The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, September 27, 1908, Page 19, Image 19

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    TIIE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNINOj SEPTEMBER 27,' 1008.
CHEHALIS BASEBALL TEAM HOLDS , , .
; WORLD'S RECORD ! FOR VICTORIES
For Fall Wesr
Nothing quite takes 'the place of the Topcoat. . It's "a
style which doesn't "go out"; and for many men it's a
''very becoming and satisfactory 'garment. - We'll, show
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! Chphalli, . WmIv, Sept t6.- Th Ch-
baxball. tMra ,hold ,th world's
reord - tot number of straight ami
' en by tthr, amateur or profesilonal
. club, having--won twentjr-aeven gamee
without a defeat, .and playing agalhat
the best" clube. In Soutbwestern Wash'
Ington. and some of the eraok Trt-Cfty
league . Ceama, 'The. club also bold the
pennant. for 'Southwestern . Washington,
The city of Chehalis. has riven , loyal
support to the teem.) and the club has
one of the fastest ball' (rounds In the
state,- MllleU. Field, -which was donated
to the city aa a park and play ground
by the late D. C. MUlett..
: Part of the. team is composed of ex.
leaguers who are well known through
out the- coast. Quick. Nehrinir. Adams,
McCarthy, the' veteran shortstop. Ruff.
Burnett and Osborne. - The team ' has"
"been specially, strong in the' box with
Osborne, Burnett and Quick, psborne
leading In -toe number oi games pitoneo.
Ttie season Closes, nere tomorrow- wim
a game -with Elma. reinforced by the
bext players In Hoqulam and Aberdeen.
. : Personnel of the team: Reading from
left to right T. Berry, third base; Fred
Nehrlng. captain and first base; Paul
-Ruff, catcher: Tamp- Osborne, pitcher;
J. Burns, left field; B. Adams, center
field; F. W. Burnett, pitcher and -second
base; H. B. Quick, manager, right
field-and pitcher; Joe McCarthy, short
stop; E. Stlncll, utility; Curley, mascot.
. 'The games -played ; from the time the
season opened in -Chehalls follow:'
May Chehalla picked team
Quick ' pitcher. . . .,..; . , t
May Chehalis 4, Central! I; Quick
pltcber. -. r . - . , j
May 1 Cheballs 19, CJentralia,
Burnett , iitcher.. . . . -vj- i
May 84 chehalls I, Aberdeea t; Oe-
May so Chehalls 14. Tenlno 0; Os-
borna nltchnr. r . . r
May 11 Chehalls 10. Tentno 0; Quick
pitcher. '- - . - ' - i
Juno T Chehalls 14, Oakvtlle I; ps
borne pitcher. '
June 14 Chehalla 10. Little FaHs I;
Osborne-pitcher. '.
June 21 Chehalls S. Dryers of Ta-
coma'l; Osborne pltcner,.
June 17 Chehalls 17. ' Hoaulanv 1:
Osborne pitcher, -
June S 8 Chehalls , ,.., Hoqulam. I;
Quick pitcher. ' . ' ,
Julv. 4 Chehalls 7. Bralnard Cubs of
Portland 1; Burnett pitcher.'. ' - -July
5 Chehalls 1. Bralnard Cubs 1 ;
Osborne . pitcher. '
July 10 Chehalls , Chicago Ladles'
Baseball club J; UBDorne pucner.
July 11 Chehalls 4, Elma J; Osborne
pitcher.. . .
July IS Chehalls 4. Elma 1; Osborne
pitcner. - r
July 18 Chehalls 9. Elma I: Burnett
pitcher.
July l Chehalls . Elma I: Osborne
pitcher. .
July 28 Chehalls 7, ' Dryers of Ta
coma Oi. Osborne pitcher.'
August x cnenaiis , mncai ot n-
coma 1 ; . Osborne pitcher.
August 8 Chehalls 6, Athletics or
8eattlo , 4: Osborne Ditcher.
August Chehalls. IS, .Athletics of
Seattle 19; Burnett pitcher. ,
- August 16 Chehalls, J.- Elma 0; Os
borne pitcher. v . . - , . -1- i
-August i Chehalls, 7 lima. I; Os
borne pitcher. , , .-
August 12 Chehalls 8, South Bend I;
Osborne pitcher. - , ..
Aucust 21 fhahalla t. Snntk Send !
Osborne pitcher. ,..
Aucust IS Chehalla 8. Vancouver.
vvasn., j; . usDorne pitcner. . -.
August 80 Chehalls 8, i Vancouver,
waao.. iu; usDorne oitcner two- inninra.
ounwH seven innings.
-September 1 Chehalls
S;Quick pitcher.
September - 2 Chehalla
I V Oeborne pitcher. -
September 6 Chehalla
1; Burnett pitcher.
EeDtember fi ChMhnlla
I; Osborne Ditcher. -
SeDtember 11 Chahnlla 7. Vinmnvw
i, usDorne- pitcner. ;
. September IS Chehalla 4. . St ' Johns
I. 11 innings;-Osborne pitcher.
' . September 14 Chehalla B.
league team 6; Burnett pitcher.
18, Fairbanks
12, Fairbanks
8, 'Vancouver
7, Vancouver
Butte
Player.'
quick .
Nehrlng
Berry
Adams . ; .
McCarthy
Burns . -i-.
Burnett .
Ruff' . t . . .
Osborne . .
Stlncil
v Battlnr Averages.
'AB.
..118
...115
..109
..110
, .125
,.118
.100
. SO
H. Ave.
48 . -30
' 85 .848
40 - .144
' SB .839
80 " .175
29 .263
: 33 .284
' 28 '.241
20 .200
' ' I ; .100
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KINSELLA'S TEAMMATES HELP TO WIN
' ' Eddie 'Kinsslla - helped Potland oni
her way to , the top yesterday, when he
held the Oakland team to eight .scat
tered hits while his teammates hit
Christian in , bunches. ; Christian was
third but came back In. the fourth and
added another run. Madden drove the
ball down past third and it slid safely
through the hands of Smith, Hogan and
tooic ana neuea mm inree oases, a
wild Dltclr scored him. Casey and John
son: walked after this, but the hit was
wild as a March hare, and Issued seven not there and they were left, ,
bases on balls, hit Oraney with the ball
and made two wild, pitches. Portland's
lilts came right after his wild streaks
and netted It seven, runs.
Kinsella.. and , JJanalg" were 'Jointly to
Maine for an tnree or tne tames scorea
by the .southerners for tiie way the
pair, worked together around first base
was a rrignc. in ine unn - x tmki
mussed' them up-with an easy chance
and eventually scored and the same sort
of play started cook on nis way in tne
eighth. Both men should have been, easy
outs but both Klnsella and Dahslg. tried
to 'field the ball and the men were sare.
Graney was In Raftery's place and
Tom .Madden broke . into the . came f o
the first time since last Sunday. Mad
len hit In great style today and ai.
Oakland rot men on bases in every
inning Dut junseua.. escapea aamage
'.in ua sixtn. - Truesaaie messed Lan-
Elg and Klnsy up with nis infield tap.
van najtren aavanoea nim witn a
grounder-, to . Dansia- and. Heitmuller
scored him with a double to the risht
rieid zence.- Madden and uansir canned
Hoa-an and Miller- went out to MeCredie.
The seventh was uneventful exceDt for
a' great, stop of Cooney's on La Longe's
(rounder. The ball was- hit- slowly
over, second base and. Phil had to take
the ball on. the run. . His throw was
perfect '-'
. bb boom in zig-nto.
Both' teams' scored in the elrhth and
that ended the damare. ' Cook . messed
Danzig and Klnsella up again with a tap
toward first and Truesdale went out toj
though he is credited with but two hits Danzig. Van Haltren's infield out moved
RULES RESULT OF
YEARS OF STUDY
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College Athletics Are Not
Settled in One or Two
Seasons.
Topcoats and other Overcoats; also fine Suits of fancy ,
weave, color and pattern! V ' .
. The clothes .will satisfy
you, so 'will the prices
1 Rosenblatt & Co
THIRD AND MORRISON STREETS
rules made that she withdraw from the
Conference and for two years -has com
peted witn eastern teams. mis was un
fortunate from the standpoint of west
ern sport and has been-especially 'disas
trous to Michigan nerseir. - leaving tne
western conference, accepted champion
in- root Bail and track and, strong, in
baseball and, minor sports, she sought
opponents In the east, and-With -the ex-
ception or the annual football game with
Pennsylvania, Which she has lost for
two years. Mlohla-an contests have been
or minor order. - v , : , s-,. ; ! ,A-
There may -be colleges In the' north
west conference that will . be more or
less damaged by the enforcement of the
conference-rules-this, year, but. this is
the fortune of the game and -while, luck
rmay not favor some particular- school
omer years wru equalise .-conditions.
The rules in - the . main- are- good ' and
will ' doubtless' do. much to place north
west. sport on a sane, clean. and lastina-
luunaauon. , ,:..-
The one rule that causes more trouble
possibly, than any other slna-le reeula.
Hon is the one relating to amateurism.
It seems a little bit unfortuna.t that
eoneges do -not . come to a clearer un
aerstanding as to the definition of. an
amateur. It .is unjust to a man who
wishes to participate for his college
to par i mm xrom sucn . comnatition na-
cause he baa earned some money along
lines that have no particular relation to
the sport in question, which neverthe
less stamps him i with the . stigma of
jropxessionat,7 A ' .,';. .
Cutts.. the famous-. Harvard nlaver.
a'nd one of the cleanest men in charao-
dangerous as any contenders for the
championship.
Coach Mlddleton, with a new bunch of
plays up his sleeve and a team that
will be stronger than his last year's or-
Sanlzation, ; in- spite' of the fact that
mall.. . the brilliant, anarterback. will
not engineer the maneuvers, looks dan
gerous on the athletio horizon,
Oregon will doubtless have the atronsv
est team in the. history, of . that institu
tion. . Whila loiM noliies Iiava Amlnaiad I
from the lair of tha nollevlana a to tha
aiiiicuuy or securing- men to nil tne
osltion of those lost by graduation, it
ooka ' on , naoer aa thouah th . would
haveaa brilliant an aggregation of stars
cvar piayaa unaer tne. lemon' yellow
banner. With such men as Kellogg of
Baker Cltv. Latourette of " Portland.
Main and Mitchell from California and
the six veterans who have had bl came
experlenceand Bob Forbes at the helm,
there . is - no -doubt .but- what- Kugene
wiu mave a team aa fast and atrons-. aa
any in its history.
While O. A. C. wUl doubtless turn
out a team that will he a credit to its
coach and the institution, It is unques
tionably true 'that the Beavers start
the season seriously handicapped. With
such men as 'Bennett. : Jamison. Rine-
hart, Dunlap and Emily missing from
the llneuo. it will mean nrodia-loua work
on the part of the coach and team to
develop a championship aggregation.".
FOOTBALL ON HORSEBACK WITH
BALL SEVEN FEET IN DIAMETER
It has lust floated In from the wires
that' Coach ' Stags- of Chicago is " con
templating the use of .oxvaen as a stim
ulant to nlavera. Whether thia la true
or not, it brings uo the question of the
ethics of the use of -dope" to stimulate
ter "who ever stepped on the grridiorn. players to 1 accomplish things, beyond
XI t.Ait r ' fiurxiia )in;tivu - xiini v
are trainers or men wno tninK tsat it is
essential to the success of the athletes
By Sportsman.
.The, conference regulations to govern
and control the college athletics of the
was barred from football on the eve
a Harvard-Tale game some years ago
because It was learned ' that he had
earned a few dollars teaching a. class-
main to oox. i ins earning- old not make
Cutts any less a sportsman, any-less a
ciea.ii, goniiemaniy ienow, or a lair and
honest opponent. It was sufficient,
however, for the rival college to pro
test him as an amateur and have him
disqualified .from further participation.
it seems as, tnougn . amateur . rules
Ths- program committee of the Port
land Hunt' club Is arranging; some espe
cially Interesting features In connection
with the exhibits at ths horse show. In.
surlng evenings' and matinees of varied
entertainment for attending; guests. The
flrat renins' there will be - sneclal sad.
die tandem. exhibitions,, eight teams to
fiaructpate. Mnose wno win exuioii iu
hla special feature are Mrs. Ambrose
Cronln, 'Mrs. James! Nlchol, Miss Belle
Atnsworth, Mrs. jr. u. iJurrum. ttaipn
Jenkins. E. K. Chaso. T. T. Strain and
Ambrose Cronln.
Football on horseback, or push ban as
tne same is commonly jenown. will no a
feature of the second evening, a num
ber of the most prominent . Hunt club
members -to appear In the game. A
mammoth leather ball seven feet- high
will- be used. . Ths third and last even-1
Inr of the show 14 Hunt elub riders
will give a fancy exhibition drill in the
saddle, soma new and Intricate figures
to be Introduced. - A drill of this char
acter given-at Seattle last season by
the Portland riders created great enthu
siasm, and .the same feature figured
prominently in the society olrous here.
The-one to be given on this occasion
will eclipse anything; before attempted -by
these excellent riders.
Participating in this will be Mrs. W.
L. Wood, Miss Cronln, Miss Klernan.
Miss Flanders, Miss Lawrence, Miss '
Ainsworth. Miss Dey,' Mrs. C - H. Wort
man, Miss Leadbetter, Miss Monroe, ;
Mrs. James Nlchol. Mrs. F. Q. Buffum.
T. S. McOrath, Scott Brooke, Joe Cro
nln, Harry Skuse, Dr. John Coghlan, Dr.
Wifllam L. Wood. Ralph Jenkins. F. O.
Downing,. R. E. Kldredse, Dr. William
A. Cummins', Dr. William Campbell and -
Ba.- O. Oppenhelmer.
1 j SOME MOTOR WISDOM
It is best to treat old tires like aged (where they do not desire mors
people, and not worn eitner ot - mem leignt to ten-mue an nour speed.
too tiara.'. - .; ' :. . . . . I
than
Faclflo northwest adopted at Walla (should bo considered from a different
Walla doubtless will not prove to be a I angle in college participation.
faultless arrangement of rules. Never-1 Therels -one- thing that colleges want
thalasa.-it la a etn in tha rttr to protect aoore ui tnings, and tnat is
tneiess, it is a step In the right direc- their academic integrity, "if a man goes
tion. ; Any action taken by the leading I out and competes' for his college in' ora-
colleges to ; arrange their athletio I o7 or .debate,., it makes no difference
rules so as to brins- about a unanlmoua I ln 3ua?es, to ine couege, to the stu
he met the ball fairly- every, time and
only. good fieldlne- - cut him off from
safeties. Graney did not have a chance
in center field - but did nicely at the
bat. getting- a nice single . in tne sev
enth.. Heinle .Heitmuller was instru
mental in snoring one of Oakland's
runs and. -tallied himself with another.
Cook to second and Heitmuller walked.
Hogan doubled to center, scoring; Cook.
Heitmuller tried to score, on, the play
and was successful when Graney'a
tnrow to maoaen toon a nia-n bound in
front 'ot the plate and went to the
grandstand. , Madden recovered In time
to tnrow to Klnsella -and catch Hogan,
There will be a double header today
iaruD at a . o cioca.
' The score: -' - ' "'
' OAKLAND,
Cook, if.
4
4
4
I
OS
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Smith, lb. .......... 4
LaLonge, e. ....... ..- 4 '
Christian, p. , . I
Totals - . ; ,
AB. R. H. PO. A.E.
The bis 'boy hit 1.000 today and all bis The Oaks were easy ln tha ninth.
'hly?.ZlTJZ. tw- Zttr. tiia t,., al walicL,Port,,lnd '' w last run over, in
Csey was there with his usual walk j hw. part Qf ,Jruthr; Madden slngied
4n the first Jnnff and I wo got off -on d n Mcrlflced t0 Becond by g,n.
n;''',VT.,S"'"X;,7k. sella, uasey lined to Bmlth who threw
J th .5U?rii J5tl ?. wildly, to truesdale trying to double
with Cooney. to. acriflce iht lh'e7r' h5 Johnson out.. Madden made . third.
LU& i tt, Ssy singled over ,.- seeond : scoring
V " 'L r " ' r r . . V , 1. t.,; joaaaen.
ilay and Casey scored. ' Danxlg drove a
long iiy to. neiimuner ana vtranoy wa
hit in tho leg with-one of Christian's
wild ones. - Johnson tried to stead tnira
on LaLonge and was caught.
. . ... . asooBA Xs Ohrtstlan's Jeaak.
The seeond woved to Do - unristian-s " .-.,.
Jrtnai Innlna- for he lost his bearings van iiaitren, er.
pnmniatelv and x four, runs were scored. I fieitmuuer, rr.
With McCredie-out iof -the way. he" (
tiaaaan Kasssv. jaaaaen Bimnmea a nm ir
ons at Hogan and the latter In his hur
ry) to make a douoio piay rumoiea ana
both men were safe. Klnsella tf led to
bunt twice and on tha third Strike
drove a- single Into right field. - This
filled tho bases. With Casey at .bait the
"squeeze play" was signalled for and
worked beautifully.--Bassey scorlne- ana I i.
Casey reaching first. Christian thought Coo'' '
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agreement among the -various institu
tions aa to what is a bona fide student.
an amateur student, years of legitimate
DarticlDatlon and all nf tha nthar mini
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oexaiis tnat nave preciptiatea squabbles
and petty scandal in the past, will place
college sports on a more definite plane
ana eeiaDiisn tneir interests on a Hrmer
basis. j .
It Is unfortunate to have one oollere
criticise tne metnoas or another inati.
tution of learning, and It is unwise, to
permit' conditions that arouse enmity of
rival institutions, college- sport, above
all things, should be sport. A contest
should , bo conducted , as students and
gentlemen conduct all other affairs and,
while each- team and each man should
mane every legitimate -effort to win in
any event, .the winning' or losing ahould
be in a spirit of fairness to opponents.
The conference that controls the ath
letic Interest of the middle west -has
nad many occasions during its 12 veara
of life to change and modify the rules
tnat were important wnen-nret formed.
Some things have been made . easier
ror the participant, - but In the main
the changes have effected a stricter en
forcement of the rules standlnr. A-set
of . rules cannot be made that. will not
at the time they are formulated affect
seriously the interests of some one of
tne institutions, it is wise to go slow
ly in making rules, as legislation car.
lessly arranged may work injustice
wnnout attaining tne ooject desired.
wnen tne Chicago conference - three
years aro passed a set or rules that
were revolutionary and radical, the
whole collegiate west was stirred up.
There was antagonism and blttm
and a feeling that good sport could not
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PORTLAND. .- v
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dents or the rlyal contestants whether
no nas ever. earned iio or 15 in pubiio
declamation or not. He Is in the purest
sense of the word , and amateur 'debater
and forenslcally he Is representing; hi
eollege on the field of. honor as tho ath
lete physically ' represents his ' alma
mater. A- man should not be paid for
participating on a ooiiego team. He
should a-lve hla time- and his skill will
ingly and freely for. the glory of his
institution, but . whether he has- been
paid prior to entering college for teach-
ins-, soms one to box, or some one. to
swim, or has been an instructor on
oublid slayground. should not be factors
in the consideration - of- the purity of
his motives in competing for his col
lege.
If a" man wishes to keen absolutely
free Of all of these things that teen
nlcaHy make a man an amateur so that
he. may later, in life compete in .meets
conducted by the Amateur 'Athletic
union. It should be a matter for-' his
personal judgment The colleges should
bend all of their. efforts in advancing
the interest of clean sport by raising the
educational requirements - ror men to
compete and -eliminate all 'that .might
be unclean or unsportsmanlike- in the
conduct of their olavers.
The football cnampionsnio is more
completely in douot tnis year man it
haa been in several seasons past ' O. A.
C will struggle to retain it. with Idaho,
Oregon - and. Washington determined- to
wrest the-laurela from 'the team whose
goal line has not been crossed 'in two
years. -While it is usually the custom
to look uion the last year's champions
as tho favorites in th race for the pen
nant conditions this year make It very
doubtful whether. O. A- C Will have oven
T abolish tha training t.hl. ington nas naa tne advantage oi a
..,T ,J;.. I waex or is days in training, and unaer
ifat? Lu. .nmI KL.,n-Jnt,T0," I ho expert tutelage of Doble and with
tvZ.J k... J,Vi.t;. ""''"'-" the weal in or msteriai tnat is erea-
hI tt4jrAl!i,JtLthi M4 wlth having catered the Seattle
time to no too radical for the a-ood nf i..i,..i.. n . .
sport Michigan waa sot incensed at the! the boys from Puget sound will be as
Oraney. cf . - . . , I
McCrcdle, rf. 4
Bassey, rf. ,. S
Madden, e. 4
Klnsella,. p 1
C'ooney was going jo pun orr tne same Jomnso Jb 4
p ay and in trying to prevent "worked Denxig. lb. "... J .... 4
, JLI I III BTI L IIIW SB, iiuio ' aivssa w iiiv-u
couldn't ret out and Cooney was passed
forcing Madden over with the second
run.. Johnson, drove a beauty into left
andlwth Klnsella -and Casey scored. A
wild pitch at this stage gave Cooney a
chance to score out a moment 01 inaeci
eion while rounding third base proved
fatal and he was thrown out at the
plate.- Johcson reached third but Dan-la-
atruok out Oakland srot men Of
bases in both ths first and second in-1 Portland
rings out oouoie V'f uuni mam on 1 nm
In both cases.. .. - -
s .With Coik out in the first. Truesdale
ingled
around ed
dale thinking he saw a chance to score
on tne play came on in only to be
aught -bv Danzig's perfect throw to the
plate. Heitmuller singled and Hoean
walked in the second but after Miller
friK-M out' Smith lined one etrafrht at
Danzig and Hogn was caught off flrat
-ook doubled with ten out in the third
but Johnson retired Trueodsle.
Portland went down in order In -Tie
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under them to use soma form of med
ication, whether it -be strychnine, whis
key, brandy or oxygen, . to ; accomplish
results that- trould have been beyond
tho best efforts - of., an athlete in his
normal condition. .. v
too much cannot be said aramst so
miserable a praclloe. - It is proof of the
incompetence of a, trainer' ability to
use artificial methods of this -vicious
nature to brine- about results. The best
athletes . the world has ever seen were
developed naturally.- The greatest men
of the gridiron, track or diamond have
been developed normally, the only
"dope" used being the carefully -arranged
system of exercise,- good food
and sleep, and when a man needs more
than these' three things to make him fit
for an athletio contest, it is better that
he should be kept out - A- man striving
to do a prodigious feat under the stim
ulus of .some form of "dOpe.""may in
jure himself for life. It is not be
lieved that Coach Stagg really intends
uslnr oxvren to make better men of
his - gridiron - warriors, as he has not
found it necessary to resort to these
tnmgs in tne past.
. : ' (
Wise racing drivers now wear caps
with ear rolls to enable them to hear a
car coming up rrom tho rear. ,.
, - , e- e -, . .-, -
Half the accidents to motor ears are
caused by men who get nowhere faster
than other men try to get anywnere.
e
e .
The retail merchants of Toledo expect
to get 700 of tho 800 automobiles in that
city to parade during exposition . week
late in October, prizes having- ben of
fered for tho best in certain classes.
Tho deposed Moroccan sultan. Abdul
Aziz, was greatly interested in the
French troops, which were likewise
astounded bv hla hlrhnexa ht h
Whatever may be the temptation, tne a rove around the camp on the motor gun
driver is foolish who look's back while at a furious rate of speed. ,
running at full, or even half speed. , ; e- .'
- e e - The Exmoor section of Devonshire in
Nearly all the laws that are obnoxlus England will never be greatly troubled
to the careless are reallv Intended to I r motorists, zor ibw are so unmercuui
W. F.'. Porter, the 6lympic hlah lumo-
er. la credited with havlna- smashed all
revlous records when ho- went over the
ar at feet t Inches at Bridgeport,
, . a Jl n Awn a
record. of -feet 6 Inches, one' inch less,
haa been held, for many years, and it
seemed in this age of record smashing
that. many years would come and go be
fore anyone would even approach, the
mark made by Sweeny.
- Sweeny made his record In the - fa
mous a-ames held In New Tork a number
of vears aco. when a team of American
champions competed against a team of
British , record breakers. It 'was the
first, bis- international track and field
contest. won by Americans. It was in
this meet that Charlie Ktloatrlck broke
the-half 1 mile record. The Americans
won five points to four by their British
rivals and placed America- on -the man
as dangerous' contenders on track and
field.-, Whether Porter's record will be
accepted by the A. A. U. or not has not
been definitely settled, but as he is a
younar man; if - Is fair to presume that
no will better his record made in Lon
don at the Olympic games;
- Shaw is reported as having made the
120 yard hla-h hurdles in IS seconds
during tho past week. The late record
mane bv smitnson or. is seconds was
In the 110 meters hurdle race, and as
this is two feet more than 120 ysrds,
Smlthson's Olympic record also would
stand as the world's 120 yard record.
to their cars as to ask them to scale tho
mountain sides that rise sharply from
Bristol ohanneL
e ".'..'".-'v r1
An un-to-date weddine- nariv drove to
Eden Street Wesleyan chapel In the
Kingston section of London In two au
tomobiles, the chauffeurs wearing white
caps and coats with large white chrys
anthemums in their button boles. ,
One of the leading automobile publica
tions of England proposes to give a se
ries of eight pictures in five different
centers this fall on the worklnc of tho
proteot such persons from, themselves.
The man who turns a sharp -corner
faster thttn 10 miles an hour or over
takes any vehicle upon a corner , is
courting disaster that will catch up
with him some time.
The first thing to do when purchasing
a second hand car is to have some one
test the compression of the engine, for
tha car will not be sufficient unless the
compression is at least-fair.
a e '.
, . . '..,,ilmotor oar. and if they succeed will take
To place a speed or distance recording UD other citlea in th nHn ..-. ,
device properly takes a great deal of I . T , . 1 ' 1
patience, as It must be mounted on a . . . ' '
at the outlaw races on the ' Brighton
Brach track near New York that it la
believed it will have some effect in
bringing tho Automobile Club of Amer
ica and the American Automobile asso
ciation to terms. -- - , , '
Ido Is tha name of the new universal
Iannises tbe promoters of -which aav
It will supplant Kspecanto.
road wheel and exactly centered, other
wise the gears win wear quieaiy ana
noise will oe tne result.
When the muffler appears clogged so
that there Is improper leakage of tho
exhaust it is easy to learn if such be
the case by momentarily covering tbe
discharge pipe when the motor will
slow down, provided everything is tight
- . e a
f1 The most perfect engine Is the one
Which gives the greatest proportionate
amount of useful work after deducting
for' loss due to friction of gases In the
ports -and passages of the engine and
the friction of the various bearing.
More and more dependence is coming
to be placed on the throttle when driv
ing instead of slipping the cultch, this
being due. it is said, to tbe fact that
manv of the new forms of clutches do
not lend themselves readily to such con
stant use.
Compression is tha muscle of the mo
tor car Just as the carbueretter may be
said to he the lungs of the Internal com
bustion engine, and most builders have
now designed their engines to carry
from 40 to 0 pounds pressure per
square inch.
1909 PEERLESS CAB
Totals T T ST 14 ll
: SCORE BT INNINGS. ? '
Oakland ........ .0 1 0 S 01 1
Hits, ... .......! 11 111 11 e
..'....1 4 1 0 1 71
......lisittlj 7
summary:.
sVole'nd Van-HaTtren
ler, Horan. -Three-baa . hits Cook. I
Maaaen. uouoio plays junseiia to Lan-l
zia- to Madden: uanxiB- (unasslatadl.
Sacrifice hits Casey. Klnsella. Stolen I
base Trueadale, Hit by oltcbed ball
Oraney. Paaaed ball LaLonge. , First I
oas on error t'omimi. z. wild 1
Dltchee Christian. 2. Left oa baa
Oakland, i: Portland. I. Time of amine I
1 hours, empires nynn ana cnerne.
r
A Saviaa TnutaML
Mr. John White, of SI Highland
Hon Hon. Main, savs: "Hare beva trou
Hed with a cough every winter and
spring. Last winter I tried many ad
vertised remedlee. but the eooch eon
tieued until I bnusht a 10? bottle cf
Dr. Klrg'a New Dlacorery; before that
half gone, toe coo ah was all gnn.
This winter the same harpy result has
followed: a few ooa m n more ben
i'hed the ann'tal rwish. I am naw rwi-
lm-ad 4hat Ir.-King's New Discovery
la tba beet of ell rourh sed laoc rem
edies" Sold under g-osrntea st ell
dmtrltta, 0e sod . !.. Trial bot
tle free. 1
If
Two Boys Try to RtesJ Slocp.
irsltrd Ptmb Usui Wfra.1
Bellingham. Wab. Sept. 21 George
Wilfolk and Leo White, yowths. bare
confessed a plot to steal tho sloop Sea
GuIL Yesterday they attempted to sail
frost the harbor with tbe sloop, bat
their act was discovered, and the sheriff
with severs! deputies chased tbe runa
ways ta a launch. At a pet at south of
tha city the boat was rtopr-ed asd tbe
voafia Mail rlrt mn4 mw tmm ' tf-ta.
nrri-q a (.ill Hie jrr I rrn t. p.n 1 1 , . . . . ... .
e haa since confessed u.is is a forgerr 1 ' fvnzMam tt r. aOjr;:a t id usckamaa cwi.. 11 wag part bases rrom ttt Tint era Motor Xr Co.
' When the brake slips the best thing
to do is to examine carefully the fric
tion surfaces first, and falllnzt to find
anything there to cause the trouble look
next to see that nothing hinders the
contact when the pedal or lever to
thrown Into position.
A speed Ipdlcator to show various
colored disks In the daytime and colored
lights at night anv of which would be
easier to distinguish than figures, has
been suggested by a motorist wno nas
been bothered by some of tha present
styles of speedometers
A good thing -to have In the toot box
Is a small piece of fine wire cause fash
ioned Into a funnel that will ba small
enough to insert In the filler hole of
the reservoir, ail waste, grit and other
foreign substsnces being kept out of
the cylinders by the use of this simple
Uttls device.
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Tbero Is no bishop In England who
has traveled so much in the last four
years aa Dr. YeaUnan-Bigga- of tbe dlo
eaa of Worcester, and it le all due to
tho fact that he is aa expert aootortst
e e -
English county authorities sra went
to blame the ezlstenee af -pot hole ' la
the roads to tho prevalence- of autoroa
blloa. tret there are Just as manv of
tbeni wbero tho aaotor cars are oerar
. Park Superintendent M. H. :West of.
Chicago does not believe that chained
tires tear up a road any more than or
dinary rubber ones, his theory being
that the vacuum caused by tho rubber
tires exerts more drawing power on
loose material than ths chain.
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Superintendent of Police-Sylvester of
the District of Columbia haa placed in
his estimate for the coming year a sum
for tho purchase of ten motor patrol
wagons, there being greater , efficiency
in them, he says, and little dif ferenco
in cost over horses. i
-" 'O "o"" y ' :.'; V ' -
The lord chief justics of Ireland spent
part of his vacation In London and -brought
his automobile with him, tho
result being a collision at Hyde Park
corner the first day ba was out snd an
animated exoulpation of himself from
any imputation or negligence. , ,
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Tho Motorists Purchasing association -of
England, which haa been running for
a year and baa a membership of over
2,000, has shown that spare parts and
accessories can be purchased at a sav
ing of three-fourths on orders of $i;i
and two-thirds oa amounts less than
that . ,
A Hungarian has invented a machine
by which it is claimed 40.000 words
an hour may bo sent over ths telephone.
Clt officials who kavo elitdied Se
Kittle.- ara (-ertalw that mi iMrhftni-al
I device will ever entirely orereda the
Korea, and foe that reason etreeta will
bars to be built for the use of boia.
e a
T . of poetms'a 'M of eie v
p X k; rvede el rwufi atoo at r-,f.:s
flRESTOWE
TfflES
For ..uto, Carriapts, Buf
and Trucks. We carry a
full line and cart apply Car
riage and Truck tire on
short notice. Our repair sh
is the bet equipped on tb
coast and our pncfs are th
lowest.
Wm Ee BlOJ Jj 2
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