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; k . THE OREGON SUNDAV JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 1, 1003. . NEW MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE PEIZE KING. uikjimMiMSMm MPS" At CLASSY ATHLETE T. ! ' C1LLOF0MM0ND ED FOR OIICE 1 - i " i ' " 1 11 -. . . 1 . m.1 ?v SIR :wo- Hundred Students Strive for Places in Inter scholastic League. ;0LU3fBIA FIKST TO ASSEMBLE PLAYEKS '.'rst Baseman' Kennedy of Beavers Has Worked 'Fast Team Out of Youthful Collegians East Sldo Has Enormous Squad Out. CLE Hll III CRESCENT DERBY Meet Famous Chapultepec in Southern Classic. If you don't think tha baseball sea a la here, take a little stroll through a corridors of the various prepara ry schools of Portland and listen to gossip," !Thn If you are not satls a, take a little more time and wan r over hi the vicinity of the same 'jools shortly after the close of the ssion and become thoroughly con- nced. t ' ' ' ' .Something has been done toward or lizing a team n every school In the ;y except Allen Preparatory. The int Is hovering- over that Institution ?ni next week will probably see the suaents ln the midst of preparation, early 100 ambitious boys are fondly oping that they will be among the .Ht.n it who will represent the six hools la the Interscholastlo league. Columbia, as usual, has taken advan ce of her big "gym" and has been rnctlclng Industriously, andnder the artful coaching of Ed Kennedy, Fort , aid's big first-baseman, haa. almost mipleted her team. She , has Loce. ucher;- Dockstadder, Campbell .ana avis, inflelders, and Weisgerber, out- i.ier, of last season's crack team, and i big bunch of promising raw material, or go Dooley, O'Brien and U lea son are tying for second base, the only vacant osition In the Infield, and the two un .accessful ones will probably fill up the ynt positions in the outfield. The chooelag of an efficient battery n giving Kennedy a lot of worry, but -vt week will probably see the matter - lived.; .Columbia haa, three good pitch, i s in Locks of last year's team, Kehoe iid Perkins. Locke and Kehoe are' well )own to Portland fans, but Perkins . left-hander with lota of speed and urves, is a stranger here. He la one of in $30,000 Colt Will are of himself, will be a big help toTr ' . vara bringing the championship to the ullegiana. Toomey, Mitchell and Ennie re alt good catchers and are making a ice fight for the position, with, JSnnls i favorite. . -- Big-Sgoad at Satjt Side. ' Rixty-four candldatea turned out to a aseball meeting held at th East Side Ugh school Friday night' Nina of aese are veterans, and with the lengthening the oig squad will fur ih the team th cast alders are bound be contenders In the race. The team '; yeax wa a-daotfjr ox-the .first yeas The team will go Into the game with s field Intact, but with a vast y i rengthened outfield, and possibly a ew catcher, Graham, Lndfaire, Cor . ;l and Morrow make up one of the i-Btest .lnflelda In the city, end will robably ,make up this year's Inner orits. although there are numerous iter candldatea for the second cush n. Etovall seems to be the most mlslng of these. Fraaier, Montague d Thoburn are the principal candl-r-i for catcher. Thobura caught last r apil proved to be a fast, heady ketop and a fine hitter, but had a ' -Kness for missing the third strike i seemed a little afraid of the bat. ntagua caught for the Hawthorne m last year and Is a good catcher.! t not very dangerous when on the aur ai me Dai. ThODurn's hitting i case running may land him the . .st year outfield waa miserably , both at the bat and in the field, i if three good outfielders oan be de oped out of the numerous candidates s ood team is assured. Cason Is the y candidate In. sirht for nitohr mi ijough he could undoubtedly take cara um ur in Bnouia nave an under' oy. Mr. Jackson is coacning the .11 seomii to have a good team out 3 of tba pltet.era' box, but whether not the present pitchers are strong ugh to land them In front la. a lit ' tCM' I?" mesa to make at this ot the year. Merchant, last year's c her,. Ja not more than ' an ordinary vlmD iu! what Maya the other '"date for the Job, Is good for no 'r seems to know. Shearer andHus , two of last year's West Side High iooI champions, ar attending tho k tr hbid out wonaenuuy. ' " p coacning tna team. Academy Saws Wood, . ortland academy is as usual, saying last year team in the field and nty- of good, material to fill up the t - - '. i"iui or turning lders, and Cookingham, outfielder kt wn?S B??,leUB f?r a good team.' ;i 2i , ,ele igh an are mourning. i!?i!ai" s f? graduated, two t for other schools, two went to work fB-rTom Word, the atar pitcher I tha best Ui the league has hurt rm.nl .will he unable. to play this , t2fr l'?leaon. an(1 McAlpin are -'4 at crack bnch of cham- night- but U i, netTop're- vsi .- -a. T"'nnwTanrttera, r'm.i oin high school, and a livVl? .n Lrmlned bunch can be expettert rMent the Cardinal whn h- VT-l the modeling f Multnom-h0 mr mey nave oeen wont to nractini XtSX0 by-th,T 'urVehantl J lie schedule eommittea will mt t. abort time and make- defmitiiar. the season. . ' . "s Moores and Zacharias Seem ,to Be Only; Capable f Men Left v , Stanley Ketchel, the wonderful fighter, Who 'Waded. Into Mike Twin Sullivan at Colma tho Other Day and Knocked Him Cold In One Minute and 18 H seconds. This Pictur ; Stiows the Pacific Coast BojF in Characteristic Attitude. Ills only Rival In His Division Is Billy Papke, the Spring Valley, Illinois, Miner, and the Critics Think He. Will Make " ; Short Work of the Eastern Fighter When They Eventually Meet. By Kobert Collyer. New Orleans, Feb. til Interest In the running of the Crescent City Derby, which will be decided March 14. the laat day of tha meeting, which begina to morrow, and which had been lagging because 6f the acknowledged Superiority of Burlew & O'Neill's Clmpultepee, re-, celved an impetus a few days ago when ositive announcement waa made that . C. Hlldreth would, aend both his colt. Uncle, and MeeiicK, from is Angnies, on to so in both the New Orleans events, shipment being made right after the running of the colt in the California ueroy. This Information came In the form of a letter from John Lowe, who is training Hlldreth's Oakland string, to a horseman at Mempnis, ana 11 lmmeai ately set the hure,ieuuIo here to specu latin on the Drobable outcome of I meeting between these two undoubtdly high class three-year-olds. Lowe sent along some information that somewhat dampened enthusiasm in me uuriow & oiseui camp. Mr. Lowe stated that Uncle's work for the California Derby was a mile better than 1:3! over the Santa Anita track with weight up. Meelick, which will probably -be -used to race Chapul tepec Into the ground, or at least to attempt to do so, has been running races over the six furlong route along around the 1:12 mark, so that it is with reason that adherents of Chapul tepec are beginning to weaken in their enthusiasm. Hlldreth is -a past master in the art of flttln?g noraes for big races, so that if Uncle arrives on tha ground sound and safe, the best western Derby race seen in years will result in the meeting 1 or these two coits. In the new enthusiasm Pinkola has been all ' but forgotten. And yet the Fixer colt Is not to be altogether de spised. . He is outclassed, it is true, but is a superlative mua runner, ana Uld the track be heavy on Derby day will have more than an outside nee to beat one or other of the two cracks and possibly both of them. With Uncle and Chapultepec both in the field it Is certain to be a small one, as owners of other second rate candi dates will riot care to give up $100, the starting fee, for the pleasure of seeing their colors carried In a Derby. Tonng-sters Ordinary &ot. With the exception of the Cella col lection of two-year-olds, the young sters shown here this winter ara. a very ordinary lot. Cella has undoubt edly the best bunch of youngsters that ever before raced In the southern coun try, several of which are certain to be returned winners at the early eastern spring meetings. The pick of the lot so far shown are the filly. Fore, and the colts, Sea swell and Marse Abe. 1 In an additional lot that arrived here recently, however, are two that It is claimed can beat any that have yet started. Marse Abe. both on his record and in the opinion of good Judges of horse flesh. Is not only the best two-year-old shown here this winter, outside of the Cella stable, but also probably the best of the entire cella lot. lie has taken up weight and repeatedly beaten everything here outside of this Stable mate. Bea swell. The stable believes Sea Swell the bet ter colt Many of the horsemen, how- aver, hold to a different view, Marse Abe has constantly Improved. He ran green In his first two starts, got away poorly and had to be ridden out, but all his other victories have been achieved easily. He won his first three starts in succession, in his next out he was pulled to let Sea Swell win the premier stakes. He would have been sent for tbe money In this event? which he could have won but for the fact that the Cellas were afraid of Burlew ONlelra Brougham, which was tin placed In the race. He wort three subsequent starts in one-two-three order, beating big fields of all the best ones easily. Marse Abe Is a medium sized chestnut colt. He has not the substance to be a really first- class stake performer, according to eastern standards, but that he Is a youngster of much more than ordinary merit cannot be doubted. . ... ... i(K iiiv.ii, h nan believed, would be a fizzle, has proven to be so successful that winter racing will beeom an established Institution at that point, and very prooably a much mora pretentious meet will be at tempted next winter. The present sea son local horsemen feared to risk doubt- ful chances and the meeting attracted only a Vary moderate class of animals. But results will establish confidence another year and there will be no trouble in securing all the horses that may be required and of class sufficient to guarantee good sport. There is much talk here of raclnr In Havana next winter. Walter O. Parmer, representing the Hendrle syndicate, who recently .returned from looking over the ground there, had much to say that was favorable to Cuban turf prospects, and little doubt is felt but that next winter will find a well-eaulDDed track in or- eration In the Cuban capital. MUSCATINE HERE FOR GAME FRIDAY Crack Iowa Basketball Team to Meet Portland Y. M. C. A. Players. Physical Director Grilley of the T, M. C. A. has concluded arrangements with the manager of the MuScatlne baa ketball team for the quintet to plat 6t the y. M. C A. gymnasium nexs Fri day night. At present the Muscatine basketball five occupies a higher position in the basketball field than nas ever oeen neia by any one team previously, it opened its tour at Muscatine, Iowa, where It enjoyed a more than local reputation. rroni me beginning or the season it has played something like 60 games away from home and has only been vanquished nine times. Wherever the visitors play they nut up unprecedented scores, aitnougn tney ao not an reacn the total of vi, their score at Concor dia, Kansas. This has resulted in their now being acclaimed champions of the United states, and that practically covers the world Of Dasketbau, as in no other country in the world Is the.-ereat indoor game played to the extent It is herei Among their earlier noteworthy per formances was their victory over the champion team of Michigan, although tney were aeieatea oy pare points by This Pay In Sport Annals. 1889 National Yachting association of the United States organized. 1.887 James H. Hart, catcher on the Chicago American league world's cham pionship team of 1908, born at Everett, Massachusetts, 1886 At Burlington. Iowa, C. H. Wy man. with a .!3-callber rifle, at distance of 26 feet, broke 471 glass balls out of 500. 1890 At Bear Lake, Minnesota, Hugh McCormlck defeated Axel Paulson In 10 mlle skating race for J800. 3 899 At Saginaw, Michigan, George Lavigne and George Slddons fought 77 round draw. 1905 At Grand Rapids, John L. Sul livan knocked out Jack McCormick in second round. 1906 At Chelsea, Massachusetts, Sam Lsngford knocked out Larry Temple in iinepntn rouna. 1907 At Pittsburg. Norman Bantie broke world's record In quarter-mile in door ice skating, making 0:38,1-5. the champions of the east and Canada. The champions of Virginia and later of the south went down before their' one after the other all the western states were conquered. At San Jose thoy defeated the University of the Pa cific, which laat year was State cham- ion. ty a to 10, ana it is their inten lon to make a good shot at treatina tha big Oregon teams in a similar manner. The Musca tines were successful in beating the Alaskan players from Nome aipl meted out similar treatment to tha great Chicago teams, the Meteors and the crescents. Una of their biggest victories over a highly rated team was that over Hope college, champions of western ancnigan, wnich went down be fore the travelers to the tune , of 70 to it. Slgk School's Hot ub. That the team haa occasionally hnn defeated there is no doubt; In the large majority me victors nave Deen isolated M. C. A.'s.' Other victors were Wa bash colleso. Indiana, and the Brtgham Young university of Utah, while a high school in Greeley, Colorado, gave the team one of its hottest games, scoring 87 to 38 for the tourists'. Southern California papers give great prominence to the Muscatines, and their playing Is described as the best seen In the game. Probably if there is one thine more than another in which they excell it Is , their team work. They whirl from one end to another of their playing grounds, passing the ball from one to another with almost clocklike regularity. Rare Indeed Is it for player to miss connection with the ball when passed to him, and quite often he Manages to connect with the sphere when It is passing with his opponents. But their forward play is not neglected tor the defense; here they are strong indeed and by their speedy interier ence can break up the best planned op- position on the part of tha opposing team. In long distance basket throwing most cf tho men are expert. Several of tiie team are reported to be able to. nrt a Daii rrom uie neari or a scrim mage and drop It into the basket, even at a considerable distance rrom the Das ket. nv-n when close under the baa ket'thi feat presents difficulties. The team consists of the following members, and the team to play the Y. m. a. r nutty win uo or i t'x i eu from their numbers: Forwards, Fuller, Volger and Kauts; centers. Lilllbrlege ana Williams; guards, Morgan, Hayes and Williams. . .. . CaBtalh Halrtman of th Portland team does not offer too rosy hopea oft a vieinry, nut ne saia yesterday that With his men he would try and give the team one of tha hottest times it has yet oaa. r VANCOUVER'S BALL CLUB IS ORGANIZED Washington Team of Tri- Citx League Prepared to Entertain Supporters. Vancouver. Wash., Feb. 29. That Vancouver1 is In the game for keeps was proved yesterday when the supporters of basebaM gathered and organised a stock company which will make its d but as the Vancouver Ball Park asao elation. Its officers arc: President. A. Pender; vice-president, W. O. Ten- ney; secretary, E, M. Band treasurer, J. Bigham; board Of managers, A. Pender, A. J. Bigham and Ben Deyar- man; board or trustees, W. O. Tenney, M. J. Helser, J. P. Wineberg, Frank Wilcox and A, J. Proebstel. An organization was also formed for the direct promotion of the game under tne ti tie or tne Vancouver tsaseball as sociation With the following officer: Manager, M. J, Helser; president, A. Pender; ' vice-president, A. G. Bigham; secretary, JQ. MV Kand; treasurer, A. J. Bigham; . business agent, George Don nerberg. ' . Athletic park, the ball grounds, ta Ideally located on. Hoffman avenue, arid there will be seating- accommodations arranged for 900 ; spectators. Jack Helser has accepted the -management and will serve for two yearn. T?ei and Donnerberg ara now making ar rangements ror exmoition games with independent teams to be nlaved on tho Vanqouver diamond preceding the open ing of the league. The, Wabash nlnn nt Portland has accepted and will be one! of the earliest opponents. . " " " : 'i .;:.".:" KING'S HORSE IS DERBY FAVORITE NUMEROUS MEETS MAT BRING GOOD RESULTS Pearth Of Promising Men Apparent In Colleges of Northwest and Sea- son Seems Likely to Pass Without Seeing New Records Established. With one or two exceptions there will probably b no noteworthy perform ances among tha college athletes of tha northwest this season. Last year and the year preceding there were several feats worthy of mora than passing mention, some of the records achieved being even exceptional. Seldom have uch opportunities been offered the de veloping athletes -as those In prospect this spring, one of which haa as its goal nothing more than a summer trip to , London, England. Not in tha memory of the old timers have such measures been 'taken by tha various coaches to whip their men Into shape for the spring campaign. At practically every college the wlntery months lave been heroically spent in hill and dale running. The main ob ject in pursuing these tactics waa to nroduce distance runners and Incident ally to build up constitutions for tha other events. Just how the method has succeeded can not be known until the men face the scratch to negotiate a measured distance. M As mentioned in these columns before there are but two or three college men of any class,-so far as previous per formances would Indicate. Certainly there are none of Olympic tlmbar unless they be Moores and Zacharias of the, University of Oregon. These two will have to do better, much better than they have aver done before, to entitle them to consideration In tbe Pacific Coast tryout in May. Followers of the track will have their first opportunity of Judging the rela tive merits of the athletes of 1(08 at tha big indoor meet to be held April II under the auspices of Columbia UnU verslty. For several years this meet ing has afforded an opportunity to sea what talent has been discovered or is in course of development and it will be no exception this spring. , invitations IHs Majesty's Nomination pna-ia Arnrtvt( hv tha "RnUloTi weat and it is believed that there will Sports Slirubb Talks. be at least a dosen teams of Import ance in attendance. Big Blasts In Prospeet. Subsequently there will be a number of dual meets terminating in the in- Bv Richard Dahlcren. I land emnire annual tourney for Idaho, London. Feb. 29. Interest lh the next Whitman and Washington state eollega Derby 1. beginning to b. manifested S.n toInd IdahTuniv?rVltlul and some betting on tha great race has) of all these some new records ought to been recorded. In the early betting, I D estaousneu, oui u royunB Prospector seems to be a slight fav- ,tltutlons are to be relied upon thera orits with the King's Perler second I will be few if any. In th. hAttlrxr TnoV, fiitl. ar.A Tl.l I WAahtflE'ton Rtatfl COlleZS hftS "& tH gety also have received some support I of distance runners who are probably and bets have been recorded on Moun- the best in the northwest at present: tain Apple. I uregon nas tne premier iiurinm inn The derby appears to me to wear a greatest hammer thrower; Whitman mora than usually Den annect-thls vmr. I claims a fast sprinter and a fleet for, apart from those above named, such as Morena, vamose, White Eagle, Royal Realm', Sir Archibald, ' Katon Lad and Lesbia are all likely to command liberal support. There la also a great tip for Bachelor's Button, in Ireland, Whose owner, Mr. Lotfry, nas already refused hurdler; Washington U" has soma good weight men; Idaho promises to spring some surprises In- tha track events and Oregon Agricultural college Is possessed of soma likely weight men. Of laat year's taaros there will ba some conspicuous absencesDan Kelly. owner, jnr. ijowry, nas aireaay ret u sea i "umo uunepiuuuun uomvc u unu. many tempting offers for him, though l.ohamplon sprinter of the world, and his book record Is nothing much to boast about. FVnm now An interest will Inrruia but it will be some time, before any thing like a reliable idea can be had ss to the probable contenders in the race. Henry McKlnney, champion shot putter of the Paclfio coast. ioth these men were students at tha University of Oregon last year,, George Washington Hug, another University of Oregon man, graduated last spring and left tha lemon yellow without his services as A point winner In His three events, the discus, shot and hammer. Oregon had a team In 1907 which simply walked kway from everything The death of his majesty's rreat race horse. Persimmon, while not unex pected, caused profound regret in rac ing circles. Persimmon was in the went against, out the loss pf Kelly, nf ht i,nii.i in H- .i.. I McKlnnev end Hug will tend to enual- bada fair to become one of the greatest ! matters and make the finishes in of British sires. the prospective field meets much mora For a time after he broks his hp it interesting, if they are not productive was thoug-ht his life could be saved, and f th records the fan likes to ae everything possible to accomplish this result was done.' Ud to the end of last season, Persimmon's get had won US races ana purses to tne aggregate- or 1626.000 were to their oredlt The horse was valued at $200,000. though of course he was not for sale at any prloa. Another automobile record has been made, riny mnes in 86 minutes, seconds was n driving an 80 hung up. j mother was of German extraction. The fact that i Mme. Brusseau being of Teutonic origin, however, rather wa ters the French claim to Burns on nationalistic grounds. .11 . a i. .... ui. 14 made by Charfei ? JaVroM 8 long-distance runner, who has Just re thor Tnowe -ft '522,1:. turned from the other side, likes, the lands. Just lancy what an averati if xi in recenl interview, enruoo 88 aurjBsan. . alow t Ke Amer,car why, t am A letter has been received In Dublin more than pleased with the country. I from Richard Crokpr, pne of heay. treated a most hospl 'tableman- dicate of sportsmen who are providing S?ri n0 on? coli1?5ay, received greater the 1 BOO nurse for Hums anW Rnoi7 kindness than I did, from the first day on "iirchH Mr, Crocker? Siting L"te?!4,nor t0 the day 1 Utt 00 tha be baok in Dublin to aee the contest be tween jtha .Canadian and tho Irishman. as he is convinced it will be one Of the finest exnioits ever witnessed. Mauretania. "The runners there," he, remarked, "are Just as good as our own people, but sportsmen hold different opinions to us in the manner of training. All ath letes are trained with a view to extend ZUnc yUiCl lins TO OUR QUARTET OF BALL TOSSERS WHO LEAVE FOR SANTA BARBARA TONIGHT a - . . CRAB ALL LOW BALLS - r he Vancouver Trades ' and iiirii has decided to ' trv to Labor - ;).. v viicnu tu aiong tne lines ' " , "1.6M,r f"d na appointed ii rnfttni to Inquire into the ques i. In Seattle the unions have bought Ml mine and hope to build a railway i to iL The saving already amounts It a ton 1 WHEN AT THE EVE N THE SAIL .i . ... . ..v. . r f sum 4 YOO CANT HIT THIS BAlLt(T THE PKCf NEVER -MIX FOOTWW't a-V ' A - 1 wi-rti tup r amp t ,. -. ri i iiy i via 'LfS 0ports" of Paris-has 'discovered ,n ffi llAl I" long-distance races t His real name, . says the Journal ' qver-exsrt themselves.''. . ferred to,-is Noe BrusaaaUt: and while nrb has great conridence tnat tns his fattier was at pure Breton, his Pta" Brl?Sa w 11 fiF Prominent.' ' '"My in the forthcoming Olympic games. He said: "There is Dan Kelly, who has been timed to do the hundred In 9 second's h6 W corning over. Ther Is Sheppard of. New York, the half-mlla champjon. He has been doing the four furlongs in t minute, 55 seconds and 1 minute and 66 seconds. He is the finest half-mile runner I have ever Seen. .He is a real goer. I can tell you, and if fit and well, wltt-wn. Asfo TayiofTTbe quarter-of-a-mlle boy, I am told- he has done 48 1-5 seconds and ha Should stand a good chance.'. Of high Jumpers, they have one or two excellent men and nU though I have not seen- them, I- am -as. sareat they will want a lot of beating." Tha Brotherhood of Carcentera and Joiners has gained 141 new unions, and M8t more members are flow on tha books in good standing than was the case one year ago. The total member. ship in good standing now is 199,828, which means that the brotherhood haa actually, more than 250.000 members. The eleventh annual convention of the Tennessee Federation of Labor, held recently, took crantlcal stens looking toward obtaining child labor and other legislative measures of benefit to the workers. . and a eamoalgn will - be In- I Stituted to obtain mora thorouah or. 'canUatlpn ths laboring people. ; -.t ,. , .. f ': y j , , , , , , i - j "... - , ; ' . -" , - '" , v . - f, ..." ' , - . C ' ' . .. .' ' - '
