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.V't': i VIIE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAU ' PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 0, 1003. 4 , j -ww , .. m. mm - r-B p -1 at t km b. r- v m - w-mw- . r --bbbe. -. r. r n 1 v ji - 1 r i s 1 h. mi - ,i Bfe. aBKn .-. . , - bb '-- e-a - huh en- . . . . . . - DUFFY TELLS OF . KELLVS STYLE .Former Kecord Holder Crit icises Oregon Boy's Itun : ning at New York. ADVISES CHAMPION TO V SEEK OUTD00E COTJESB COLLFGimil! IE BILLIARD CHAMPION CATJGIIT ESSAYING DIFFICULT SHOT. mm mens mm wCT ' Four Greatest Pitchers of Recent Years Were For merly Students. RICHMOND FIRST TO STARTLE BALL FANS Georgetown Wonder Impressed With I Brown Mowed Down Professional riston-Like Stride of Western rheaonenon and BelleTes Ho Will f Be Heard Prom Before Long. Sluggers With 'Amazing Eai Several Campos Stars Like Yale's Tad Jones Refused Good Offers. r 2 Arthur Duffy, holder of ths world's sprinting tlU untU bis mark Of 1-6 was equaled ty Dan Kelly, the Oregon toy, whd Is- running In some f the . -New York meets, has written aa ar ticle on the new champion's Style. Commenting on his work the other night In Madleon Square Garden, when Kelly waa beaten,' he saya: i;- "It was .an extremely critical crowd that' waa present to witness the per formance of the western-crack, and all Were anxious to see whether or not he would lira up to the reputation be had established for himself. In the west of running 100 yards la 4-1 seconds. With ejl due consideration to the cham pion. It must be admitted that Kelly competed under the most unfavorable circumstances. Before the race he ao knowledge that be had not been ' la training for many months and that It was bta first appearance at Indoor rao ' irg. - He was entered In the 60-yard and the 20-yard handicap dashes, being forced to grtre liberal handicaps tn both events, tnua giving him very poor op portunity to tuow nis real lorm. Failed la Short Spita. "In particular was bis work In the short sprint noticed, and when the champion failed to quality in his beat, which waa won la the rather slow time of I- seconds, many of the critics present were seen to shake their heads. But even considering the disadvantages . . which the westerner had to compete with. It was equivocally conceded by many of the 1 olio were of sprint-running that Keily failed to show the real cali ber that would stamp him aa a world- oeaier. his worn as a whole showed that he possessed none of the f luesse that Is so essential la the running of j.vv jiu in kucu wonaenui time. "In build Kelly is the typical raw- uuueu western atniete witn the broad chest- and the well-rounded limbs. Me possesses ail the requisites of a cham pion sprinter, ana. while he f ailed , to make the most favorable fmpresslea last night. It seems that in the course of the near future we will hear mora from him. . "His starting ability was up to the usual ' high standard of a champion, and none of the eastern runners had anything on -iiim in leaving the mark with precision. On the scratch he used the regular crouching start, being well extended on all fours. It was bis starting that in particular appealed to the critics, and when the starter fired Kelly's heat away It was seen at once that the champion began to gain on Ills field. After, however, he approached the finish line he was seen to Xade away decidedly. Has Beautiful Stride. k J 'Ills first strides were made with piston-like motion, and were thrust for- - ward with great force. Unlike many other sprinters, his first stride was no 1 extremely long one, and after that he appeared to cut them short a bit In this manner he had mastered the most Important essential of sprint running. Me runs perfectly natural, and in no way did he employ a new style of striding. "Although Kelly had but little oppor tunity to show the real power of his stride in the shorter sprint. In the longer run the spectators had plenty of opportunity to notice tha wonderful driving force he possesses la his mus cular legs. Ills striding action was concentrated a.t the hip, and ha - ap peared to run similar to the action of a -pacta ir horse as distinguished from the up and down motion which so many of our runners use today. When the westerner was at top speed he used 1 peculiar bounding TOWUon,- which was re trponslblei for the extra few inches on .nis stride, -with ma lonir. srraceful ac tion he combined s cross arms motion, i which he used ' from the elbow. To many or the spectators It aDoeared car ticularly awkward, but at the same time ji was responsible xor a mua ui which enabled KeMy to get over the ground much faster, , Weak at the rinlsn. x 7n tha furlong dash Kelly again started oui wun me uswu precision that he did in the shorter sprints, and it was. in una race tnac cna cnamoion . waa looked upon to snow Ills' real .fin ishing ability. At ones he. gained on bis competitors and continued -to do so until he captured the field; but ' after this point he was seen to again raae away, In this respect he was. a great dlsap- raent the spectators were expecting the cnampion to let xorsn one, 01 ma 4igm nlng-itke bursts of speed, but on each uccasion neiiy zaiiea to - materialise, In a word, the whole position of KeUr't body at top speed seemed to be: moat unsuitable for the accomplishing of Treat speed. t" Should Quit Indoor Running ' TVith many of our former champloa sprintors, they ran with the body Well extended forward, and used a sort of a erouch about tho shoulders which made the runner, appear to the spec-; ta tors bh though he had no neck what hl? particular point waa eBpe-i CJJrL"?fta- Bernard defers, ,the former champion sprlntsr, 1 nd when KeHy was seen to run wtth 1 li is peculiar yprlght position of the body ! ,t,vTalu,ont3 how e ever pos nniVvi!f! 'Ur,neenn!he' ehaAplbn what one mi bt terra ,e traoef ul runner. On the contrary, he runs rather awkwardly his arms : and legs appearing, to be swung to the four winds, but which t the Same time, makes him look as If he wa flying over the ground. He runs wun frreu aeurmiostion ana nas Mnty of nerve in going into the con- tKt. In the races last night - he TTOvea conciuaivelv teat he is not an Lidoor runner, but would run to greater advntare on : cinder path.' . Kelly wouid ao wen to give upau uaoor running." u- Tomorrow Monday) will " 'positively. h the 1,1 st day for discount on west c sas Diua. for nana vas eompany. CoIIege ball players have been In de mand ever Since Lee Richmond, who was a student la Brown University, startled the baseball World In 1880 by shutting out the Cleveland club without a hit or a run or allowing a man to get to first base. Richmond pitched for the Worcester club, then a. member of the national league. He was Che first left bander to create a sensation : In the national league. When he first nltched a rain at the Chk-sgo club, Dalrymple and Oore, the great jertnanaea batters 01 tne tea in. were helnless before him. Richmond was at that time a big drawing card. People came long distances to see the college boy mow down the bitters. Four of the areatest pitchers of re- rent rears. If not of all time, were col legians. They are Christy Mathewson, ho graduated from BuCkncll; Kddie Plank, from Gettysburg; K. Keulbach, from Notre Dame, and orvai overall, from California. Jack Sheridan, who has been an umpire for 23 years, says of Mathewson: "tie Is the greatest pitcher the game ever knew. I have seen them all and Matty has every one beaten. CI irk son, Kusle, Wa.ldell. lialdwln, Chesboro and many others were wonders, but none of them can be compared with Mathewson." Reulbach, who has been in the na tional league since 1901. had his best season last year, when ne led the na tional league pitchers in percentage of games won. Ruelbach won 17 games and lost four a percentage of .810. second only In the seasonTs work to Wild Bill Donovan's .860 per cent Ruel bach began his professional career with & summer team In Hinsdale, Hfw Hamp shire. There he received 8116 per week, 82.50 for every man he struck out and ISO for every time he pitched oujt of nis tarn, in iuo no signea wun ee dalla team of the Missouri valley leajrue and. was sold Xo tne Chicago nationals tne same season. Stack Developed Flank. Plank" toined, tha' Athletics when be left college la 101, and was coached and' developed by Connie Mack until he led the American league pitchers in 06. So well la Plank thought of that President Comlskey. of . the Chlcatro White Sox, recently offered to trade 11 players for the lert-nanoer. uveraii, wno was unicsgo s mainstay In the box. in the world's championship games against Detroit, Is a product of the Pacific coast. Mike Fisher spotted Overall when the big fellow was making his collegiate record and algned him for the Tacoma Tigers, which won the Pacific coast pennant In 1004. The fol lowing year he was secured by Cincin nati, by which club he was turned over to the Cubs. Ho was called into three carries In the championship series, and made a remarkable record, winning two of the games to his own credit ana fin ishing In the third. Dave Fulti, the ex-Highlander, was one of the best known collegians in baseball. He drifted around from one team to another until Connie Mack put him to playing center field for the Ath letics in 1901. He was one of tho prin cipal factors in the winning of the 1902 championship bv tho Athletics. Last year Fults retired from baseball and Is now practicing law in this city. In an address at a T. M. C. A. meet ing Fults said recently: "One can. if he will, learn much from any profession or business. Perhaps yeu wonder how It comes that I. a pro fessional ball nlaver. am here address- in you today. Perhaps it is strange, but there is no reason why it should d ao. A man can be a gentleman-in the best sense of the word Tn any profession or trade, or if he cannot be he has taken up the wrong trade and had better get out of it at once. Athletics and good, clean sport teach a man many manly things. Amoni Nthese are three especially: Per sever' ance, courage- and fairness. If a man Is- goinj? to do anything at athletics as In anything else he must have the stay ing qualities and stick to the game to me last, a reuow witn a Teuow sirean in bim is not good in any sort or a game. His yellowness Is bound to show Just. when .you need bim tha moat. Just when everything la depending upon him." - Many Collegians refuse. " Man of the rood eoUese ball layer have preceded Tad Jones, the great Yale catcner, wno turneo oown several jia tional league magnates, in rafuslngOib eral Offers1 to Join, the professional ranks. Am on ar them were "ljutcn" car ter:' the 'famous, Yale Bitcher. and Jack a re en way, his catcher? BtUlman of Har vard, arid. Heyingervpf Prlneeton, who boat both' Yale and Harvard every time he faced (hem. 1 "Doe" Hillebrand, and also of Prints-ton, is not playing pro fessionally, .for the reason 1 that he wishes to olav with thj Flttsbursr club. and -cannot do eo nnder the national agreement He is now, under baseball law. the '"nronerty" of the New York Americans, but refuses to be a chattel. There is scarcely a university or. col lege In the country that has not at some time or otner naa a representative in the ' orofeaslonal ranks. Many promis ing players have been grabbed from nigh school teams while preparing for college and paid high salaries by big league warns. Among- inein i w amy Bradley, cieveiana s great tniro oase man; George Mullin. the Detroit pitch er, ana jacu Knignt, tne -oonooiDoy Wonder," who joined the Athletlca when ne was 17 years or age. jfrea ateraie. the Giants' new first baseman, played on a high school team in Toledo two years ago. . - ' "Big- Chief Bender; the Athletics In dian pitcher, had never taken part In a nine or on u 'until ne went to jariisie in 1898. Four years after he entered Dickinson collage and pttehed for that ' aae Wlaved BklL fudge Harry L. Taylor of ho United jwri i V''ytiM ' , fi .fmrm lav m : ' " . M ir -mm misssm i B H .iVV&Gf. :i 'aw" Si oi xv v rjl to nasg Ell X.-, V i.x In II f H I 7 1 . l I . t IX II f M hi jjll'-. : ' - itj Fjm) EsS3;00lwl0l0lOWOii0i0iOlOt0OlOK?i0it3E35a e UIIIIIH2 SHIflES SUNDAY BALL (S am uwtu iioi sinful gm e iucr . ua3 lAmsiueieu nam wncuinau jumisier bays ;:ndF?g Scrapper Tnreo I Each Man Is, Guardian' Months Back. i BASEBALL SITUATION V IN SOUTH IS MUDDLED of His Conscience; Kev. Herbert &Bigelow of Cincin nati nag answered tha Question: "Is tne sabbath desecrated by Sunday base- oaiu snouid the workman, who can't may or eee & eami 4urln th w..lr K. wuuruiM bww aeprived or that recreation on Sunday?" .1. i. i . . . . . - . ii. ngnt cor tnose wno nave op portunities of enjoying the innocent amusement and exhilaration - that the iori suvras on weea , aays xo - wage nio tovers or ins game or xneir.one upporiunny iq inauige tnemseives' in its Inroads on Pacific' Coast's Crack Players and Threatens Fight to Finish. George Sutton, portly and blond and phlegmatic is the champion at the 18-2 billiard gome. He plays with a caution and precision that make his game a bit tiresome, but the consummate skill with which he nurses the balls, the precision with which he gathers are absolutely marvelous. As he plays his face is nearly ex pressionless all but his eyes, they are bright and constantly on the move, darting from ball to cushion -and back to ball with lightning like rapidity. He plays rapldry. but every shot comes after all Its possibilities have been studied, and the manner in which he constantly keeps the balls in practically the same relative position is a pretty sight. clrcuit court in Buffalo, beoame a professional tun nt,... mi. ..... ESVfi Co11 o earn tho money to He played lue and for a few CaSi 7JwVu- ,Whlls Georgetown university leads in tha number of. professional' piayera turned out lament years there Is i small college in Pennsylvania called Orove City college that haa produced six good players now in tha game. They are "Spike" Shannon or the Giants, Doc Marshall 01 tne st. Louis cardinals. Charley Jones of Washington, 8am Brown or Koston. Frame smith 01 tne Chicago White Sox and Mai Eason, man ager of the Lawrence, Massachusetts, team. College ball olayers who have gamed prominence in recent years and their alma maters are: Georgetown Billy Maloney, Arthur Devlin, Dr. Harfy White, Dick Harley. Ed Munlehan. Tom my Dowd, Dew Drill, Charley Moran and Hub Hart; Brown Fred Tenny, Dave E. Fults, Billv Lauder, Mike Lynch, Louis Pattee; Holy Cross Sock Alexia, Dr. Mike. Powers, Andy Coakley, Pete Noonan, Corrigan, John Hoey, Bucknell, Christy Mathewson, Harry McCormlck; University of Illinois Garland Stahl. Carl Lundgren, Fred Falkenberg, Fred Beebe, Pfeffer. Roth lget; Cornell Harry Taylor, Phil Lew Is; Harvard Walter Clarkson; Penn sylvania Roy Thomas, Harry Gessler, Pitcher Cantwell; Girard college Har-, ry Davis; Syracuse Doo Billy Scanlon; Purdue Doo Newton: Villa Nova Mlokey Doolln; Gettysburg Eddie Plank, Emmet Heidrlck.George Winter; Macalester college Frank Isbell; Princeton, "utch" Meier; Wisconsin Clarence Beaumont, Merrie Adkins: Dartmouth Ralph Glase; University of Georgia Weldon Henley, Dickinson, "Chief" Bender; Ohio Wesleyan Branch wickev: University of California Orvie Overall: Tuffts Wirt Connell; Notre Dame Ed Beulbach, Norwood Gibson, William Murray; Rochester, Jack Barry. TACOMA SPOBTSMEN TO WATCH "POT HUNTEKS" i i (Special Dlspitea to tne Jonraal.) Taooma. Feb. 8. Nimrods of Pierce county and Tacoma have organised the pierce county uame jfrotecuve associa- linn wfelnh hn fnv ttm iMnt tha nM. tecting of game birds and animals. The association will enlist the interest of all farmers and lovers of the wild found In cities, and pot hunters and other ruthless slaughterers of game will be closely watched and Informed upon. A fund will be raised for the prosecution of violators of the game laws. Game birds and animals not having their na tive habitat here will be introduced by the association.. , r au. . i nsj nrirnipai i , v .i . . . ' - nupriPR i jr. t-fifrsiiow inivara wit n m rt in im puffuuuo nrina-1 emphatlo "Nor - -t Unhols. ths. fltrhtlnarl i'ACCOrd!llr to tn constitution Of I vuiui mi in fwiysj xyr. iiiKeiuw. flmvfi By WW J. Slattery. San Francisco, star bow shining raent is Rudolph . : is natural ana lnaeieasioie rignc tewor- -. .wl. wi4 nui. juDiii.iu wuuiuiinip AiniiKtiT una aocoroins; to tne the last feW weeks at Loa Anseles. Ills dictates or their own conscience. No two victories have made Unhols the KI!,IlVH.!t. TPil XJS$' most sought-after boxer In these part against his consent, and no preference today. Jack Gleaaon, the baseball mag-1 shall be given by law to any religious nate. who has th rermlt tn hrln aft nr,ei .nor "ha,r "V interference with ' Experience has taught us the ne cessity of one day's rest in seven. The state has a right to compel a merchant to close tils store on Sunday, Xs Class Legislation. "But 'what reason could bo assigned for tha legal prohibition of Sunday baseball grtmeaT The only possible rea son is tnat Sunday is a day of special religious significance. Those who think so are privileged to keep the day they see fit. But what about those who think otherwise? Such a prohibition is an interrerence - with tnolr rights of conscience. A law prohibiting Sunday DaseDaii games is unconstitutional In Its motive It is an attempt to use the power or tne state to enforce uson one class of cltiscns the religious opinions of another class. "My neighbor has no mora rleht to Invoke the power of law to 1 keep me from playing nan on Sunday than I would have to invoke the power of law to maice mm piay Mummy balL One man believes tnat Sunday games are wrong. Another. Hint as sincerely and ner. hans iwlth better reason, believes that Bunaay rames are right. Rich man holds to nis opinion with good con science. Ana the constitution- says there shall be no interference with their rights of Conscience. Onn men la na much entitled to the protection, of the constitution ns tne otner. "The preschers have a right to nreach tnat it is wicKea to piay Dan on Sun dny. They have no right to enforce! ineir teaenmg with a policeman's club. The state may establish Sunday a aay ot rem. it cannot esinnusnsun nay as a aay or worsnin. ir n mnn finds more rest in a ball game tnanJnf a nennun. mm may ne nis lault. or It the February show here, is doing a hot foot in an effort to land Unhotx. Ha made a trip to Los Angeles to secure tne winner or tne Nelson-Unhols mlxup and has the consent of the Boer to fight here. Now the only thing that is wor rying uieason is an opponent lor Un noia. Packy McFarland seems to be the only real live one In sight, but aa tha time is limited, it Is a question as to wnetner tne Chicago crackerjack can be landed here In season for the mill. Gleason has been burning the wires be tween Los Angeles and the east for sev- eral days past endeavoring to fix it up wun Atcrariana, ana tne cnances are that tha latter will come to this city shortly, though there la some doubt as to when he will fight. Unhols Boss Quickly. Unhols' recent performances in the south keen everybody sidestepping, Prior to trimming Nelson and Memelc, the uoor waa rated as a nam and egg ngnter without class. uniy a lew montha ago he was sriven the hItcd mixture by Cyclone Thompson In Pueblo, Colorado, in eignt rounds. Thompson never did any good for himself around mis city, in one or tna nign grade men would have thought of lowering) his dignity by fighting Unhols three months ago. now that Unhols, wno was beaten so decisively by Thompson, comes back and wallops man who figured 100 to 1 shots over the Cyclone a few month ago, th4 fight fans are guessing and figuring. There are olentr of clubs In the field. but no available matches. .It looks as though ihe public is about to be over burdened with budding promoters, who wui Kill on tne- game enortiy unless game something happens. All these men soetn anxious to get perauia una men sign I v k-. ,iT - : rt up a couple of trafnpa Just for ths sake arats it li n rlva fSJZfX?"'1 of pulling oft a match. Thla may be all njr rat " ' a private matter. I , Mount Angel Wins. (Special Dlapttcb to The Journal.) : Mount Angel, Or., Feb. 8. Mount Angel college s second basketball team defeated the Scott's Mill first five last night in a fast game, the score being 16 to 7 in favor of the college. Bread Free. Read the ad of Butter Nut and Buster Brown Bread on alphabetical page. Tomorrow (Monday f will Positively be the last day for discount on west side, gas bills. Portland Gas company, CRACK BASKETBALL TEAM OF DALLAS COLLEGE. Hiwit.wwwt-ia)')iii'swiiiiiia'ii - r i v V - ii - ; w p X 1 V V f : . :v. ' X ' ' . " . . T' ". .. ...'. V . . . . J 4 f'-'tiS- ' : ' - , iiii Mi,iwr-iii.Hii,nnli mifiii rwt il in, i l I -r- ...-- - , . ----.i Vll mffra. .b-Miii nn-iiniitiiniMl iy,iiwli i (Speelal - Dlspatek to Th Jeomal.) ' Dallas, Or ' Feb. The victorious Dallas college basketball team has played eight contested gamer since the season opened ln December, and has won every gram oy large score. All but two of these games were played vae locu 1 xioor, date, with the s6ores made are as fol lows: Dallas 87, Monmouth Normal 12, at Dallas; Dallas J2; -University bf Oregon 11, at Dallas; Dallas 13, Oregon Agricultural college 11. at Dallas; Dal las 19, -Nome Brotherhood team 23, at Dallas: Dallas 69. - Willamette uni versity 11, at -Dallas: Dallas 3 J, East Portland;. Dallas S 9, Ashland Athletic club, at Dallas; Dallas 7, Willamette university 4, at Salem, . The players In the 'picture,- reading from left to right, arw as followst Top row Teats, ooachf- Launder, substitute; Kersey, manager. Lower row Fenton, forward; C. Shaw, guard; Craven, cap tain, forward; Savory, guard; N. Shaw center. -- , , right for a town like Los Angeles, where they do not know much about the high art aide of the fighting game. but it will never run In San Francisco, where the snorts have been used to such classy matches In the past rieet Will Bring Class. The real harvest in the boxing game is due to be reaped when the fleet arrives. There will be more fighting then than any other city In the world has ever known. The supervisors have aiready consented to allow the pro moters to pull off a fight everyweeK in the civ. Jim Coffroth, ownerf the Mission street arena, which is Just out side the county line, can pull off. as many fights as he wishes. He will put on one every Saturday afternoon If he can get the men to fight, and when Coffroth starts he usually geta away with his undertaking. With the opposition promoters work ing overtime for the benefit of the jackles, there should be some lively snort with the mitts. The chances are that every boxer of note from every part of the country will head ror Ban Francisco when the fleet is within .tri.in- distance of the harbor. They all realise that there will be a lot of money in sight for them, and they will all be breaking their necks to get on elthen nere- pr at uoimu. .Baseball Is Muddled. The baseball situation is in a very miulrilMl condition at nie present time. with bright prospects for a fight to a finish between the Pacifio Coast, and the rmt leagues. Tom present inaica' Hnn it would aDDear that the bush lay out lias a good many Bhades on the major organization. in mtnsnni.tm i tha former have been working hard but noiselessly for the past two months tin nt the present time they have suc ceeded In building up a league that is going to show a lot of speed during the coming season. . Pniili on the San Francisco and Oakland teams have been frequent till these Dines una tnemseives up against it for want of good men. One of the latest to fall to the overtures of the bush managers is Bill Devereaux. the old reliable third baseman of the Com muters. He has all but signed un a mm. tract to nlav third for the Santa Crus team of the State league, which, by the way, win nave continuous uu-ti in inn Hiinnuinr minima. rheriev Irwin and Nick Williams are very likely to cast tneir lots witu tne Alameda pusn nine wunin me nun few days. Besides having standing sal ary offers that are as large as they re ckIvhiI from the San Francisco manage ment last season, the local stars will be backed by Alameda capitalists in a hnwiinef nllev and billiard parlor across the bay if they care to forsake the big lees-us zor ine country team. . uiuwb the San Francisco powers come In with a big boost in tne pay roil, w imams ana Irwin will b lost when the season opens si-Uin ana Jtogan , juuxa. Jimmy Smith and Happy Hogan of tha Oakland team, are much amrttht after by the Fresno backers. They nave been keeping very quiet, but' it is understood- that unless their salaries ana ma terlallv Increased when the contracts are sent around next 'week, they will for sake uakiana lor tne raisin city. - The only move made recently by the San Francisco management was Vhe signing up of two new catchers Slat tery, or tne bioux v-ity team oi tne Western- League, and Berry, the man who finished the season with the Phila delphia Americans, after catching great ball for the champion Wllllamsport nine of - the ' Tri-State league. 4 Manager Danny Long is making a talk to the effect that he has tha remainder of last year's San FranclscO team practically Intact, but he will have to show the fans a whole lot very soon before they win oeneve mm. . - ...... The work of flxuif us the local ball III LIE GIVES EXCELLENT SKITi Large Parties Take Advan tage of Glassy Ice and Enjoy Fine Sport. (SgecUl Dispatch to Tha Journal.) Elgin, Feb. 8. The greatest skating rink in eastern Oregon haa been pre pared by nature on Wallowa lake, which is now frozen over, with ! tn eight Inches of Ice that forms one fft the most beautiful skating fields ever seen in the state. The water waa clear and still before being frosen, and the ice Is transparent permitting a view of rocks 60 and 76 oeiow tne Burrnce, t. Every night skating parties of from zoo to 400 people from all parts of Wallowa county have enjoyed excel lent skating on the lake. .The lake Is iour ana a naif miles in length, and about a mile in width, and this entire surface of glaring ice la smooth as glass, and affords excellent sport Some excellont speed records have been made by expert skaters who have sped over the entire length of ths lake In Incred- imy Bnort time. One unique feature of the skating parties are the coffee booths erected of iiimoer ana canvas in the center of the lane on the ice fields. In these booths refreshments are served to'the merry Surues, ana oiten tne skating lasts un 11 after midnight. . , , " ,, ,, . Silverton Wins Game. . (Special IMsDiteh to Tha Jnnrnal.l Silverton. nr.. Feb. a Th sirla nf tne Biiverton nign school, basketball team took tho championship away from the girls of the Albany team last night in a game played t the opera house in this city, which resulted t to I in favor Following this the boys of the Silver ton high' school defeated tha Albany Doys Dy a score or 20 to 39. , park la nroa-ressinar very slowly.. ' The Infield has. not been sodded yet owing to the rainy weather, and . the outfield la an plowed tip. The magnates say that it will be ready, for the Chicago White Sox upon their arrival here on March 1, though from present, indication the workmen are fortunate if they have completed their task a, month later than tne epeciaaa time. ;.-W'-y"'' f..;paontk,.lore'of JBaelng..;-, It is a safe bet that the racinr sea'" son will be extended a month. President! Williams of the New California Jockevl club will not go on record aa to this,! but he has Intimated that he is willing' and ready to yield to popular demand! and give, the public an extra month of i tne sport instead or switcning to .feta luma, as waa originally planned. They are figuring on a great Influx of horses .from the Los Angeles track when the season .closes in - the south oa April - J- Tha bookies nave been taking so much money away from the players that they figure they can 4o the iracK WKn equal eaexieniy ii tne sea son is prolonged a month.- In tha mean time . the bettors are crasv for. mora tima to' recoup-their fortunes, so the' cnances or- iew weexo additional rao-1 lng looks good right now. ... ? . . j oof. Qamn played to 1816 AtUetio club of lortlana ip$ at - , " " ' '- ' r ' ' " i-t':.'-.!'' 1
