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BLOODLESS WAR IS
LOOMING IN SOUTH
Br WilL J.- SUttenr.
Bin' Frtnolico, March 20. The J1
real bomb In tha coming; baseball Tight
will be tossed into tlia camp of tha Coast
league from the. fort of tha Bjtate leaiiua
at Oakland tiext Wednesday arieruoon.
Tha outlawa have been carefully but
ailentl nrDirlni for their onslaught,
and according to their officers nothing
ut success stares ; them in tneiac,
hough the fans In general see oniytie-
f..t It all AuantH thai' will ha Off tO
a fairly good, atari In three days, and
after that tluie It will be a caaa of sur
vlval of tha fittest so far aa tha fana
of thla city and Oakland go. .
The outlawa' hava expended semethlng
Ilka I26.nn in flttlna- un a ball park
across the bay. . It ta a grand looking
. field, meaauriss- (00 by TOO feat, and
any man who knocks the ball out of tha
lot will be penHlnned for the reat of his
nncurai ilia, u na grounds re hui-m
- Rhout a mile from tho center of town,
' and are readied In 10 minutes. They are
looated at Grove and Fifty-seventh
atreeta, Just bach of Idora park, the
arena of Coast league baseball during
the aummer following tha dlaaater.
r' The new park la aa fine a one ns
there la on the Coast league circuit, and
the only thin lacking; to tnake it -blg
lesgue affair la -tho graas. On account
, of lack of time. It waa neoeeeary for the
promoters of the new enterprlaa to be
content with a akin field., Two weeks of
ateady work haa brought thla down to a
fine state of perfection, and It promises
to be aa fast if not much faster than
any diamond In the big-.league.. :
And In the meantime the state league
.people are atlll trying to break Into San
Francisco. Their latest scheme la to
enter Into negotiations with the owners
of the B. Ignatius atadtum near Qolden
Gate park. If they soccre this field,
they, will J-Lay Tuesday afternoon and
Sunday mri.lna; games hare. - As these
are the dates used hv the Coast league
teams In Oakland, the outlaws hope that
thev will ba able to, out In strong.
If their coming venture Is a success
the officers At the outlaw organisation
talk about Invading the northweat. but
nobody pays any attention to this line of
talk..: It's too long- a Jump, and besides
they way have gone broke ere tne sea
son of 1S10 dawns. : -
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Tf " ha rarnlni war itoes not do the
magnates or -the.fans any good, it .Will
at -least be one great boom for the
players. This Is their time to make the
hay while the old sun or competition
on the diamond is shining brightly.
And they are all standlngaround Jike a
bunch of coy maids, waiting for the best
offer to come throiigu. None of the
managers Is sure of his talont from day
Cosier'-will atnrt Immediately. He
aeeiiN to be daffy for an opportunity
to gj over a lung route. He haa never
fought more than 10 rounds' In hi
life, bat his friends aa that the furth
ar ha goes, tha better ha seta. Ma li
wWllng.to take Attell, at either - 0
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t'nllke Con ion, Coster does not make
a big "holler" over the weight He will
stand ror us pounds, a weight wnic
Attell xan make handily and flgh
strong. Coulon Insisted upon 112.
which Attell cannot do and make a good
fight of It. Promoter Jim Coffroth
probably will endeavor to bring .Attell
inn rosier toxeiiier nextmpntn.
' Though Coulon still claims the cham
plonslilp. Coster is now looked upon
as the holder of the title by the east
orn sharps. Hie decisive' victory over
Couln 'fairly set New' , york .'wild.
Coulon maintains that he cannot loae
hie title Id a limited round gu, but at
the same time, he haa tost his prestige
and all the fans are rallying to the
standard of the newcomer, who le pro
claimed the greatest bantam since the
aays. or Jimmy Harry.
A great Marathon race looV" for
t the Auditorium In this c.iy nvTTSat-
uraar evening wnen uon Connolly, the
wonderful Irish distance man and one
or tne nest runners in all tha world will
meet Silent tieorge Miller, winner of
tne nrst prorenional Marathon ever at
tempted In the west. - The itipii will M
vide a $2000 purne between them. Both
ine irisn ana tne uerman colonies are
already making tiieir beta on the out
come. Connolly at the present " time
fulea a slltrht favorite over the Rarmnn.
but the latter has hundreda of admirers
apd backers who have-faith In him.,
in tne event that He beats Miller de
cisively, Connolly will Immediately beat
it east ana eeefcv matches with Loin
host, Hayes, Dorando or any-of them
in jnsnman win nave plenty or back.
Ing. Toni, WIIMams,. the racing king. Is
Willing to bet 15000 on Connolly seal
any ofthem. Connolly haa never been
beaten, though he haa entered In rils.
tance races all the way from one mile
to z miles. ho has wonderful staying
powers, and '.the' further he runs, the
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CUiSSY ENTRIES
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to day. Tou never can tell what.ls go-J
trm in hnnnnH ' . " ; I
Practically every member of the Ban
Francisco team has had k his salary
raised during, the paet week. When Joe
Curtis and Oscar Jones" Jumped to Santa
t'rui the other day. four more Heals,
Berry. Willis, McArdle and tltlfflh, were
about to fly the coop to other nines of
the opposition forces. The only thing
which prevented , their getaway was a
substantial boost in the pay envelope.
Manager Danny Iyong .,ha, , to - come
through with it. or else lose his stars.
And when he raised this bunch the oth
ers on the team came around for theirs.
AJirt -tfaisy- all landedtJitriat'gJtoejfflrJ
The fun promises t wax fast and
llvelv throughout the season. The State
league has a bunrh ef agents all over
the circuit Whose- onsiness jt is 10 mR.o
trouhle for the Coast leaeme manager.
AnA thus far thev have been doing thelt
work well. r Salaries In the Coast league
promise to be &o per cent ocj ter u nn
. thev were last, season, that: is if , the
rVate league holds out and all the toss-
era are praying that it wui last jorever.
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It Is likely that Stanley Ketchel. the
middleweight champ, will be forced to
take on Hugo Keuv inr tniscity n
month Instead ot getting a fight with
Johnson or jertriea. n
things have been breaking rather badly
for the- champ and hie manager, Willis
Brltt. during the last month, and If they
want to keep the wolf away from the
door, they must have some action. When
Tihiiaainhia .Tank O'Brien took his re
cent rurfout powder he lef Lr the pair
stranded high ana ary in jnbw ior,.ira
n nma niinii nr other the metropoli
tan fans have not, take at aft kindly to
Mlchlrnn pin nr. .. i
Ketchel and Kelly fought in this city
last .Tnly, and Ketchel knocked the Ital
ian bruiser out In the third round. .But
tin to the time that the sensational fin
ish came Kelly was beating the cham-
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hihilnn as was ever seen In
8n Francisco, miy to w i ckco i;r
.ucker punch. The next time Kelly
. promises to he more careful, and If ha
battle of hi life, and .Incidentally he
lias Hv t-uiv wwiit v. ........ - .
Though the legislature haa put the
Ing to the law, the goats mhat tP ca
tering aroqnd the traoks of California
lr Iprll 20. Tom WHlta nd -
nenenmen are wicrminm Vi.
the last ditcn. ana tne trawj" "
a merry war wiu oe wagea JUBi,r.v.r 2
, as the bill goes inwnwti;
i .f :. k..t tow. nn the technical
it inn mil unless the program is
changed very shortly, the. chances are
. that Tie will open -up at Tanforan traa
'and start the credit aystem of betting
roing in full swing. , ' .
The credit game went In New York
! aummer. and when the matter waa
brought up to the supreme -court, the
racing men won out over the reform
element . As the antl-raclng bill which
seed in the California legislature
radically an exact draft of the Hughes
11L . the - racing gang firmly . believes
that It can beat le game on a tecum-
lit v and l nrdr to brins about thla
end, neither money nor trouble will be
. spared. ' .
Williams has passed the tip around
to all his friends to remain pat. They
ere living In hopes. Those who have
the low down say "thai -"there will be
'nothing to fear-though the reform ele.
inent bow haa eontrol t Baa Mateo
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With Williams operating his racetrack
-and Coffroth a fight arena, in full swing
-this summer.-the game In tle quiet lit
tle auburban county gives promise. of
waxing faet and furious, v" .
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Gknd race herae can now be bought.
et the EmeryvU la track for a song, snd
many a boy has been singing lately ana
cleverly annexing some of tne most
promising Onee ever there. When the
, bill passed, there was an awful slump
-In the horse gsme all along the Una.
Tne prices or tne oeaata immediately
benn to decline. The majority of the
- owners naq tneir animaje mortgaged to
the money lenders. Hence, these gen
tlemen nave ien oomg a grand Dual
es for the rest couple or weeks.
If Wllltame rropoeed plana do 'not
earry. race horses be had for' the
asking thin summer. Outs Me of the
larser stables, eon er the owners are
fcow etrictiy up arainsT It. Tbey can
rt e-en arat seta ay wiener t attend
th Putt ieettg. and If Tanforaa
fslls. there will ba no place) for them to
- pnrsie tfc Hlldreth. the Keenea,
Walker end ether big -epratre ere
talking ehotlt- gtng e- Sew Torfc er
Fmtct, but the poor 4wii-end-iit beya
will hare an awrul time retting .y.
Wlltiama la their fnlv -rir-ri. Bond Uie
wise enes say be will fall dowa.
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Joe Coster, the eensatloral little
Prtioli'ti b&Jttamwelct, a tHe latent
rwslltstle 'r te -meh In to tae lime-r'lt-
tVftr Jumpe 1 Irto pmrMtnenre
the c.her" rir,,t fey elearly cutpolnilna;
jrv-rv Cuimt, the Mtilimvr'tM
farrrion In a It rn4 s-tti. yw
Jee rrnrlrc tT a '.rM ta coe
tFti Frnr la mri Ftnt Mn'e At
1. If STistca caa t-e arrrtl
petltor Hi the London Olymplo Mara
th on )Hst summer, will probably be fa
vorite Tiaay - night, ciiaaaUer is . h
man of great endurance and his long,
winging stride Is ' a terror to other
contestants. . -.;.. ' .t v ..
Arthur Burn of Calgary Js well known
tnrougnout tne norm. He won many
races around: Boston, defeating the re
doubtable Jlmmie Lee. who has since
won plenty or Marsthon 'laurels.
C. Birch Of .Aberdeen, s former cham
pion of Norway at several distances, Is
itiau enierca. . . '
Another entrv of oma not la V Xt
Vgnderllp of Toronto, who held the Ca
nadian amateur championship at 15
mlles. He has a record of 1:15 for the
lmfle race-fcnd l:5g for the- 3-mll
rotlte. ..i ..:,-.
The only Italian In, the race is Mar
tini Sisto. who has the distinction of
having, beaten Dorando. the great Ion-
0(11 juaratnoner, in ita v two veara aorn.
Msto rinisnea nrst in tne race In a
Held -ox us. while . Dorando was third.
He has only been In America about three
months, but those who haae seen him
In action predict that , he will finish
well up. .... ' -
A. Wallace of the T. M. C A. lr a
Greek who has bee ft over the distance
several times In and around Athens. R.
V. Belmont and Davis James are two
more T. M. C. A. men who havet local
reputations as 'distance runners.
George Knudson, a local man; unat-1
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Hamy. Donald sop, . Crack Seattle
Athlete, Entered, in Portland
Race
tached. ' has been tried out and found
to be pretty good.
The youngest man In the event H
Norwood Nash, a' 1 8-year-old athlete of
the Lincoln High 'school, who naa ren
ractioina: for four months ror just sucn
an affair."'. ' --.- t " .n
A couple or men rrom tne uiympio
club of Ban ' Frani'tBco are expected to
arrive Montlav. . q nev will oe rrom
amsng the beet distance runners In tb4
soutnern state. - -
President Merrill of the Cotton Statea
league is having a. hard time of. it try
Inar to keen his organization afloat. Ba.
ton Rouga has gone to the- bottom ana
Uuirport is threatening to mi ner pqfiji:
ets with stones.
fie TJTah" "House of representatives
has passed a measure proniDlting roov
ball at all state Institutions. The sen
ate Is expected to save the day, how.
ever, by killing the bill when it reaches
that body. -
Frank Bowermanv and Roger Bresna-
han have a bet1 on that each will get
higher place for his team fn the
pennant race than the other.' The best
bet is the other National league teams.
Jimmy Sheckard of the Cubs says the
Taft Inauguration was great. His train
arrived in Washington eight hours af
ter the festivities had closed and Jimmy
never left the railroad station.
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WRESTLING GOOD
FOR ACTIVE rill
V i .' - asasea-waasMiwiis mm
Sportsman Says That Edgar
Frank's Example Should
Be Emulated.
whose work on the wrestling "' rnat
stamps him as one of the best wrestlers
that, this country has ever produced. Is
worthy of the praise of his fcllow
cltlzens and still , more worthy of the
emulation of other young business men.
It ' is too easy to venture excuses
when man goes into business, that
these activities aje too pressing to
permit what would be a normal amount
of physical exercise. Mr. Frank Is a
striking exponent of a man who does
not neglect his business and yet finds
time to buna nimseu wen along physi
eanesi
By Sportsman.
It Is a pleasure to speak in this
column of tne splendid work of one of
Portland a most alert business men.
It Is not the province of Sportsman to
discuss the merits of any Individual
from a business, standpoint, but it Is
always a pleasure to feel that men
can be commercially aatlve, yet not
neglect the ideals upon which clean
amateur sports are based. Edgar Frank, time the hardest form of physical exer
Most men choose some form of hobby.
it may be the collection of stamps, or
rare pictures, it may ne cross-country
walking or riding horseback, or like the
president or the unltedr states, golf
may be his chief form of recreation.
Usually when a man gets Into business
and feels the need of exercise, he electa
some of the milder and less aggressive
forms of culture.
' Most Strenuous of Chuaes.
If there is any game that is strenu
ous, any game that is vigorous, any
f;ame that demands all that Is best
n one In courage, skill and fighting
Instinct, wrestling is the game. Mr.
Frank has chosen for his form of past-
else and with the same qualities that
haa made him successful in business, he
has mastered all the Intricacies and
secrete of the skilled professional and
it is doubtless true that there are few
professionals of Mr. Frank's weight,
or even heavier, who would class., with
hlrft in skill.
It is possible that many of these
noisy and easy seekers for Mr. O'Con
nell'a scalp will easily be taken In camp
and defeated in the Multnomah 126
pound championship. If more ,buslness
men would follow Mr. Frank's example
antl-teke-up-etardy games-wlth --even
one-tenth Tart of his Interest, health
and strength would be less at a premi
um and doctors would not be such busy
men. . ' ..'
In addition to Air. rana s participa
tion In sports, he stands for all clean
things pertaining to Bports; he is presi
Hon the P NT A. and vigorously pro.
tar-la tha Interests of all that Is Clean
all that Is amateur, and all that- Is
good in northwest atnictics.
Tenuis for College Ken.
Tt Is awatlfvlnar to know that- the
University of Oregon and the Oregon
Arrleiiltur&l eollese expect to DUt tennis
courts on tneir campuses, ana wun mis
nnrt. tliAt dates hack to knlffhtlv days.
the tennis Interest will be fostered and
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CASEY BRIGADE
OFF TOMORROW
ropularvMahag:ers and Their
Young riayers, Leave
for 3fedford Camp.
- Fearl Cwt ud hU Vittenieh Colts
will assemble Ja Med ford this "week to
begin spring training for the opening
of the northveet basebaii seaaon. April
17. The only Peart and ftoe, youthful
members of the squad comprising Johs
Eacigalupi. Vclept Bassey. Marry Oard
er, TroeB. Tamp' Owbome and Pender
will leave tomorrow night at 7:41 o'clock
for the souther Oregoa city.
Wfth -the- exceptloa , ef bsssey the
other emigrants leaving tomorrow btgbt
are young, untried pUrers. Casey ei-
f lawed jeteraav tnt tie waa partial
a youeg t lood and waa anxious to find
out whther or not tire waa afty real
f i'.itv la Oa.rdf'er.-Troeh, teJr and i
('!iti'. The lat tw1 came tromi
t. rr-hi ar&uod C:. where t
was considered to cm the oandy as a
semt-pro. The other are graduates ef
the Trl-Clty league. Pender haa sup
plemented this with A brier experience
with the Aberdeen team ef th North
western league. ' Casey believes that
Pender Is ot some value and Is taking
htm dews on his own book, just to see
what the boy la worth. ' i
While several Of the eastern members
of the team may drop off In Portland It
ta hardly likely they will be here over
a day, for It la the desire of Caaey to
train collectively Just as soon as It Is
possible to o eo. Fhll Cooney has sent
ord-rVom New York thst he will come
direct te Medford and eught to be there
Wednesday or Thursday. Catcher Besa
mrvrtt haa not been heard from, but It Is
expected that he will show up about the
rma time.
Mi w r,i Klnaella will retort this week
and from letters received tiT Caaey tt ta
believed that -the Whole squad win
on hand before aturdsr. A player by
the name ef St. John, wbe played In the
Northwestern league two years ago,
will be taken alenat in order te limber
p the sltobera.
Willie Foamier, who was ordered to
report te Manager M"rele at n lili
tibisrm laiT" week. WWW Tt r Trrv jfit
that Murray wmild t rerrt, will t
sent pt hate bark te Medferd te take
care ef Caeers sriaaae.
ComUkry Ifilre Offer. '
tt alfe ri'1 tal Wa.l
ty Anxrlea, Marrh X Charles Ce-
miekey. prealdent ef 1 tta met. to-
dav dnled ha had ffed Fielder Jnnr
tt'i.f-4 te ananage the Cb tean 4 ir
Ins t tie iw Ing aeoi. Jr.r m aa for-
sarr:j- cj(h of the ttlte gox.
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developed. -' Borne of the more vigorous
specimens who smash their huge weight
against the punting machine scoff at
the flanneled youths who swap the In
flated pill across the three-foot net..,
Their scorn soon changes to humilia
tion when they line .up against several
or tnese more snaer exports ana in
tend to . cope with them : in - skill and
agility. -'- . , . . -v-.
Tennis Is a great game and it has
many of the vital qualities necessary as
essentials in the worthy contests of
physical skill; accuracy, endurance, co-
There should be a big Northwest Inter
collegiate Tennis association and tta
meet should be the culmination of tha
tennis season. Such an organization
would be a great help to foster this.
out-door sport... -,v "
More players would become Interested
and more' courts would be constructed
and the performances of our northwest
players , would reach the highest class.
The U. of O. and O. A. C. should at
least get together and have aa inter-:
collegiate dual meet. . .
.. . , Sprint Athletic; Meets. ' '
' The U. of O. and O. A. C. have set
tled upon their spring- athletic dates,
and are scheduled .to meet four .times
In baseball and onee In track. Both
schools have Jost men who were In
former years point winners, and these
places will be hard to fill. - O. A. 0.
has lost Davolt, one of the best
tance men produced In the northwest; -T.ounsberrv.
who was an all-round man
of rare ability; Bwann. whose pole-vault-.
ing made him a dangerous competitor;
and Oreenhaw, an txceptlonal quarter
mile runner. The university loses have
been about as severe, and It means that
both Institutions w ill have to start
with raw materials and build up new
In baseball both Institutions are get-
ting along at present without a pro-.,
fesstonal coach. O. A. C." is experi-Tnentlna-
on having graduate coaching.
Captain Otto Moore, though not a grad- ,
uate, iff doing Very well as coach. He
keeps posted on all the Intricacies in
the sport and under bio management the
menr-are-turning - out -well; He-rholds
the students' respect and affection and
there is little doubt but that good re-.
suits will be obtained. . . .
O. A. C. has practically decided upon ,
tha data for the state high school has
ketball championship meet, and If noth
ing arises to interfere,. Friday and
Knturdav. May 1 ' and J. will be the
date of this classic event. " Every prep
aration will be made to have this event
k-. nA.t ,nnMMfnl Man aehnnl
track meets ever conducted in the north-
WTwo years of experience gathered to
gether will most likely. Improve pre
vlous efforts along this line and a great
deal f interest awaits this meet. -
SPORTS OF ALE SORTS
Sc1ioo:ot' Att!etc rrttlc!af oa lrafrlor;a FleliJ.
The hatlonat amateuf ' boxing ' cham
pionships will be held April 1Z-W m
Mechanics building, Boston. . -. r
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Joe Woodman, manager of Sam tn?-
ford savs that Jim Jerrnes is cnant-
S Ion' and will be champion; until Ue
ies. ; - v. . -. .
ru. aeMuWt nf the Texas anti-betttug
law San Antonio is planning to have
"betless" race meetinga. ta airai.;
SB W - ..
Minor leaaue clubs have been Invlfd
to bid for the services of one "Young
Cy" Toung ef Pirate Center, fa. ,
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in K-illlan. the former Xa Cros
catcher, has been signed, to manage the'
Winona team in the new Minnesota-v
censln league. -
The Newark team with "Iron Man"
McGlnnlty In the leading role, will he
the first attraction of the season at.
the New York Polo grounds.
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The Ohle Bute league has everythlr g
fa raailVnaaa for tha ODenllir Of the
seasnn. The schedule call for IMriw.
opening April II snd closing PertemlT
X swell, -new fca.ll- park, fcelas ura,-
but tt is up to Onslt Msrk I f
wlnn ar teesa ir t wants tne ri.i;.
adelphis fans to thoroughly enjny thrm.
selves. 1
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The city' B'iffale fas al'ipi'it
new nlortn. Buffa.'n Moa
80 de ProTldetx-e. I.i.illm.r ;,1
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f;h. b-fre ha tet I'm. ( ' u- 1
cui.r le ef mere. S-rg !..
Crils GarilesB at A ' ' ft'
ef the tet wit 1
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