THE ' OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. ? PORTLAND,' WEDNESDAY EVENING, - JULY 21, 1909.
OLSOHIDSPEAS
HARD LUCK GAME
FELT BY
BIG AND LITTLE
LONGEST IIIT'EVER SEEN IN NEWYOHK
SHOVE RUM OVER
Ve r .aBSaf"a"SS""""""S ."'-..
GOES TO SPOKANE
ENGLISH SPORTS
ninroTi rnonmni s
I f if r 1 1 rir v i iiirr n v i
uiiLUi llivu iiumr
Portland Takes Opening
Chinault Holds Indians
Lack, of Public Gymnasiums
Venable ; to: Prelim With
Buzukus Charley Olson
' .Will Be on Hand.', .
Game From Angels in
Tweflth Frame,
Down to Two Hits in
Eighth Inning. :
Held : Responsible . for
- Athletic Deterioration. :
10
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CHAGK
Portland won th opening rme from
Los Angeles yesterday, 4 to J. after 12
Innings of good baseball, when Olson
was aafa on a fielder's choice, stole sec
ond and scored on Speaa' pretty single
to right Held.
Jack Graney tossed the game away in
the sixth inning: after th Beavers were
two runs to th good, by a poor throw
to Ort on Dillon s sacrince. i n obji
went Into the bleachers and Daley and
Bod win scored. . - ,-"-'
Tha- Angela put over the first run In
. the third - inning, when Orendorff
walked, was - sacrificed to second and
. came horns on Daley's single and Ryan's
I uggl.
The Beavers opened up In the fourth
when McCredi registered on ms single,
1 iohnson's single, Ort'a sacrifice and
:. preen a infield. - - -: , .
They made two In- the fifth, when
' Draney lifted the hall over right field
fence for a horn run. and when Ryan
walked, stole second and registered on
Pill on' s error.,
" The acores
. - LOS ANGELES.
AB. R. H. PO. A. E.
Daler. cf. 6 11? v
Goodwin, If. ........ 6
run on, lb. v 4
flea 11, rt ....
Howard, !b. ......... J
Bmlth, - 8b. inw
Delmaa, ss. ......... 4
Orendorff, e. ........ I
tfagle, p. ............ 8
1
0 1
11
Totals
t (SS to 1
PORTLAND.
at. R. H. PO; A. a
Olson. 1 ss.
............
6 10 I 1 . 0
(Spears, If,
6,o, a oo
4110 8 0 1
4 1 110 0
Ryan, cf. . ,
McCredle, rt
jonnson, so. .........
Ort. lb.
Breen, 2b. ........ .
K 0 12 B
4 0 1 14 2 0
4 0 181
4 0 16 10
1 11 8 1
Armbruster, e.
Oraney, p.
-TotaJ 4 I 10 J
SCORE BY INNING'S,
Los Angeles C...0OI 0 0 J 0 00 0 0 0 8
Hits 1 0100110001 1 6
Portland ....... .0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 l 4
Hits ..........010 21 100010 2 8
Two out; when winning;' run , was
made. t .
. . SUMMARY.- ;
Struck out B Graney E. Nagla 1.
Eases on balls Off Graney , Nagle 8.
Home Runs Graney. Double plays-r
Granejr to Johnson. Sacrifice hits -
Howard, Nagel ). Ort. Orendorff, .DU
' Ion, Breen. Stolen bases Ryan, Beall,
Olson. ' First base on errors lxs An-
Seles 2, Portland 1. Wild pitches
raney 2. ' Left on bases Los Angeles
1, Portland 8. Time of game Two
hours, 34 minutes. Umpire McCarthy.
STANDING OP THE TEAMS
Pacific Coast League.
"Won.
,.74
Lost.
39
.. . 4J,..
48 .
6S ,
71. .
P. C.
.655
--,876
x .538
.605
877
San Francisco , .
T.n AneeleS . '. . .
Portland .r. ..
Sacramento .......63
Oakland 4
Vernon .v.. ....87
.248
V Northwestern League.
. Won. Lost
...... .68 8
' 42
P.C.
.641
.648
.632
.472
.447
.871
Feattl
1 Aberdeen ..... ...
Di'unnwv
42
47
62
61
t Portland ......... .41
' Vancouver , . ...
Tacoma
Jf ATIO VAL O A3EES " YESTERpAY
i Philadelphia, July 10. Score:
f . . ' R. 11. 3.
Pittsbnrs .04 1
Philadelphia .8 101
Batteries Phlllippl and Gibson; Cpr-
rldon and Poo in.
h At New Tork V .R-H.&
Bt. Louis 4 9 2
Siew York . .- 8 12 2
i Batteries Sal lee and Phelps; Mat
; thewson, Crandall- an Meyers. Eleven
Innings. "-- , -. - -
r
s
At Brooklyn - : - R. H. B.
Chicago ........ 5 2?
Brooklyn 4
Batteries Meisier, nigsenoouiam
; and Archer; Hunter Mclntyre and Ber-
gen.
' Boston, July, 20. Scora:
R.HVSI
Cincinnati ........... .
. Boton
Batteries Rowan and
guapn and Smith.
.......2 T 0
1 7 2
McLean; Fer-
J AMERICAN
....
CiA3IES . YESTERDAY
A. Chicago R.H.E.
i 'WaBblngtan 1 ,7 1
Chicago r.--'.6 '
Batteries Witbemp, - Altrock and
r Btreet; White and Sullivan.
- At Detroit R. H. E.
; - Kew York .......... 9 2
letroit j...-;....... 16 4
J . Batteries Warhop and Kleinow; Don-
ovan and Schmidt.
- v
, At XSeveland R. H. E.
' , J Boston 4 l
Cleveland 0 8 1
Bctterles Wood and Donohue; Falk-
anburg Bitton and Easterly.
At 8t Louis R. H. E.
..Philadelphia 2 (
: tst. Louis .J ,....0 6
J Batteries Morgan and Livingston;
Pelty, Bailey and Stephens.
-
I Oaks, 7; Seal, 0.
f Oakland. July 21. Oakland trounced
I the Seals yesterday, 7 to 0. Score: .
R H E.
.Oakland 04 1 1 0 0 4 07' ' 0
' Baa Fran ...0 4000000 0 1 2
BaUerles Wiggs and C. Lewis; Willis
J and Berry.
, i Senator. 2; Villagers, 0. .
t Los Angeles," July 21. Sacramento
won from- Vernon yesterday. 2 , to 0.
Score: . R. H.E.
; Hacramento .0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 02 2
Vernon ..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
' , - Batteries Raleigh and Hogan; FlU-
l gerald and Graham.
;j , ;r ;Abdeen, 0 Seattle, 1.
Aberdeen, - July 21'. Aberdeen batted
Miller to the four-wlnda in the second
, j todar and won to 1. Score: R. H. E.
Brattle 000001 000 1 8 8
Aberdeen i .1 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 0
1 Batteries Miller and French, and
f Shea and Custer; Orita and O Brien.
.. " Tacoma. 8; Vancoover, O,
" Vanexiver. B. C. July 81. With But
ler at the helm. Tacoma woa from Van
couver yesterday 8 to 0 Bcorei
Tacoma :: .'.. . .1 0 1 0 j 0 0 0 0 8 . 8 0
Vs ncouver 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
Batlerloa Kewlln and Conrad; Erick
on and BrooKa and Snyder. . :jc-
Pwldcril PhTeeder of the Tacoma Ti
ger h cnow-ii Bill Hurley and In
et,Ud tVe Boiler na irtriar of the
m. Jurt a few days before Bhreeder
mated that bad he had Hurley at the
Hurt the Um would not now be decor-
1st tti roller, our opinion of Shreso
r a btjsfbail Judgment ! ahatlered.
(Spec!! DUoateh to Tbe - JaorsaL)
Spokane, July 21. Two. hits In the
eighth inning', all that Big Bill Chinault
allowed the Indians " yesterday, gave
them the only two runs of the game, al
though f the Colts mad thrice as many
safe ' wallops. ' ' ' - ,
Connors; made the first hit , of the
eighth .'inning, a' liner down the. third
corner. Then James 'workedlUs. way
on base .and '.Chinault regarded ' Brown
easy meat. He shot a swift one
tralcrhr. tnr the nllta anil Brown'Todi
it down between Staton and Cooney ' at
terrific clip and Connors 'and ' Jamea
were home; . ,
Phil. Cooney started on with a aouDie
In the first Inning, being the only Port
lander to reach second base. Good
fielding' on bot tldea kept the 'plate
clean, until Brown slammed out the
bail in tne eigntn.
Chinault had the edice In the Dltohers'
battle with Wright.
Umpire Frary pulled off the gam nl
an hour and .12 minutes, which is lo
cal record; ( '
Ths score:
PORTLAND.
i v AB. R. H. PO. A. E
Adams. 2b
Cooney, ss
2
8
; i
n
. 2
0
1.
8
0 .
-
Kennedy, lb
Pournler. cf
Staton,' 8b ..
Crocker, , If .
Murray, c ..
Chinault,, p .
Total ,., 80 0 4 24 IS 1
'SPOKANE. .
. AB. R. H. PO. A. E.
Clynes, if'..
0
0
Altman, sd
Weed, lb .. .
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
10
1
1,
8
Connors, cf
James. 2b ....
Stevens, rf .
Brown, ss .
Ostdiek. o ..
4
8
Wright, p
-0 4 - 0
Tour...:.
...26 2 2 27.11 2
SCORE BYi INNINGS. -.
Portland ...0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
Hits ,.1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 18
Spokane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8
iita i. ...o o v o o u z - j
T' : SUMMARY. -Two
base hit Cooney. Sacrlficebit
James. Struck , out By Chinault 2,
by Wright 8. Bases on balls Off Chin
ault 2. off Wright 1. Double . plays-
Brown to Weed. Left on bases Port
land 4, Spokane. 2. Time 1 hour and 12
minutes, umpire urary.
MULTNOMAH TEACK
TEAM. IS SELECTED
The team to represent 'the Multnomah
club' in the national championships at
Seattle, next month hae - been chosen by
Manager ,Watkns . and . consists of , the
following well known stars: '
tsprints oityer Huston, of university
of Oregon; Harold Reed, Stanford H.
a, Meier.
Quarter mile dash Rube Williams,
uregon Agricultural college.
nair mile
-Miller, East . Sid high
school.
Mile Burns, Hill Military academy.
; High Jump Chapman, Oregon Agri
cultural college.
Broad Jump Dan ' Kelly. ' ?
Hurdles Forrest Smlthson.
Weights Harry McKlnney, Oregon;
Carl Wolff, Oregon Agricultural college:
Con o way, University of Wisconsin, and
Baker. Cornell , university .
There are - several " events the Mnlno
mah men will not enter, but tney hope
to win many points in ' the events In
Which the-stars will participate.
-This, team, all of whom are stars of
the first magnitude, wll work hard to
get into trim for the championships in
Seattle the aecond week in August.
' YANDY NEAR DEATH
Wv K.-iVanderbilt' Jr., .whose pic
ture Is . here shown, ; had,', a ' narrow
escape from death on the Long Is
land ' Motor Parkway recently, t ' He
was driving hia big ; 100, horsepower
racing machine ;at .'the rate -of '80
mjlea per hour, striving' to? break a
record, 'When : the 8u;cident - occurred
to . the machine, and '. only by , bis
strong grip"' on the . steering i wheel
waa he. prevented .from' being .burled
from the auto which meant - instant
death. ' : ' , s".. "F
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In this photograph, Harry. DaTiB, of . the Philadelphia' Athletics, is
game for the Athletica from the
grounds, the ball sailing over the
CHATTER GLEANED
I
Gossip of the Players and
Their Part in . the
National Game,
' A nice start.
,
Only 88 , points
now.
:
And we always
behind
had an
edge on the Angels.
Wouldn't Henderson - give us a - trio
bard to beat in any league? Ben Is
slated to work as soon as he arrives.
e
Those famished. Angels wanted com-
any and they got it. Tha 12 Innings
tsted till 8:10 and. most, of us were
pretty ' hungry.
It waa tha -largest Tuesday, crowd of
the season. The visiting ' Elks return
ing from Los Angeles helped swell the
gate receipts. And they; all. rooted for
the noma team, too.. -
'Twas good to see. Johnson and Ort
whip that ball - across : tha diamond . to
each other In practice. Time and again
they lined it from ona base to another
not more than fly feet from tha ground.
Ivor Olson's gingery baaerunning was
responsible for -the winning score, al
though - ha might 'never have .reached
home bad Billy Speaa. not hit in the
pinch. Ivor slid about 20 feet headlong
into the base pulling off his steal of
second.
e e '
Bpeas caught his batting eye along
In tha latter part of the game, slam
ming out singles in his last two times
up, the tenth and twelfth. His bingla
that scored Ohon was a beautv out in
the direction of the flagpole. i
' e "e '
Manager Bob Brown, the most panned
man in Spokane, has figured directly in
ly it
Th
both victories of h Tnrtlnna
hammersmiths will probably put "their
implements or war in tfte garret now.
e - e ' - ; '
' Two prominent southern baseball men
were In the grandstand with their fam
ilies yesterday. They were O. B. An
drews, owner of the Chattanooga club
of the Cotton State league, and J. 8.
Rohr, a director of the Montgomery
club of the Southern association. Both
were members of the Elka excursion re
turning east from Los Angeles.
J , . e . ..
An Industrious rooter from the land
of the olive and the volcano, furnished
much amusement to the crowd in tha
grand stand. His "Goodda da bov da
Bas" "Giva da blgsra da, hit, Mac."
"One more da Jack da homa da run."
threw tha fans Into convulsions,
e
"Fisher's coaching reminded one of
the famous Hughey Jennings and hia
"Ee-yah." The Beaver backstop put a
lot of ginger into the gam with his
small talk.
' .
Armbruster's arm was working nicely,
and he nipped the attempt of every An
gel but Beall in stealing second. He
caught two or three of the visitors way
off the bag, which goes to -snow what
hot weather will do for an arm."
Tha Angels hopped off tha delayed
train, grabbed a car and got to the
grounds about IS minutes late, it was
necessary to postpone the game until
they could, warm up. Nagle'a sole suste
nance since morning had been a1 sand
wich, v He did not try to use much speed
in his' weakened condition, but his lobs
pussled the Beavers.
- ' .
- lack Graney pulled off about the fast
est double play seen on the grounds this
seaaon in the fifth.' He nabbed Nagle'
dinky fly off hla shoetops and without
stopping doubled Delmas out at third.
It was a case of quick, thinking. - Then,
Just to cap the climax, Jack lifted the
second ball pitched to him . over tha
right field fence, as the- first man -up in
the last half of the fifth Inning.
But Jack was guilty of a careless toss
to first of' Dillon's bunt. He got ' the
ball In time to throw "Pop" out by a
mile, but Jack hoisted it about eight
feet over Ort's head, and before It oould
be returned to the diamond Daisy and
Goodwin bad scored. . - .- -v v
, . .. e.. . i '; -
Cmplre McCarthy 'should' have chased
Orendorff out of the game in the fourth,
when McCredle scored - on Breen's- in
field out- Orendorff danced in front of
him like a crazy Apache, and ' said all
sorts-of things. Three or four times
during- the game Orendorff. committed
like tricks, and any - other -umpire on
earth would have nicked -hla pocketbook
then and there and chased him .to tha
clubhouse. -: ' ,'
: By tha Way, somebody 'ought to call
Ump Mac's attention to the vociferous
rooting . of the Angel , crew - from - tha j
bench during the game. -Never-saw any
thing like It. .,
Goodwin caught out. three men In suc
cession, two in the eighth and the other
in the ninth. His catch of Ort's foul
fly waa peachey, and before . he. could
recover 'himself he. was carried up tha
bank near tha left field bleachers. , The
boy was .given a-handi. all. tha.way to
tb.hnc. - V -
itor.1 DUID
Yankees recently. 4 It, la. the longest hit
fence In. right center by fully, twenty
US STICK
HJ STATE CIRCUIT
Henderson and Pfyl Declared
to"Be Unknown Quan- "
tities StHL'
By Hiland Baggerjy.
' Ban Franolaco, July -21. There seema
to be nothing . In the. story aent out
from Portland to the -effect that Benny
Henderson and "Slugger" Pfyl would
desert the Outlaws , to Join McCredle'a
team. Both ' stars of T the , lndependenta
state they will stick to their clubs, and
it looks like another' wild rumor spread
for unknown - purposes, : presumably ' to
hurt tha stats leaguers.
Pfyl. who : was lh'the graidatan at
tha Coast -'league game In: Oakland yes
terday, seemed perfectly satisfied with
his present berth with Stockton. "If L
play on' the' coast,- Twill, finish tha sea
aon out with the club I am now with,"
said Pfyl.' which would .. Indicate that
nothing short of a "big league offer
would make- him pull stakes from the
Btocaton ciud. ine neavy outer wouia
not say whether he had been ap-
reached. He seemed mora willing to
lscusa the playing of Oakland, and the
seats tnan talk aoout nimseir.
It is understood that Ben Henderson
has a flattering offer from Mcuredle,
but 'will turn It down. ' According to a
general report, Henderson is -Interested
with Morelng if. the Oakland Outlaws,
and it is not probable'that he would de
sert tha team and thus injure his stock
In the organization.
The Stockton club has made Johnny
FarreL an ez-blg-leaguer, - manager in
iace or Danny. Shay, who la on hia way
o join Kansas uity.
The aeat of war has been suddenly
transferred to Saoramento. ' President
lowing is pulling all -his -wires to, keep
the Outlaws - out of the capital city.
Strong pressure will be brought to bear
upon tha owners -of the Sacramento dia
mond' to cancel their bargain with the
state league. -Whether the Coast league
will succeed next Baturday will tell
when the first game is scheduled.
LAKNED RETIRES
1
'SI.
h
1
William iA.tLarned,V the famona
American 'tennis ; eipert,r. -who . has
announced his 'permanent retirement
from r the game,: tai4 shown, 1 In ; the
picture. Larnedj.haa. been a-general
favorite; with t devotee . of the
sport - and -one of. -the greatest play
ers this country; ever developed." '
SasMl
J I I
Been lining out a hit that won a
everV seen son' the -New York
feet. V"
BATTLE GOSSIP
FROM THE FR0IIT
Coffroth Happy.NowPapke
Instead of Ketchel
Montell Coming Fast.
(United Press LeuMd Wlre.
San Francisco July 21. AVhen Jim
Coffroth was Informed that Battling
Nelson announced in Chicago that he
would be glad to meet Patkey McFar
land before the Sunshine club this fall,
and that he would not insist that Mc
Farland make 182 ringside, Coffroth waa
more than happy. -
"That makes it easy to bring the boys
together, and I guess I'll have toget on
the job at once,'T he said today. T; may
go to Chicago to cinch the match, be
cause It is a much more satisfactory
way "of doing business than conducting
business by wire."
,... i .... .
Now that the Langford-Ketchel match
for Labor day in Ely Is as good as off.
corrrotn may make an.errort to oring
Ketchel and Papke ' together in a 45
-round fight next month. So far as
Papke is concerned the match is aa
good as made,- and ' if nothing better
turns up in the way of a purse offer, It
is not likely that Ketchel will turn down
the proposition to stack up against hla
ancient roe xor the ruth time.
.
Frank MantelL who has been coming
to the front by leaps and bounds sin
he came to this coast, may be given a
trial by Coffroth in the very near fu
ture. Mantell's win over Jack Twin
Sullivan at Sacramento has boosted tha
easterner's stock considerably, and if he
makes good In his try out he will be
given a match with ' ona of tha top
notchers in his division. . .
e . e
Stanley. Ketchel, who was . caught in
an automobile Jam on Monday, was nqj
so badly hurt as was reported.' The
champion suntalned a few slight bruises
and scratches, but beyond that was not
injured.
. .,.,. ....
Bix fecraps that promise all sorts of
thrills will be put on by the West Oak
land club tonight. Jimmy Carroll and
Jockey Bennett are down for the star
event, and there are five other good
bouts on the card, including a six round
clash between Jeff - Perry and Johnny
McCarthy.
FAST PACERS
MEET AGAIII
As predicted in last night's Journal.
the owners of Lady Lovelace and Blue
Jacket, tha two pacers which have been
such bitter rivals for the past two
years, got together last night and before
they parted another meeting between
the two horses had been arranged. They
are both to enter tha fast pace at tha
matinee given by the Rlveraido Driving
club at the Country club track Saturday
afternoon. . , .
While there will be other, horses, and
fast ones at that, entered -against the
two pacers, the side bet is to be decided
regardless. of place in the race proper.
Seven hundred dollars is tha size of the
bet and the horse finishing in the -best
position in, the race will of coarse take
the money. It should be a great race.
Although Lady Lovelace is. a' favorite
owing to her - victory In the last race,
many horsemen figure that the big gray.
Blue Jacket, will be winner In the com
ing event. While Lady Lovelace went
through the last race In fine . fashion,
she is rather Inclined to be unsteady,
and' with a large field such as will be
entered in the fast pace next Saturday,
is quite apt to break and lose 'out In
this way. '
Blue Jacket, on tha other hand, runs
steadily- at all. times .and while he has
probably a trifle less speed tn the
straight awaya, be more than makes up
tor this by his - gamenesa - ana ms
steadiness. At that., however, the hard
work which Shea has been giving Lady
Lovelace in the past three, weeks may
have worked much - of the akittishness
out of her. It is. bound to be an Inter
esting contest. - --- -
While - interest surrounds - tha' big
match between- these two horses, . the
other-match race between Zoe, the bay
gelding owned by O. K. Howitt. ; and
Altas, the bay owned by - Thomas
Murphy,, is also attracting a great deal
of attention. Both horses have ; been
rerformlng on. local traces for "some
Ifhe and have shown great form. Zoe
won the first meeting this year and
Altas tn second m which thsy. met.' ao
that this will be the rubber. - .
' ' Krnppa to .Destroy . a : Tillage. '
Berlin. Julv 21. The small village of
Schlarbruecker has-been bought out
right by the Kruppn. who Intend to raze
it to the ground. The village is toeated
near the great Krupn gun factorlea, and
damage has " often - been by projectiles
during, the testing of the' big guns.
Compensation for this damage has been
a big Item of rna firm's expenditure,
and -It -waa decided .that It-would be
eheaper In the end, to put the village
out of existence." V " T .
By' Richard Dahlgren.
- London, July 17. Englishmen .do not
attempt- to conceal - their chagrin " over
the defeat of their hitherto Invincible
polo team, and today there are murmur
Ings loud and deep. Notwithstanding
that Englishmen are naturally pessimis
tic, It la the general opinion that Great
Britain will have to trail In the rear
for many years to come aa far as polo is
concerned. Tha 'cup, which haa been in
England for 28 years, is likaljf to stay In
America for as long a period. Whenever
sporting men congregate the talk lnvari-
aoiy turns to lungiana s many aeieais in
the field-of sports during- the paat five
years. We have been defeated time and
again at almost avery sport except that
of horse racing. . Our yachts have gone
down to defeat before the- superior mod
els and sailing toasters of America. Our
fiugitists nave lnvanaDiy oeen. aeieaiea
n their own country when, ' pitted
against the superior boxers of tht
United States, and It Is only when our
men nave sona to America. learnea
American methoda of boxing and train
ing that we have been able to hold our
own, and then with only the little fel
lows. And now we have loat the rowing
Championship to the Belgian.
Many reasons are assigned for the
tumble in British athletics in tha last
few years.' One is that there are mo few
athletic clubs where the amateur ' can
train. There are plenty of gymnasiums
throughout the 'United Kingdom, but
these are chiefly owned and run by men
for their own pleasure, and not for pro
fit, and few of their members take part
in International games. ' '
Tha average British athlete doea not
make his living by following the padded
ring, playing polo, etc and there are no
purses onerea nere wnicn. wouia -warrant
an ambitious asnlrant for honor in
any branch of athletic spbrt to forsake
bis regular employment to enter upon a
course -of training that would, aa you
say in America, "bring home the bacon."
The decadence In English sporta has
been a fruitful topio of discussion since
the Belgians won the grand challenge
cup at Henley. Even our national hold
on the time honored game of oricket haa
gone to one of the colonlea, Australia,
and -our awimmlng championship to tier
many. -
It gives little comfort to our down
hearted aports that tha Duke of Man
chester, Lord Roxebnrgh and other of
the nobility have promised to organise
a team that Will go to America and re
cover the polo cup. - They realise that
the Engliih players were beaten, not
because they had gone back in their
filaylng, but because the Americans had
mproved so wonderfully. It would be
impossible to get enough polo ponies In
England that would be the equal of
those ridden by the Americana and even
the promise of one of the trio that he
would try and induce the king of Spain
to sell some of his ponlea, which are
known all over tha world as the best
of their class, gives us little encourage
ment to hope that the cup will again
cross the Atlantic tn many years.
BAT ESHXIOIIS
TO FIGHT .l'FARLAflD
Chicago, July 31. Battling Nelson an
nounced today that he was ready to
fight Packey McFarland In the fail pro-
viaea me stockyard cnampion aereatea
either Ad Wolgaat, Cyclone Thompson
or Fighting Dick Hyland before that
lime.
Nelson said he would aim for - a 48
round battle before Coffroth's club at
San Francisco, but that he had not de
cided whether he would demand ringside
weignt. indicating mat ne would not
place any obstacles In the way of com
pleting the match, the Battler said:
"I will mak McFarland a proposition
that he can not turn down."
As a result of the Battler's announce
ment It is believed her that McFarland
will now abandon his proposed - trip to
Europe.
SPILLS DARING RACER
Chicago. July SI. Burner Olil field
th -"spied eater." who has risked-, his
neck In dozens of thrilling automobile
rides, ia suffering injuries todav after
falling; a victim to a humble little-runabout
machine yesterday. Oldfleld sus
tained contusions and lacerations, but
none of his bone was 'broken, and the
daredevil driver probably will be on his
leet a lew aaya.
Louis Strang, who haa ridden to vio-
tory in close races many time was
with Oldfleld at the tlm of the acci
dent Both autoists were crossing a
street when two machines from oppo
site directions bore down upon them.
Strang Jumped to safety, but Oldfield,
in avoiding on automoD
on automobile. lumDed In
the path o;
down. . -
the other and. was knocked
Distillers to U.
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Jack Curley telephoned over from
Seattle last -night that he Intended put-,
ting on Virgil Venable, former Pacifio
ooast amateur champion, but lately
turned a professional, with, Peter Busu
kus, the Greek wrestler, as a prelimi
nary to the big Berg-Touelff wrestling
match in Exposition rink tomorrow ;
night, thereby adding much to the in
terest in . the battle between the ' big
fellows. ' -s ; . ' v 'i - '
- Virgil Venable is very well known to
Portland patrons of the sport Jle was
so ' much.' better than anybody of his
class' when an amateur that the profes-
EionaJj field looked very Inviting and
e sought some of the money that the
professionals get for their services in
stead of medals. Venable defeated Bo
sukus oyer- in Seattle last week, but
Bozukus complained that he Was -not
feeling well when he went on the mat,
and his condition helped to defeat him.
Now ha says he Is In good trim and able
to defeat any man of his weight on the
Pacific coast The Greek claims to .hold
the ; lightweight professional champion
ship of California by defeating all com
ers at his weight Th match between
Vennhle ajid Busukua ouaht . to . Drove
almost aa interesting aa the main event
because of . Venable's ., popularity , la
Portland as an amateur. , "
Berg interrupted . his training work
tha other day long enough to hurry up
to the Coeur d'Alena Indian reservation
and draw a Hot for some of the land
that will be opened by the government
soon. . Berg is a thrifty : wrestler. He
conducts his business on the lines of
Mike Dwyer, who invested all his earn
ings at-wrestling m tn xaicnigan iron
roinea and is now worth several hun
dred thousand dollars. -Berg took Out
his naturalisation paper last winter, so
he would not be hampered by-the fed
eral lawa on the subject
281a; Ones In Pin JTsttla.
Settle for the match that will decide
who is th better man. Yousiff ad
mits - he waa-taken by. surprise In th
third . fall In their last match, but as
serts be will not be - caught napping
again.' The. match was such a fierce
one and the wrestlers were, working so
nara ail uu ununiu uiey maus uuuo
a hit with tne I ana in iact, their hit
waa ao decided that it resulted In their
being rematched , f or tomorrow night
Whatever else might be aaid of Berg
it cannot be denied that he is about the
most willing wrestler, that haa been In
tnese parts zor-imany moons, ana merer
Is always a general rejoicing when It is
inouncea tnat ne win go on tn mat.
Charley; Olson, the light heavyweight
champion of the world, haa also sent
word that h M coming over rrora Beat
tle for th match and will challenge the
winner for a bout to be held her or In
Seattle. Olson has waded - through all
the men. in hia division, and there are
only one or two of th heavier wrestlers
who can throw him, Olson ia one of the
wrestlers who will b sent against the
riant Zbysco, who is coming over this
all to meet Frank Ootch Xor th world's
Championship.
Joe Acton, the veteran, j win referee
the main and preliminary matches to
morrow night Joe waa kept so busy
the last time trailing after the Wrestlers
that b was about as tired as they, were
When quitting-time, came.
Reports from the Schiller and Cad-
well cigar stores, where , th seat are
on sale, indicate that the largest house
In the brief history of local wrestling
will be-on hand to watch tha men go
through their paces at Exposition rink
Thursday night
TERRIBLE TURK '
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Big Yousiff, the famous wrestler.
who. meets : John Berg , In 1 a return
match in ' ExpoBltloh rink tomorrow
M. Kin Edward
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