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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 28. 1008. TRIPLE VICTORY FOR AMERICAN ATHLETES Have Beaten the World, the British Sportsmen and the British Game Long Time Before a' Yankee AVill Ever Again Show Up at nif English Meet. fiy James B. Connelly. (Hearat News by Loiuriwt Lcaaed Wire.) London, July 2G. When Smlthson of Tortland. Or., won tho fastest hurdle race la athletic history, ho completed the most brllllunt record anyone has ever made In tin International meeting. In 24 puroly Olympic events our coun try won 14 firsts. Claims uro now ad vanced by Great Ilritaln that she won the greatest number of firsts, hut her list Includes a lot of gentle exercises, Including arehcry, motor boating and the like, which no foreign country came here to contest. Only 14 victories wore nuido on purely Olympic contests. We do not even Include tho victories In swimming, tennis, wrestling and tdioot- The meeting has proved our cham pionship among the nallotis. Great Jiritaln. with all her colonies, score eight firsts. Including tho disputed ouarter mile. Whero she thought her self Invincible she was beaten badly, Endurance was supposed to be her strong point. Bho would concede no American hotter than ninth place In the Marathon, yet three Americans fin lshed among the first fLve and the first English was thirteenth. British Sportsmanship Phony. Aft n. result of the meeting American confidence In British sportsmanship Is badly nt rained. Despite tho announce ment, "may tho best man win, our victories wera received Irostily. For winning the great half mile, Sheppard was less heartily applauded than many Englishmen winning a trinl heat with out competition. One thing which had a great bearing on the result was that our boys worked together. 'Iho nun cheerfully sacrificed themselves for the good of the team. Murphy is something more than an ex cellent trainer. Ho developed the na tional feeling. It is worthy of noting that the New York Irish-American club won eltfht firsts, an many as Li ri tain and all her colonies. Altogether it was a typical body ol Americans that upheld our standard, policemen, clerks, students anil profes sional men, representing till sections of the country. America's athletic prowess Is vindicated. Never Such an Athletlo Bunch. The grandest aggregation of athletes ever sent to competition by this or any other country In tho history of spoil carried off the world's premier honors of tho rifth Olympic at tho stadium. Hhephcrd's flush.' 1'Lo meeting, so far as the field itrd the truck champion ships are Concerned, terminated today. Though America had the chief honors cinched for tho past few days, it was not until the last event was terminated that tin- glory of I nch- Yarn's plucky pons was most forcibly impressed on the great hordes of sport loving people the world over. From the ouiset of the great gather ing America has figured in the light of a champion eourser competing with a field of class, handicapped by an un reason, ible impost and piloted by a jockey bent on pulling his mount. Carried the Weight, and Won. The contrary Interpretation of the Olympic rules as handed down by the autocratic iiritish Olympic committee, which Insisted on conducting the meet according to Un biased lights, proved a weight which would have broken the Mpirit and resolve of anv band of ath letes less skilled and fit than the lit tle army which answered th call of the veteran irainer, Mike Murphv. The Jockeying of this same athletic power in favoi ing their own athletes and throwing every possible barrier- in the path of the Yankees his occasioned no coo or uni.ivor.iiwe crlin-tsm over the face of the earth. ei-n in the colonies of the light little Isle. Hut Americans won despite these handi caps. ni.il won so decisively that even the English have been forced to con cede their haled rivals the supremacy without the merest pretext of excuse. British Stole Two Events. Manager llalpin and his men were forced to swallow many a bitter pill by the unprecedented hnrd-lo-a.dedness of the IJii'isli management, 'ITj doses were gulped down without a whimper more than a stereotyped potest, which usually nvnilcTr notliintr. 1 wo events tho Iiritish practically stole. These were the tug of war and the 400-mei.r 'flat race. The first America rermttt"d to go by default because Hie Liverpool men against whojn they were pitted wero permitted to wear shoes which In no wise con formed to the drastic rule. Uncle Sam was jobbed out of tho second. Carpenter being disqualified Btter beating Hnlswell, the Kngllsh crack, in the easiest sort of fashion. America refused to compel In tic final of the 4 00-meter todav, though confident of Victory In case of making an effort. It was more satisfaction to nllow Kngland the hollowness of a walkover than to bow to a power as pitiless as it was unjust.. But England gained nothing bv the arbitrary action. It proved eventually that America did not need the points out of which they were cheated. Crowning" Events America Won. The Britons were beaten In two events of which they were most con fident, the 1.500-mciers and Marathon races, the features of the athletic car nival, nut wiin a iair Held and no favor there is not the slightest doubt that America would have scored more points than nil tho rest of tho world combined. It will be a long time before any team again competes in Britain. The achievement of the final day was a fitting farewell shot to the coun try that has endeavored bv ovcrv means to rub the Americans of victory. True. England scored it first In the 40O meters with flalswell. who com peted al';e ami also took fir.t and second in the hup-step-jump. It re mained for Ano-riea to show the way to victory in the or.ly events In which tr ue eomo. t'tinn devclopci. Tho Yankees carried off the relay race In a walk and swept the 110-meter hurdles In one of the grandest com petitions ever witnessed. In this event three Americans finished within a foot of each other, breaking ,all Olympic, intereollegia to and world" records for the event. It was perhaps th classiest field of hurdleis that ever faced a starter Sublime Finish in the 110-Meter. Forrest (. Kmlthfor., the treat Ore f nlan. shewed t!..- war at the finish. I tit he had to t ' e-. ... y num cf re , -rv to start 1 nt r Johnny tj.irrtls t'lilfapn and A H The three finlshe. than the 120 yards, of IS seconds beats Sinlthsnn's the other more tlmy budfy Revenge in the Xaliwell Case. There has been a marked tendency on the part of the Olympic team since the regrettable disqualification of J. C. Carpenter in the 400-meter race to salve the wounded spirits of the Americans who ho promptly notified the commit tee that they would not again com pete. It was run over today. Not until Hnlswell, the army officer, went over the course alone tar a "walkover," which the majority of the spectators hissed, did tho Englishmen believe they would huve to be content with the hol lowest sort of victory in this event. It was figured by muny who came out especially for this event that the Amer icans would waver at the last hour. Kvery Inducement was offered to get Taylor and Bobbins to enter but to no avail. Hallswell's exhibition was by far the most gloomy from every standpoint that has graced the fifth Olympiad. Us, wont out determined to show that the Olympic committee was Justified in its dccltiion by, bettering the time of Carpenter, but in this lie failed. His time was hut 60 seconds, as compared with 47 2-6 nearotiuted by the crack American. Of course Ilallswell had no competitor to mako him step out but if he was up to beating; the American, he should have been able to Jog tho course in better time than he showed In the linal. Score Made, by Nations. Following are the Olympic scores of track and field events, according to the universal systum of five for firsts, three for seconds and one for thirds: 1,500-meter run United States 6, United Kingdom 4. Throwing 16-pound hammer United States 8, Canada 1. 3.500-meter walk United Kingdom 8. Australia 1. Three-mile team United States 8. United Kingdom 5, France 1. Throwing javelin Sweden 6, Greece 3, Norway 1. IMsous, free style United States 9.. Putting 11-pound shot United States 6, United Kingdom 8. Throwing Javelin. middle hold Sweden 6, Norway 3. Ten-mllo walk United Kingdom 9. iJlscus throw. Greek style United States 8. Finland 1. Five-mile walk United Kingdom 8. Sweden 16. 3,L'00-meter steeplechase United Ktates 1, United Kingdom 7. Standing broad Jump United States Greece 3. S0O meters flat United States 5, Italy 3, Germany 1. Running high lump United States 5. United Kingdom 1 1-3, Hungary 1 1-3, France 1 1-3. i KOO-meter dash United States 3, Can ada 1. South Africa 6. ' 400-meter hurdles United States 8, United Kingdom 1. Running broad Jump United States i Canada 1. 100 meters flat United States 4. Can- i ada ST I Standing high Jump United States 7. ! Greece 2. Uole vault United States 8 1-8. tsneiien 1-3, nnaiia 1-3. Marathon race United States 6. South Africa 3. Tug of war United Kingdom 9. 4t. meters flat United Kingdom 5 (only one man ran). 110-meter hurdles United States 8. l.fiOO-meter relay race United States 5, Germany 3, Hungary 1. Running hop. step and Jump United Kingdom 5, Canada 3. Norway 1. Total: United States 114 1-3, England fill 1-3, Sweden 12 1-3. Canada 111-3, Greece 8, South Africa 8, Norway 5, Germany 4, llalv 3. France 2 1-3, Hun gary 2 1-3. Australia 1, Finland 1. Records of the Week. Records made this week were as fol lows: 100-meter dash J. A. Rector. Univer sity of Virginia; Walker. South BE S 1' FIELD MD BUT RECORD Danzig, Johnson, Ryan and 3IcCredie Keep Up Con sistent Work. Tou need to take but on glance at these tables to know why the Beavers lost those four games In n row. Prac tically every member of the Portland team has hit a big slump, Danzig and Johnson excepted. Uanxlg. Johnson and Rvan are the only i. layers hitting up to their usual gait, while Danzig, Johnson and McCre- aie are tne only ones who have fielded up to the dot. Raftery, Ryan and Mo Crodle' havo been running the bases fairly well since reaching home but the others on the team have fallen down badly. The last, two games, however, have shown a marked Improvement In the work of all the players. The batting and fielding averages since the return of the team to the local frrounds three weeks ago, are as fol ows: Batting Averages. AB. R. H. 8B. SH. PC. .10 2 .31 8 .66 S .70 0 63 .47 2 .63 6 .64 7- .69 6 .63 6 .12 1 .18 0 .33 8 .16 1 . .9 0 (Iraney, p Pa nisi g. lb Kyan, 3b Groom, p Johnson, lb. ss. 3b Madden, o. ...... Casey, 2b Raftery, cf McCredle, rf. . . . Bassey, if Marshall, lb Whalen, c. Cooney, ss. Klnsella, p. Garrett, p. p.. . 4 10 17 2 14 12 11 11 12 9 2 .400 .322 .809 .286 .264 .247 .207 .203 .203 .169 .166 .153 .161 .062 .000 P1TCHIHG FEATS OF BOWERS Young Twirlers Lead the Leaguers, but Veterans Trailing Very Close. Wlllett and McCarthy, both young sters, are tho two pltchera who ar leading the American and National leagues, respectively. In the percentages of games won and lost. Wlllett, under the tutelage of Ilughle Jennings, 'has developed Into one of the best pitchers In the country. McCarthy was traded to the Boston Nationals bv Pittsburg along with Cy Young III for Cf Youn Dlnnen and Brown, however, have the honor of leading the leagues on account of the large number of games In which they have worked. Walsh, Donovan and Powell are also well above the .700 mark In the American, while Mathew- son, Reulbach and Willis head the pro cession In the National. percentages compiled up to last week follow: Amerloen league. ARGENTINA, COUNTRY OF MARVELOUS POSSIBILITIES The Friday Fielding- Averages. P.O. A. . . .24 McCredle, rf. Garrett, p 1 Oraney, p 3 Danrln. lb 67 Raftery, cf 4 2 Bassey. If 63 Johnson 80 Madden, c 74 Ryan, 3b 20 Groom, p 2 Marshall, p, lb 17 Casey, 2 b 25 Cooney, ss 13 Klnsella, p 6 Whalen. c 19 Strike outs By Klnsella, 18: Groom, 14; Garrett, 11; Bases on balls Off K. 0 0 0 1 1 9 1 8 14 4 2 6 29. 15 20 10 6 32 26 25 9 , 23: Granev, Marshall, 8. Graney, 18 Won Wlllett, Detroit ... 8 Dinnen, St. Louis.... 7 Walsh. Chicago 18 Donovan, Detroit ... 8 Powell St Louis... 10 Falkenberg. Wash. . 6 Joss, Cleveland ....14 Young, Boston .... 12 Petty, St. Louis.... 4 Thlolman, Cleveland 4 Killlan, Detroit ... 9 Plank. Philadelphia. 10 Rhoades, Cleveland.. 8 White, Chicago 11 Summers, Detroit ..11 Manning. New York. 9 PC. 1.000 l.ooo ; 1.000 I .986 .979 I .963 I .947 .947 .930 .922 .920 .890 .886 .882 818 5 . 6 .10 Groom, 14; Klnsella, 6; Garrett, 4; Mar shall. 3. Double plays 13. Home runs Bassey and Casey. Three-base hits Johnson, 5: Ryan. 2; McCredle. 1; Danzig, t, and Raftery, 1. Two-base hits Johnson. 4: Rvan. 2 Bnssoy. 1; Madden, 1; McCredle tery, 1, and Cooney, 1 1; Raf ! Berger, Cleveland Burchell, Boston Hughes. Wash. . . Chick, Cleveland Morgan, Boston Mullln, Detroit Newton, N. Y Altrock, Chicago .. Howell. St Louis... Vlckers. Philadelphia Dygert, Philadelphia 8 Owen. Chicago 6 Bender, Philadelphia 4 Waddell, St. Louis. . 6 Chesbro, New York. Clcotte, Boston Manuel, Chicago . . . Burns. Washington. Lake, New York.... Llebhardt. Cleveland Smith, Chicago .... Cates, Washington.. I Smith, Washington. Winter, Boston .... Keeley, Washington. ; Orth. New Yjirk. ... 2 , Johnson, Washington 1 Prueitt, Boston 1 National Laj-ue. Lost 2 2 6 8 4 2 6 6 3 2 6 5 7 7 7 4 6 6 r 6 7 6 6 10 9 9 6 5 8 10 6 3 10 9 11 8 6 9 12 4 (t 5 7 P. C. .800 .777 .750 .727 .714 .714 '.Us .666 .666 .642 .625 .615 .611 .fill .563 .655 .655 .665 .655 .538 .633 .600 . .600 .473 .470 .470 .461 .44 1 .428 .411 .400 .400 i .875 .8M I .362 , .33.1 I .333 ! .307 ! .250 , .200 .181 .166 .125 I By John Barrett. Director of the Inter national Bureau of American Republics. Argentina Is the second largest re public In Houto-Amerloa. The area Is 1,136,840 snuaro miles. This may ,not convey a clear Idea of the size of the country. Even when I suy that It la one-third of tho i, nil I tnnntn 1 ITnttA4 States, the comparison Is not altogether graphic, but when I udd that Argentina is larger than the nunl.iiwj nt all the states east of tho MUaixulm.1 together with Minnesota, Iowa and Mis souri, the actual blitness of our imius- trious and nroir resslvn n,.i,.v, i,.,r i South America becomes evident.' Progressive and Industrious are the two adjectives very descriptive of the Argentine republic. Nature has ban kind to her in the first oln tir ,,,,Im divided Into 14 provinces, correspond ing to our states, anil 10 territories, with the federal district, extend from within the tropics at the north, to the icy point of Tierra del Fuego at the south. In these northern provinces of Tucuman, Jujuy and Salta sugar, cot ton and tho grape can bo grown; In the central provinces of Santa Fe. Cordova and Buenos Aires are the famous fields of wheat, corn, alfalfa and linseed; here too aro the great, cattle ranches SIRCMRIES DUKE TALKS I Famous Statesman Admits Seriousness of tho British Xaval Situation. panles, of which 18 are English. on Kreni h and three government ow ned and ODeratert. These lines oxtena Into hi most every corner of the republic, line goes soutfiwestward nearly across the province of Rio Negro; another. Just completed, passes northward over the boundary Into the republic of Bolivia. 1,200 miles; a third, perhaps the lest known, reaches to the foot of the Andes and transfers passengers, after a short carriage of 35 miles bv mule and Mai; to the railway of Chile. This pins i i : the mountains will soon be accoiuplishi-ci by a tunnel, so that all the year annuel the trip from oceun to Oeean can h" made In un easy 4t hours of ti.iwl nhlu l Ku nwiina th. Irkui.tn.. Inui i of an unsettled frontier The trains are 'w -l" Interviewed today at the house as luxurious and as comfortable iih a of commons by your correspondent with reference to tbe scandals In the British I t! (l ioin a Ktaff Correspondent.) London, July 25. Sir Charles Dllka. ogtn:?ed tls England's foremost au rlty In naval, and military affairs. II i limited" between New York and ( hi rago. SplenuPI sleeper:! are at l.ie 0 tiosal of tho traveler; fine buffet e;, i serve meals as attractive as foilimri skill can mako them, and the train across tho level pampas as smoothly as the globe trotter can ask. Modern Wonders. It is nbout time that our American people woko up to the progressi en ess of this modern wonderland. Hero Is a nation with a population of little over ti, 000,000. yet they last year conducted a foreign commerce valued at neariy i ' rr - - --.--.v.'...i,.-..i'.-i---:i::.ii.,:...-t.Ji...:.K . 1 . l..-- .Y.,-t. Federal Building assistance and thnt the officials who picked him rew yarns or tne race, amounted to en interference, even though without It he might not have been able to flnlsn. One of the members-of the committee said tonight that the protest would be thrown out. In presenting Hayes with his medal. Queen Alexandra said that the unan imous opinion of the press and tho of ficials was that he deserverf the honor. Hayes was abashed by the attention showered on him. The athletes broke training this af ternoon and they swarmed into ihe theatres and music halls and whooped things up In a way that resembled the aftermath of a big football game In America. . McCarthy. Boston.., 6 I Brown, Chicago ....14 action of the I Mathewson, N. Y .... 1 8 up In the last I Reulbach. Chicago . 9 Willis. Plttfiliurg . . .13 Corrldon, Phlla. 5 Ewlng, Cincinnati. .10 Leever, Pittsburg ..11 Maddox, Pittsburg . 9 Spade. Cincinnati... 7 McQuiHln, Phlla 14 McGlnnlty. N. Y 7 Camnltz. Pittsburg. 9 Tsylor. New York.. 6 Wlemer, New York. 8 Karger. St. Louis Crandall. New York Wlltse, New York. . . Flaherty Boston.... Campbell, Cincinnati COULD BE EXPECTED Mren. Philadelphia: Aii HK'IIU, CI. iJ'lUia . CRITICS AS FAIR AS Fraser, Chicago 9 Ldndgren, Chicago.. 9 Rucker, Brooklyn. . .11 Bailee. St. Louis 3 Boultes, Boston 4 3 7 9 8 8 7 equalled Olympic record, 10 4-5 seconds 100-meter swim C. M. Dayels, New York A. C, equalled record. 1:05 3-5. 400-nv'ter hurdles Charles Hacon, Irish-American A. C. 67 3-5 seconds, new Olympic record. 800 meters flat Melvln W. SheDDard. Irish-American A. C. 1:52 4-5, new Olympic record. Running high Jumri Harry Foster, Irish-American A. C, 6 feet 3 Inches, new Olympic record. Running broad jump F. C. Irons, Chi cago A. C, 24 feet 8 inches, new Olympic record. 400-meter hurdle J. C. Bacon, Irish American A. C, 65 seconds, new Olym pic record. Pole vault A. C. Guilbert, Yale; T. i". Cook, Cornell, 12 feet 2 Inches, new Olympic record. 110-meter hurdles F. C. Smlthson. Portland, Or., 15 seconds, new world's record. (Tnltpd Press Leasod Wlre.l London, July 25. This morning's papers all contain extended reviews of the Olympic games and almost without exception the officials come in for se vere criticism for the way in whl;h they manaeed the affair. England's athletic prestige was dimmed more by the amateurish way In which the meet was conducted than by the athletes' failure tn nerform on Africa, to expectations, Is the opinion of the well-known sporting writers. I There Is universal praise for the ' work of the American athletes, but gen- eral condemnation of their withdrawal s from the 400-meter run and a relter.i- Hon of the charges of deliberate foul i ing by Carpenter. The supremacy of ! America in track and field athletics ; is admitted, the result being due. ac- cording to the English viewpoint, to the fact that America makes of her j athletics a business rather than a sport. 'Her men were the best trained of any i that ever appeared in an Olympiad, is i the way one paper puts It. . llhelin, Brooklyn. . .Young, Pittsburg..'. Sparks, Philadelphia Coakley, Cincinnati. Foxen, Philadelphia. 2 Fromme. St. Louis.. 5 Ferguson Boston... 3 , T'orner, Boston 5 Ritchie, Philadelphia 3 Mclntvre, Brooklyn. .r Llcfield. Pittsburg. . 3 Beebe, St. Louis. ... 3 Lush, St. Louis 4 Pfcister. Chicago ... 3 Bell. Brooklyn 2 Pastorlus, Brooklyn. 3 0 1,000 2 .873 6 .782 3 .760 1 6 .722 ' 2 .714 6 ' .660 6 .642 6 .642 4 .636! 10 .683,' 5 .583 ' 7 .562 - 4 .655 I 7 .533 8 .5 2;! I 8 .629 I 10 .623 j 3 .600 4 .500 I 3 .500 I 7 .600 ! 9 .600 . 8 .600 ! 9 .470 i 8 .466! T .461 , I 1 .460 i 10 .414, 5 .428 ' 7 .4161 12 .400; 3 .400 ! 5 .38 4 ' 8 .375, 10 i .833 ! 6 .333 i II .312 7 .800 : 8 .272 ! 11 .263 i 9 .250 i 6 .250 10 .230, or "camps" as they are called in South America, and the more thickly settled districts, fori this Is nearer the Atlantic ocean and the shipping ports; more to the south are increasing "camps'' for cattlo and sheep, plains for gruln and farm products, while against the moun tains to the west lie some of the old est settlements In all Argentina, where anything can be grown whenever man tries to cultivate the soil. The woods in the Chaeo at the north have proven an added source of wealth to the republic. The colder regions In the south, where once the mysterious name of Patagonia stretched across the map (lava been shown to be rich graz ing land for sheep and even cattle, and, like our own Kansas or Dakota, what was once thought to be almost Inac cessible and fitted only for tho Belf lsolated farmer, Is now found to be as our own boundless west. Productive Lands. The Industry of the nation has been manifested In the Increase of the land for productive use. In 1907 there were 14,350,000 acres sown to wheat; 6,750. 000 to corn; 3.470.000 to linseed. There were 25.840,000 cattle, 78.000,001) sheep, 6.450,000 horses and about 3.000,000 fdgs. Of goatH and mules tho nuiber s promising. Livestock and grains fur nisli an overwhelming supply fof the oils, cars, at Buenos Aires. J600,000,000. This means a per capita commerce of about $100. the largest In the world! Great Britain furnished tint most of the imports, i!i8, 000, nuO being her share, with Germany a second and the United States third, our proportion being l.'i.tf per cent. Of exports, the I'nltcd States took only $1 o.v ii, t::6, or 3.7 per cent. The principal articles Im ported from tho I'nited States lumber, agricultural Implements, twine, wire, passenger and freight hardware and furniture. All this great railway system, and all the foreign commerce of this vig orous nation centers in the three busy ports of Bahla lilaiica at the south, iw sarlo at the north and Buenos Aires in tho center, at the mouth of the River Plate, Rio de la Plata of our geogra phies. I wish there were time to de scribe the beauties of tho Andes rlcturesoueness of the old Spanish fotin datlons of Mendoza and Cordova, or the sweep of the pampas for their hundreds of miles away from the sea, but no one should think of Argentina. -without hav ing first In mind the chief and capital cltv of tbe republic, the historically cel ebrated, yet truly modern metropolis of Buenos Aires. This Is a city worthy of the western world. It represents the spirit we embody In the word Ameri can, witn over a minion lnnaouaius, 3IEDALS FOR YANKEES AM) EXOLANIVS QIJEEX TO IIAXG 'EM OX 'E3I PLANNING WELCOME HOME FOR WINNERS A RECORD BREAKING CROWD AT BALL GAI Nearly Forty Thousand Peo ple See Pirates Beat New York Giants. Ml I ML m .v ' rrrr :; Avenida Alvar, Principal Street of Buenos Aires. (I'nltod FTes Leaied Vlr.) London, July 2.V You can tell an American athlete In town tonight the moment you see him. He has two dis tinguishing marks, one a broad Bmlle and the other a medal. There are a few athletes wearing medals who arc not Americans, but as a rude the dec orate! chaps aro from the land of tho sprinter and the home of the jumper. Queen Alexandra handed out 15 gold medals to the Yankees at tho Stadium this afternoon. These, with a trayful of silver and bronze emblems of vic tory, constituted by far the most Im posing array of "Jewelry" awarded to any nation. Not a mother s son of the bunch would part with his emblem, except In case of actual starvation Hot Only Win, bnt a Bab-tn. The treatment accorded the Ameri cans from the first day of the meet ing to the last was such that their overwhelming victory had a double taste of sweetness. It was enough to win. but to "rub It In" on the Brlt fshers was Joy. I America's vlctpry, 114 1-3. to Kng-1 lands 6fi 1-3, was by the biggest mar gin cn record. At Athens (Vo years ago the count was 7 J 1-16 to 41 in (T'nlted Press leaned Wire.) New York July 25. President Roose velt and Governor Hughes will welcome the 70-odd American athletes- who van quished the world at London, if Acting Mayor McGowan has his way. Approae'ned by a deputation of ath letic enthusiasts today. Mr. McGowan entered heartily Into tho plan. It Is propos-il to charter a steamboat to meet the returning athletes down the bay, escort then to the city and give j them a banquet. It ,'s generally expected that Presl I dent Roosevelt will help welcome the I home-coming boys. CORVALLIS WILD OYER SMITIIS0N lSpect.il Plpatch tn The Journal ) Corvaills, Or . July 25.- A big demon stration Is In progress here tonight over the victory won in the Olympic games In Kngland today hy Forrest Smlthson, formerly n Oregon Agricultural cd lge athlete. A parade of college stu dents, headed by a brass band, is on the streets, the eoilrte flag K flying and explosives are being fird. (rnttfd Proi Leased Wire.) New York, July 5. Before a crowd that filled every seat in the grandstands and the bleachers and swarmed upon the field, making necessary a ground rule allowing only two bases on a hit Into the crowd back of the playing field, the Giants were defeated today by the Pitts burg Pirates, losing a chance of taking the lead In the race for the penant. Estimates of the crowd place It at from 35.000 to 40.000. beating ail records for attendance at the Polo grounds. The gates were shut an hour before game was called and fully 10.0 o) arrivals failed to get in to see game. Rain fell at Intervals throuehout contest and the soggy field male playing with a wet ball difficult "Peerless Matty," on whom the New Yorkers depended to put them in first place, was not euual to the emergen- y. After the giants had taken tie had m the fifth limine the Pirates fell on "li, Six" and knocked him out of the box in the seventh inrdnir The Pirnie s -ored the late the the tho numerous steamers eager to take these ! products over the sea. Wheat supplied i a crop of 4.254.000 metric tons, which is an estimated increase of 29 per cent over that of the previous year. Flax Increased 31 per cent and onts 146 per cent. Tho exportation this year is ex pected to rise to 4,250,000 tons of whent and flour, with other crops in propor tion. But Argentina can do more than grow wheat and corn, cattle and sheep. The republic manufactures sugar; there are at the present time 47 sugar refineries and she has exported that article, but today she must still lm nort. so great has become her own con suming capacity She makes silk, wine, and is famous for the milk and butter of tbe farms. Over 300 flour mills have been constructed and the flour shipped to Brazil has nearly monopolized the markets of that republic. Ail this would be Impossible were It not for the rapid extension of the rail road system of Argentina. The total length of the lines now in operation aifgresrates nearly 14ojfl miles, of widen !n0 were constructed during the past ar. 1 tip invested capital represents it has all the elements of greatness and all the charms of art. Ihe streets are mnn broad nnd well paved, the parks exten sive and arranged in perfect order; 1 1 1 -3 public buildings are magnirlcent, pleas ing alike to the architect and the citi zen. No feature of a complete homo, for a people and a government Is lack ing, no duty which should bo borne by a municipality is overlooked or forgot ten. The drainage mid water supply, which together cost upward of $50,000, 000. are models of their kind. The sys tems of docks and harbors, built nt enormous cars and expense, are scarce ly adequate to accommodate the grow ing commerce. The 338 miles of street railway, practically all of electric trac tion, however perfect It may ft first have seemed, is not sufficient to met the needs of the bustling dwellers In j the town. 6U that bids are out for a. network of underground subways liar to those In London, Paris and York. In fact, I wish the inhabitants of our own metropolis could visit and compare notes with this beautiful sis- liemispnere, l wis'i n.ivy among high officials. "As tho navy Is our first line ot defeiihe, ' said Sir Charles, "anything ', affecting that Institution must be re- " i guide I as vital to iho welfare of Kny;-,'j l.nd. and 1 must admit that the dl seiisions in the higher naval circle are very grave. V nfortunately, they have bein going on for n long time.!'.: '1 here Is no possibility of denying them or minimizing their seriousness. "The reorganisation of the army of Lngiand lias been engaging the publlo attention recently, utid too little has been said about the navy. Army affair are occupying an undue amount of pub lie attention. The army. In my oplulor., need not be troubled about. It make! little difference to Kngland what sort of a home army she has. Of course, we want a good expeditionary fore for over-.-u work; a thoroughly moblbs force, that con bo put aboard the trans- '. ports at a moment's notice, but no r thought need bo fciven to our home army. It Is not at all necessary, tn fact. Tim money that Is expended on a home force should all go toward " building up a navy. Kvery penny spent on a home army Is simply diverting funds away fr un our navy. Tho ef f ic ietiey of the navy is all-Important t ' f'ngiand. it must lie kept superior to that of any o' her In the world. Without the navy, Kngland would b at the mercy of any invading force, hut tills Is too well known to be men- . tioned bv me. The scandals in th higher naval circles certainly are a -w eakening element in our navy, and drastic mensue must be taken with . regard to them. v- f 'I am afraid these revelations ar ; only the beginnings, and there will -doubtless be much more to foflow. I am not at liberty, however, to discuss this s I matter just at the present moment." , ; i While Sir Chnrlo.-! liilke would not commit himself to further particulars, , i another expert in naval affairs whom, the writer interviewed was more out spoken. His name ennnot be used, but I tho liuko of Connaught recently re ferred to him as "the best authority on " militafy history that we have." j "I agree," he said, "with 'Fighting , ! Bob' Kvans of the I'nited States, when he said that what we want for our service Is real men and not party poll- .-. I tlcians. Tho whole : trouble with Kn ';ii,' ! land's sea policy today is that a lot nt i vote-catehi ng politicians have got In in I stead of the experts who should be at the head of such affairs. The cabinet Is t10 i mane up ot a lot or lawyers wno Know -, notning about naval nnd military mat- -iters and whose one object Is to remain i in office as long as they can, and spend as little money as possible. "I attribute the present state of af fairs in tiie navy to Admiral Fisher, and the great influence he has with the king. lie has ruined the army by his i..eff :ciency, and he is ruining- tha navy. The trouble seems to be that Fisher Isso much in favor with the king that no one likes to criticise him openly ' out of a feeling of loyalty. Admiral Fisher, It will be remembered, was " one of the three officials responsible for England's military and naval effi ciency in 1904. The other two members need pot bo mentioned, as they were ! neither military nor naval experts. ; Lord F.shor ono of them is also a 1 great personal friend of the king." i "What has Admiral Fisher done to j weaken the Iiritish navy?" was asked. ' "lie is gu III y of so many errors," was I the reply, "that It Is hard to tell where to begin. It is duo to Fisher that" the ' 'following things havo taken place: Th , dismantling of many necessary naval 1 stations; tho withdrawal of naval ' : I forces from large areas of the ocean '. ; such as tho Pacific, for instance, which : Kiigland has lost entirely; the redue- ! Hon of workmen and dockyards; the l induction of the personnel of the navy; 1 he has also inaugurated 'a short serv I Ice on the fleet with no reserve, such ' as Is provided in France und Germany. "Those are only a few things, which, i you will at once recognize of great im- porta nee. Then, 1 must also mention ; the decline of the torpedo fleet rel i atlvely to that of Germany. The ad , mlralty board under Fisher has cer- tainly weakened the British navy to an ; almost irreparable extent, and It Is ! difficult to see how the position is to 1 ! be retrieved. "Our present system of providing sea- ror our navy t the worst possible . one. There should be some form ot compulsory naval training I won't use the word conscription. England's navy has always been greatest at a time when naval service was obligatory. In tho early days, of course, we had Our press gangs," but while not advocating that system, something should be done to bring up the standard of the ser vice. 'All these matters of criticism are quite apart from the dissensions which have arisen in the higher circles of the navy, but here again you meet with jealousy and a sort of innep ring rule secret condemnation, and all that quite extraordinary for the British navy, which is supposed to be above 6uch matters. "When the army was reorranlznt thm sini-1 new army council, with Fisher at the .New head, deiiberatelv klckil nut all v. best men, and the system is being ap plied to naval affairs. It is hard to see where the matter will end. "I will add in conclusion that Ens-- tfr in the southern all Anglo-Americans eoum vxcuuiiku i land is now racing one of the greatest calls with the kindly Latin-Americans, naval and niilitarv crises In her hie. for then wo a sum of about $676,00o,00O, in 22 com-1 preclatlon o should have each other. a greater up- , tory." Ob- if the war and a w hi ping post and YANKEE ATHLETES TO TOI K IIJELANI); Y id the -rk to .u idico with a s an; foot I ne compe tition was so krn that Smlthson was forced to b'-at t,!l records for the dis tance Smlthson could not have beaten Garrels ly more than an Inch, while Shaw was but a few inches behind. The gr-eat crowd In the Pt-Hpim for the final day of th track end field cham pionship compet it '-iti' real:rd that a record had cone bv the bojrd even be for. the sr.nounctr bad a rhir.cp to rrtt' l.usv with the mrgar-hone. All th" 1'rgth of the courf-e the 75.900 cheered the c"i tet c r t to tbe echo Cleared Barriers as On Kan. The trio wer off one. sod bhrr!r fter rmrrirr tliP three cleared tog. ther. Not till th fir.sl set Iwk had been r'-ar' !j fMd one appear to hsve an dvnaT over th vrr When they hit the flat f--r th firal spurt Pmlthson. bv a rh" romenal hurt cf speed, managed to puh h1 jr Inch Never hefor have thr men run th hurdle in nick phenomenal tlm. it not nnly broke the Oljrmpi record but smshd th lntrro;lcite snJ world mrk as wIl. One fifth f a ejcnd h- flt Task clipped frors the orH recuM. As the llHters la ece f.rtn yard favor of America. The Americans cam Sl aw of Martmoiiih t " lttlln 111 points or scoring as mucn n the o-d r named I as a11 lne oinsr nations combined (t nlte.i it... Wtr ) London. July 25 H"ad1 by Ra'ph Rose, the California shot-putter, miiv of the Atnfrl'.m athletes who rom- Feted In the Olympic games will to. r reland next week. Meets have be l arranged for them at I'ungaron. Public. Belfast and Tipperary. five runs in the fatal seventh lead proved too much for New overcome. The score: R If Pittsburg 7 13 New York 2 7 : Batteries--Llfleld and Olbon. Ma thewson, Mcillnlty and Bresnahan. K. Whipping Post and Stocks. Balelgh Correspondence Charlotte scrv.r I'p until the rt.,1 little while after. t!c stocks stood not far fr-cn the northwest corner of the rourthois and between tJ:at building and the (resent postofflce, and there the last whipping took place. though as it began It was sought to topped Martin J. Sheridan. Irish-American : scored th largest number of points. 11. of any athlete, of any nation He was firt in both the discus throws t and third in the standing broad Jump. Sheppard and Ewry were next with , 10 points each, due to double wins In runs and Jumps. ; Oration to Heroic Dor an do. The feature of the distribution of prizes was the tornado of npplaus that greeted Dorando. the "aUmot" w inner of the Marathon. His game i strung!, that might hav ended in vic tory had foolifh bit wi!-meanlnaT of ficials not Interfned. bad iniiiH th sympathy of th entire rrowd and th reception accorded bim when th qun handed1 him a silver cup. hr pronal gift, far eiip4 thst even of John Hayes, the American winner, thouxh the American irav a rousing cheer and a tir for their man. Doraado'a Protest Wean Const. After first declaring thet he would not protest the victory of !!. I- i ranlo cnanger his mind end filed a protest. He was Induced to do this by ("cent Mrawtta, th Italian tnmrf of th Olympic, ooiire-11. The ground of his comprint la laat ae did not aak lAt Grrat t'anndlnn Raft. From the Quebec Chronicle. News comes from Ottawa to the ef fect that a large timber raft Is now on its way down to yub-, having arrlvd Bt the capital from Pchn on Fatur day aftern'vin Tbe raft was built on the Coulotrr river The raft method of transportat ion la fast beomlng ob solete and it Is thoueht that this may be the lat raft that will be seen. Th raft la manned by V ' men with No Vallo.utt ns :'fl pilot To t't throuarh anv rapid It has bn d-lded Into wvfrnl cnh. th cribs rnlne down Individually Th of th rf. which comprl? about l&.eee.neft ft. Is estimated t frni 10 000 to linn '0ft. Owen Moran at cw York. it'ntted Pra l.a1 Wlr New York. July 25 Owen Mrwn, th Kns!(h ligb t welsh t. who will mt Ab Att.il for th feih'wigh; champion ship, arrived todav from Kurop Mo run will Imv f-ir th " : to bgin t-alning for th f'eht Imm li:ly. The Britisher was corfident of defeating At I tell anil said tint after h had dia iinFn to ir." iui"romn n" "n'u mill lene Battling .Nelson weight champions ,-.p for the Heartfelt Fmm th KcRrr-f. Ttr was sought to tie bv a federal officer. The sher iff was. however, simply carrying nut the mandate of the old court or pieaj and quarter sessions. In those days the sinks and the whipping post. ton. wer special attrac ts ins. notsblv to buys The latter were allowed to rtdn iie prop: w t'o sat In ii,c stn.ks. whirl) h Id tl-e'.r hands and feet but not to throw anything at them. Of course Oils deprived the hoys ..f some degree of pleasure, yet thev con trive! to get a gnol deal of fen out "f th thing anyway It seems ein to think of au-h acens must have ben Figure to yourself passing by the courthouse gren at liSh'-i ;i.J ft..- iinin nrm in- ...... . . bv wooden har. ait'lng-ther in th sun shin for all th world to look at. Thoa were tho days of th branding Iron, too A at of guvves of Iron, in The Taxpayer's Dignity. From the St. Louis Globe-lemocra.t. "Many a time." said a policeman In the southern part of the city, when ar resting u.e:-. especially Intoxicated men. I have been told by my prNon-r tint U. was a taxpayer and that lie helped pay mv wages. "I always regarded this sort of b.uk talk as merely drunk'-n Ins-dciice acd never paid . much attention to it until about a year ago, when I bought a houbs and lot and became myself a tax payer. I had always rented before and never gave a thought to taxes, but as soon as I moved into my own h the feelings i st because thi I began to appreciate men who resent".! arr paid taxes. "There is eera'n!y a considerable ad- j iltlon M the dignity of rhe'n-m who. helps upp.irt the eovernnort Me f- Is a deri-e cf ref ponslhil ty o-at a ; ctcr ' er ro'imer never urd rs'atids. ind my ilea Is that every man in iri cmjtry odd now ought to bee me a taxpayer as so.-wi as, an these , h can. and th mere fact that he does; help s-jpport the government and b ars his share of the expense mnke him a , better cltlsen. Habitual criminals ar ; rarely taxpayers. Thy know they may i have to run away any day an ! perhaps nver come back, so try do not tviy real ewtate. but are roomers and lodgers all their lives." Engineer's Tame Sparrow. From" the Animals' Friend. Jim is the name of a sparrow which Is the pet of the engine drivers and liremen at one of the railway centera in the north of Scoliand. lie was hatched within the noisy pr. cincts of a busy locomotive stable, but failing out of the nest before be ing fully fledged was placed in a care and tenderly cared for in the railway office. On the third day he began to be friendly, and In a very short time was flying all over the room, and even allows himself to be petted. In fact, he quickly became so tame that one day when his owner the lo-al railway engineer) was writ Ins he f t'lew onto bis hand and quietly fell y i asleep, and when about six months Old I -tan to accompany him on his daily rounds among- the engines in the yard, perched Jauntily on his shoulder, or hojiinj contentedly by his side. i.'e ennoses very queer places for his nests, the oddest and most awkward so far being the Inside breast coat I ickt of his owner, whom he would follow wherever he went, stuffing- the selected pocket with miscellaneous nesting material. Jim la now year of a g-e. offlr Bo v - Pie s. (ai'ed whr, vroi was ' I'tor What ''id h office Boy- F !d rlv a rood tra""- KV.it or- I'ld be Mm iff!' B"T wan't in air. a rrt!rran ' fr bidding the ankles or wnats. are on exhibition here. Mil oi nranoing irons i !r r non Thae wer used here I in January. 1SC5. for the last time. I it WM ' had nr Wt.il I sail I wa High Sortety. , rreferreai th IH-se. From the gtturday Evening Tost I From th Philad!r ; R Mr 8in1c Do you s tho tbre ! Whn t-n of th iarr' firrre of porl walking toarthr down thr 'wine nir'h.mts In Ini.n tve- bi Miss (letup Yes. Who see thT? 're It M Iord Irt-T a r!n"i r f ir Mr. Stnb (m a aomnambullat. i rv. wk-h was rrr-.1 h trg a Ane la a kleptomaniac and one Is a pla- . rr-ife for tt -n to h o r'" g-larfat. 'nilniatr ea a martyr Th ntl ma Mrs. Gtop Law aakee' I nevr rplld T h e-arl r.f IrH ptwfnia drmd w rr gntn to meet eel" rmpnmwts. -w 'at-d the many termlay people ia a banco- j sherry ai4 prefers the f"ut . i . -- Wool nix Fire Rik. An lrvsf.at!on Into the fr"inrH-y rf firs on art ships from New Za ard bv a rorsl commission has r - dtd fn a report that the greavt amount -f tallow in K1 rapidly oxldlx. raus ir.g sroritaneous com bo a lion. IVw-Me i:arlr-s la rimtf. Te doable ettiei ma at the Phlla d1phs mint nnr the fcl year eml icm Je ie. If etsck 1 woald make a rile erne Tatls aish- Th wpe ,?. 411 of tbra. wonk IlilfkUO. aad itbey ere! i bed Xlt tea. r- . . - Men, Not Platforms on Trial. From the Washington I C.i Herald. It may be trutfifjiiy said that the candidate. Vr Bryan, and not the IVnver datform. Is aroing to be the tote-getting or vote-repeillnr -factor In this campaign on the lmocratt'' side. Jut a Mr. Taft. and not the Chicago platform, will be the controlling or determining- falor on the other side. It is the man and what hestands for that will make for victory or defeat at the polls four months hence. . 7 -rtOBirh fH Het Tnrplelin. " Thy eat within 4be parlor dim, Aed thie what eae aaid to t lm; - -Oeorse. -, If you can't behave I wiaa yood go and r-t a ebave ' - -Ctlca-o News. wrap sail, V VI" vitn Itilllpplne) Fashion si. From Army and Navy Life, At Haa-uio the Igorrote lad lee themselves In a sort ot erullese but out In the country they wear nlng dres" down to the waist. the men the ".'(" atrinar Is enMr.l quite sufficient anywhere, thntigti to t- sure the policemem of Baruio hp r fo ment this coeturre with a khaki bi iu and straw hat: while the choir here In the little ehurch of the Ff!v-ril m!i op vear rot only blouses hot ' i, ' an net of a briibDt crtmsoa. This, tir, la only the pornp ef eHitrrh ant ssa'.. Texas Onion From the CM AImt tr'., , Uarw wi'I t lh the T'H " -r tt n-i i--r m . ti 1l. IT-'' V i t rr i ?t la . ,-! t ei- r . e I .'. Cr"p. u " Je -rr at ?- t ,1 I ' H .- t !