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DUFFY TELLS OF
. KELLVS STYLE
.Former Kecord Holder Crit
icises Oregon Boy's Itun
: ning at New York.
ADVISES CHAMPION TO
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BILLIARD CHAMPION CATJGIIT ESSAYING DIFFICULT SHOT.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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?"
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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"
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(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.
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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
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