The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, January 10, 1909, Image 13

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Newspaper Page Text1 ' '"V THE OREGON s SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 10. 1909. A 3 8 fBrfraw'W-''-'JaW . i 1SW: .WOT.. Earle Loice'of BeUlngham, Wash., who Is claimed to be a whirlwind and who is being corresponded with in view of having him enter the six days' race here in February. CRACK, RACERS IN3 SIX DAYS STRUGGLE l i jj.i iijiiin i ' "-TM.'r ' taao&aaaga v'-'-, -- u i ' jCT 'HWBMMMMBMHMMMMHMMHMBMBMMhMrtHWMHHHM ' 'W"5!;':y?3 8 - -.:. ; '-l' ( t i-i'-jir "tfH:- Ut !fl ' GREAT ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE J? Lovers of roller skate racing will have plenty of chance to see the fast ones in action In Portland next month. Karly In February the local cracks will meet a number of Importations at the big Exposition rink and some exciting moments will be spread out over the six day course. Comparatively few people realize (lie great speed possibilities of the modern roller skater. The roller skate has kept (he gait of modern improvements and today Is a thing of beauty, making it possible for a clever racer to easily . I . . 11.. . ., . i - I. . QUn, rollers became popular a few years ago, millions of dollars have been expended In the construction of' Immense skating pavilions and special tracks banked for roller skate'raclng. some of these tracks being a quarter of a mile around. Most every city has Its skating rinks and all have developed their local cham pion racers. it Is the custom of the larger rinks throughout the country each season to give a six days' professional racing meet, and these tournaments have picked the fastest local men of each district and made professional racers of them. They now travel over the entire country looking for new scalps and fresh glory. The greatest time ever made on roller skates for one mile Is somewhere near 2:49, different racers claiming various records all within a few seconds of 2:49. These six day meets last for six days and there is one race run each night lasting 30 minutes. Purses are hung 4 Charles Brent of Vancouver, B. C, who is manager of the rink there and who raced against La Mont Harrison and Waldesteln here two years ago, may also enter the big meet. He has been in constant training and is a good racer. He may also bring with him Ollie Omni. n v. A XjAAln D,nin rl.A n n ii L l. i i . , , rr, 1 wnaiifi auu tiuuic uiunu w uu locuu W1LU 111IU til OcalUc aUQ I aCUZIia. Robert Myers of Portland, who will be one of the entries In the meet at the Exposition nnk. Myers bad a bad fall the first night of the six days' race at the Oaks, breaking an arm and caus ing him to withdraw. up for each night's race, -and then the distance covered each niglit is added for the six nights and counted for the main purse. These races are a wonder ful test of muscle, nerve and endurance, for the moment the racer setting the pace lags another will take his place, and he is In danger of falling clear in the rear, the freshest man always set ting a pace for the others and keeping the race hot and exciting. The races are dangerous and a racer must keep his head, as It requires great skill to negotiate the corners, and one misstep would mean a dangerous fall, possibly throwing all of the racers. The constant changing of places makes the races very spectacular, as each racer tries to steal a march 'n the others, thus causing wonderful bursts of speed. The Exposition rink management has almost completed Its plans for the big racing meet to be held there, and quite a number of the fastest skaters In the country have expressed a desire to en ter. There are also a great many local racers desirous of contesting, but there will only be room for the live ones, and It will be purely a professional meet. A few of the fast professionals In the country tolay are Harley Davidson, Ross Cooeland, Charles Robinson, Har old Card, Frank Bacon, Charles Brent, Thomas Peters, Kddie Holt, Arthur Walflstein, Kruse, Little, Loice and Brown. A big meet Just closed in Denver and a number of the racers are headed to ward Portland to enter the meet at the Exposition rink. Some good purses will be hung up, and as the Exposition rink is an ideal place for such an event splendid racing will be seen and a good time had. YOUNG HACK IS Slltt TALKING I'ublicl.v Challenges' Port land Welterweight to Match for .$1000. DETTUEEP n Young Hackenschmldt yesterday is sued a challenge to Eddi.e O'Connell. the 147 pound wrestling wonder, for a handicap wrestling match! in which he ngn-fM to throw O'Connell four times in (t wreslling minuies iur m rnj3 trom $5ti0 to $10011. he to weigh In at 1S7 pounds nt noon of the day of the match. Hackenschmidt's hackers yes terday flushed -'5 double eagles to show they meant business. They agree to post the money with a local bank Mon day. Following Is the challenge: Portland, Jan. H. 1!09. I, the under signed, do hereby agree to throw Ed O'Connell. the wrestling Instructor of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic club of this city, four falls in fin minutes of actual wrestling. 1 to weigh In at 167 pounds at noon on the day of the match, .Mr. O'Connell to weigh whatever he pleases. Being that air. O'Connell de clares he is open to wrestle any man In the country at 1 58 pounds In ah even match, I think my offer will more than give him the best of It. as there will only he nine pounds difference between the weight I agree to make. "I am anxious to meet Mr. O'Connell under these terms, the match to be for a side bet of $500 and open to $1000 or more If so desired by Mr. O'Connell or his friends. The match to he catch as catch can" style, strangle holds, flvlng ihms and roiling rails barred, i'ln falls only to count, and the match to take place In three weeks after the articles of agreement are signed, with the ref eree lo te mutuallv agreed upon. "YOl'Xfi U ACKENSCHM1DT." "Pudge'' Heffleflnger. in 1903, was one of the Yale barn doors on the grid Iron. Any time that the team Wd to make a down, all that was. necessary was to give the ball to Hef, and he'd rip up the other line like a limited going thrpugh a cotton field. It was a year or so after leaving Old Ell that Hef attended a banquet In t0&S HOW I K -S5 GOSSIP OF THE HARNESS KACEKS There are more trotterss which travrt in .;iu on raiiroaa trains tnan do on rare tracks. There will never come a time in this country when a good trotter will not bring a good price. i here Is lot orlun in racing horses 'f ou win; otherwise it is a really senilis proposition. John F. Payn is now located at Wilkesbnrre, Pa. Ijist summer m trained at Bloomsburg. Pa. Great Interest Is being shown In the futurity stakes by breeders In all sec tions of the United States. Regardless of the hard times nnl anti-betting laws, the trotting horse grows in value and popularity. AlfrM Vanderbilt has placed an order for 100 trotters, to be used on his coaches in England next season. The widely known California horse--tuan. "Farmer" Bunch, has located In Richmond. Va.. for the winter. Spanish Queen (2:07) trotted 16 win ning heats during the past season, all of them better than 2:10. Philadelphia parties have. It Is said, npproaehed Henry Cofferthlte with a proposition to buy his race track at Burks. Va. Trainer Barney Coyle, of Clarion. Pa., is busy at Daisy farm with a splendid lot of colts by the good sire. Palo Alto Chimes. 2:1"4. Ed Custer, with a three year old record of 2:124, Is to be campaigned again next year. Ed Custer is now owned by the Danforths, of Washing ton. 111. A. B. Coxe's mare. Miss Giiffitn, 2:14 ti, by Bonnie Direct, In Joseph L. Serrifl's hands, has been shipped to Kentucky, where she will be bred to Moko. There are half doxen of the get of Blngen (2:06Vi) quartered at ReadvlUe. without records, that should all gn in 2:10 next season if given opportunity. John Dagler. trainer at Reidstor. farm, Richmond, Ind.. Is busily en gaged preparing a bunch of high-class young trotters for the 1909 futurity en gagements. v - The Contrator fJ:014) was one of the most successful of the half mile track campaigners this year. He won 13 races, and next year will go to the grand circuit. ' The young trainer an race driver. Everett Osborne, who raced the good mare GIpsey Woodlay (1:1041 so suc cessfully the past season, -will train a public stable In 1909. Dorothy Axworthy, that as a two rear old a few months ago drove Tra fort to a record of t:lt to beat her. has worked a half mile In 1:05 and an eighth in It seconds. Her record Is 1:21V- Hildago (2:0414)' Is now owned In Wilmington, having e n recently Pur- i Minneapolis, and was placed beside a girl nt the table whom he had never met and no one took the trouble to Introduce him to her. Hef noticed that his friends sort of snickered up their sleeves, and he began to wonder if she was a confidence wo man. She courted conversation with him. talking on every subject from the weather to the latent fashions and fin ally she took up the football. 'Do you play football?'' she asked Hef. "Oh. some." said the big guard Indif ferently. "Did you ever see Heffleflnger play?" Hef had to admit that he hail, while the people directly opposite him were eating fast In order lo keep a straight face. Immediately the young woman launched out upon a long eulogy on Hef; ghe raved about his looks, his big shoulders, the way he beat the other fellows down. "Loveliest player 1 ever saw. How I adore him " Hef could have enjoyed solitude about that time, and would have made his get away, but unfeeling friends butted In and introduced them, where upon the girl blushed, left the table and iier iook tne norse laugji. came about this way: In a five mile Jog around the "gym'' the other day while training for the "pseudo Peter son" match. Eddie outdistanced all the fellows who tried to keep up with him. He is his own authority for this state ment. Now he's got a fever. We would respectfully suggest a race with Mr. Oscar Battling Nelson, another victim of the craze. When Is the shower of heavyweights going to cease This Is the momentous question that keeps our old Limerick chum, Eddie O'Connell, guessing. Looks as if there would never be an end to the precipitation. Charley Hacken schmldt Is the latest to drop Into the local field, but Charley refuses to fol low the course of the heavenly globule and disappear among the earthly atoms Nope. Charles stays on the surface. Charles is old in the game. Perse verance surmounts all difficulties, sny eth the Hackenschmldt offshoot, and he proposes to tempt O'Connell on the canvas by the display of sundry simo leons. which, he says, are to be used as Fred Beulow, the old Cleveland catch er, goes to Montreal next season. Al Kaufman Is the latest to draw the color line. His color line drawing is done with a piece of charcoal. Hugh Shannon, formerly Willi the St. Paul. Baltimore and Lowell clubs, will manage the Ottumwa (Iowa) team. John Hoey has been sold by the Bos ton Americans to the Baltimore club of the Eastern league. George Winter, the old Boston pltchr, is to be instructed how to find bis way to Indianapolis by the Detroit club. coins trodiii home him. perhaps someone will ln- Jack O'Brien says he intends to take a trip around the world. Not one of those Stoddard tours, but real travel ing. Ball players are playing - the mar riage gam., to a standstill this winter, which Is a mightly fine thing. Base ball news is scarce during the "benny" days. Manager McAleer of the St. Louis Browns will give a trial to Paul Cobb, brother of the famous Tyrus. Jimmy signed Paul because Jack O'Connor said ho wouldn't do. Martin, the little brother of Pitcher Ed Walsh, will be given a chance to display his Idea of the national pas time with the Chicago White Sox next spring. Mike Kelly will manage the St. Paul team and T(m Flood will be the captain. That combination is nough to start something on any ball field in the American association. When you come to think of It every- For Hart Schaffner & Marx High-class $20.00 Suits and Overcoats. .65 Fnr Hart JL VI X1U1 - Schaffner & Marx Fine $25.00 Suits and Overcoats. .00 Fnr Harr Schaffner & Marx Superb $30.00 Suits and Overcoats. $1.50 "Cluctt" Shirts, cuffs attached and detached, at, each 91.15 $1 Monarch Shirts in fancy patterns 75 Reg. $1 Wool Underwear, in fawn and natural gray, at, per garment 75$ $2.00 and $3.00 Wool Jerseys in all shades $1.15 Off ON BOYS' SUITS AND OVERCOATS Sam'l Rosenblatt &Co. COR. THIRD AND MORRISON STS. a nide bet. There ore .slmoleon.s, sayeth Hack I Tack junior weigheth horhood of 200 pounds. Maratnonttls has got a death grip on r.n v iriuifii. runny now popu classic hot foot has' become ular the since last July, when one J. Hayes lifted a hunk or silver plat.) from the outstretched mlts of her gracious majesty. Alexan dra. 1-irst all the long-lunged sprint ers got busy, then the hod carriers' union took It up, a few corner cops got active and then a pug says he rsn beat the trust, the tnmf ho in it iinr.AHn longboat, Hayes et al. Now comes O'Connell thinking he can lead any thing on two pedals In the country up the hills and down the vales. It all 1000 of these junior. In the nrigh- pounas, according to eastern critics. Hack says he strips at 175 now and can niHke 1 bo. lie says ne can throw O'Connell four times In an hour. Verily it looks like too much beef. Eddie weighs 145: that is the heaviest he has yet gone on the mat. Fellow In misery put 145 against a possible 15 and what do you have? Whatchu think? Mike Mitchell Is startling the fans of his fireside heath by springing one like this: "What ballplayer has the longest name?" asks Mike. i "Why, Hlggtnbotha in or Kchrecken- ost." invariably answers the victim. "Nope, .lakey At. You see, his name oes clear through the alphabet from A to Z." Mike has managexl to keep moistened all winter on this one. Namcji are no Indication of a mans athletic ability, or are they? The cham pion sprinter of the world is a eouth African named Walker. Wouldn't "Fiver" be more appropriate, or is It as 1t snoutd lie In view of the fact that he has literally "walked away" from all his f-pponents? Yes Tip. Highball won the American derbv in 1904 with Woodson second and Rapid Water third. The time was 2:33 for H4 miles and Ihe value of the purse was $26,225. This equalled the time made bv The Ticket the preceding year the purse of 1903 being the largest in the history of the race. $27,025 to the winner. The event was discontinued in 1905. chased from Philadelphia nartles. H. is to be raced in the free-for-all class on the half mile rings next year and will be a hard hors tn heat. The well known trainer. Herman R. Tvs.n, has purchased a two vear old black colt. Alran Direct, by Ahamara. from James Lusby, of Delaware. Mr. Tyson thinks he can make a race hors as the colt has lots of speed. f C0FFR0TH AFTER JULY FOURTH Him BATTLE (Doited Pre Leased Wlr.) San Francisco. Jan. . Promoter James Coffroth Is today planning a match between James J. Jeffries and Jack Johnson, winner of th. Johnson Burns fight In Australia recently, to take place In San Francisco at th Mia. sion street arena, July 4. He declared that he not only hoped to secure th. fight, but waa already 'enlararlnv thai arena Johnson has already signified bis willingness to light. unnrroin eata today: "When Jelt arrives in this itv T win either have his promise or his signature iu i urKiiieni io n(ni jonnson. 1 know that he has a sneaking desire to get back Into th. harness,- and I will mak. htm a proposition that he will -be unable to overlook. I will give him big percentage." Coffroth is closer to Jeffries than any other promoter, and his friends believe that he will be able to persuade Jeffries successfully. BOB FLOWER-CAPTURES QUAKE MARATHON (Dotted Press Lead Wtra,t Boston, Jan. 9. Robert A. Flower of Cambrldgeporc rymnaslum won the Marathon race tonight for the benefit of the Sicilian earthquake sufferers. Time, 2:43:55. Fred Lorse of the Mohawk A. C of New York was a close second, in 2:46:16. William Weissman of the South Boston A. C. was third. -Time, 2:58:44. The time of Johnny Hayes at the Olympic games last summer was 2:65:18 2-5. Aa enthusiastic crowd greeted the winners at the National League baseball grounds. The race was run under the sanction of the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States. About $5000 will be netted for the earthquake victims' fund by the race. If Pittsburg gave New York a or song and dance music for (shannon what did Kansas Pittsburg; " . - l sheet Bulks City give IGus Ruhlln wants to meet Jack Johnson. If Gus waits until the dlnge mmMmmm i i . ut ilVl to i : SB If -; a -r. 1 George Bonhag, the great runner of the Irish-American Athletic club, who will not desert the amateur racks. one gets an even break at one time or another. St. Paul has the champion boy trap shooter and Mobile has the cham pion boy crap shooter. Next season Philadelphia will be the only major league city not having a manager on the field in uniform. Hmooch up there a bit. Messrs. Mack and Murray The original Alfalfa league has been organized in Kansas with Great Bend, Arkansas City, Hutchinson. McPherson, Salina and Strong City starting the ex citement. In fact the first town is great and the Inst one is as strong as any city in tha Sunflower state. George La Blanche, the old time boxer known as the "marine." has been hit ting the rough edges of late as a result or over Indulgence In throat scratchers. But George is on the bridge now and says he intends to keep out of the wet In future. Taft and thr Theatre. From the Washington Star. Judge Taft's last visit to the theatre was 20 years ago. and the play "Uncle Tom's Cabin." No wonder he has not been 'since. He should give the drama anothef chance. In Its best estate It if a source of both comfort nd helpful ness. Mr. Lincoln, who met his death at the play, , had yet found It of much sup port during the most trying times of the civil war. A light comedy well pre sented had often relieved the gloom and braced him for his arduous work. It is surprising to hear that the cheerfulness . and the optimism that Judge Taft pos sesses owe nothing to a source to which ' so many others of his temperament are -deeply indebted. BUTTE'S MERCHANTS IX FAVOR OF RACING legl I his (Pudflc Coant Pres Leased Wire.) Butte. Mont.. Jan. 9. The executive committee of the Merchants' associa tion of Butte and the members of the Islature from Silver Bow county met afternoon to discuss the anti-pool room and bookmaking hill Introduced in the house this week by Representa tive James King. Indications are Hint the biggest fight of the prenent leg islative session will center about this bill; and the Merchants' association, which declared in favor of a measure of that kind some time hko. will leave ' no wrk undone In thf effort to secure its passage. If enacted it will pr:u--illy kill racing in Montana. OREGON' BASKETBALL TEAM MAKES RECORD Portage, wis.. Jan. 9 -The Oregnns of Dallas ended the fourth week of their basketball tour tonlgtU by defeat ing the Co. K team of Portage, Wis., the ehamplons of this state, hv the score 39 to 15. Last night they beat Co. F. 31 to -1. Th game was free from roughness. The Oregon have played JO games, win ning IK. losing one and tying one. Reed threw six baskets tonight. K. Shaw five, Fenton. i wo. Morton, two. C. Shaw one. Reed also threw seven from foul. The lads from Oregon are in good condition and plrvirig better hall as they gi east. Kmeryville Races. Emeryville, Cal . Jan. 9 Results: First race, six furlongs Dargtn won. Banposal second. Crystal Wave third Time. 116 4-5. Second race, three and a half furlongs -Gilbert Rose won. Grahame second. I'er.n third Time, :43 1-5. Third race, six furlongs Ketchemike won. Raleigh second, Woolma - third Time, Mt 2-5. Fourth race, seven furlongs Smiley I'orbett won. Grace G. second. Light wool third Time. 1:29. Fifth rsce, one mile and 60 yards lainty Belle won, Billy Pullman second, Nebulosus third. Time. 1:47 4-5. Sixth race five and one half furlongs Twilight Queen won, Banthel second. Little Jane third. Time. 1:11. ft i i Talking Machines Repaired We have recently secured the services pf Mr. C. T. Ed wards, expert talking ma chine repair man of wide ex perience. Mr. Kdwards has charge of our repain-departmeiit and is prepared to answer all calls for talking machine re pair work on short notice. Should you have a ma chine that is not working properly no matter what its make call or phone us and we will make the neces-. sary repairs, guaranteeing all work and charging only for materials used and actual time consumed. PHONES: Private Exchange 23, A-23S0 c I i i SPEND THE WINTER AT DEL MONTE CALIFORNIA The Paradise of the Pacific; 125 Miles South of San Francisco. Affords every facility for golf, tennis, riding, driving, motoring, and all other sports under ideal conditions. Superb climate; beautiful scenery. Eery luxury and convenience of the best city hotels. Stopover privileges on all through railroad tickets, Illustrated literature on request." n.R. WARNER, Manager t 353 Washington Street. The Great Chinese Physicians YorkjjgA We cure any and all dlsea ( men and women. 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