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1 1 2 THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 16, 1008 KETCHEL-THOMAS HEAVYWEIGHT GO LONG TO START SCOUTING TOUR COLIX AMI HIS OM) COLM-UK ("HUM, BILLY GOAT By Will J. flattery. San Francisco. Auk-, . U - For the first time since they have been fight Inf. Stanley Ketehel, the middle" -i qrtit champion of the world, and his old-time rlral, Joe Thomas. vlll make their bows to the fana as heavyweights at the Coli aeum next Tuesday evening under the ausDlees of Jack Gleasons Occhi Club. It will mark the fouitli m.. ttni( of the men and though a sort of warmed over card, the go gives promise of being a fast one. Ketehel rules a 10 to 4 shot over Thomas. Though he figures t theee odds, being: the champion and one of the toughest men who ever entered the ring In modern times, there Is la very Rood chance for the short end boys to bring home the money as they did In the Oans-Nelson mlxiip two months ago. Ketehel will find Thomas n far different man from the one ha has already beaten twice so decisively. In fact, never be fore In his fighting days has the young Callfornlan loomed up so formidably as he does right now and it will not sur prise the wise followers of the pime 1." he puts one over on the champion. Thomas Is not making weight for thin fight and this Is why he looks so good to everybody. When he met Ketehel before he was forced to make 156 pounds and In so doing he was compelled to work down to such a fine point that he entered the ring a weak man. Still with this handicap. Thomas put up a wonder- 'wlth the Canadian In their two fights. I low fi er, mlrnoles lire frequently per totmed -veti In the prize ring, as tho backers of Joe (Jans will testify to. Hlnce he put the- ro'llors under tho hard bluing I'iitl Urock m seven rounds at I. os Anqi-les (he other evening, l'liekcy Mi Karlaud, the pride of the Chicago stock yards, has been looked nal J i! j.on as a worthy lad lo bear the title or iicniin cnninpion. proviucci or course thai be beats .Nelson. A match between Nelson and McEar j land will surely be made by Cof froth i crv shortly if Nelson Is net beaten by I ("Inns oa ailtnlsion day, when they honk up 'again f ir the third time. lik'Far ' land Is really, the only legitimate man In ' slslit lor the champion at the present time, and as lie seems mad for a whirl at I the. Pane, he is. bound to land shortly. Thia would make a great as well as an ; attractive card for a holiday afternoon, i. lodging from what has happened In tho last year or so. !elsmi should get away with tho Chicago man. hut not till after tho latter has given him an awful beat ing for many rounds. ful fight and had an even break with the champion after getting off badly In the first few rounds. Thomas will enter the ring weighing Shout 180 pounds, which is a fair mark for A big fellow like he is. Instead of attempting to train down for this fight, '- Joe has been constantly building up. He looks the part of a tough heavyweight now and If he does not give the cham- plon the hardest battle ef his career tho fans will he mistaken. Though Ketehel is a great fighter, a ' hard hitter and a fearless man,, still he does not figure so strong as did Jack Dempsey and some of the old boys who used to wear the belt Ketohels weak ness is his tendency to blow up. Though - he has not collapsed still he eamq very near going out '. each meeting with Thomas and the end of the bat tles found htm a very tired young man and looking anythltjg but a champion. Ketehel, unlike most boxers, la very nervous and Is constantly (witching. Tommy Rums has nt last come nut of " his shell and Is now engaged In of ficii. 'up to promoter Jim Coffroth in the hope that the latter will put him on with Ktchel. L,ast week Corrroth re ceived several wires from the champion quince picker, who seems to be imbued with the Idea that he can handily trim the middleweight champion and Inci dentally pick up several thousand eaa Shekels. Strange to say. Burns Is now willing to take R chance and fight for a fair percentage of the gate receipts He eays nothing at all about that $30,000 guarantee that he was insisting on a few months ago. Possibly, the so-called heavyweight champion has become1 wised up to the fact that the sporting public has at last gotten 1errv to him. At all events, he is talking fight with Ketehel now and unless something hap pens to the latter In his coming fights : with Thomas and Papke. It looks verv much as though the Canadian gentle man will be accommodated. In the meantime, Burns has an en gagement with the unspeakable Snulres In Melbourne August 24. Why it Is that the sports of the kangaroo countrv ran atand for this sort of stuff after what happened in this country and j Kn gland nobody seems to be able to j figure out, but. Judging from the present j layout the Australians must like 'the! navor or me lemon, it would i,e one grand .ioke If fccoiires would put the crusher on Hum-;, but such a thing looks impo.siM : fter the way he fared Manager Canny Long of the Pan Francisco team has been appointed the official scout of the league and will leave within the next few days on a trip around the country for the purpose of digging up talftut for all of them for next season. Long will first Invade the northwest and travel from there through the middle west anil finish up In the cast or In Canada, where so mnny good ones have been turned out lately. This Is a new stunt, conceived by President Kwlng. It has never been tried out In any league before, so nat urally the managers of the minor leagues all over the country will look upon It with a great deal of interest. Long has his orders to use his own ludgment and either buy or draft any hall player who may look good to him He has an agreement with both Van Haltren and MrCredle to get them play ers. This, of course, will not Interfere with the other magnates who may go ahead and draft some men themselves, provided they happen to run across any who look good to them. .With a six or an fight club circuit ih the field next seas'". n. the league will stand In need of a great deal of new hlood. It Is not generally known by the fans, but all the teams of the league now have entered Into an aKieuiont by which they will turn over several of their players to tho new Sacramento and Venice clubs when the latter come In. This will naturally make It hard for the managers. It takes years to build up a good bull club and then to turn around and give up some of your star men to help the cause of the league along Is rather tough. However, It will have to be done In order to Insure the success of the new teams. They must get players and they cannot make good unless their brothers go to the bat for them and help them out in their hour of need. This also has much to do with the ap pointing of Long as the official scout, lie will make a strenuous endeavor to get all the players possy.de for the new clubs In order that the present teams will not have to sacrifice too many of their stars when Sacramento and Venice call on them. Some recruiting may he done in tho state league, but the man agers need not expect to gather many men there, for the reason that the his; of these players arc already tied up with various teams throughout the . ..'intry and are under the ban of the National Baseball com mission. VKVAll u. 4 11 . J &;riL 2:.M ENGLISH FAIR PLAY THING OF THE PAST ISO AMERICAN HAS GOOD WORD FOR DRITON Petrnit fans are asking If the CuhM will be the npponer Is of the Tigers mi the w orld's series again. Again ? T M : the Tigers ever play the Cubs for the world's championship? Every once in a while It has boon noted that a famous racehorse Is friendly to some other quadruped not of its own kind, hut It remained for James R. Keene's unbeaten Colin, the greatest runner ever sired, to pick an acquaintance with that joke of the sporting forld, the goat. Dogs and cats are ordinarily the ones who form a companionship with a horse, but it Is rare for friendship between a frfat and a horse to ripen. Colin is looking wistfully at his well-fed friend and maybe they are communing in their sign language. DIVING FASCINATES WOMEN SWIMMERS The N'ew York Americans never be fore were so hadlv off as at present Owner Farrcl has a good o! In sight to get players for nex' s-asnn. CIUTICIZES ENGLISH. ( j r - - . . , a yf...: 7 c .. f ' m - v a S fel feM JS;A Vid . ' x -i VALUABLE LESSON IS SIMPLY TOLD best should start with the r!vlng Is one of the most fascinating nnuath' exercises for women and there Is nothing of the kind more conducive to a i:eal'hy. clear complexion tnan a good, vltsoro-is plunge into the water. Yet d:lr.g is neglected on this side of the water, and of the ureat number of wo- n,e,i who swim well only very few know hew to dive properly. The reason Is per push off from the bottom er strong stroke with the arms at "Swallow" I.atet Dive. The newest thing in diving "swallow." It Is made from a board or very high platform. This graceful dive was Introduced and fected bv the Swedes, and censlderfihl gymnastic training is necessary to t.v cute It effectively. take a ! lens." Is the spriiig- -ist The dive should be taken with the .iips that while the teachers give arms extended laterally, the h. ad and h attention to swimming they say J chest raised and the back hollow.-.! ti,., . 1 legs close together. The rilvir wi h or lit tie about diving. without a run throws hervelf upward ie of trie latest to come to the aid nnd outward; on nearlng the water the er sex in this matter is Mrs. E. M. I head Is depressed and the nrtr. bt..-ii.: -'vi- winner of the Math ( IUD indies lurwnici, iiic uouj. mun nij'i nru.K V jnii'.if.nsiiin 1 ii . Ci , it 1 a nd the last three i In a straight line. of the most graceful 1 1 one ot of women divrrs. me need not be a good swimmer In order to he. nut an expert diver," she says The first attempts at diving i u: o .id be mode from the side of a swlm min bat): Heyiding until lb.- he.wi Is ii.-m':" level with tl.e feet the beginner i s' o lid allow r.eistif to fall Into the wa Mrs. Syers has something wlmmlng and recommftids arm and trudgeon strokes as able for women. Rut she ti to p.T, GOES TO VANCOUVER. 15. ' if r. t ; After confidence has been correct position may n . t':e cllver nand.s erect ami wl'h a sttong attained nssun.L-1. In the ;es to outward and TEU I rietore of Ctmplon Jumpor Ray Evry. in xrWptt. Ewry Won lh Hill In ifce SlinditfiS Broal Jump at the Olrtnrk Came WIU Leap of 10 Feet 1U-2 I&cbe - ward KrTtt.a. t:.e aims at the same tiu.e tieliiK swur.B forward wit!, thun.bs tin,' iilng and pHirr.s downward, she tn t.i the water In a straight line. position of Hindi. "It Is important caief jlly to note the correct i.osition of the ban. Ik Muni iliustra! ions of divine and ev n medals and trophies awarded for ccmpet ion depict 1 lie palms of the ulver e toeemer In the conventional m- attitude of praver. a tdt.-uUii tr AVher- mr.t.'.e dent - is rot as-uf beginner sbouid ncv.r .- t . rn ; ; dive. The fipert aio:i 1 "'iiipct"'! dive frorji a fight into rompaiatl she 1 loiyTva ter h"-. the ;urr.(r s ".sH'tH forward dive, the back ! i nay he ten.p'el. Tht. '' c igc, r mor 'n cated. is coy fiiC.cratdy u-.ore dtff cj,t. The d'vr r'.ould stmd firmly or utrerne edge i-.f c,e fMth or spr 1 r. g hrn rd. ar.d wltti hr hck to tie water and wth rm rn? atove her ti'-mi. bend slowly baka'd it.HI t- ta'.ar'e 1 het the ;h!v f:;i3 stiff v i- to t t'r Aft.- me pra't: th stiff I""" nl-o i.d be r'.x-d sod a Igornu string or w ard si.d ' jlnnni tnk'u nl ti.t ni fr-. whee -h body tu :na to fall T should te pointed o t ts!ilt i-r, t!o -i of the back assumed as shown in the rut. 'IMvlr.g frm the surface cf the wttT Is much neWt. I' ! ver jsefu oromrlishiT.ent. eltner In of life sav'r.g or hn It ! desired to bring some object to the s.irfsc. The erctse is s jrpose"! to H ault a slmpie affair, but o-r. practi. I" rncssa'v tn orler t fft It jeenae fullv "fhe correct method 1 to tak a deep t.resth. lho euddenly to depress the head, elerate tb bdy St.the hjpt ar4 imltnewjly make a powerful trnfe wtiti the tecs ami an upward trse mt I He hands Xa talaa '-hrrt tack the bead and I . ,'-'-ll'e 1 At ' - V.'.-A be "-e d f - "t,f s- 6 IN t the , V . i . to V -v Js . l-;.f -1 ,J fr'.r ei K ' V ' fl i I I - - - V ' 'si '- - J.- :: ct t'.ej .S -"'- V--- .-iT f'V V.- --J i t.. ( that they breast stroke. "Confidence.'" she says. "Is acquired far more readily within the limitations of a swimming bath than In the sea or other open water, for the beginner ivoitijzrs lhat the depth Is graduated ami tti.it she can regain her foothold at any moment. Instruction can. In these el i curnst it nces, he more effectively given, and the pupil Is able to concen trate her attention on acquiring the necessary movements. "As the beginner Is always liable to hurry and to work arms and legs In dependently until the movements be come hopejrssly confused. It Is best to barn the breast stroke out of the wa ter In order that the body and limbs mav always be in the correct relative positions each stroke should be slow and deliberate. Body In Straight Line. "In the first position tho hands should tie touching the chest, palms downward; the feet, with the soles to gether, drawn tip to the body; the knees turned out as far as possible. In the second position the arms should be stretched out to their fullest extent, palms still downward; simul taneously the legs with a powerful up ward and outward sweep are brought , loo together, the whole body being In a straight line. In the third and last position the prims are turned outward and the arms, fill extended, are brought level with tl e shoulders, the legs remaining closed. A'l tl -- movements must he powerful d decided; particular attention should : e paid to the second position of the they must be stretched as,wlde as fore belhg closed, as It Is in tills Mroko that tho impetus Is :e Ipa 1 1 y pa Ined. Ul'h systematic practice and th-? isional assistance of a friendly hand hrrcst stroke will present llttl fi. iltv. Those desirous of acquiring mere oompl Icated methods or pro--;ii. sue!: as the Australian crawl, I consult one of the most modern ; ; a r d works in which plates depict- ',' se.j-.ci.ee of movements are to found." fiy Manhattan. New York, Aug. in. Tho American athletes who won fame at tho Olympic games are beginning to get home. 1'p to this morning not one of them but has a word to say In support or tho intoler able treatment accorded the Americans by the Frltlsh Olympic officials. It would be manifestly Impossible In too scope of this letter to give anything like a compendium of tho complaints mado by the . returning Americans, and be sides, this has already been done In the news columns. Some few experi ences are worth putting as a matter of record. ' 1'resVlent James E. Sullivan, of the Amor'ha'n Athletic Union, Bald on ills re turn: Knglish sportsmanship! I don't want to hear that expression again as long as 1 live. There Is no such thing lis English fair play today. N'o, sir, not after seeing the Stadium fiascos. All I of you have heard of the outrageously unfair treatment the officials meted out I to our men. There were four Knullsh I officials w no were prominently unfair In their dutv. Thy were Or. Hulger, Mr. Fisher, Mr. Andrews and Mr. l)avhl son. Andrews, as chief clerk In the course of the Marathon race, showed himself up in a particularly obnoxious manner. I could fill a book on inci dents of the unsportsmanlike nnd un- iust actions of the British officials. ,ord Desborough is a true sportsman, but he knows almost nothing about am ateur athletics. In too manner In which; he should know them to hold as re-. sponsible a position as he held. And tne uriusn peopic. j o you can boohing and bailing your competitors whenever they showed on the field sportsmanlike? The British press I thought It wonderful that wo should i cheer Walker when he defeated Hector. The flouth African bent the gun. He did not do it Intentionally. It was the starter's fault. We considered the South African beat Hector fairly and squarely. Therefore, we cheered him The first man to clasp Walkers hand after the race was Hector. I o vou think WilBon or Hallows went out of their wav to shake Hheppard's hand after lie trimmed them In tho 1.500-meter event? No, siree. Hallawell'a Yellow streak. The disqualification of Carpenter I was the rankest Injustice. Jlalswellej Is a grand exhibition runner, hut he s got a streak of vellow in him as wide as a barn door. Halsvvelle can run like n streak of greased lightning when he thinks ho has got his man beaten, hut when he gets up anainst It good and hard he loses heart." Hay Ewry had this to say on hrs re turn: "It was evident from the.flrst that the English people as a class felt a hitter iealousv nnd hatred of the Americans Instead of a generous athletic rivalry. It wasn't so much the big Instances of unfairness that hurt and disheartened us as the constant sneering criticism and the petty slights we were subjected to every day. When we cheered our winners In American style, they hissed nnd sneered at us. When we cheered, the winners from other countries', the English couldn't understand it at all, and they criticised that. When we car ried our winners out on our shoulders after the hard races, just because we were full of enthusiasm, the English said wo were a lot of uncultivated sav ages and didn't know crtouyh to bo re served and dignified. "The l"'i meters was a planned rob bery, u the first place, I know mora about it, 1 think, than even the runners. 1 was In the high Jump nt the turn. I stepped to. the edge of the track to get a clear view of the race. The alleged foul' was right whore I stood. The English officials had made up their mliidn that llalswelle was to win that luce They had watchers all along the H ack t specially for lhl race. At the curve opposite me Carpenter ran wide in a perfect arc. He might have been going ruu for a clear chance to pass Ilobblns. llalswelle rati along outside of Carpenter, then dropped In behind him. He couldn't run fast enough to net In reach of Carpenter, and so nat iii. ally it was Impossible for him to have been fouled Carpenter couldn't have touched him without stopping to wait for din, and the stories that llals welle was bruised by Carpenter's el bows was a plain lake. I saw the whole thing, and no one touched Halswella from t.n-t to finish Tho watcher who signaled in stop the race wasnear me. When the .indues came down to look at the tracks of the runners and flid proof of interference they located thn alleged foul at least if t yards bevond tho pl.n'8 where the runners were when tho stop ping signal was given. -JWhweov-if . at that place Halswclle's tracks were run ning In a slialght lino behind Carpen ter's. He was far enough behind to run stialght without interference. Foul Put Up Job. " Viiil here Is the most important proof of premeditation. The first official fiom the finish line to arrive at t'o scene of the nlbeed 'foul' rushed out on the track beside me waving his arms end bellowing: 'This is the most dis graceful piece of work I ever saw in .1 race. It's outrageous. It's disgraceful fouling. That man was well liked in England. He s run hero before. After this he will never he allowed to run again on an English track.- "This struck me as such an extraor dinary statement that I turned and asked the official. 'Who?' Taylor.' he vc rd. I thoiiclit he must nave mivni Jhe lmmts up. as Tnvh behind that ! couldn't any possible foul. 'Who? VOU me.'lll t!lc eolOt'i d Pi r was so tar have been in I asked 'lo ' "' Yes.' said was simply In line 10 foul' if llalswelle was the official. II back the claim of beaten. "f learned a few things Tit these Olympic games lhat surprised nie The. first thing was the open hostility of the English crowds to all Americans. "During the final of the standing high jump the mob boohed the Americans, tiylne- to rattle , and finally became so boisterous that the officials had to threaten to stop tho games before they could restore order Another thing was ,that the fooling of resentment toward the English that we all had was snareii by th- Canad'ans and the South Afri cans and Australians, nnd all athletes from the British provinces, who were treated with little more courtesy than the Americans. We all hone It will he a long time before they hold another set of Olympic games in England." August 20 ts the day set for the re ception of the Olympic athletes, and un less all plans fail It will bo' the biggest' day for amateur athletics ever seen In this country. Not only will the presi dent the governor, the mayor and other notables take part, but thousands of voung athletes will loin In doing hnmc to the men who have added such luster to America's athletic prowess. WALKER'S WORLD RECORD PROVEN PHONEY BY GREAT ARTHUR DUFFEY wonderful who won (Hearst News hy Loneest Leaned Wire.) New York. Aug. IT.. There seems to bo some difference of opinion as up ioe notvif-nticlrv of the 100-yard reoora oi 9 2-5 seconds, made by tho little South African runner, the 100-meter Marathon race Arthur Ihifrey. wno wa mi mijmoi. sprinter who ever put on running snoes in this country, believes that H. K Walker really ran 100 yards In 2-o at Abereravenny, England. n,, .airi nnffev. "the record will never be allowed nnd should not be. I,cn(reit Continuous DouA Track Railway In the World "T one management Is the Grand iik Ha'lwav System from Chicago o f. a! ai-d' to Niagara Falls. The ' .1 'I'lutik-I.ehlgh Valley double k route via Niagara Falls reaches I'hioaro to New lork. scnptlve literature. time-tables. v !:I l mailed free on application ; ,rg W Vfl'U A. Q P T. A., id Trunk Railway System. 13i nit Ftreet, Chicago, 111. Cleveland team did great work their recent stay at home. The re still In the running strong. "P"!m MarshaM. ths former Pnvt slahstcr and tx-merrbr of the cham rlen Wiwihurn -team if the Trl-Cify lm. will leave Thursday for Van couver. H ".. whee he will finish om tr. season ih 'he North fitpi n learue team. Marsba'.l ought to msV god essllv wltii the per si ster Ma i 1s a willing f hap. has jiwl curve and a gKd head for the amount of experi ence he haa had. With Marshall g? th gooo1 shn of all the Portland fana. with whom th joun titer was Quite fvpular. Turkish Caramels SPECIAL 25c Lb. Jap. Caramels 15c Lb. Always rraaa aaa Creamy at AMERICAN XAVY MAY FU1.MSH OUR RUGS Some shrewd observer hss offered the suggestion that the Cnlted States navy will probably furnish the future pugil istic chanlons. Why not- Here are some scores of thousands of strong, healthy young fellows who have to go through a rigid physical Cor. rark ac waaklarUa ta. examination l.f,.. ll,v csn rlon tne nine i n nun spring-bottom trousers. They are com pelled to lead a clenn. healthy, active life which tends to develop brawn and supple muscles, and they are uionir aged to fight Nowhere are conditions more favorable for the development ,.f high class pugilistic ehlM'v That pugilists of the first class should come from the navy would seem inevltnMe. Therefore, this new s item from al lele. Cal.. Is of Interest to fight fol lowers and promoters: " Tiattllng . Robinson, of the cruiser California won the heavyweight cham pionship of the navy by knocking out Arthur Holmes, of the cruiser Maryland, in the fifth muni. "The fight was a hard one. and both men were severely punished. Robinson put Holmes out with a right swing to the Jaw. The fight was witnessed by ' 5rt0 men' and officers on board the Maryland, but there were no cliillana present." Thl Pat in Sport Annal. j ;0 Charles Comiskry, owner of the Chicago club of tha American league. born in Chicago. i4 First state billiard hln tournament began In ClTV7-r-Centenn1al chess tournament eommencM la Philadelphia. 177 Metropolitan association of Am ateur Oarsmen organised In New York C"m At Frdney, Jf. P W., William prh defeated F.dward Hanlan In erul lera' match. IS. sea and championship of the world. I ir. lies la JJ0 yards, straight away. J At T have run on that course three dif ferent times, and the first time I ever tried it I made tho distance In 9 1-5 seconds. The track Is a turf nr. and lightning fast. The first fin yards is level, but the last BO 1s down hill, tha angle being three to four fftgrees. So you can see that a runner has every advantage, and I do not douht In the least that Walker made thn distance In the time sent out from England. "When I ran the course In 9 1-B sec onds. I never put in a claim for the record, for I knew that It would not be allowed owing to the peculiar layout of the track." Another sporting authority says: "It Is possible that Walker, the great South African sprinter, really ran 100 vnrds In England in !1 2-5 seconds. Rut it isn't likely. Walker beat Hector In the Olympic 100 meters by B foot In in 4-.". s.conils A hundred meters is a I rifle over 109 yards. As Walker boat tic pistol a stride i as shown In the photographs of the start i. his art-nil time 'was not better than 10 sec onds for 'he 100 vards in that race. "We was on edge for that Olvmplfl rare, and tc, beat Hector be was forced to nvti'ii'l himself to the limit. "To cover I'lfl yards in ! 2-5 seconds he w . il.i Iihv" to ran fully h yarls In a hundred faster than he did against It . lor. Six yards In a 1fln-vard race ts i a tremendous 1"' it is the difference lb. tw.. n tho world's record holder and a sprln'er of average class. There la : no iloubt that the African can make a 4;, -,.n ds but It will take some It'featlrg of this 9 2-S mark to con vince people who make n study of ath letes tli.T he can really do It. . "T';.f is too much discrepancy be I tvvc. n that and his Olympic time, so ' 1 here you a re " champion-Hartford. Montreal team ef West.1 1 HO ' a imsisar r o r-i-w iwwnn m i"ui i Of Canada, and the I nlred gtatea. . 1H1 Annual met ef the America Canna aectBttw opened at WUsaorol Pol at. L Ctuunpiala. k i IMPORTANT NOTICE! To All Auto Owners: state that frnm now on ivn inner tuhc! will le first patch and tmnal on th lime I wish to all repairs 5c for the 50c for each addi- tube. "FiresloneTires Are Fetter Than Ever. R. E. BLODGETT 510 Alder Street, Portland, Or.