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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNALY PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY , EVENINO, FEBRUARY 19, 1003. SPOKANE SPORTS : ;..v i Miners and : Business Men ; Plan Carnival of Fights for Championships. COLLEGE CATCHER FOR BEAVER TEAM Madden Will Take Place In tended for. Ostdeik New: r Kecniit Has Eeeord. . Manager McCredle has received word fc t).l. k. thaw Kl Spokane, Wash Feb,, If. Frank W. - -.,,,. . n waivers on Ost "Smlth of Spokane, baseball enthusiast L,,,,, Md thafln order to fulfill their ana xatron or damn SDorts. wno raiaea i nnntrant with him th will tin mm r a fund of 1100,000 among mining oper-1 Madden, a young catcher from the New .... - o.i.. Kn gland league. . The. manager If truly - uu " I elated over thla acquisition to nia pen- the Coeur de'Alenes last spring to putlnant aspirants, aa he considers Madden on a week's carnival of f Ighta, In which a mucn mora vaiuaoie nwrainr njr tha foremost heavy, middle and UaitV Madfenia" player of tha oollege weight battlers In tha world wera to bred type and Is aald to bo a very fast compete for pur.ee of $50,000. MM00 rS&AhV!f. W a rt1 l nnn I m -.n lha avw art I .- n rat I sjaj lu jiem-TfJ Ufa. I IWVI, aava - to see "Jim" Jeffrlea, with a view to In- batting la about "points A?.'??, ii1 k- ki. JL k Mn 1 1 h nf riatdelk and he only officiated In ...i.... ih.,. . n,.n t k. IT rames. With the regular work he w. " I , - ki ihmiM Before startlna for Portland, where Improve that figure and develop into a ha will pais a day. going thence to atrong .iqb nuter. ,t. . 1 , 1 m 1 1 v- - in- 1 Tnrath.r wit n 1 nia n.wi cuuivw wii ;.paet aeveral mining property Smith signed . contr.ctir of saia; KETCHEt SPOTS Tll'S POINTS Montana Fighter, Will In .; sist on Official Warning to MichaeJLSulliraiL. j WW VIUU MH1H fVJWM "The $100,000 fund for the big fight Still oea. thourh It mav be we will " have battles In four, classes Instead of three. ' Tha plan la to bring Jeffries and Johnson or another man In the class tozether. or match Burns and Johnson , for the heavyweight championship. That : is tha purpose 01 my visit tot.ioa. An ''"A purse of from $$0,000 to $40,000 . ougnt to ie an maucemeni at mis time. If the deal Is made the purse for a flrht between Cans and Nelson. Mc Karland or Unhola will be $20,000, slm- . liar amounts Deing orrerea ror battles between Attell ana Moran and Ketchel and pa Dice. "The battles probably will be pulled off within a couple of hours' ride to Spokane next summer or fall, and George Slier of Chicago and experienced men from New York and Boston and a ; California authority, whose names I am not at liberty to give at present, will be invited to preside at toe ringside. baseman from tha New Kn gland league. and Plnanee, the Indian pitcher, 01 whom McCredle expects so. much. SPORTING NOTES 0- Jjocaj and Otherwlaa. Dill XMlaallUIls lllf v saws, a,waauaa of the New Britain roller polo team, will umpire next seaaen in me in State league. Frank Isbcll says that he will not play with the White box tnis season, but will manage his Wichita team In the Western association. Marlon. Ohio, has a baseball team that nlnva the arama on ice. each mem We ber wearing skates. This may be new was for Marlon, but the same thine tried in Brooklyn in the early 7 us. The 'Milwaukee team of the Amerl can association will train at Barties- ville, Oklahoma. The Minneapolis team of the same organisation will go to Galveston to get In condition for the expect to run special trains from varl "ous parts of the Paciflo Northwest, In cluding the California coast, and there will be representative delegations from the middle western, eaatern and south am states." . Regarding the canceling of the ftght tournament last year. Smith said: "The $100,000 fund for the battles waa I ,eail0 yt m, vjvt 117 lUUBtMUDU VJ linn, w n o and business men In eastern Washington and northern Idaho, the arena site was enarae-ed and we were In negotiation wlth repreaentatlve men in the three classes, when Richard M. Barn hart. prosecuting attorney 01 Hpoaane county, clamped on the ltd, declaring he would call upon Governor Mead to order out tne state militia in the event or a right r..7ft Mn niriT. S;.rvtMnirff Vr - Trr Haute. Ollle Chill of Indl- timeTut'now1 Vhfln.ncftg ?K ur n" Job- Connolly of Chicago, ney believe they see a way out, and if L the matches can be made the fights will With Charlie Shaffer, in charge of be nulled off before the end of the the Roanoke team. Jack Grim at Lynch year." burFi "rT L1P at Richmond, Steve During a stay of SO days on the coast. Griffin at Portsmouth, Bob Pender at Smith will confer with representatives Norfolk and Bob Stafford at Danville, of the White Sox and other teams now the Virginia league should have a great It is nosslble that a new baseball league may be formed in Connecticut in tne near ruture, to De made ud or ctlles outside of the present Connecti cut Biaie league. The umpires In the Central learue tnis season will te Frank Klllen of Seewekee, Pennsylvania, John McKen- tralning In California, for the purpose or getting a line on new timber to strengthen Eddie Quinn's Indians. Spo kane la out for the pennant this year, and, as there are ample funds, It is planned to give the city the strongest team It has yet sent out under Its col ors. Smith, Qtilnn and others are Im- ?ressed with Walter Johnson, the Cali ornla pitcher, whose work at Welser, Idaho, and on the Washington team in tha American league arouxed much In terest last eummnr and fall, and an ef fort will be made to season. Tbjs Day in Sport Annals. 1876 At Chicago? Louis Shaw de- William 11 , 1 I rr CAA A JOR r contest for three-ball billiard champion- snip 01 tne norinwpsi. 1897 The National association organ ised by delegates of eastern professional baseball clubs. 1887 At Minneapolis: J. H. Mc Laughlin defeated J. J. Benjamin In wrestling match, collar and elbow. mo At Toronto: Toronto defeated Buffalo in annual International curling contest for Thomson-8covillo medal. l0ff At Detroit: Tom Sharkey knocked out Jim Jeffords In second round. 1903 At Great Falls. Montana: Au- rella Herrera knocked out Jack Mad den In 14th round. 1904 At Milwaukee: George Gard ner won the decision over "Kid" Car ter in a six-round bout. , 1907 At Sydney. New Boutrf Wales: Jack Johnson of America, knocked out Peter Felix, colored heavyweight cham pion of Australia, In first round. Doan's Regulets cure constitution without griping, nausea, nor any weak ening effect. Ask your druggist for them. 26 cents per box. race the coming season. Tommy Leach says he stuck to TMttn- burgr during the American-National league war and Is entitled to a larze wad of "pleasure-getters" for ao .lo- ing. Pittsburg fans say that the war time salary paid Tommy would maka a piece of sandpaper stick to glass. There la much wisdom in Manmr McCredle's selection of his early train- 1m Vm for th. Ini camp Santa Barbara will offer ign mm ror the ODDOrtunrti that mnM nni x a at Tuscon In that there will be numer ous teams to meet during March at ma. i piace. "Strangle!-" Smith's photogrraph evi dently scared Bill SchOlter, The Dallas wrestler, out of his wits for nn .in has Bill made relative to the match he waa so anxioua ror since that tlm? Smith wrote a letter to Scholter. it Is Bald, informing The Dalles grappler 111a 1 no wuuiu iwisi mm in two when iney met. J. L. McConnnll Th mgnir r ka p x-onmna Daneoall team, formerly no inn uramnra .uos, is H. H, romeroy, manager of the Pomeroy cigar iuie, uiauu avenue ana Bast Morrison Mis pnone number is East 411. He Is always on the lookout for likely ball players and willing to give any player V jwiii. (Onlted Preas Ltastd Wire.) , San Francisco, Fob. lH Stanley Ketchel will have a word to say to tha referee about Mlka (Twin) Sullivan and what he terms tha twin's rough Ing proclivities before tha gong sets tha two men In action next Saturday afternoon. The Montanan has heard many stories of the shrewdness of iiv.imn, mo says in&i ne win mi. for nothing prohibited by the laws o uueensberry. "I know all about how Mike strikes With the laca of hla rlove and how 1 he uses hla elbows," said Ketchel, "and wnen we get into tne ring 1 am go Ing to tell Roche that I want him to warn Mike not to do anything like that and to disqualify him If ha keeps 11 up. There will be no more boxing for Ketchel at the Colma gymnasium. Ha dropped the work yesterday afternoon and when he had returned from a long automobile ride announced that b would content himself with logs on the road In the forenoon and light exercise in tne afternoon, ir he pick up any additional weight, which he does not expect, Ketcnei can easily, dry ou to 164 Dounda on tha day before tha light Betting on the general result of tha rigni is anything out brisk, even 10 ,to 7, and a further drop to 10 10 S, or possibly to 2 to 1. before th ftght takes place. Is predicted. The supporters of Sullivan are keeping cloie to oflver with their coin, evidently figuring that by waiting they can beat tne odds. The preliminary to- the Sulllvan Ketchel match Is between Lynn Tru- oott and irea ward, and win com mence at 1:80 o'clock. The big match commences at 2:1a o cioca. Eddie Kelly, who fights Abe Attell a week from Friday night, will hold open house at San Rafael today. He Is to box with Johnny Frayne, but If there are any feathers who want to put on the gloves the Buffalo boy will accommodate them. Attell Is located at Mllletts. but so far has contented himself with road work. DALLES PARK PEOPLE SECURE FAIR GROUHD Enterprising Citizens Com bine to Furnish Town With Amusement. Records Broken at Congress. Cincinnati, Feb. 19 A. Wingler of tnicago oroke tne world s record for In dividual bowling last night, scoring 699 puinis in nis singles. Kecords were aiBt oroKen oy tne xossetts of Chicago, wnose rive-men team bowled 2,8S points, and Chalmers and Klein of Chi- cagro. wno, as a two-men team, bowled i,l 1 points. yywvwvvwww 1 MAM0MPS BwtSk fjaBBSBBBBBBBBBBBBBSBMHMMBBBBBBBBBBBBa WATCHES JEWELRY ON EASY PAYMENTS To secure the benefits of our liberal credit system you have only to feeFthat your reputation is above par. No matter who you are and what your occupation, as long as your character is good and you do not attempt to as sume a larger obligation than you can easily take care of COME TO US select a Diamond, Watch or Jewelry, or anything in our well-stocked establishment. Pay us one third down and you get possession of your purchase. The balance you can pay us on EASY Weekly or Monthly Payments without paying any more than were you to pay cash, and at prices lower than any cash store in the city. Get our prices before you buy elsewhere. (BDMlal DUpatcb to The Journal.) The Dalles. Or.. Feb. 19. Through the efforts of The Dalles City Park as sociation, the fair grounds and race track have been purchased from P. J. Stadelman. who recently bought the property from the Catholic church, and will be Improved for the holding of fairs, games and races. Tne movement waa led ty Mayor J. Kelly. Henry J. Maler and E. C. Pease, who canvassed the city and se cured a sufficient sum to purchase the tract The property consists of about 41 acres of land and makes an ideal spot for the holding of agricultural fairs. The stables, grandstand and fences are to be remodeled and Improved. Ar rangements have been made for the laying out of an athletic field suitable for baseball and football. Altogether it is the desire of the association to make the grounds Ideal for recreation and amusement purposes. M'MILLAN CHOSEN PRESIDENT AGAIN Given High Honor by Mult nomah Club Directors Other Officers. WealdittleBoys may become Fine stronjj men. Some of (h itronj men of to day were ilckly boy years "' a jo. Many of them received Scott's Emulsion at their mother' knee., This had a power in it that changed them from weak, delicate boys Into ftron robiiif boy. It ha the same power to-day. Boy and jirb who are pale and weak jet food and energy out of SCOTTS EMULSION. It make children jrow. 1 1 1 AO Draggiatsi SOe. aa4 $1.00. MARTIN PRATT 15 1 y.u mm Famous" Football Player Unanimously Chosen to Lead Winged "M." Martin Pratt, veteran tackle of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic club team. and one of the moat popular football players In the northwest, was last night chosen manager of the Winged M" football team by the club directors. Pratt's selection Is one of the most popular ever made by the club, and he II undoubtedly make tne best mana ger the club has had In years. Martin Pratt began ins rootDau ca reer back In 1894, playing for two years t tackle on the crack Portland High school team until 1896, when he won a place In the same position on the club eleven. With the exception of one year, when he was fighting "niggers" in the Philippine Islands, Pratt has played con tinuously with the club. That off-year was In 1898. In 1800 he was rewarded with the captaincy of the eleven and the team made a glorious record. He concluded to retire after that year, but when good players were scarce and the club honor n jeopardy Martin was always on tne not to hem the team out. It Is to be hoped that he will continue to play long with Ms managerial duties. He as played 10 years In tha same posi tion on the club team. When seen this morning. Pratt had ust heard of the honor that had been conferred upon him by the directors, being Informed by President McMillan that Ed Morgan had placed his name nomination and that he had been nanlmously elected. He stated that he had given football matters little thought ince tne season closed, but would talk the situation over with Captain Stott at once, so that a line can be gotten on the preliminary work for next year. THREE F00TBALIMEN FAIL AT OREGON "U" (Special Dispatch tn The Journal.) University of Oregon. Eugene. Feb. 9. Three members of the state uni versity football teams are reported to ave railed m tne mid-year examina tions and under the faculty rule will not be able to return to college until next semester. Just who they are the registration authorities have neglected to give out but they will be known in a few days by their absence from class room and campus. All will have to do the lat semester work over again. It is un derstood that one and possibly all three will remain here to work under tutor ror tne rest of the present semester. univ rive students railed to Dam. Regular class work began yesterday, but registration has not been fully cuuiyiuiea as yet if t Oraataw at Bo<aa .or r . Headgear 9 v V It. ill'''"l! 0 la the DISTINCTIVE part, of dress in ail ages and nations. That. is why gentlemen have' always been so particular about their hats. Whether you spend your winter in Portland, New York, Paris or San Francisco, you will find tho v ' Illllffl) HAT quietly asserting its supremacy in good taste and high quality a quality as fixed as the price. 8PRINO BLOCKS ON SALE 1 Hatter Furnisher Clothier Under Perkins Hotel 289 291 WASHINGTON STREXT 4 Bankers and Lumbermens i WILLIAM BR0WNLEE OF EUGENE IS DEAD George W. McMillan waa last night reelected president of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic club, the first time the honor has ever been conferred on a retiring fficlal. McMillan's reelection aa head of the organization is the re sult of the Interest he has taken in the club during the past year, and it was the desire of the entire directorate that he be retained at Its head another year. Tne otner officers chosen were as fol lows; Edward E. Morgan, vice-president; Hal Rasch, treasurer, and Irving Rohr, secretary. Rasch is the successor 1 of Arthur O. Jones, who has held the position ror three veara and declined It anotner term. Kolir succeeds J. S. Mo Cord, for two years secretary. Mr. Mc- cord also desired to relinouish his di- eltlon. (Special Dlnpateh to Tha Journal.) Eugene, Or., Feb. 19 William Brown lee, a highly respected citizen of Eu gene, died of an attack of grip at his nome yesterday at tne age or nearly 78 years. He had been 111 for a week or two. Mr. Brownlee was born in Scot land and came to America when ho was 16 years old. He with hla wife, came to Eugene from Kansaa five years ago and had since been In the real estate Dusiness. He was a quiet, unassuming man, but always took great interest in municipal affairs and worked hard for the upbuilding of the community. Be sides his wife he leaves seven chil dren, residing In different parts of the United Btates. 0VIE LEADS FIANCEE TO ALTAR NEXT WEEK lnt bui Chicago. Feb. 19. Ovie Overall, the famous Cub Ditcher, has arrived In Cuicago from his home at Visalia; Cal ifornia, where he has been superintend- g tne construction 01 a bungalow lilt for two, all winter. The giant pitcher is to forsake the ways of the anchorite February 27, when he Will lead to tha altar Mia Ethol Hlnson, a handsome and popular young Englewood bud. Tho engagement was announced by Mrs. Margaret E. Hlnson, mother of the bride-elect, last fall, at the con clusion of the world's series. Miss Hln son is an accomplished musician, but until she met Overall, through the medium of Mrs. Frank Chance, was not a baseball fan. MAM & BLOCffl Largest Diamond Dealers in Oregon 74 Third Street. Next to Western Union Schedule Partially Arranged. University of Oregon, Eugene. Feb. 19. Manager McEwen has partially ar ranged the football schedule for. 1908, as follows: University of Idaho, at Moscow, October 31; University cf Washington, at Eugeae, November 14; Oregon Agricultural college at Port land, November 21; Multnomah club, at Portland, Thanksgiving day, Novem ber 26. Beside these he expects to arrange games with three of the minor colleges prior to the Idaho game. Thejo will probably be Pacific unlverrsity, vvjiiameeie ano wnuwortn. On account of the new rules a fresh man team will be organised and will have a game with tho O. A. C. fresh men October 24, or November 7. Other fames ror tne rresnman and second earns will be arranged for datea when tha varsity team la away. Oaks Rink Toniffht. Roller skating good at tha Oaks rink.1 Admission rree to ladles afternoon and evenings, except on special occasions. Now la the time and the Oaks rink the ?lace to learn to skate. Instruction ree every afternoon and evening. Twenty-five skate tlcketa in book form for $5 on sale at ticket office. Satur day, February 22. Washington's birth day, a grand 7 masquerade, colonial and hard times. Six elegant prizes will he awarded to costumers. Sea thla great event ,4aka rlpk Saturday night. NO BACK ROOMS OR BOXES IN ASTORIA (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) Astoria, Or., Feb. 19. The city coun cil has passed an ordinance prohibiting boxes and back rooms In saloons and restaurants where liquors are sold. It is quite certain that Mayor Wise will sign the ordinance. TEETH EXTRACTED FREE WhenPlates or Bridges Are Ordered All Work at Half Price for a short time to introduce the "Electro Painless System" Full Set. that fit $5.00 Gold Crowns, 22-k.. .. .$3.50 Bridge Teeth, 22-k $3.50 Gold Fillings $1.00 Silver Fillings 50 Guaranteed for 10 Years. Open Evenings. THE ELECTRO DENTAL PARLORS 303H Washington St., cor. 5th, Opposite Olds & King's. 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