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THE OREGON s SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 10. 1909.
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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.
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' GREAT ANNUAL
CLEARANCE SALE
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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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.
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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;
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sheet
Bulks
City give
IGus Ruhlln wants to meet Jack
Johnson. If Gus waits until the dlnge
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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
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(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.
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Should you have a ma
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