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KERRIGAN FIRST?
WHICH SHOULD GET CREDIT?
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Have Forrest Smithson's athletio per
formances been greater than those of
Bert Kerrigan? .
- This la a question that has arisen In
the last few days, and not a few mem
ber! f the "Winged M, among them
Edgar .Frank, belter that Kerrigan la
entitled to Just as much consideration
aa Smithson wuen it comes to account
ing what each has done. - -
Kerrigan represented America In the
high Jump at Athens In 1806, and
Smithson is on his way to New Torlc
to represent America in the high hur
dles at London next month.
In arguing that Kerrigan was a great
er athlete than Smithson is. Frank main
tains that hia , consistency deserves
marked mention., Ken-igan was great
aa a high jumper, and Smithson la
great aa a hurdler. .
In ljS Kerrigan established a coaat
record of I tfeet a inches, and nine years
later, during the national championship
f ames Incident to the Lewis and Clark
air, h leaped over feet 1 hi Inches.
No one can deny that this performance
was , remarkable. An athlete who can
aet a high mark and then-nearly equal
It nine years later, has achieved some
thing few hitvn aver aeoomDllahed. espe
cially in an event that calls for thi
physical skill of the high Jump. Kerri
gans mar is saia o uw uou ui
KivhMt set durln 10B. and since he
Won the national championship of course
was entitled to represent hia country
abroad.
Another argument made by Mr.
Frank is the fact that Kerrigan was
not only an athletio performer, but also
a . nmmoter. He was a IT r eat football
player, and good physical Instructor.
). Frank thinks hia reoorda, and espe
cially that of his high jump,, are of
national importance.
V JEerrlgaa Was Injured.
Kerrigan's record at the Athens meet
Is well known. The Portland boy was
Injured in the accident, on the steamer
B&rbarossa, which carried the Amer
icana across the Atlantic, and he was
off his true form. That he got as good
a( a tie for third place was surprising.
Frank was with, him In New York Just
be for he left. Bert weighed 136 pounds
when he left Portland. A cold gripped
him in New York, and he was reduced
five pounds, and that oomblned with the
accident left him weighing lis pounds
when he in meed with Con Leahy of Ire
land, Ooencsy of Hungary and T. H.
Dlakldis of Greece In the finals. He
tied with the Greek for third place at
B feet f Inches. Leahy won at 6 feet
inches. Berore Kerrigan lext Port
land he was doing t;10 In practice at
the ciuo. r
Of course Kerrigan was a victim of
his performance is of the national im
portance Of those of Smithson Is prob
lematical.'! Kerrigan's best mark In the
high jump Is 1 inches lower than that
established as a world's record by Mike
Sweeney in New York f 'ember 21,
1696. It Is t inches under that of the
Englishman, O. W. Rowden, made
August C, -1(90. James K. Sullivan of
the Amateur Athletic union says Kerrl-
?:an was a grand performer In the high
ump possessing the requisite amount
of nerve. . 1 .-
Startles Star Tort
Now let us glance Into Smlthaon's
records. Smithson has a specialty aa
well as Kerrigan. Kerrigan's fame never
extended beyond the coast except aa a
hi eh jumper. Smithson la known In
New York, where be startled the east,
both aa a sprinter and hurdler. Repeat
edly he has won first place In the 100
yard sprint events In the i New York
Indoor games, and Is certainly entitled
to some consideration for this showing.
But it Is aa a hurdler that Smithson
shines. He haa proved time and again
that he la one of the beet timber top
pers that ever donned spikes. Smithson
la a performer, not a promoter of ath
letics. When one is Judging the athletio
ability of a man he Judges him from his
physical record In an athletic event.
.... Smithon has been striving for several
years to attain hia present position aa
a member of the American team. He
has nearly as good a local track record
as Kerrigan, and his fame In the east
outshines Kerrigan greatly. Had Kerri
gan lived in the east he also might
hava become tamous nationally; he
mipht have become the champion.
Kerrigan never held a world's record
of any kind on the track. Smlthnon
holds no lesa than three, and before
July haa passed will probably bold an
other. Since ha has become a hurdler
his performances have been as consist
ent aa any athlete's ever was. He has
repeatedly beaten the crack men beyond
tne Aiiegnaniea, ana some wttn com
fortable handicaps allowed them. He
has beaten Shaw, the Dartmouth man,
who la probably his greatest rival, more
than onoe. This fact alone gives him
confidence for the crucial moment in
the London stadium.
Smithson holds the 40 yard low hur
dle record which he captured at Notre
jjame, xna., iwarcn 18, iu7, in o sec
onds. He also holds the 40 yard high
hurdle record set the same day over
8H foot hurdles. In 6 2-5 seconds. Last
winter in Trenton, New Jersey, he cov
ered the CO yard Indoor hurdles In I
seoonds flat, breaking the world's rec
ord Dy an eignm or a seoona.
Ties World Xeoord.
Several weeks ago at Forest Grove In
an exhibition run Smithson covered the
120 vard hurdles in 16 1-6 seconds, ty
ing the long standing world's record of
A. c. Kransiein estaousnea in Brooklyn,
N. J., March 12, 1900. A few days later
at Portland on a track which was kill
ing to a hurdler, Smithson covered the
course in 16 a-a seconds. There was a
sharp turn almoat at right angle at the
finish of the last hurdle that caused
Smithson to come to almost a complete
cneck beiore ne proceeded to tne rinlsn
lng Una. Six watches caught the ' time
in 15 2-5 seconda.
While no effort Is made to discredit
the Kerrigan lumping record. It might
be said that the field was not so large
or classy In proportion as that Smith
son met at Jamestown in his event
Kerrigan, until he left last year to
take charge of athletics at the Reliance
club In Oakland, had long been a val
uable member or the Multnomah olub In
various waya. In that respect he was
of much more worth than the man the
club haa sent to London.
But everybody is Interested In the
discussion. What do you thlnkT
OREGOllrS III
TRUCK 11HEBS
Dan Kelly Wins Jump and
Gilbert Takes Vault
' at Pittsburg:.
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'We Butted In, Turned Around and Butted Out Again.
CUnlted Press teased Wire.)
Pittsburg, pa., June 20. Thirty thou
sand people assembled on Schenley oval
this afternoon- to witness the athletic
carnival given under the auspices of
the Pittsburg Press, and which was par-,
tlcipated In by some of the most fa
mous athletes of the countrv. A mono-
those who participated In the events
were Hillman and pearborn of the New
York Athletio club, O'Connell and Shep
pard. of the Irish-American Athletic
club. Dan Keuy, "the Oregon whirl
wind," Romsey, Oarrells and Huff, of
the Chicago . Athletio association and
othera famous In this country, many of
whom will go abroad to participate in
the international events.
No records were broken today, but
somo . of the athletes mad excellent
showings. The following Is the sum
mary of the Important events:
110 metres, 120.2 yards), hurdles,
01ymplj Garrells. Chicago A. A., first;
Howe, xaie, second; Myers, Indiana,
normal, third. Time, 16 8-5 seconds.
440-yard dash. ODen Won bv Rnm
Carnegie Technical school; Smith, Cor
nell, secona; no in wen, unattached,
third. Time, 61 seconds.
Half mile. ODen Won bv Ttato.
Technical school; Warner, W. U. P..
seconc Wylle. Carnegie Technical
scnooi, iniro. Time. :U4 J-B.
Olympic, 800-meter run Sheppard,
Irish-American A. C, first; Riley, Irish
American A. C, aecond; Ramsey,. Chi
cago A A., third. Time, 2:01 2-5.
Olympic, 400-meter dash Won by
Hillman. N. Y. A. C; A. C. Taylor,
Irish-American A. C, second; Byrey, un
attached, third. Time :60 1-5.
Shot put, Olympic Won by Garrells,
Chicago A. A.; Dearborn, N. Y. A. C.,
second; Woodllng, New Brighton Y. M.
C A., third. Distance, 42 feet 10 Inches.
Pole vault Won by Gilbert. Yale:
Ftckels. U. of P., second; Moore, Prince
ton, intra, tieignt, 12 ret Vi inches.
Broad luitm. Olymplo Won by Kelly.
Irish-American A. C. ; Grimes, Pitts
burg Lyceum, second: Wilson, U. of p
third. Distance, 21 feet 11 inches.
Mile relay, (schools and athletic
teams) Won by Carnegie Technical
school; Pittsburg Lyceum, second. Time
2:46 1-6.
This Date In Sport Annal.
1878 National Rifle association
opened Its range at Creedmoor, L. I.
1877 Jack Munroe. puarlllst. born In
Chester, Pa. 1
1887 Ramsey, pitcher of the Louis
ville club, struck out 17 of the Cleve
land club In nine Innings.
1892 At Tacoma: Cross or the Ta-
Mint. VtA PnWlanfla wrltH
one scratch hit.
1897 At Syracuse: Tommy Ryan
knocked out Tom Williams In second
round.
1905 At Chester, Pa.: Harry Lewis
and Young Erne went 10 rounds to a
draw.
1907 At Chicago: Jefferson J
Blanks of Tennessee, won the Grand
American handicap target shoot.
WINNERS IN FIRST
PLAY FOE TKOPHIES
Before a large crowd of enthustastlcs
the first day's play for the Ladd trophy
in the tennis singles and the Mulnomah
club -trophies In the doubles was pulled
off on the club field yesterday. Follow
ing Is the result:
Dole beat Mersereau, 6-4, 4-6, 9-T.
McMillan beat Barnard, 6-7, 6-8, 7-B.
Kats beat Humphreys, 7-6, 7-5.
MoAlpln beat De Schneinlta, 8-6, 6-1.
6-2.
Brewer beat Button. 6-2, 1-6, T-8.
Andrews beat Plummer, 6-2, 4-6. 6-2.
Sargent beat Frohman, oy default.
Dunn beat Kerrigan, 6-8, 6-4.
In the doubles Rohr and De Schnetn
ltz beat Humphreys and Plummer, 6-1,
2-6 and 6-2.
TEAM PRESENTED WITH CHAMPIONSHIP PENNANT
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GOSSIP OF TRI
CITY LEAGUERS
Deserting Tlayers Cause the
Managers to Hustle
for Talent.
rans. Doubtless the league lost a con
siderable sum by calling the game off,
but as it was for sweet charity it will
doubtless come back full fold before
the season closes.
Trl-Clty league games scheduled for
today:
East Portland vs. St Johns, at
Vaughn street.
West Portland vs. . Oregon City, at
Oregon City. -
Alblna at Woodburn.
Salem at Vancouver.
Umpires assigned for today:
Giles- at Vaughn street.
Jack Rankin at Oregon City.
F.d Rankin at Vancouver.
Pravoat at "Woodburn.
Aa a sequel to the action of the league
directors In not allowing: C A Partlow
to transfer his franchise to Forest
Grove, Partlow finds himself unable to
play his games upon the Oregon City
diamond, owing to non-support and de
sertion of his players. Last Sunday
the Kast Portlands were forced to ail
the date upon the Orecon r.ltv
and found the diamond In awful condi
tion, Deing reauy unsare to play upon.
Also a team which was uniformed In
street apparel, was sent upon tha field.
Over half of the players were not
signed up, and to cap the climax the
attendance did not reach. 100 paid ad.
missions. The league umpire should
have refused to allow the game to be
put on.
At the annual commencement exer
rtsea of Columbia university the other
day the Columbian Alumni association
jraented tha champion basketball
u;M with a large pennant amblematls
vf past seasons victories. . Fred
Martin, secretary of the association,
made the presentation speech.
The varsity team lost no game In
the Interscholastio league. In addition
to this record it defeated tha Independ
ence Athletic club for. the first time
that that cluo had been beaten In two
years It also defeated th Kast Side
Athletio club and "broke even with Van
couver High school.
Reading from right to left the play
ers are: Top row G. Dooley, H. Couil
lard, R. McDonald: second row Frank
Lonergan, coach; p. Walker, J. Camp
bell. E. Dooley, T. QolnnaM. En tils and
B. Oleason. , . V ,
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Tha game today between West Side
and Oregon City will probably be post
poned on account of these same condi
tions, the West -Side toiLm nfiMln tn
play upon the diamond until It Is fixed
up. xt -is unrortunate. that the fans at
Oregon City will not lunnnrt th tum
and it is useless for Mr. Partlow to con
tinue in the league as a franchise holder
unless he can secure grounds and sup
port. The league directors should have
used a little foresight and figured the
natural result of tflelr action. On tha
other hand, Forest Grove had a larger
gate last Sunday than any gam In
the league for the ame day.
"Willie" Barnslde, the youthful
who recently resigned from the
Trl-Clty staff is playing first basa oa
?J S. rrJ,he Co8 Bay league teams.
-P1?,1 Thomas, the hard-hitting East
Portlander, Is catching for ,the same
team. .
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Some Of the IlimnAI-a fmn ,V. Tt.
City are making phenomenal averages
with the willow in the Inland Empire
of bi?ln' around the .200 mark In
iri-v.ii. ny is it? WOlT
"ueanstaiK" Marnhnii
pitching better ball In the Pacific Coast
league than he did for tH . "ni.
Birds' at Woodburn. The Trl-Clty boys
wno raced him did not seem to have
uwu n. uaiu nme swiping nita
Manager Eulrlcheof the Alblna team
has secured the jlpature of a rood,
fast outfielder, lately from the Minne
sota State league. His name is Web
ster, and he hits like a Wagner.
Th Went Side- t.am Is stronger now
than at any other time this season.
Robideanx an ex-Western association
player, who lately ilgned up, fills a
gap aroundsecond bag, and Is hitting
strong. Day at third keeps up his won-
.rftL tr!.do.a1.1T,the otfleldT Johnson,
H inkle and Rich Parrott, la aa good as
any in the league. "
With the season about half gona It
l?oka rery much aa if the Woodburn
"Blue Birds" had a clnrh on the pen
nant Un ess they have a litUs bad
luck and lose a couple of sames th
rag is theirs. They have p&ed thei?
full schedule and their nearest com
petitory the West Sid. tea U behind
tne n'au' jo" games. , with little
viuLuua w mem up. ins great-
est scrble is amona the team In
fn. nd1.d.,vi'!,0.n'. trying to get
ini "VI.... '"w oeiore tne 'tlag
falls. There will be soma great old
scraps among these teams during; the
balance of the season.
Tha action of the league officials In
postponing Satorday's gams between
Oregon City and East Portland on ac
count of the charity game at Mult
nomah field commends , itself to the
Manager Pomeroy has lost another
or his players. "Bub Gardner, the
elongated twlrler, has skipped to the
Coos Bay league and the East Side
manager Is now looking around for an
other slab artist to fill the departed
DiacKsmiin s snoea.
"Dicky" Holmes, the 16-year-old kid.
who is alternating with Bowen on the
Woodburn pitcher's staff, has made
good. Two games won by him and no
losses Isn't so bad. The kid will be a
factor In the pennant race the balance
of the season.
Alex Oliver, the "hard-hitting kid."
has broken into the game again and Is
wearing an Apostle uniform. Alex is
a valuable addition to the St. Johns
team. .
Manager Partlow of the Orearon City
team is certainly a great hustler after
baseball talent. He is suddenly faced
with the tact that he haa no team, and
inside of four hours he eathers to
gether another bunch of youngsters and
slams them Into the game and they
make a good showing at that. He now
has a team made up of some of the
best semi-pros in the city. They -are
Habernlcht, Robinson and Craig, pitch
ers; Locke, Duvall, Telford and Craig,
Infield; Shaw, catcher, and Hamilton,
Taylor and McFarlane In the outfield.
"Old War Hoss" Arch Parrott seems
to have lost his bat Una eve, the hits are
few and far between now.
of the Trl-Clty
EHTRE NOUS IS
OTHER IN FIRST
Meadows Track Inaugurates
.Racing Season With a
Large Attendance. .
(United Prew teased Wire.)
Beattls June 20. The Meadows meet
of 1908, 12 days of racing, opened this
afternoon and both from the standpoint
of attendance and the character-of rac
ing tha day proved satisfactory to the
management of the King County Fair
association, under whose auspices the
meeting is held. Weather conditions
were hone too favorable,, for whUe the
sun shone brightly at times, a high
wind SWCDt tha course mil It was
chilly enough for women's wraps.
Eight thousand people witnessed the
running of the six events. Starter
Dwyer sent the Holds away In good
alignment, though in several of the
races ne naa some excentionaiiv bad
post performers. .
Nat Relss, a Seattle owner, took the
honors of the day, winning not only tha
principal event, that of the opening
handicap, with his speedy mare, Entre
Nous, but the fifth as .well with Miss
uinoious.
SOgarmald. owned bv J. .T. Fereusnn.
ruled favorite In the ODeninv handlcan.
uut sue maue a miseraDie snowing.
nummary
First race, five and half furlones
oeue jiinney tetng, to l, won;
Aunt Polly fA. Walsh), second: Hidden
Hand (Buxton), third. Time. 1:07 hi.
Second race, four and a half furlongs
xtigmeasy (a. waisnj, l to a, won;
Horace H. (W. Kelly), second: Ander
son (Gaugel), third. Time, 0:64.
Third race, one and one sixteenth
miles Cadlchon (C. Sullivan), 9 to 6,
won; Lotus Eater (Gaugel), second:
Brookleaf (A. Walsh), third. Time.
1:45.
Fourth race, six furlongs, the ODenina-
handloap Entre Nous (W. Kelly), 10 to
l a. waisn;, secona;
1, won; Security
Lord Of the Forest ' (Mentrv). third.
Time, 1.1 2 Vs.
Fifth race, one mile and 70 yards
Miss Officious (W. Kelly), 4 to L won:
High Gun (D. Boland). second: Black
Mate (W. Riley), third. Time, 1:44U.
Sixth race, seven furlongs -First PeeD
In-hlho 1,1 -k IK 1 am. Ta 1 A
Hardis), second; Cargantu (Lycurgus),
mira. lime. i:ze4.
Shsepshead Baee Results.
First race, six and a half furlones
Timber (Dugan), 8 to 6, won; Saracl
nlsca (Musgrave), second; Farwest
(Lee), third. Time. 1:20 2-5.
Second race, the introductorv steeple
chase, about two miles Bayonet (Mc
Kinney), 4 to 1, won; Thlstledale
liiuppe). second: Mr. Martin (Reiden.
third. Time, 4:05 2-8.
Third race, futurity course: Mediant
(McCarthy), 6 to 1, won; High Range
(J. Low), second: Casaue (Notter).
third. Time, 1:00 2-5.
Fourth race, mile and a Quarter, the
Tidal stakes Colin (Notter), 1 to 5,
won: Dorante (J. Lee), second; Stamina
IJS. uugan), third. Time, 2:04.
r utn race, mue ana tnree sixteentns
Brother Jonathan (G. Burns), 80 to 1,
won; Flavlgny (Delaby). second; Sea
Wolf (E. Dugan), third. Time, 2:01 8-5.
Sixth race, one mile rne wrostler
(Notter), 6 to 1. won; Rockstone .(Gar
ner), second; Tom Dolan (H. Smith),
third. Time, 1:39 8-5.
Official standing
league team to' date:
Woodburn
West Portland
Salem
Vancouver
Oregon City
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YACHT TERRIER WINS
FIRST RACE OF SERIES
With a good stiff wind which shifted
from the northeast to northwest and
back again four yachts fit the Oregon
Tacht club tried for vietorv veaterriav
afternoon on the Willamette. The
race was the first of a series of three
and the Terrlor captured the first heat
for the C A. Nelson cup. The Dancln'
Sal was second. The Fore 'n'aft and
the Synamox also sailed.
Xrfttonia BsMie Ssamlta,
First race, five furlongs J. H. Reed,
won: Admonish, second; Lillian tay,
third. Time. 1:00 4-6.
Second race, five and a half furlongs
Direct, won; Zemphroni, second; Trans
form, third. Time, 1:07 4-&.
Third race, six furlongs Geneva
won; Swanson, second; Tamara, third.
Time, 1:13 3-5.
Fourth race, six furlongs. Brewers'
handicap Berwick, won; coupled with
Ellen A. Dale, second; Dainty Dame,
third. Time, 1:12 4-6.
Fifth race, one mile Sir Huron, won;
Kercheval. second; W. T. Overton, third.
Time, 1:8. , t
Sixth race, mils and an eighth Miss
LI da, won; Honslgnor, second; Beau
Brummel, third. Time. 1:62.
Alco Team at Brownsville.
(Special Pit patch to The journal.)
Albany, Or., June 20. The baseball
team of the Alco club of this city was
defeated yesterday at Brownsville. The
game was one of the attractions for the
last day of the plcnlo of the pioneers.
Tha score was 6 to 1 In favor of the
opponents. The Brownsville team was
composed of the best of the fast Oregon
Agricultural college teams, with other
outside men of the valley. A return
fame will be played In this city during'
he Fourth of July festivities.
BASEBALL FIGHT :
STARTS 1H SOUTH
Coast and California Leagues
Will War Bitterly Un
til One Falls.
STATE CLUBS FILLED
WITH FAMOUS STARS
Former Big Leaguers Make Circuit
. Teem With Claasy Acta Beavers
Popular With Neighboring Fans
Easterners Coming Out for Mill,
By Will J. Slattery.
San Franolsco, June 20. Th mag
nates of the Faclflo Coast league have
started out on a campaign against the
California State league that promises
to develop into the most strenuous con
test of Its kind that organized baseball
has ever known on the Pacific coast.
The powers on both sides declare that
thev are readv to fieht till, one or tha
othfr falls. Both claim that the battle
is for principal first and money after
ward and that no end of coin will be
spent to aid their causes. 1
Tne taxing or Whaien from tne Sac
ramento club was, the bombshell that
started the rest of the fireworks arolnr.
At first it looked as though Whaien was
delivered to San Francisco withouc
question, but as the dnys rolled by and
the player failed to make his appearance
on the local field, the fans began to
have their doubts. One day Whaien
would be In this city with a statement
that he was ready to go to work for
Long. The next he would report at
Sacramento and hand Manager Graham
a Tine line of talk. There seems to be
a chance for either side to get Jimmy
yet, but nobody seems to know who is
going to grab orr tne juicy pium.
Realizing that the othera are in the
going and that there Is a chance for
nim to also do some good. Manager Mc
Credle of the Beavers has come out Rnd
declared that he will try to land a
couple of live pitchers from the outlaw
league. Mac neeas siaosters awrui dri
right now and if he can get them from
the outlaws he will not only be aiding
his own team, but doing the entire
league a good turn by helping in its
war against the powerful brush organization.
McCredte has hts eves on Slats Nel
son, the big southpaw of the Alameda
team, who shut out the Oaklands the
other day without a hit or a run or a
base on .balls. Incidentally fanning an
even dozen of them. McCredie thinks
so well of Kelson that he has already
offered him a fat looking salary to
jump, but the big southpaw Is holding
out for another boost in the envelopo.
There Is still a remote chance that
MeCredle will also aret his hooks on Ben
Henderson once again, though a little
doubt still exists In the minds of the
other baseball managers as to this.
Henderson evidently Is growing tired of
the Brush and wants to get back into
organized ball. He asked a friend of
his the other day to Intercede for him
and try to get him reinstated, so that
he can go either to Portland or to Bos
ton. MeCredle said somo time aso that
he would never take Henderson back In
the fold, but ha may have changed his
mind since, for the reason that he is
up against It so badly for slabsters.
The casual fans may not realize it.
but the California state league Is made
up partially of ex-National and Ameri
can leaguers and Coast leaguers good
enough for the big brush. They are
playing rattling good ball there now
and the leaders In the flag race could
hold their own with, any minor league
team In the country without exception.
Take the Stockton nine for instance.
Behind the bat there is Keg Hackett
the former . Oakland backstop and one ,
of the best catchers the Coast league
ever knew. Ho Is so good that Boston
Is breaking Its neck to secure his rein
statement. In their box are Henderson
and Dr. Moskiman, the manager, both
of whom belong to big league teams.
On first Is Marty Murphy, who made
good in the Coast league several times.
Danny -Shay, the former New York
Giant lnfielder, is. playing second, and
Bill Morlarlty. the ex-Seal shortstop,
wanted by the Cleveland Americans, is
doing the honors at short.
On the Fresno team are Charles
Bnura, drafted bv the Philadelphia Na
tionals, old Rosooe Miller, the former
Seattle and Ban Franoiaco pitcher. Cliff
Blankenship, who lumped Washington.
Kd Kennedy, who left MeCredle. FVank
Ksola, the former Seal, and Bull Croll,
the ex-Seattle and San Francisco left
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FASTEST MOTOR BOAT ON COAST RACES TODAY
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Johnny Wolf has become a member of
the Willamette Motor Boat club, and
has entered his two flyers, the .Vixen
and The Wolf in the races on the river
this afternoon. Wolf has long been the
kingpin of tha local motor boatlsts, and
he Intends to continue that prestige. '
Wolf has "entered the Vixen, which
heretofore has been the fastest boat in
local waters, la handioap race for
tne jaeger tropny, ana nas an excellent
chance of winning the prise. Up to a
week ago announcement that the Vixen
would enter would have caused a mild
flurry.
But this Is lost .. sight 'of . in
view of the entrance of the newly
launched The Wolf, which is without
doubt the fastest boat of Its kind on
the Paclflo coast ' .
The Wolf will start from the ' scratch
and Is a strong favorite for the cash
prize offered by the motor boat organ
isation. Those who have seen The Wolf
m action say that it can travel In the
neighborhood bf 20 miles an hour. If It
does this only a breakdown in the ma
chinery will prevent It from carrying off
tha honors, if it can cover 20 miles in
60 minutes it has nothing to fear from
any motor boat in Portland unless it be
ths.tme;Mr. Rasch has stored at tha
Beeman-Woodward-Spalding house
VIXEN'
Rasch had not entered his craft up
to last night, and the battle royal that
was anticipated is necessarily -v post
poned. However, these speeders will
undoubtedly come together July 4 for
the 1500 cuo which will be offered' the
winner of the scratch race on that date;
The parade preceding the races today
will start promptly at ! o'clock, and-will
be strung out from - the clubhouse at
the foot of Ellsworth street to the Mori
rlson street bridge , The first race is
pulled off at 2:30 o'clock, and the classes
will be sent away as soon as one raca
is finished. Spectators can 'see the
tests to best advantage) from the bluff
overlooking the clubhouse at tha foot of
juiswonn street. i -1, ,-
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