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2 THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, rf PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 7, 1809. zn i - ill J . -sv 1 . - r , i " v : i - . ' i i V . . . .. . , J I nninnrpkipn ft iia Record victories Eddie O'Connell' next opponent will be th famous John Berg, known over ' ' two ,! continent a Young Hackan ' chnud't from " having trained George . Heckensehmldt' the' former world's champlcn on two different occasion. Berg has obligated himself to throw the 3 Multnomah wonder four times In an hour" at 185 pounds, or If he falls to ' , make that weight, five times in an hour. ' The two kratrolers will meet In the Ex position rink. Thursday night, February , in, and toe match- promises De tne . greatest yet seen in fortiana. -, Hackenschmidt will go on the mat -a about the same weight that Profes , eor Mike Dwyer did several weeks ago, v -i but Hack will be a much harder oppo i nent for O'Connell. - Hackenschmidt is - barely 30 years of age and has been lu- . tored by some of the greatest wrestlers fin the game. He has had matches with .. 'Champion Frank Gotch three times, and , t once In KansaaClly succeeded in get ' line a fall out of Frank after 11 inln ' utes of wrestling. . - Back's Bard Job! "" ' " llackenschmldt has undertaken a hard '.Job in trying to throw O'Connell four' Mimes in an hour, oconnell refused to ; make a side bet with the big fellow, but . , It is safe. to predict that be and his friends will lay a lot of their shiners on the result before the eventful even - ing . rolls around. Nobody .has4 talked . '.bet yet, .-but'- there are whispers -that Hackenschmidt- will be: backed" to the i limit by the little coterie who have no ,.;love and esteem for O'Connell. O'Con- . nell's friends say that when the proper time comes they will Cover a lot of'the ,. Swede's coin. :.; ' '- r O'Connell has cautioned them not to i bet on him. He says it is all right If .he goes on and Joaea .hls-own money on v th outcome, but. he does not want to be the medium of separating Ma friends ' from their money . on so uncertain a match. - : -" --. Eddie will be prepared to move , his fastest when he faces Berg on the mat. He relies on his wonderful speed and his supreme knowledge, of the game to extricate himself from Bart's, tfuntahinir holdssEveat;hoijgr- BergT rma-traned, ; wiiq some or me Dcst mn lit uw nni v It Is hot believed .locallv that.bta.knowX edge of the 'fine points of the game is : so comprehensive a. that f the-welter- weighL Certainly he is not xa fast. It ' 111 .be another . case of speed and cleverness against strength nd a good unowieqgS'-oi, me, mat; art. ,c- , - -S; ': : k p ff tl, Career Is ' Interesting-. Tonng Hackehschmidt' career' has been interesting. He was born in Oland, Sweden. 30 years ago, and emigrated to lh I'nftAj O .. f a . V. 1 1 1 . I. ti ,. Jlwu a TT linn V41 Cfc ywill, IX teen years ago ha took up wrestllna and btcarae a promising, wrestler.! . Three years after he entered the game he won a couple , -of tournaments.,, in ...northern Minnesota. ; Then lie - went Into Wiscon sin and .In Rhinolaod met the big negro, ISugene Stone, the champion of Texas, , -. Before koUi lnta the- match- Stona. who weighed 420 pounds. Insisted on tbe strangle bold. i After Hack had. takea a fall out 'oj the- dlnge, he received a tip ,. that -fitdne was oreoarln lo u'the strangle. Jiold..-. Berg nipped it first In- ine-nei ran ann not. . Knowing vmcn , aboutlt twisted Stone into unconscious neaa. Six yeara .go ha met Stona on . the street la Portland and Stona re- called, tha -incident: - . .-.a Some seven years ae-o Rfre went to Bellinghatn, i whera lie . graduated Into tna ironr rank or tne wrestling prores ekn. -.Hlavfirst-vlctorT 'was over Pro fessor Frank Lewis, then ' he met Un- rried.i the "German. Strong Boy.'? .Thlr . ty-two thousand dollars changed hands when-Berr- took: "straight falls.- He af terward wrestled and defeated the bli Turk, pfitu, tourUxg .tha eouo.tr . , v Songhing- Hatters tTp. - ' Berg's f lrt encounter ' with a ' b!g f jura waa waen ne met Halt.Adlal in Warsaw? Wis.. Adlai- weighed SIT. pounds while Barr lipped ' the beam at lVff. . The Turli -wo-.ln-48 -ilimtiK".but-.. he sustained a broken arm and knee. Berg ' suffered -a broken hand, fierce was the milling. .. - .-- - , - , At BeUirighaBJ th I flrat national haraater Berg met was Km 11 Klank. whom he beat He later beat Frank Coleman, then recognised as the middle weight champion of the world. Then lie beat Duncan McMillan In a handi cap match Tom Davis happened to Mow alons; about this time and a match was the result. ' They struggled on the canvas six hours and 11 minutes with out a fall, the bout f lrtally being de clared a draw. Frank Gotch then came west and took on the rising young; grappler. In falling on the mat in the first three 'minutes of wrestling Berg had the mis fortune to break his hose. Gotch made : th 'probocls his point of attack. He rubbed the member-around "Until "the riain was disconcerting. Even at that t took Gotch 41 minutes to obtain two falls. '.. Along about this time Berg started for Europe, but on the way he stopped long- enoush In Kallspell, Jbfont., to take '$1009 away from Jack O'Neill In two : falls. - Beet Kiaety-three Men. Tn ' 103 ' and 1904 be .-traveled over , FXirop with a. circus, beating all told, 3 men or an ciaaees. lie wrestled in - a tournament in Liege, Belgium, in which the lightweights welg-hed in n- ner iri pounas ana me . neavyweigois over mar ngure. e won in nis or vision over- more than a score of com petitors. His quickest fall was In 23 seconds and hi longest in two copra ana nve minutes. Shortly after that lie returned! to the states end met Farmer Burn in -mixed - styles for a thousand dollar aide bet. Berg won the Graaco-Roman bout and tne maicn, choosing the same style in the final fall. He met Frank Gotch . afterwards and lost again, although It tfok Ootch nearly two hour to defeat :;hlm. In turn he beat Jim Parr and ;Dellbuke, the Swiss. He wrestled Daw McLeod two hours and 45 minutes to a draw. Charles . Lenhardt, Tommy Orlffen, Inemetrel the Creek, Carl . Ponss, Jack Rodney, Fritx Mohl, Kara konof the BulgarliOi and ther good men succumbed to Berr. - Out of 31 matches ene was a-draw, th others vlctoriea .-.-Last spr ng he , returned to Europe j nd for. five months trained George Hackenhmldt George Is anxious for Berg to return now and train him for his future matclie. , seThaWcon ft?., 'dangiVos 3 K Eugfn Pefc'att Klm. T .-..ign. Or.. Feb.' . Th Eune team- defeated tl.ft Kftiein HlKh team her loat n -ore of to 22. ThiVEut, -.,t-,d i th state lee. Phi, Ight br state leevu i i . md io.it i twd with three nn -u - , . . ,n 1. ,v,i-i -l.v. I" " "1- "j'-"r'iA1tnif: U'U W,"h nn " -- wild 1WO LATEST PHOTOGRAPHS, TAKEN IN: AUSTRALIA; v v. V1 FOB TWO STATES Sportsmen in Idaho 'Want Legislature to Frovide Laws'Like Oregon's. (Special Dlspatck to Th Journal.) Weiser, Idaho, Feb. . The leading SDortsmen of this immediate section of thetate and the majority of the mem ber of the Weiser Rod and Gun club are working toward having the state game laws revised and to this end are preparing a petition which will be pre sented to the Idaho legislature. There are- several reasons why the laws should be revised and the . sportsmen are -working fpr the change through, no selfish, motives. ,- . One of tbe change asked for Is that the laws of the state be revised in such a manner as to agree upon an open sea aon conforming with. the. game laws of Oregorb ' Tha present condition of af fairs is such that the two states are at absolute variance In their laws regard ing' certain specie- of game. . .A -sportsman in Idaho la prohibited from killing-certain "water fowl while directly across- the river In Oregon the rame is still subject to slaughter. This condition alone work a hardship upon- tne eporismen Decause oi us xaci inai during the seasons i.nen one state seeks to brntect its aame'in order to allow tit -to breed, hunter, on the opposite side of tne snaae-river can am ai win. u nia situation creates considerable dissatis faction , amoni SDortsmen . and - at the same time results In the destruction of game in one state, which Is fully pro tected la another, . Wamaga I Clmflar. ' Twa r,nr,HPntfltivpl of th Wlr Rod and Gun club have taken It upon themselves to circulate petition ask ing the legislature to amend the law in regard to killing certain species or lana birds. At the present time the Idaho law provides that the season for sage hen opens July 16, prairie chicken, Aug ust 1, and grouse, August 16. A a result of this statute a large number of Dortemen have been . Drosecuted ba- cause of being mistaken and killing cer tain birds wnicn were out or season when they thought they were shootinar a different kind altogether. - The plum-! age or tna prairie .chicken and, grouse : is similar and- it is a 'hard matter for any on but air expert to distinguish eatween mem ai ine time oi I Unlit. The sage hen is larger but the young birds rwnui Miv prairiv : cnicaen -: and grouse. ,;:. .-''.-" . jm ui-pmjr Kama wannni or tm part of tii e state are very vigilant and have prosecuted innumerable offenders who were technically guilty but morally Another chanre In the nreaent ntat.it. Is asked for, which applies to fishing jf -.vfl ,- - 'ir.V'V:,, ;:'' --rf;.'v r 1 :,. , k . f i l, '4 ' , t "; X I ' ' ' " 1 X ri-i '": j- - t-MW - "''nrTirnTniTTTnisi - ti r SAME GAME LAW .roc V:-''5 i-j .- . ; . ,r V for salmon In th Snake river. At pres ent no person Is permitted to take salmon at anv - time of the rear from Snake river, although the fishermen of the lower Columbia are permitted to catch countless thousands. Just why this condition prevails has never been satisfactorily explained although many persons have been prosecuted for vio lating tni law. Balmoa a Selleaey. . The chance asked for la that nersons living along the river be permitted to take what salmon they want for their own use because the flsb are consid er to be a special delicacy by many people of Idaho and the adjacent Ore gon "territory. Th Weiser Bod and Own club will also ask that the season for killing deer be changed in such a manner as will permit or the killing of bucks one month earlier than tne present open season allows. f . .. The two representatives of the local gun club state that-they are meeting with unusual success among all classes ana tnat li mere is anything to be se cured by petitioning, a change' in the existing laws will he made. Tt Is doubly -important that the laws of Ida ho and Oregon be Identical In regard to the open season for different kinds -of birds because little or no aetual pro tection can be secured under existing uunuiuons. COLUMBIA FIVE HANDS DEFEAT TO PREP TEAM Columbia university, . though badly crippled through Injury, had little trou ble defeating Allen Preparatory school t Portland academy court yesterday afternoon, (4 to IS. Team work, which has cut ao large a figure-In Columbia's play we far this season, was evident in her play yesterday despite the loss of Dooley and Pomeroy. as follows: - The lineup was Columbia Allen. Broughton . Chapman Clancv McDonald -Campbell . Fltigerald Woodrim . ! Fa O 0 ' T -a O e - . Schaefer .. Hughes . Compton 'This Date inNSport Annals.- 1!4 At Rock Point Md., Tom Hyer defeated Tankee Sullivan in sixteen rounds In fight for 110,000 purse. 1872 At Monte Carlo. O. L. Lord lard of New York won the Grand FrU du Casino. . - i . . . 1862 At Mississippi JJlty, . in Iignc for championship or America . and 16000 purse. John L. Sullivan knocked mia ra1r-r Rnn in th round.' 18S At Hyaney, . b. w., tawam Hanlaa defeated' Tbomasj Cliff ord n culling- match for 15000.. J miles. JJ0 yarda, atraiajhtaway.- At Chlcaao. Joe Acton (3 fallal defeated Evan Lewis (I) in catch a catch can wrestling contest. - - 1890 At Boston, George Dixon and Cal McCarthy f Qught i . round to a draw. - 1901 At Racine. Wis..' Tommv Codv knocked out Jack Dougherty is fourth round. . - . . 1!l At Chicago. Finnic Goth took two straight falls froid Fred BeeU. . , e!:w ; -Si!: f vx- .',.! 4 -1 -1 Yale Defeat -Army FlTe. (Hearst News by Leogeat Leaaed Wire.) ..West Point, N. T.. Feb. 6. In a hotly contested basketball game here today Yale defeated the army five by the score of 22 to 16. Van Vleck was the star point getter for Yale, and beside ahootlnjr difficult goal he added two from the foul line. YOUNG HACKENSCHMIDT 7 4 v v II urn. ,i.-.itMC"i' ij I in U John 3atg, the famous, .wrestler who meets Edtjle O'Connell. in-Ex position Rink, February 18. , OE'xCHAMPION JACK JOHNSON ; - - - . --jr-r.;r:c ,, umjj. f4i MU.t , .c- - , n x 1 . . --7 ''-- :'" X',': : ! t i ' i '.' '''::V:,:, It. - . ; . - tl I 1 : .. .... .. : t . f - x 1 : : V. ,77 ' - ""F ;4 : -v .. ' SV f v 'v . f J 9f WHEN BILLY SUNDAY BEAT LATHAM. AND CHICAGOANS CLEANED BROWNS The coming ot Billy Sunday, ex-ball player, . to Portland as en evangel lxt. has brought -out a number- of stories conoernlng his baseball days. A. y. Cauthorn tells of ft footrace that he saw in St. XjOuIs between Arlle Latham, tbe champion base runner of the American' association, and Sunday, who was then rated a one of the fast est baae runners In the National league. The race took place on a . beautiful October Bunday - afternoon, after the baseball season was oveV. .That year the-St. Louis Browns, of which Latham .was a star player, had won the world's championship from An son' Chicago team, with which Sunday played a right fielder- . The members of the Brown had money to ' burn, having made a great winning in the world's series, and backed thlr teammate tn th limit Headed by "Pop" Anson who. it Is said,, is a relative ox tiunciay, tne Uhicago ball player - went down .to St. Louis and- put ell the money they could se cure on Sundsy, who, won the race, and as a result put his teammates In good shape financially te go through the win ter after, losing the world's champion ship. i, .. . - The enthusiasm caused by the ball I Tl'OJillLLIOn DOLLAR , (United Preas Ltased Wire.) Chicago, Feb. .- The $J,000,000 auto mobile show, which la the eighth annual event under the auspice of the Nj A.; A. M., opened--this afternoon at - the Col iseum and the First Regiment armory for a seven days' exhibition of "the mo tor car Industry of the world- Through oat the afternoon and evening the esti mated attendance was 25,000, and, the management expect .200,000 people will ee the show before the close next Sat urday night. t- , - !-.- . Among the' 278 exhibitors are 8 dis play of leading American . cars, elx commercial vehicles .and two .foreign displays. v; , ; ,:."....--" Them Is a separate department eet aside for the motor cycle branch of the business, in which l maker are repre sented. ' - .. .- The shew, which I the only national automobile exhibit to be held in Amer ica, Is the largest and most 'elaborate ever -attempted In Chicago, , and the floor space In the two-buildings. 8E.0QQ square reet, wa far too limited to ac commodate all of the manufacturers who applied for assignments. - Am on a- the exhibits on the flonr the crowds gathered mosti about the Loco- moone ana tne iai racers, winch won SHOW OPEN in CHICAGO .... i , . - l , wsf aasaarasaaa I 1 -'van -x..t games brous-ht out a great crowd to eee the Question as to who wa the fastest runner in tne oasee-aii world settled, . Sunday and Xatham, stripped for th race, were perfect specimen of man hood. - .Both- - were of abou t the same build.' neither -too large nor too small. Latham was .known as th trickiest basebalf player In the country, and from the start sought to rattle Sunday, wbo, however,- was not to be confused 'by Latham's tricks. ' 5 . .'s.iV -Latham jockeyed for a Ion time, and finally when they - were started got a good lead. -The race was for only: a abort .distance, perhaps a 100 yards, hut Sunday managed to pass -Latham when the race was only half run, . " After this bla; race there we no doubt In the mind of the fans as to who was the fastest runner among the profes sional Daseoaii piayers. aunnay was un questionably Jn a class by himself a a base runner. As a player he wa an excellent f ieldeaaod able to cover much ground, but ' he Vas not a heavy hitter. He was a QUlef'irentlemanly sort of a fellow, and it was said In those day that in each of the contracts that ne signed be compelled the manager to In sert. a- clause allow In-him to be ex. cused from Sunday Karnes. ' . the VanderbHt ouft'end the grand prlae events last -fall. ' The trophies won by these cars are also iexhiblted. . i M0M0TJTH (5IELS ARE A VICTORS, OVER ASTORIA n ! 5 ! : . ( - ,. : . - ? 'iSneeial Dlapatch te The JoaroaJ.V ' ' ' AstoWS, Or.,' Feb; "f.-The girl1 bas ketball '-'tea m" of ; Monnl outH"" horthal' de feated the. girls'-team -ef Astoria high school- In - an . excellent ' game -here to night In the Athletia club- gymnasium by a score of nine to one. - It was the first match game, played by 'the Astoria team.. The event tonight was witnessed by several hundred of the leading people of . the ; city. The Monmouth - team I composed 'of 'Mtsse Kuykendall, Crai ven, Punohoa,. Butt , and Jlixon, .t:,v . ::. : i. if, ia.i"i '. Maloney Become, Mrro.", . . . (Ou'ltcd Preaa leaM Wlre.j , Tonkers. N: Y Feb. 6. i-Matt Maloney, amateur Marathon runner, today resigned as an amateur .'from (he sunateur ath letlo union and issued' a' ehallengk to Tom Longboat' the - Toronto IndtaJ) world' -ilarathon champion. "Majoney challenged , Longboat .to race for ; the championship and offered a. side bet of 13000., . .. . e. --. ! : . .,- ... , ., ... v : i - .in '-''' ; . C'V-vi'rtXi7' Wins. Game. 'tti ' (CnltM Prew Laaaed Wire.) ( -.Annapolis, -Md.L Feb.; . In a aplrlted game the navy basketball team de feated Baltimore Medical college here today tl to 13. - . S, ........ .ft .... v..- .-. .. '"J v: -- - - WORWESTERS ARE8ETTER N Walter McCredl ! on man who think the North western league will put it ovei the Pacific Coast league as a' money maker during 1809. Whenever you mention the attrac tiveness of the coast league from ' a" financial - stand point Mac's Hp can be seen to curl lit contempt. Tim was when Mae Was perfectly content with th double A lay. out, but that was before the southern missionaries concluded to admit, Sacra mento and Venice, bueh burg of .the rankest eort, to tbe aelect fold. Mao see less drawing power In a Six club circuit than in the aid four a club -arrangement The people will not fall for. one of th smaller teams, ac cording to the big manager, and the expense of maintaining the new clubs will be one third larger than last year. ...Mad . f la-urea that Seattle. Snokane. and Vancouver are far and away bet- ior towns tor paseoau man nan jrraa clsco, Loa Angeles and Oakland. He has never favored continuous, baseball and think it would be an Inducement to larger, crowds to ut It out In Call- f rtrfi la A rislH aaAVi sa m i fTnaAena maintains, will draw better than Venice ana Sacramento, fortland he denenda on canceling Portland In his argument - Another thine that Mao criticises In the coast league Is It internal arrange ment He say that it can't begin to cumpare wun ine isonnwesiern lea in managing its own affairs, as Northwestern is now conducted. Pres ident W. H. Lucas, he characterizes as a brainier man than J. Cal Ewlng, so iar as Daseoaii is concerned. Liucax has better control of affairs ' at all stages of the season. He has forgot ten more -nan Ewlng ever knew. Lucas ha given .the Northwestern league an- umpire system that can not be beaten in. a minor league. Ewlng never had an uniplre except 'Fred Perlne. ferine- work at , timer last season would not reflect credit, on anybody. so there Is not much joy In" this con cession of Walter" . Kverythlng taken Into consideration Mao thinks th Northwestern leaeue will hang It on the Coast league in point of attendance next season. Pearl Casev had an Interesting; time Of it during; the schedule meeting. Pearl had- to stand for a lot of kidding from Rubs Hall. Dugdale, Schroeder. and Colin, who promptly dubbed him "the boy manager, a distinction that- de scended in turn from Hall to BohJt ;& Brown and then to Casev. Casev. whose dignity has risen wondorfully since be ing nung on tne managerial peg, denies that he is the youngest manager In the league. He savs he has a oounl.i of years on Lou Nordyke. Nordy. how ever, was . not at the meeting to de fend himself. This Is the first time In Casey's long career that he has tried to appear older than he really Is. But dignity, you know, is an elastic thing. John Cohn, Just to show his ODlnlon Of the hitting; power of Pearl 4 Casey's swatters, nas orrered Casey a lie silk hat for every tall tnat is batted over the fence of the Spokane ball park. Ca sey has agreed to divy with the play er making the homer. Cohn savs Flan agan, .the long shot ot the league last year, slammed the sphere out in that direction a score of times, but could never Quite lift It to or over the boards. The Induction at .Spider Baum and Whalen into the coast league ranks with the admission of Sacramento, threw a scare - into . . Manager McCredie. Mao fears his heavy hitter will be helpless before the spltball which both have learned to muster, combined with their splendid command of the change of paoej-t Mao-eaya-.it .will be one, two, three for most ef the batter of the slugger type, of whom there are some on his payroll. ;- v Several of the fans -sjot'to discussing the. affect tha spltball had on the size of the bat the other day. It grew out of an inspection of a cargo of bats that had arrived for. the Portland team. Anion the bats was a regular spud masher, and McCredl opined that Jess Oarrett wouldn't do a tiling 'to the fel low who-tried to use one of the same brand. . Oarrett'; epitter,, hi under hand floater,; and -his change of - pace would fool anybody.trylng to'-wleld itch a stick. The -seiner has driven - the Slayer to pick out a long, light, aten er bat "with which-they can chop at the ball wheo It apeed y, . v , MV ORLEANS KILLS' ?ALL CHANCE bFRACINO Ai '1,. - - . ' -' - : : ; -- f. '.;.--.;--- ' . - ' J ' ' 1 - New Orleans, Feh. Jaclr Bhtehar Ttrmm f miimAMTI av. aNvIaIuKaa nf" I ' the -anti-race . track - betting law. 'Th decision ' was ' handed down by Judge Edrlngton, and kill all hope of reviving the' racing -game -here. - Sheehau was fined (360 and a sentence-- of - seven months in jail was .imposed. - Motions for new trial and stay of execution were overruled - The . dw-tslon.-- states that the facts that bets were made snd memoranda er them kept -constitute a violation of the law. .'. i . -; .-i -, - .--.' . . : r K: Flntshca at Emerrrtlle' ': , (Heant Kews by Lonsaat Leaaed Wire.) Emery ville Race Tracks Cat. Fb. S.t Results: - -r . h - 1 -- Six fuVlrina-s Balreed won. Vrdnakv second. Rose Cherry third ! Tine, Six- furlongs Sophomore won, ! Ban- ?osal second. Dr. Sherman third. Time, :1 1-6. - t . '-: . ... :. ... . , Six furlong Trol Temp won. Brush Up second, Givenni Baierlo thlrdV Time, l:l4-.: ... "v One and one-eighth mlles-H-Hfgli Pri vate won. Light Wool second, Firestone third:- Time, 1;ST 4-6- -r -. - ; - - One mile and 7ft Tarda Joe Rose won. Legatee second, . Raleigh ' third. Time, -utnrny 'course Honest won, ver. Stocking second. Early Tide third. hlrd, TlmcalX . Santa Anita, Feb.' 6.- Resultsr J" "' Six f urlongs-Sir- Alvescot wdh, En field second. Reformation third. Time, 1:14 1-6. " - . . Three and , a . half furlong Penan won, Sureget second, Vlrgle Casse third. Tlme,. :4l. t v .. -,. - -. - ''One-mil Mare' Antoni It'won', Old Timer, second, . Tony Bonero third. Time, lilH-J.' t - Two and one-quarter miles Montgom ery won, Nad xu second, Animus third. Time. 3:81 J-B. - -. - ; . Six furlongs -Guy Fisher won. Mltoa Cloth second. French Cook third. Tim. 1:14 !-.. . Seven fnrlonga Oalves won. Niblick second. Progress third.' Time. 1:26 4-6. Six furlongs Little Flush won. Home stone secono. . cntiia third. Time. ilia I 1:1s -a. , - n