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4 ::JAv'TIS3rJl w-- Br-- 'linn mi j m -m , m-m '1 i l.'i Illl GEHt,lAII ATHLETES -ICIiilEiJ FIGHTERS ILL; STRIVEFOfl f.lEDAL : READV TO CRAIVL " t- ' - I 1 1 y j . X. 11 t Bl i i Bl t ; Sv "V if . . r.l'CRD'S. h'QV tin sn IS I'fflO HIIBI n nu nnnprp I muri ruiioco hi i -i 'l . :...r.. . .,k. .''i . s . ss s s. , r s,. s ss ii t ' , 1 I 1 : y iAZris ,r v a -v : ; . i ii', ' in u 1 1 1 n ii nil ii ti i 'wsj i -S sv ii ir r ii II 'VL-2v;n ' ;?cS? ,9 .'AY', '"5V .. Ill II fin' wvrx j 7r - rye ,i :, : RIVFR SPflRTlFfi - I ir Fall Races Offer' Best Prizes In Historyu of .Western At the Portland fair t rounds prparm iion 11 Mmr ratiae ror uie tnira an nual livestock how and raco meeting this umtner. This year Portland open the bia circuit. The livestock show which have been ' tlren here, have t trapted breedora'of horses, cattle, sheep . n it tn ... tv 1 "" wine rrom ail parts or tne country MoCKdlv whilom ly the fiaMnteringJCld Bhow- fc fc W. stands for', wizard, pad that' What! America. ,. : ,,,,,' v . A.y-.''--7;; the tall ' manager surely la.' Can1 you . in the haransa race nrnrram this voar beat the Beaver chief when It tomes to Portland offers th strongrest eard.tver pic-Kills; vii vuiia nii , i given in ine west- 11 was aemonstrateo If you saw that gam yesteraay your i two years ago that tha Portland track answer coukml be anything else rmciia fast nerhana the beat on the Pacific in (n af f lrmatlve, Yea. JtfcCredle chose J coast sTh first heat of the first race Lefty Gregg Easily, Shuts '; Out Qakiand Men While Port' land Rolls Up Seven Runs- Ryan Gets Homev., Mr. V. Gregg, of last year's Spokane Indian northwest Jeaerures ns I tie most . likely of all the 1909 left wingers' in vindicated , when the big pitcher celc- - brated his advent to the class A league ; Blabs" by shutting out the Oak without effort Veaa was thera at avefy Uge of the engagement and had not bis team mates piled up seven runs he could have let the Callfomians . down with fewer hlta than they grot. A it was the boy from the peach orchards only - al lowed Wolverton's men to .glean six of the Wagner makers. To sum it all VP Oregg made good. -Xiy-'cS'v' Opposing- Elftbman Easy. ' In marked contrast to the mound per formance of the ''Portland,, recruit was the work of the opposing sjabmen It took three slingers and two receiv ers to hold Walter's bubbling swats men : down to seven runs. They took a. liking to Thlnslim Nelson s bends in the very : first versa and they played music - on the curves of Mr. ' Harkina,. who tried to stem the tide. But "Hark" had an engagement down town. ; Ho could hard ' ly wait .; until the second ' chapter to evacuate the diamond la favor of the anything but, lively Monsieur .Lively. The available supply of Oakland pitch era having been reduced to M. Lively, he was forced to continue through the rest of the game, notwithstanding the fact that he plainly did not relish his task. . , The home guard gained a commanding lead In the first Inning, when they piled up four runs off Mr. Nelson .and "Mr. Harkins by batting the ball all over the field for three singles- and a. double. After Netsel had been retired on a grounder , to Cameron, Olson sauntered. The Norseman went to third on Bill Bapps'. two bag rap to right Slim flung one to the backstop and Olson came across with the first run, Rapps going to third. Hetling-s hit to Vft of shortstop brought Rapps over. Ort wafted and then Buddy Ryan singled to right, advancing Het to second.. Harkins mounted the acclivity at this Juncture andr 51. Nelson Just reached the bench in time to watch Hetty tap the rubber -with the- third run. this - bavin resulted . from a hot ; single off Fisher's bat over ; second. . Just before Ous came to the bat Speas had walked, peopling r the cushions. . Kyan had stolen home when Harkins' slow . 6e-1 Jlvery of the fourth hall to Gregg, ad vanced everybody one : base anyhow, . Ort Soores Setting. . , Portland : drew another run " In the fourth when. Ort scored Hetling with a nice blngle.' Buddy Ryan's homer over the right field, fence added another In the fifth. The seventh and last run for McCredie's crew was scored in the seventh. In that inning Netzel blnglod a burner over second and took second on Olson's neat sacrifice. Llvely'a balk put the: Pretsel , on third .and . the Oak land tosser allowed the husky , Dutch (Continued on Page Seven.) on the new track In I0 was paced In il:07 h, by? Josephine, o tha - 4-year-old daughter of Zolock, pacer,.-.' f:0a!4i' At tha same meeting Ray O' Light, son of Searchlight, 1:03 , tied the world year old pacing record of the year in 1 :0 i. Mona Wilkes paced a mil at Portland in 8:04; the northwest pacing record, and John Caldwell trotted a mile In 2:09, the northwest trotting record. v:'yr Entries to Be ITamerous. ly: It- Is the claim of the followers of harness racing, that given good purses and suitable classes, the entries Will be numerous. - This has been demonstrated In 'the larger purses given here, at Sa lem and through the northwest circuit The big classics like the C. ef C. and the M. "ft . M. have had as a coat - limit purses of f 10,000. - Portland . entausi-asta- have, hoped that the first $10,000 trotting purse might be given here. And lt.ts so. " x -?t-' - -v.-.-..- -.-. At tha fall meeting Of 1910; tha Bank era' purse, $10,000, for trottera eligible to, the 2:12 class will ba the atar. fea ture of the meeting. Aireaay entries are promised from, as far east as Denver, from Helena, Spokane and California, while the crack trotters of that class in ' Oregon, .Washington and Idaho will compete., j ; -; . I: ; 'v-t''' - ;'' ' v ', ; It! wlu, mean, proDaoiy.t ine mrgesi field to atart ever, een.,in this, wrt tory..;-" '-' . Anoiher big event is the Hotel pursa $6000, for 2:14 pacers. This will also (Continued on Page Seven.) ' CATCHERS BIG NOISES . IN BASEBALL'S REALM -' When we come to think it over sthe two men who made the blg- gest noise in tna oaseoau xiem this spring were catchers. They were Larry McLean of tha Cln- . clnnatl Beds, 'and Johnny Kllng 4 of the Chicago Cuba. Both were e at war , with the team magnates ver" Infractions wf tha rules.1 Johnny, after being out or tha game a season, evidenced a dls- 4 position to. get back,, but at tha last minute he balked at a re- . auction of salary, Larry kept In the limelight for two monl hs 4 while he wrangled , with . tha V Reds'- management 4 f , In r. notable- oposltion to tha a noise made by these two catch era waa George - Gibson of the "world's champion .-Pirates, .prob-, ably the niftiest backstop in the National league. : Whin George - quietly signed up for this year Barney' Dreyfus wept , tears of 'joy. ..George' didn't ask for mora money, but upon reading his oon- tract after signing it be was sur- prised to find that hla pay had fl f"! Illl I I TfiTII hl T been raised $500 for the season. l l IJ J h I I 1 1 1 Ul il V OLl'I'i-l I lurLHI ; SVflGEfiT FOR CUP ' ONE THIRD BASEMAN WHO FILLS THE BILL ', I ' ' . i - - s t ' III n 1 1 t i .1 t II H I Ull '. II II n I I i i 4 - , ill I - I II VC . 1 ' " ' i I iH I ...if it 1 r, i i i M il i : : II Hit i - - . - - fill ii 1 1 mu; - 1 1 a i B I : ? r T' i fll il I I 1 f V III 'r.yyi. WW nil i v i I i n i i , : . III s , A : Mil III 'M i ; r ! I II '"": """""" m I , V'-.l.Ti, t j fr.l th r '--.- rrmv. rrir.rrg frora tit t. Loi!g J Good Golf- Matches Result In Waverly Tourhey for Presi-' :;:ident'Ctjp;:; John Bennett and CL P. fiwIgert 'wiU fight it out In the president's cup tour nament at tha Waverly Golf elub next Saturday afternoon, f Both gentlemen won their - knockout games , yesterday afternoon ' in nice style. Mr.; Bennett breaking his own record, with, a score of il,":' v :'.'..; The day waa Ideal and a large crowd watched the handicap games. Mr, Ben nett was opposed by John E. Young with Handicap of two strokes on the lat ter: He won three up and two to nlay itt. Swigert had a handicap of ten strokes an : Raaseil Smith, whom he beat three up and two to play. . The winners will meet in the final next Saturday and the game promises to be a close and exciting one. The next tournament indulred in by tha club will ba held next June, when the Oregon state championships win be played for by both ladles and gentle- BIRDIE CREE TELLS : - ' - ' ' -HOW TO HIT THE PiLL rr v.-s- ':''- v - i?-" -t-'4.:" -;.;'y-j."";'i . 1 , "' Birdie Cree, the hard hitting second baseman ' of the New Tork . American team, has soma good advice Tor amateur baseball players wha aspire to tie Hans wagners or Ty Cobbs with the stick. Observe the following from Blrdlei-: , It is a case. of trying to outguxss the pltcner. . Tou must try to determine what he' la going to throw. ' s ' i It la necessary to watch the ball. Keep an eya on It from the second It -leaves the pit Cher' a ' hand. . When you have trained your eye to this task the chances of being hit are ,at a minimum. The greatest fault with ball players is that they lose track of the .ball when it leavea the pitcher's hand and strike where they think it ought to ba Strength is not necessary to become a .slugger.' dive the pellet a aharp tap and it will travel as lar as though you Dut all your heft up against the bat. : CLEVER LIGHTWEIGHT i PAL M00RETS HEAVIER AND MAY MEET ATTELL .... " - , . Pal Moora. the fast and clever little bantam weight who craated such a sensation In flalle circles In the east is growing ae rsr-ldly that he will soon hare to get Into the 'flberw!ght di vision. 3a that event he will run 'up aaeiriM Ab AttelL- If a bout between Moore and Attell eould be arranged at this ttm ring followers say tt would create' arort ictereat than any other flrht la years. Attell ran make 121 pounds i-IbsM without turning a fcair and Is spoiling for a good scrap. Moore um4 te aaake 114 and Jit pounds eaolly but now the teat be can do la 117. Hour's gerrrt rractk. If tha cre-tl' Inaururated bv liot-r Breertahan at e-t. lx"im is carrlerl nut In ire futnr r-ebll rm nl 'ibav be rrrted en for ome trr, rry sprlns-t-hlDd rata aith r.rt one J'klrg This Is hardly po.b!t. hoe-er. for toe fa wre Hilr harvh th'srt atx-at t rrd!fils at the lime rn T.T aM Ms yy,T Crew rrlT-t In f-t L4u)s and Prewnahan tork this nx-thf ef ari'Jrg the fot-. g-r thmT s are orr.!h!ra r.ew la x,t-Um. Sior-al baaba:i i S L ECIDED Hope Ross Festival Committee See, Merit in Water Races.' k Ale Lav 1. tha hard Lhfer a ho r. f Ta: :-r fit Tr'. Jay T.'.zx:l Members of ' the liver clubs are uti. decided about the regatta, during the Rose Festival and It may and In all tha clubs going to Vancouver, Wash., to compete for the prisea proposed by the neighboring city, -s There is , something like $200,000 invested tn soma $00 motor boats along the. Willamette, and mem bers of the motor boat clui are emphatio In their declaration that: the festival committee should do. something better than appropriate $600 for tha proposed two days' racing. r Members of the motor boat club are more vigorous in their demand for a better proposition from tha Rose Festi val commit tea than those of any other organization. In racing sport the motor toat ciuo haa dona bigger things than any of the other cluba and thle probably is ina reason ror their spokesmanshlp. When the motor boat club could Una tha banks of the Willamette river last New Tear's day with thousands of peo ple to see slow-going boats race. It Is only natural, they argue, that at least 10,000 would watch- such fast craft -as uie weirr u and racer, the two faatest boats in the west of their class, and three . other hew MgTi . powered boats that are being -constructed especially ror the una races. -. The motor boat clubmen had hoped to pull the- Paelfle coaat chamclonshio curing tne festival but elalra they can not Induce fast boats to coma here for tne small sura appropriated to cover tha prizea. - .. ... . . The river enthusiasts criticise tha festival oomonlUee for not beina alive to the fact that Portland would be nothing if It were not for the river, There are a dosen boat building con cerns nere,- mey contend, thst build reryrnir.g rrm s canoe to an ocean oing steamer. They think these In istrla- ought - not to be overlooked when It cornea to apportioning tba prize money... . Feveral men they say would gladly donate money to the festival cauae If tie entertainment program contained a regatta, but under rrp,,e'it circum- e'anres they sre withholding thti f .: anilal support. The river sportsmen are hor!-g that everrth!ng will work f:t nic)f and that t"-e rlrer rftta will be be!j ar r tv e FVrtUnA shores durlrg two ca S c I tta- r t c'.lvai. TIII10II6II BOPffl Hochuli May Lose Precious Trophy . He Has Held 'for. ' . 'Two Yearsi" Who will carry pff the $l!s Welnhard medal donated for the best all around athlete In Portland social turn vorein next Tuesday night, - ! , , That is a question that ia occupying tha attention of most everybody in the popular German society. V For two year Abe Label Looks Fit to Put the Crusher on Hard . Hitting Roscoo. Taylor, but Conquer or May Be Surprised. :' XST tha Avfe1 - 4. " u.Mir,. trMu h.. mnA I . L " I; 7 "."i""'.' yesiemay , -..v. .vl yvua jkudi, me cracit uallfornla light If ha, takes in this year, it 'will belong to him for the reft of hie days. But thero is another luminary on the scene in William Krause, who finished five points ahead of Hocull In practice the other evening. Krause looks like the winner now, although HootHi ex pects to make a' better showing in1 the big event Points will Tount on two exercises on the horizontal bars, two on the parallel oars; three on the norse, nign jump, and rope .climbing. ' Two 5 'years ; ago HochuH won by half, a point-, and last year by three-quarters of a tolnt. ' - purlng the contest the juniors from weight, and his well known adversary, Roscoe Taylor, the managers of ih Oregon A.thletlc club feel at ease, know ing that their endeavors to present to ; the fans of Portland two of the ht lightweight in this neck of "the woods have, at last been realised.'''.' Both of these boys have a refutation that -' tends far and wide." ,They are both of the same school - of 1 1 confident of their ability to take each Other's measure. Label, when he Jumned off the train yesterday, was the picture' of health and the managers of the clubwere en thusiastlo over Ms healthy appearance, '"' end they seem to think that there la : 14 to 18 years of age will go through Jan awful trouhclng In store tot Taylor the same exercises for a smaller gold medal.' '.;V.:r--,', -r.,..y-.,r..,r- ?. Last night Physical Director Gens and four of the best athletes left for Seattle; where the 18th anniversary of the Se attle turn' verein will be - celebrated. Besides the directors, those who went were: Hohsull, Krause, William Emlg ana Joe Keiscn. meet in Turner hall, corner Fourth and Yamhill. , next . Tuesday night Conlon In Elimination. Johnny Coulon, who :made such a good showing m New Orleans and In east will be a . leading figure in elimination 'boxing match at the Na tional Sporting club of California. Monte Attell, the California bantam, - brother of Aba, will meet Digger Stanley -there. This will be the first fight of the elim I nation ' series. Others who will figure are Toung 0"Lary and Frankle Burns. TOMMY MURRAY'S WIT GAVE VANCOUVER tFUN , funny incident happened last year at Vancouver, B. C., ;e when the Portland , Northwest league team was playing one of , Its series there. The members . of the Portland team occupied - ringside seats at a boxing amok- ' w er one night with the exception of Tommy Murray, . who eat in 4 . the bleaehera. . . ' Pearl'Casay Was laid up at the e time of the game with his bad w knee, and little PWl Cooney was i . acting captain. - '- 1 . When two or the principals e were introduced' H ' developed ' i that one of their . names , was Casey. The other' chap was a colored fighter by "the nime of Stutt When the battle had progressed a few rounds and the . : colored chap was knocking the block . off Casey, ' - the '"white man. Tommy Murray, who was way up In the bleachers, let fly a remark which brought -down . w the .house. . Torn hollered - to Cooney: , "Put Jimmy Adams In to hit for Caaey."- .' This was the event of the- w evening, and Adams nearly killed ' w Murray when he saw him again. ' Casey, Adams and Cooney were ' the targets for soma awful Josh- - ihg the rest of the week, , ir "looks" COUdt for much. Label 1. about the same helgift of Taylor and has two of the wickedest initts in' thei country He can punch from any angle and has the reputation of being the only boy that ever knocked out Harry Tenney, that hard-hitting fighter that-- came to hia timely . end in his fight with Frankle-Neil.. ' i: -v .fu .. Swapped Punches With Panka. " - Label is a stockilv built bov and has ' the . stamina to stand uo: and awan ' punches with any of the boys In his. class. -. When Billy Papke, the "Illinois Thunderbolt" was .training for his gov thewith KetcheL Label waa the only light-:. theweisnc mat could stand up and ex-. Change wallops. . Thls'aot gained him"' a great reputation, and ha' is heraldod. all over California aa the "iron man."'. He will have to use every inch of hisO fighting 'powers to offset ! the battle ; that Rosooe Taylor is sure to give hlm.M lay lor is well known -in Portland, v and: the fans are simply crasy over; him on account of hia bout last month wit h Jack Lessarde, the "ironworker." He made the greatest hit ef any boxers ' that has shown here in the last few,' months. His ability to stand up and mix with hia opponent was -well denv onstrated In his bout with Lessarde) ' which lasted Just two rounds, He has'" all- the earmarks of a great fighter, and ms admirers are predicting :, a . "good timer for Abe Label. The San Francisoo baseball team.' which will be here next week, -has sent ' word that they want ringside seatt, aa they are all great admirers of the lit tle ,Californlan and want to be where' they can root for him. :, The manaae- ment has granted their Request,', and ' will sea that they are seated directly, behind label's corner. ' -. ''.( - ' 'Xvans and Conly Card. ' ' ' , ; Tha others bouts arranged by the club- have all 'the earmarks of belng'v equally as good as the main ; event- Bobby Evans and Mackey couey, who will provide the .entertainment in the semi-windupk' are In the greatest shape ' possible, and both wish that - the bout waa for this evening. - -Evans realises what- it -means 'if ihe wins, and with that end in view has ' placed himself in the pink of condition.' If he wins he will make a tour of Call . fornia under the : guidance of a well' known local sport and will have, that terrible t right swing of his working , overtime: the; night of h'is bout - with Couey,. who can wallop some himself. - Couey haa had Just IS matches, and: won all by the. knockout route excepting . (Continued on Page' Seven.) RECREATION OF A" PRIZEFIGHTER m1 m- ' ... - ; - j . - . j i . ' j , " ' :: " . i ' ' 1 j I : . ft k i j II I. - Jsraet J. Jefrri-a j-Iaji-g w;f-'j ft wafcb tt at t Hd ri - n"a ' Ir t -. ', :. s ir