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Newspaper Page Text.THE ' OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNINO. FEBRUARY 16. 1003. 2 pfff'f1 ibssbbeui i.i .nil sgggtcBC i 1 i, . i i , i i i m hi, . n . i 7.7 ," V ' ; J Sf- . " r """" """" : """ T"-PS3 )lxs ROSTER OF US III COAST LEAGUE (Members of Four Teams Are ' . Now Nearly All Known ! to Fans. JLITI?OACIILG SEASON , BEINGS TERSPIRATION Ctouthcm Magnates Scurrying Around In Effort to Giro Fans Satisfactory ; Rascball Aggregation! From the Start of the Race. ' PERSONNEL OF COAST TEAMS. " Portland Catchers, Ostdiek, Walsh ' ad Whaling; pitcher, Harmon, Qarrett, Lakaff, Klnsella, Groom, Pernoll, Califf, Plnanca, Bloomfleld and Jensen; ln flelders. Danslg, Casey, Coon ay, Ryan, Carr, Olaen, Kennedy and Johnson; out fielders, Basscy. Raftery and McCredle. ' Oakland Catchers, Dash wood, Shin el and Strlpp; pitchers, Hopkins, John- Bon, McFarland, Reldy, Wright and Carnes; lnflelders, Hogan, Haley, Ka gan, Scrugga and I'uvereaux; outfield ers. Smith, Van Haltern and Heltmul ler. San Francisco. Catchers, Eaola and fllattery; pitchers, Jones, Henley, Hoag, - Whltredge and Sibley; lnflelders. Wall Williams, Pendry, Zleder, Mohler and Jrwln; outfielders, Hlldebrand, Piper and Melcuolr. uam Anreiea Catchers, Eager, East erly and Hogan; pitchers, Randolph, Ni- . gle; lnflelders, billon, Braahear, Del mas and Smith; outfielders, Ellis, Oakes, Bernard and Elston. ' VM.h March and the training; season . nearly ner the magnates are hustling to get their numerous players In 11ns for the coming season. The Coast ' league has spent a bushel of money . this year, and every team In the league . Is well fortified In every department, . .and If paper will tell, every -team but i Oakland has strengthened wonderfully. Teams Sot Complete. Th teams as given above are not sui complete, ior uanny Liong nas prom , ised th Frisco fans two big league bltchers. Berry and Frank Chance have a deal on by which Berry Is to secure av coupie or pitcners, ana oawana nas - been promised some help from a major league magnate. 'Vision, me outfielder. Has already been turned over to the Angels by Chance, but th pitchers ' names have not been announced. - Berry seems to have made a fine deal when h secured Elston, for he lad th Ohio and Pennsylvania league In , paiung wun an average or .lis. De ides fielding .961. His record shows Jum to be an exceptionally fast man. Berry has mad good In his promises to give in uom Angeies rans a gooa team for x08. He has his last sea son s infield intact, for Boston a draft ing of JJelmas was nothing but a scheme : or rosy iienry to covor mm up. Be- - aides, there Is a good chance of Danny giuay, the crack New York second base man, coming to Los Angeles. He has declared that he will not act as utility man another year, and ao that he fwants to play in Los Angeles, so it would not be surprising to see Danny sporting an Angel uniform this sum mer. If he la secured it 1 the plan to , put Braahear in the outfield. This would give Berry one of th fastest outfields In the league. Bernard would . probably hold down center, Braahear light, and Ellis, Elston and Oakes would- fight It out for left Wold Berry's greatest trouble will b to . srt a pitching staff capable of. holding Its own in this league. The only man he is reasonably sure of at present is , Nagle. Burns and Gray were sola last fall and Randolph Is reported to have Jumped to the state, league. However, "the uncle" is working hard, and with k th help of Frank Chance will probably .succeed in getting two or three twirlers before the opening of the season. Danny hong, with his Frisco team, has also been working hard and has Continued on Page Four.) .v; x y y -frrr rf- '-" P hV yfrv v r: - '' '? y ' - f -f k i ' ' rl. J h "'--'&s,K i f i , ( ;" r sr V ' 'M-jftfivX .5 -z -J: tL IV. J E. tf. Bauer Wacs Homing Pigeon, "o. H. C. No. 7, 1907 " Which .'Captured Two Race ; Lat Sumraer for Young Birds, Flying From i - Eugene and Roeburg,. Distance a respectively of 100 and' 1B0 Mllei At the Time of the Performance tb filrd wag Tour Montb Old. KETCHEL ENTERS CONFIDENT Mike Twin Says Thomas' Conqueror Hasn't Chance in the World. By W. TV. Nsughton. San Francisco, Feb. II. Next Satur day afternoon Cof froth's Mission-street arena wlU resound to the ewat of th padded flat aqd the cheers of a throng of fight patrons. The occasion will be a 25-round contest between th all- conquering young middleweight, Stsn-' ley Ketchel, and th lighter of that pair of useful performers known as th Bulllvan twins. Ketchel will surely enter the ring a favorite, but from present Indications the short end will be liberally patron ised by the bottlng fraternity. After carefully weighing the chances, th con census of opinion seems to be that Ketchel has done nothing to install blm a very strong choirs over the man from Boston. Ketchel. aay the Sulllvanttes, hasn't been tried out yet. He has mere ly proven that his style Is better than Joe Thomas' style and there Isn't an atom of evidence to ahow that Thomas Is a more formidable opponent than Mike the Twin. On the contrary, it is claimed that Mike outclasses Thomas In everything that makes for successful boxing. When all Is said, however. Buiuvan s friend pin their faith in that straight left of Mike's as their one best bet. They say that Thomas fumbled and fiddled and changed his style In an effort to get away from Ketchel's double-handed swinging, but that Mike rellea on his left and will stay with it through thick and thin. Ketchel lat sll confidence. For that matter, self-reliance is this young man's chief characteristic. He Is training faithfully the principal reason being that he likes that kind of training but he Is looking clear over Sullivan s head and planning for the future. 'There will be nothing to this fight." said Stanley. 'I'll lick Sullivan so quickly that some one will have to ex plain lo him how it happened." "And thenT" Will Seek the Mbmpl life. 'Well. I suppose 111 be called upon to fight Papke or Kelly or perhaps both. but they won t give me much trouble. Anyhow, after I have a ctvple of fights I am going in for farm life. I have al ready spotted a place in Michigan which I think will suit me. I Intend to put th old folks on th farm and live with theni for about six months. Maybe, If they would like to come to California to live. 111 chang my plans. Anyhow, Its farm life for m for half a year. "And thenT' "Well, by that time I expect to have filled out and hardened so that the flesh I have gained will be of some service to me." "And. thenT' "And then." said Ketchel with a laus-h. "I will trv my hand with the heavyweights. Licking welters and mid dles gives a certain amount of satisfac tion, out it's my one great ambition to be the world's champion heavyweight" "I'm going to iignt tms xeuow care fully." said Mlk th Twin. "Mind you. I'm not going to back up. I- never do that. But I am going to be more care ful than ever before. I'll study him and block him and I'll sting him with that straight left. I have never seen him fight, but I've listened to so much about hitn that It's about the same as If I had watched him in action. He hasn't a chance in the world to beat me. If he comes after me I'll tear htm - to pieces quickly. If he tries to fight away a worry mm so that he 11 have to' set in ana do something. You see, I've boxed all kinds of men and know pretty well , how to handle any man of my weight, no matter what his style may be." Chans-e- In Schedule on O. W. P Lines. Portland Railway, Light A Power company, beginning tomorrow, cars will leave First and Alder streets for" Oregon City every 80 minutes from 6:30 a. m. to 9 p. m., Inclusive, then 10, 11 p. m., last car 12 midnight: to Gresham. Boring, Eagle Creek. Ksts cada, Falrvlew and Troutdale, 7:16, 9:15. 11:18 a. m., 1:18. 1:48, :15, 7:25 p. m. ... JVl By Dennis H. Stovall. Grants Pass, Or., Feb. 15. Silverslde salmon are now running in great num bers in Rogue river. Big catches are being mad both by sportsmen and pro fessional fishermen. Shipments ot many tons are being made from here to north ern points. The Silverslde is the "queen" flsh of Rogue river. Th Silverslde, which is really a species of salmon, and yet differing from the Chinook and Quinnat In many Particulars, is America's largest trout, t is even larger and prettier than the famous "Rainbow" trout of Canadian rivers and streams. The Silverslde Is so named because of Its silvery, gllsten- Jng sides. Its scales are small, its body ong and graceful. Its head well formed. PIGEON FLIGHTS ARE SCHEDULED Eight Regular Eaces Will Be Held During Summer Off icers Elected. Eight races at flights of from 10 to 500 miles comprise the summer sched ule of th Oregon Homing Pigeon club for old and young birds, the first con test to begin May 8 and the last to close the third Sunday In July. The first four races will be given over to the old birds and the last three will be among the youngsters, their first struggle being on the first Sunday in July. This year the old birds will be asked to fly from points 100, 200, 300, 400 and 600 miles distant from Portland, with one week's rest botween each. Flv lug from greater distances Is op tional with the fanciers, but It Is not believed many will attempt to have their pigeons cover greater distances. Throughout the flying season numer ous private trials will be held by mem bers of the club who want to further develop their birds. At the annual meeting of the club In January the following officers were elected for th present year: President, E. H. Bauer; vice-president, J. P. Lime rick; secretary, m. n. urown. K. Ellis, J. P. Limerick and H. E. Brown were elected to take charge of the racing during th summer. The club also unanimously decided to loin the national association, whose headquarters are In Philadelphia. This action places the pigeon racing sport In Oregon on .a firm basis and all flights will be held hereafter under the national association's supervision and the records filed with the national organization. Oreat Tleasnz Derived. "If more people realized the amount of pleasure derived from the care and training ol a lort or homing pigeons this Sport would no doubt become very popular here," said President Bauer yesterday. "Aside from the wonderful ?erformance of the birds in being able o find their way home from almost anv distance, there is probably a still more interesting reature tne rearing and training of the youngsters, which is full swing at the present time. "Many an Interesting hour can b spent learning the different habits and peculiarities of both old and young birds, which is very essential, as many races are won by selecting th proper bird to meet in ainerent conauiens. It is a well known fact among homer breeders that soma birds fly better than others In stormy and unfavorable weather. It Is also noted that these birds which are very slow for shorter distances afterwards prove- to be the real sprinters when It comes to longer races. Therefore, it becomes very necessary to take careful account of the performance of each bird In every race, so that on may know which to select for futur races. i "Th common idea that a wall-bred homer will find Its way horn at almost any distance and without any prelimi nary training is far from being oorreot Although the bird may be possessed of that peculiar . faculty enabling It to find Its way home from any direction, It would almost be sure to get bewil dered and lost If this faculty had not first been developed and sharpened by riving th bird numerous short flights, br which It may gate, th ncesary BEAUTIFUL SILVERSIDES , i 1v v r::.?- ssC It Is a most highly prised fish among western fishermen, also it is highly prized by the United States government and is protected In certain seasons by law. The Silverslde Is similar to the com mon salmon in that it Is found both In the sa and in fresh water, making trips to and fro. It goes out Into the ocean during the early spring, returning Into the fresh water streams in late fail and winter. It is during the upstream "run," as the fishermen call it, that the Sllversldes pre caught, a season of two months being allowed. After then It is unlawful to catch the fish either with rod and line or with seine. Being a trout rather than a salmon, the Silverslde is taken more generally with hook and line, this being the most WHO WINS-CUBS Manager Frank Chance Says Team Will Walk Away . With Championship. Harken to this th first Intima tion of Manager Fielder Jones of th Chicago Whit Sox of th American league, at present sojourning in Port land : "Chance has a cinch on th National league pennant; In th American league the race Is from the very start, and we have to fight until the last man has been put out. "If It is our provlnc to battle again witn me cuds ror tne worms cnam plonship,' we shall beat them as deci sively as we did two years ago. We have a much better team than last year, and there is no club we can't beat. For the past four years, or ever sine I have been manager,1 th White Sox have finished one, two, three. "President Comlskey is giving us the best training Junket any major league has ever had. Out of the two teams, the C'oits" and "Regulars," which will tour the west and south we expect to whip a wonderful baseball machine. I have not yet signed, but have told Co mlskey that I would Join the club in California about March 1, to tak charge of the "Regulars," who will go to bat In the first gam of th next season." THOMAS "SNOWBIKD" OX ENDURANCE BUN A unique endurance run is being made by the "Snowbird," the 1908, runabout sent out on a 2,000-mlI tour by th E. ! R. Thomas Detroit company. To in sure the use of nothing but the direct drive on tne entire trip, all gears ex cept the direct drive were removed pre vious to the start, an affidavit to that enect naving oeen mad Dy J. J. Juraay, iaciory manager. Lee Counselman, sales manager, 1s In charge, and expects to make an exten sive tour of the middle west with this direct driven car. Already 'Michigan, Ohio and western Pennsylvania hav been traveled, often through deep snow ana icy roaas. confidence to fly hundreds of miles without any familiar land to guide it "Condition also plays a very promt nent part In the longer races, as In these flights a bird is often called upon to fly continuously for upwards of 12 hours, making It very necessary that It ne in tne Dest or neaitn ana strength. uinerwue ji wouia oe uiudiq 10 unaer go th severe strain. Xs Chaao for Frand. "There is probably less opportunity for fraud In thlr sport than " In anv other. From the time the birds ar liberated until they arrive at home no one can either helo or hinder them. Barring accidents the best bird Is sure to win. This cannot always be said of those sports over wnicn man has dirct control. . 1 "The system of timing the arrival of a bird is also a safeguard against fraud, as a sealed watch made especially for this purpose is Issued to each member before any race. This watch registers the exact time of arrival of all birds. "The club members extend a hearty Invitation to all who are interested to attend the next club meeting, the date o which jriU t announced, latac"! : . -' .. RUNNING) IN; ROGUE RIVER -Ve . humane way. Sllversldes are not slaughtered by the ton for canning pur poses as are Chinook salmon, and their presence In the streams, as well ss the rigid laws that are enforced regarding the taking of them, has led to an in creased sympathy for the beautiful fish of American streams. They are found In greater abundance on Pacific coast streams, running as far south ss Cali fornia and ss far north as Alaska. The real anglers take the Silverslde with hook and line, and It 1s the purpose of the fish wardens to restrict the tak ing of the beautiful trout to this one method. And the real angler cares to take the Silverslde in no other way. A long rod and reel Is used with flv hook. The line Is cast well out over the stream and the Silverslde. if he is in a biting mood at all, takes It eagerly. OR SOX? Manager Fielder Jones Says Chicago Americans Will Beat the Winners. Chicago, Feb. 16. Who said the Cubs were modest? Lend your ears to this th first ante-season prediction of Manager Frank Chance, of the Chi cago Nationals: "The Cubs will win the world's cham- plonship, and do it as easily as tbejU did last year. By this I don't mean they will take the world's championship series In straight games, but the cam paign in th National league will be Just as easy as it was last year, and there will- be no question about th win ner of the world's series. "It looks like a pretty, safe prediction right now to say that the Sox and Cubs will fight it out next season, although baseball Is so uncertain that It Is rither dangerous to venture any sort of prediction. "The Cubs will take th field just as they did last year. We have not mad any changes of importance In fact, we may make none at all. "The possibility of shifts in the team Is deoendent unon the showlna- muin by some of the new material, and it win have to te a pnenomenal youngster who shows enough caliber to dlsolace any of the worlds champions, as they, now stand." 1 ft 9 rtpt ' 'w. JWlllii)Shl' - : sMeassV. r Ymvrt I 1 TaMtelfeLoffJt m V . i. hi.. v$a "v f L , ,t-TIllrtr HpwepowetJar JEUttdled in Portland Territory-by tht' Then begins a battle royal, for the Silverslde Is no sluggard. Th fish makes a dart for midstream, making the reel hum. The angler must then work patiently for a half hour or longer, tak ing up and giving out of th line on the reel, seeping up tin tne nsn is drawn close in shore, and either flipped out quicaiy or inxea wiia scoop net. attains a weight of from 10 to 14 pounds -It la frequently necessary to use a net, otnerwise th line will snap under the strain. When the Silverslde is caught by rod and line from th snor in angler is provided with high topped rubber boots, that he may wad far out for a long, midstream cast. On streams that are not too rough, a favor ite method is that of angling from a Doai. Auto Pnlls Great Load. "Th reading public has become ao customed to descriptions of motor cars pressed Into servic for sawing wood, turning butter churns, pumping water, hoisting building material, working con crete mixers, and many other stunt, but a feat Involving real work was ac complished by th Maxwell-Brlsoo Mot or company in using one of their auto mobiles in ihovlng a load approximately thirty times as great as the weight of the automobile." states Fred J. Lin. manager of the Maxwll-Brisco Pacific company. "Th company had ordered a large milling machine to be used in the man ufacturing of their 1901 models. When It reached Tarrytown, New York, the Question aros as to how to get this fifteen .ton engine to th factory, a half mile away. A Maxwell touring car was weighted down with pig-iron, th "tha -utomobil to the fictorv. kit men and the touring car accomplished mis real in rour nours ana tnirteen minutes, notwithstanding a ten per cent grad had to b negotiated. This Day In Sport Annals. '1178 At London, Edward Payson Weston defeated A. L. Clark in walking match, doing 180 miles, 668 yards, in ii hours. ' 1883 At Ban Francisco,. Pacific Coast Rowing association organized. 1891 At Minneapolis, Tommy Ryan knocked out Danny Needham in seventy-sixth round. . 1(08 At Boston, In a match game of 18.2 billiards Albert Cutler made a run of 197, unfinished. 1906 At Grand Rapids. W. A. Tewes of Jersey City broke the world's record for Indoor snooting with a 22-callbre rifle at 25 vards. soorlne- 2.481 out of a possible 2,500 points. 1907 Harry Corbett, well-known sportsman, died at Ban Francisco. i 1008 MODEL "MOON." lialhi.JiW - l. BLOOMING PUGS II i New Class Fighters Want More Than Real Scrap pers Ever Received. LONG AND BITTER WAR PENDING Players Drafted by Major Leaftttfl Fear That Class D Organization! Lfw Yawning (or Them, Believing They Have) Been Gold-Bricked. . By WlU J. Blattery. nrnunn dip pniM MMUUIUUUIII - ; San Prsnaisco, Feb. 15. Th Baal Francisco promoters hav discovered that dealing with th fighters of th present hour Is a Job that ranks with signing up theatrical Star of the first magnitude. No scrapper with a reputa tion wants to show here unless he gets a guarantee tnat wouia pracuoauyi swamp th manager about to put him on. Though th public is looKing ror-l ward to witnessing a battle between a I pair of the many aspiring lightweights. the chances are that it will have to con tent Itself with a couple of "steam beer fighters. When Boer Unhols bstd Battling Nlon in Los Angeles a couple of weeks ago all Ban Francisco was talking anoui him and everybody thought that h would slrtlply Jump at a chanc to meet some live one her this month. But ther was nothing stirring. The Boer Immediately developed a theatrical Streak and began crying for an oppor tunity to tread the boards. Nobody could talk to him. flom of his friend told him that he had a grand chance to succeed Richard Mansfield as America's foremost actor and so th Boer Imme diately hied himself east, where he 1s now doing a turn with a 10 and 20-cent layout. ' raokf Comes Xlgh. Pakv McFarland will not com t Ban Francisco unless he is guaranteed 65 per cent of the house as the fighters' share. This Is about 16 per cent bettor than such men as Jim Jeffries, Jo Gans, Jo Welcott and other great per formers used to receive when in their prim. How McFarland ever got th idea that he Is such a wonderful draw ing card no logical fight follower can fiiuM out,. But at Jl events, he has given his present ultimatum and ac cordingly has been passed up for th limn ixinr hv the iocs.1 taieni. Aha Attell wants a guarantee of I tt nni u M a- draw tn mMt little Eddie Keliv. th Buffalo feather, who Las bMn valnlv seaklna a match in this city for th past thre month a That Kelly Is a tough on is attested by th stand taaen Dy Alien, ion isiier warn to have an ace in the hoi if h go against th lad from th cast. Kelly is reputed to be a wonder. la workouts with other fishter In and around this city, he has shown wonder ful elaao. Ha has a kick In either mitt and fights very muoh after the order of th 1st lamented Oeorge Dixon, the greatest man In his class that th world ver saw. With th Mlk (Twin) Sullivan Toung Kctchell fight still a week off, the latter rules a pronounced 1 to 16 choice over the twin. And at that, ther are plenty of wis follower of th game who firmly believe that Sullivan win ftang it on tn terror rrom uicni ran. The fight is to be a 25-round ef fair and will take nlace at the Mission street arena on tne afternoon or was, lngton's birthday. outran Tar With Mitts. Sullivan Is a marvelous! y clever man. ana ror mis reason nis rrienos ar con fident, that he will be able to keep away from Ketchel and outpoint him handily. Ketchel has no solenc with the mitts. All he knows Is to wade in and swing with either hand. He has a wonderful kick, and every time ha, lands uraaA and atrnrnr ha althai ntiaa) his man away or sends him to the car-l pet for th count He has never fought' anybody save Joe Thomas here, and, therefore the public is anxiously walt-4 Ing to pee what he ran do against at man of Sullivan's ability as a boxer.l If Ketchel beats Sullivan decisively h will hav a chance to make a lot of. money around the country. -1 The discussion as to tha relative mer-f its of Sullivan and Ketchel brlmrn thaf old master, Joe dans, into th limelight again. It will be remembered that an! attempt was made to match Ketch; ana uans last summer, but the propo Binon iinauy ren tnrouen. Ketcncr admirers went around town telllntr hot their man would murder the llghtweigh champion if they ever met They for- (Continued on Page Four.) Oregon Motor 'Car (Dompany,;;