6 aeconda. Tha officials who had tha event In charge, which was tha fourth annual Indoor-track and field, meet, eonalated of the following: x Referee, - C C Hoiseii, Spokane; Judgea of ' finish, George McMillan, president M. A. A. C; Walter Daly, N. D. V.; E. E. Morgan, M. A. A. C, and E. Ringer; field judges, Frank K. Watklna, M. A. A. C; Rosooe Hurst N, D. U.J F. M. Meyers, T. M. C. A.; William Murray, M. A. A. C; Dr Palna Rush Medical; timers, W B. Fechheimer, M. A. A. C; Hugh Boyd, Stanford; H. A. Herdman, M. A. A. C: A. B. McAlpln. M. A. A. C; Inspectors R. T. Caswell. M B. James, M. A- A. C: George Oam mla M. A. A. C; clerk of course, F. 3. Lonergan, N. D. V; announcer, John Cronan. MA. A. C; scorer, Fred Lees-ton-8mlth. i , ST. LAWRENCE PLAYERS V TRIM OREGON EAGLES The St. Lawrsnoe team defeated the Oregon Eagles yesterdsy by tha score of IT to 8. Tha Una up: . Bt. Lawrence. ., ' Oregona Lay cock " i.C.....,f,. Everest Twltchell P McKean Mascott ....... ...SS. ....... Andrews Meager 1 B. ...... . Everest Carmody ........ ..IB, ......... Keary Larlen ...SB.., Harris Swvian ..LF Lamberti Sable t ......... ..It" ; Webster Hoffman CF. . Front) Umpire, Clarence Cook. I Type to ss -Let V V , J I Ta V " - Exam? YOLlf y jtmu"Si ' 19 171 ww : Compare theFeatu Buggi es Other Make ot High-Grade Buggies The Staver Buggies'have many features that are exclusive on these vehicles only, and among, the many practical points of great value on the axle are the excellent wearing qual ities and the adjustable nut that makes it one of the best and most serviceable features ever put into a vehicle. Also consider the Streator Top Lowering attachment J YOU GET. THESE FEATURES ON NO OTHER VEHICLE, there is value In this feature) that our competitor cannot offer. THEY ARE ONLY TO BE HAD IN.THIS LINE. We want you to be sure that you understand these good qualities, and get the benefit of them in securing your new buggy. You should keep this in mind and know the good value of good practical features. We are always" able to give you. WHAT WE PROMISE MORE FEATURES THAT CONTROL MORE PERFECTION, QUALITY, WORK MANSHIP . 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