DAYMORNING. v;' JUXY
THE OREGON- SUNDAY: JOURNAL,-PORTLAND SUNDAY
Dili IlilmiU Jld AiUllN j
BGR;fMINORS RISE
.J"- M.':-T. Tt Mnntr. -
K.WTirVjil i -.whatever the mc
nil of baseball may : tejl you. .regard
leaa of how they way , boost their own
rm ha la am thtnv ' that ' at an da
311 notorloualy as an unaemaoi wot-
iVI bit leagues are: going back,
, IfVher k few years "age-i-yea.; one year
ago there was . a wealth of eepabl
men for each, position oo : the diamond,
when top-notch ball :'ws being played
by l, at - least half the teams- in both
leagues, there la very little of the first
caliber : article being displayed In the
majors now.- The conditions In the. Na
tional .league, . find" their duplicate In
the' American. . And the line of demark-
atlon that . logically ' should-dls tingulsb
the two larger organisations from the
little fellows la now fainter than ever.
''SWM ,doea;4:.!:i-r
The minora have come up with $ a
rush.- There. If no getting sway- from
the fact that the real stars of the minors
st " present are the , veterans " who were
let out by the big leagues. ' It breaks
the' heart of a major league magnate to
have to back a player who had been
banished because, r In "the magnet'
opinion, the roan had become a. has
been., , Result tbe good; onee stay where
thev have been ' sent, and the minor
league club Is In ooneequence almost,- ft
not Quite as strong as the. big league
outfit, that is. missing out because, of
the narrowness or - false pride of Its
leader.
:Who wourd be willing to lay 10 to 1
that a team like the St. Louis Browns
or1 'the Boston Rustlers could beat Co
lumbua of the American association T
Not many. - At best, it would be even
moriey. whereas even these; tall enders
should, in the natural order of things,
be tcpheavy . favorites over any team
MJa ' minors could ut forward. ,
0 DlffaMua Ifcataraaa aiuc '
r One thing that strikes the veteran
fan, this year, Is the tremendous dif
ferences between the stars and the rest
of, the bunch. . The good ones look bet
ter and the bad onee worse. , And there
are .more Of . the , latter getting away
with the lucrative berths than ever be
fore. It is the contrast that makes the
good ones look better. ' The few really
high class menand they can be count
ed on your fingers and toeev-are mode
by fhe comparison to look 'like, verit
able man-mountains.
.. Tjr Cobb Js the goodsA.go.',JlLeddie
COllln: likewise Magee, Lajole. Wag
ner. Chase, Breshnahan, ' Jo Jackson,
Kling. Melnnls, Byrne. Gibson. Grant.
HofmanV Speaker, Crawford, Chief My
ers, Bodle and a few others. These
men are all gems 'of the first water;
equal to the top liners of other days.
But where there are a dosen -how, there
were IS then. This leaves out the
pitchers. The genuine star f lingers in
the two leagues, at present number bare
ly a half, dosen. . 1 .
'''lUtty stoat' XffeotlT; ' . ",
tathewson once more looms' up aa
th- moat consistently effective t wirier
In 'the game., Russeil Ford, of. .his
rival TJew. York club. Is about the next
beet in captivity. Ed Walsh of . the
White Box Is again performing like aUhe rankest sort Their work that
champion, as also Is young Adams .of
toe -iraiee. waiter jonnsont the back
bone of the "Washington Americans, la
another llv one, and Harry Bailee, the
elongated aouthcaw of the at. Louis
Cardinals,? doing "treat work; Old
Cy. ypung, of Cleveland Is also still
Vacht club has
Racing and Pleasure Sailing
The wet weather v of the . past , week
. haa put a damper on yacht racing, but
plans for the future provide plenty of
sport in , this line. The award of the
commodore's flag to Mr Hastoof, own
er, of the ''Spindrift" as tha result of
ago was made by the race' committee of
thai Yarh. etblk. last "Wedneadav tvtnlni
This -pennant is the gift of Commodore
W.. A. Knight and must be worn three
times in succession In order to become
tha permanent property of the winner.
The pennant can be challeged for. at
any time and T. J. Mendenhall has el
read x arranged to race tbe "Fore-an-Aff
-against ..the- "Spindrift" with a
handsome- side bet up. The race wa to
have been sailed last Friday evening
but was called off on account of lack
of, wind." It will be pulled off the first
evening the wind is strong enough to
permit the, course to be covered In the
allotted . time. .,., ....,1.4 : 1 t.tm
Two race will be sailed this afternoon,'-:
both for Important cups. The
flrat will be a free-for-all race from th
Taoht club.-to. th Hawthorn bridge
and return, Tbe winner will receive tha
silver cup of fered by Frank Creasy, an
other eup which must-be won three
times In succession for permanent own
erahlDb The second niiae in this race la
a handsome Tacht club pennant
hL iimiiijI .LIS K. a ftk- Tm
Powers perpetual chaljenge cup put up
by Mr. Powers In 100. The It foot boata
twill be given a IB minute handicap.
Time new members were-admitted to
,th club at the meeting of the board of
directors. Thursday night. : commodore
. ICOGNIZED LEADERS of the INDUSTRY ti
PecrlCoSPope-Dapltoril
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BEATS AUTO CO., 71b and Onrnside
Phone Main 5368 ?
4th of Jiily Celebration
AT PORTLAND FAIR GROUNDS, 2 P. M.
Automobile and Motorcycle Races, - Horse Racek and
Foot Races, Athletic Games and a revival of oldlme
. ;r ; FOURTH OF JULY SPORTS v
25-Mile Race Between the White Racer Whutling Billy
;. and the 90-Hortepower Thomas Flyer
1 An Afternoon Without a Dull' -Moment , '
ADMISSION (INCLUDING GRANDSTAND), 50c
; ' J. M. Rieg, 506 Gerlinser Building, Manager ,
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I first rater.
But,' beyond these " few,'' It
'would . b4 hard to nam any who .can
honestly be . placed In the best bet dl
' There are several heavers winning
games with comparative regularitywho
bask In reflected glory, earned by their
teammates In the - field t and at bat.
Among these might be mentioned such
men as Earl, Moore,. Howard Camnlts,
Ed. Reulbaoh, Miner Brown ,and George
Mullln all of them passable twlrlers,
but not the wonders that : would be in
dicated by their percentages Of victories,
There are several dosen just or nearly
as good and aome better ones who own
marks far' lees -impressive. But, after
taking a look over the whole buncn,
you are forced to concede "that the pitch
lng has retrograded more within the
last year-probably ! than any other de
partment of the game. You can t niame
It all on the lively ba.ll.
Kay Have CHreat Beaeoa.
The law of rise jind ebb holds forth
in baseball' the1 same as it does In all
other things. may be that next year
will wltneeaVme of the -greatest sea
sons in thet tystary of the national .pas
time, and such would not be contrary
to precedent Often' a bad season ia
followed tn."yery. next year by one com
pletely the reveraa ; f
f it the magnates would forget all, this
personal pride thing and would admit
a mistake when they see they are wrong,
we might have some old familiar faces
cavorting around the green again. But
If there ia a more egotistical animal in
the world than .a baseball manager it
has never been put- inside a cage.
Frank Chance. eaw clearly his error
In letting Stelnfeldt go. There was a
constant weeping and walling and gnash
ing . of . teeth in 8t -Louis - for many
moons after the demoralisation of the
Browns when McAleer turned loose the
men who almost landed a pennant for
him in 1908. Those same Indivlduala,
Hob Ferris and jimmy Williams, went
to Minneapolis of the American assocla.
tlon and delivered a pclaes of goods
that far surpassed anything . the new
Brownies displayed. And, even today,
they: are goooVenough for any man's
teem. But they stay burled so far as
the Honorable Hedges and his lieu ten
ant on the field, Wallace, are concerned.
Dosen s of ether such cases could be
cited, all going to show where the
builders of teams . have , accomplished
negative results by their desire to In'
fuse new and young blood into their
teams. Their over-anxiety to make good
has worked their disaster.
SooutlAf aTw Scramble.
The young fellows are all right they
are neceasary. However, the gambling
chance of picking up a possible star
has caused the passing of many a great
warrior of the diamond who fell from
the good graces of his boss during a
temporary slump in his work. The
scouting- for the youngsters has degen
erated into a mad scramble. A manager
gets a tip mat sucn ana sucn a you to
is playing good ball and he grabs the
"$6000 beauty" before he can begin. to
know what is In him. Nine tenths of
the expensive purchases of the last few
years have turned out to be lemons of
caught the 'scout's eye was but a flash
in the pan. Bnt, every time, a new
one was taken out a veteran 'had to
go a maa who often had several years
of good baseball left In htm. ' -.
But the loss of the majors has been
the minors' gain, v
plans for summer
Win Have Play Until Fail.
pleased at the enthusiasm snd Interest
taken by boat owners and the healthy
condition Of club affairs.
Three v races are planned for the
Fourth of July, a fre-ror-all and two
dlnghey races, one for 18 footers and
the other for the smaller ones. Many
of the. owners are cleaning their boats
for these races and they promise to be
very keenly contested.
Homer Woodward, of the Tacht club,
has completed his new. motor boat and
launched her last Friday. She will be
put into commission tocfay and Is ex
pected to show good speed..
T. J. Mendenhall has purchased a
Morris canoe from L..V. Woodward ca
pable of carrying six people. Mr. Men
denhall has a tine large houseboat near
tne ciud ana will use the canoe as a
tender, as well as for pleasure.
The houseboat ownere are completing
elaborate plane for the- entertainment
of gueets at .their at home which will
take place at an early date. The after
noon wii; be occupied with the natural
diversions of Jtouseboating, swimming.
canoeing, sailing and rowing,. After a
houseboat supper the gueets will be en
tertained with a - dance at the Tacht
club. . r .- -,-
Burke Beats Nelson,
" New York, July 1. Bailor Burke put
Ted Nelson of Australia . out in three
rounds here, despite the fact that , the
Australian had Burke neVrly out in the
first round. The sailor - came back
strong, and after punishing Nelson bad.
ly in the second, landed a terrlflo swing
on the Jaw in , tne third which put Nel
son. .out' .' -'
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NT! IN I ITS C Ii A S S
Wemr?: OPEN EVENINGS
X-RAY REVEALS .
RODGER'S LiM B
PhdtograpfrMade; of Port
Z land's Speedy Second Base
. man's Leg Shows a Wide
Fracture of Fibula. - ;v
Thousands, of Portland baseball' fans
are. anxious te learn the exact cause' of
thi Injury to Bin Jlodgera, the ; crack
second . baseman of ; the . Beavers, , who
suffered a fractured fibula in- a game
against' Vernon two weeks ago. Rodgere
untimely injury , was - undoubtedly the
cause' of th losi fof si Of ?the seven
games of the aeries to Oakland, - for
after, he was out team work .went to
pieces.' ;An .X-ray photograph .-taken of
the injured bone, shows a clear -.crack
of. the fibula or email bone of the ealf
of the leg. The bone is now knitting
nicely and Rodger does not suffer much
pain from it although ha Is . forced to
get around on crutches. Tha worst pain,
he says, eoraea-from the sprained an
kle, which was sustained .at the 'samu
time the bone was fractured. ;
' Rodgers was Injured in an attempt
to steal second in one of th games. Roy
Brashear was standing In front of th
bag ready , to take the throw, and Bill
resolved te make a "hook" slide: .The
spikes sank deeply Into' th hard earth
and refused to budge, when he laid him
self over to get out of reach of Brashear.
The -strain of his wriggling body was
on the right leg and one of the bonee
had to give, the fibula naturally break
ing because it was the - smallest and,
weakeat member. ' '' '
wt' Bxaet Break Hiowa ..J'
' The X-ray photograph ' printed " ex
clusively In The Journal today shows
this exact break in Rodger' leg. The
bone is shown perfectly in the photo
graph, the flesh being outlined. The
camera was turned on the right side of
the right leg.. The large lighter, bone.
No. 2, Is the fibia and .lying on the
right side of it is the fractured fibula,
No. 1. No. t shows the point and sever
ity of the break N.o. 4 is the calcan
eum of' heel bone and No. 8 the as
tragulus. The K-ray photograph shows
that the flbulawas not entirely split
butthe craek. occurred at such a point
that it will probably be a month before
Rodger' is able to niake another: sneak
down to second base on a rival ball
team.- ' ; . '' ' v
Bill is cheerful over hi Injury and
la chafing to get into th game again
in short order. Hie local physician has
given him, order to stay, off the foot
so that it will heal the more quickly.
Physicians say that the injury ought
not to diminish Rodgers' speed in field
ing his position or on the paths and
they expect him. t resume his.' place
as the fastest man in the league set
ting down to flrat' ' v ' . .
COSTER'S BACKERS
PUT UP SPARE CHANGE
Los Angeles, Cal, July- 1. Admirers
of Joe Coster, the husky little bantam
weight who is scheduled to clash, 10
rounds here on the afternoon of July 4
with Joe Rivers, are planking down all
their loose change on the little easterner
at. the Juicy odds of 10 to S.
Coster's manager says that h is
going to get down their end of the
purse at these odds, as he believes that
a comparison- of the record will show
that Coster should be the favorite. No
flaw has been found In Coster's condl
tlon, and the fact that Rivers has been
made the favorite ia due apparently to
the determination of his followers to
play him through ta the end of his win
ning streak. Rivers has not yet' had
single decision chalked.- up against
him. Both fighters are , on edge for
Tuesday s. contest
PORTLAND WILL MAKE BID
(Continued from Page Four.)
D. O. Cooper, -stroke; R. Z. Meyers. No,
I; A. Lewellen, No. J; J. McDonald,
bow.
Portland Rowing club. No. 2 crew
h. u., unicsenng, siroitie jr. ueMarr,
Nd. 3; L. R. Prater, No. f, V. O. Stone,
bow. '
-Portland Rowing club ', No. S crew
E3. O. Gloss, stroke; O. J. "flosford. No,
3; E. E. Tuck", No. 2rV. Dent. bow.
James Bay Athletic association. Vic
toria 8. Malatesta, stroke; T. Davidson,
No. 3; F. A. Stackpooie, No. J; S. P.
Colt, bow. 1 - ' ".a
junior Ingles.
Vancouver Rowing clubD. P. Bell
Irving.
Portland Rowing club A. PfaOnder.
Portland Rowing club F.' H. Newel L
Junior Jtoublea. ;
Vancouver Rowing club K. C C.
Taylor, stroke; V. P. Bell-Irving.
Portland Rowing club A. Pfaender,
stroke; F. B. Newell, bow. . 1
James Bay Athletic association, Vic
toria H. C. Hopgood, stroke; T. B.
Monk, bow. "
Xntermedlate Doubles. " .
Vancouver Rowing club K. C Tay.
lor, stroke; O. O. Simpson, bow.
Senior Single.
Vancouver Rowing eiubrN. C. Saw
yers. . ...
.Portland Rowing club E. O. Gloss.
James Say Athletic association, Vic
toria W, -N. Kennedy.
NICKS AND TURKS BREAK
(Continued from Page Four. )
and converts It into a Texan back of
third base, and Messrs. Casey and Wll
Hams' sprinted across the para. Men'
sor made third in the return to the
plate and then with Pettlgrew pulled
off a nifty double steal that allowed
dlosed the winning by falling for three
wind caroms.
r. Allen Xs .Peeved. :
8oarfaoe" Allen threw tbe official
hooks Into Jiundorff for kicking on a
third strike, and this neceeaitatea a
shifting of positions, Mensor coming In
to third. Jiarris shifting to the outfield
and "Varsity Moore going ' behind the
bat. t - . " t."W '
Th second game was a pitchers' bat
tie between Zacher and Eaatley, ' with
tne Beattie soutnpaw naring a dh tne
better; of it It was Eaetley's ' first
game since his. .recent Indisposition, and
in view of the fact that he only left
his bed last week be pitched a credit
able . game. It was his own wlldness
that gave the visitors their, first run.
In the fifth Inning Bues opened with a
single to .right. Here Eaatley bad the
misfortune to make a wild heave to
first to catch Buee napping, and when
the ball was dug. out of the bleacher
netting Bues was perched nonchalantly
on third, whence be scored on Ray
mond's, single- to - center, t after Weed
popped to Mundorff. Raymond tried to
take Cecond on th throw-in from Menj
X-RAY. PHOTOGRAPH "OF.. BILL RODGER'S-BROKEN LEG
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Excltiglvfl-picture at. shattered ..fibula
of the champions of (he Pacific
another column. '
sor, hut Barns' relay to toiwin Deaj,
Tealey to the midway. . .
Kept Binge Scattered.
Although th visitors mao three
more hits oir Eaetley he Kept tnem
well Scattered, and they had no chance
to score. ' :-
In the seventh the Nicks came with
in an ace of scoring. Meneor walked.
and in quick succession purloined sec
ond and third. Coltrln also walked, and
stole second.: - V en sor had tl.o plate
frisked, but in an effort to protect hie
steal. Harris shoved his bat Into one,
and it went Balling over second, Leard
making a pretty stop for the third out
Batting Belly Kipped.
In the ninth a batting rally was
started that put the fana on edge. With
Stovall gone, Williams singled through
short and Mensor followed with a slam
to -eight Immediately Williams stole
third-and a moment later Mensor ske
d addled to second. Coltrln had a chance
to be a hero, but after sparring around
a spell finally fanned out
The scores:
First game:
SEATTLE.
AB.
H. PO. A. E.
Leard, 2 b. ...
Crulkehank, If.
Beaton, cf.
Bues. 3b, ....
Weed. rf. . .
Ort. lb
Raymond, ss.
Shea, c
Knight, p. . .
Sage, p.
S
Ill
2
3
- Totals
80 I
PORTLAND.
7 34 9
AB. R.
H. PO. A. E.
Mundorff; 3b. .
Casey, 2b. . . . ,
Ptovall. rf. . ; . ,
Williams, lb. ,
Mensor, cf.-3b.
Pettlgrew. If.
Coltrln, aa. . . ,
Harris, c-cf. . ,
Garrett, p.'. . . ,
Moore, c
0 2 3
Totals 82 II 27 IS 1
Seattle . 00020000 0 2
Hits . , .0 I 1 8 0 1 0 0 7
Portland 1 0 0 0 1 8 0
, Hits 1 2 0.0 0 4 1 0 13
SUMMARY.
Struck out Bv Sara 4. by' Garrett 8.
Basee on ball Off Sage 3, off Garrett
8. Two base hits Ort. Shea. Pettl
grew. Double plays Knight to Shea
to un;i Mensor to Harris, tsacrmce
hlfft Crulkehanlf 2, Coltrln.- Stolen
bases1 Bues, Raymond. Mundorff, Men
sor. Pet t grew. Hit bv Ditched ball
Mundorff by Knight. Innings Ditched
By Knight 1 1-S; by Sage ft 2-3. Base
hits Off Knight fi, off Sage 7. Time
of game One hour and 45 minutes.
umpire Allen.
Second game '
8EATTLK. '
AB. R. H. PO. A. E.
Leard, 2b 4 0 2 3 2
Cruikshank. If 3 0 1 0 0
Ort, lb 4 0 0 8 0
Cam k A I t 1 a
VUCB, VU .,...,,,.. m
Veed, r,f .. 4
Raymond, ss
Beaton, cf
Spencer, o 3 0 0 10'3 0
Zackert, p 3 0 0 0 3 0
, . ... . .
Total
...30 1 7 37 10 1
PORTLAND.
AB. R. H. PO. A. E,
Mundorff, 8b 3 -0 0 3 1 0
Casey, 2b 8 0 0 4 10
Stovall, rf .......... 3 0 0 0 0 0
Wllllama, lb 4 0 15 1 0
Mensor, cf 8 .0 13 1 0
Pettlgrew, If ....... 4 0 1 1 1 0
Coltrln, SS .. 8 0 0 8 8 0
Harris, o 8 0 1 S 3 0
Eastley, p S O 0 1 1
Total 2 T "7 27 12
SCORE BY INNING8.
Seattle 0 00 01000 0 1
Hit 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 1 7,
Portland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
, Hits ,.r.,....o 1 1 v u u o 5 f
'.:- SUMMARY. :
ntniolr nut Rv ZarkarL 10: bv
Eastley, 4. Bases on balls Cff . Zack
ert. 3: off Eastley. 8. Sacrifice hit
Stovall. ' Stolen bases Cruikshank,
Williams. Mensor fS). Pettlarew. Hap
rls. - Hit by pitched ball Mundorff;
Time of game 1 hour SO minutes. Um
pireAllen. ''.'K';t'. ,fv :. W::,,. ..;'!'
QRESH AM i GIANTS TO
r-PLAY. RUPERTS TODAY
The Eschles and Greabam team will
clash this morning at 1 or o'clock on the
Vaughn street park, ' th winning team
getting the 8100 side bet and the gate
receipts.;; Ha ; Rupert, manager 01
For : Additional Sporting
New See Page 11, Sec-
in ankle of star second baseman
Coast league. The story is told In
tbe Eschles, is known as one of tbe
hardest fighters In the game and if the
Giants repeat their performance of last
Sunday it will be after a hard struggle.
On the other hand. Arch Parjott, cap
tain and first baseman of the Giants,
is another good' hand at scrapping for a
game, and with the money up as an in
centive all the ball players will play
their hardest to win. Alex Cheyne will
can tne game at iu o ciock anarp ana
a good slxed crowd is looked for, .
FRANK ARCHER SIGNED
BY SEATTLE MANAGER
Frank Archer, the southpaw, who was
released Friday by Manager Williams
o the Nicks, was signed yesterday by
Manager Jack Tige of the eSattle
Turks. Williams was already supplied
with two southpaws, Jensen and Tonne-
son, and Tlghe has been after another
port slder. The Portland fans are hop
ing that Archer geta an even break on
the luck with Seattle.
Lewis Suffering Pain.
Sacramento, Cal., July 1. Jimmy
Lewis, Sacramento outfielder, struck by
a' pitched ball thrown by Pitcher Koest
ner of Portland yesterday. Is In a seri
ous conditkn today. .' He . Is suffering
excruciating pain in his head. Physi
cians have not yet determined the exact
extent of his Injuries. They believe his
skull is fractured.
4 Hunt dab Meeting Tuesday.
A meeting of the Hunt club will be
held early next, week to make plans
for the summer. Sine the Rose Fes
tival th riders have been very quiet
and the rainy weather of tbe past few
days has kept all but the most ar
dent devoteee from Indulging In the
sport but with the promise of clear
weather they will all be out again.
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MAGNET FOR.
Spokane, Wealw July" l.-So keen is
the appreciation of horsemen all . over
the country of the Importance and car'
tain i success of the big 42, dy Pro
gram of running races at Spokane this
fall, that early reservations are coming
In '; f ast i Secretary Smith . announced
yesterday
already
tnat ine toiav numoer or ataus
ready reserved-"--10 ' weeks In advance
of th' opening day was ISO.
'- The promoter of the meet are aston
ished at' this Indication that they might
as well begin right away to build more
stalls than 660, their original plans,
for if .150 are reeerveL 10 weeks in ad
vance, it is certain the remaining 10
weeks will find more' than 400 more
demands for space.
Hare Pall Outing BUsources.
Not content with offering the devo
tees of the race course the banner meet
of the west with a 86 day speed pro
gram, at the meeting commencing Sep
tember 11, the Coeur d'Alene Fair and
Raelng association is making a bid for
tourist travel, holding forth as Induce
ments the lure of trout, brook and lake,
bathing the equal of the sea resorts,
and scenery unsurpassed in the west.
The citizens of Coeur d'Alene, a thriv
ing city of 15,000 on the edge of Lake
Coeur d'Alene, one of the largest fresh
hevater lakes in the country are plan
ning to Make their city the headquar
ters of the racing population which will
flock to the track only six miles away.
Hotel accommodations are being pro
vided, while among the amusements
will be numerous excursions on lake
and river. " . ; ''
On Week at Interstate Pair.
While the many horsemen who plan
to number their strings among the 1000
ponies scheduled for the Lake City
campaign are figuring on 8 days of
racing, with seven big feature purses,
including the $2000 Lake City derby,
the six days of racing at he Spokane
Interstate fair, which breaks into the
Lake City meet, will give the horsemen
43 days of speed. '
Bill Naughton Writes of Water
Sport on His Old Stamp
ing Ground.
By W. W. Naughton,
Sydney, Australia, May 9. I find the
Australians are touchy on the subject
of , world supremacy in rowing. At
present the. badge of supremacy, the
world around, ia worn- by one Dick
Arnst, a native of Maoriland, which to
me is a matter of surprise,, as In the,
old years the Dominion of New Zea-vJ
land did not rank with the common
wealth of Australia in the develop
ment of oarsmen. Qne ha only to ra
call the names of ' Trtckett, Clifford,
Beach, Stanbury and Searle, all of Aus
tralia, to make this fact apparent- '
The last named'' was, Jn my. way of
thinking, the best that Australia ever
cent abroad on a world conquering mis
sion. I was a guest on the press boat
on ' "Old Father Thames" In London
back in 1889, when Searle defeated
O'Connor of Canada in a race which
was probably the cause of more money
changing hands- than any like event
the world has known.
Incidentally I was In Toronto a cou
ple of months before the race and heard
enough to convince me that many of
the Toronto Indians had mortgaged
their homes to raise the wherewith to
back O'Connor.
tart by BCutaal Consent. . .
I remember both men being backed
up to the starting buoys that famous
afternoon. The start was by mutual
consent and O'Connor, who. was quicker
than a quail out of brush leaving the
mark, shot forward like a flash at
whatfte considered evidence of consent
on Searle's part. - Searle had not moved,
however, and O'Connor backed water
again, looking disappointed and some
what sheepish.
O'Connor was a bundle of .nerves,
alert, sensed and sage.. Searle was as
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The Lake City meet - will open . on
September 11, run for 18 days, theft lay
off for one week, during which the ma
jority of the horse will run en 1 th
Spokane Interstate Fair half mile track,
for purses ranging from 1300 to, ..300W.
and then go hack io? the Idaho track
fOr the' final , 18 days. , ' ' . '
fi WeB Known Horsemen Coming, '
With the opening of the program over
10 weeks away, the Interest among the
horsemen at Laaoon, British Columbia,
and even Latonia, la astonishing, Th
following horsemen will, be among the
first to send their strings to tbe Lake
City track: St. James stables (Irr
ing Wheateroft), HY G. Bed well. Earl-,
Llnnell, B. O. Soul. J. H. Adams, E.
Mathias, C. P. Laar, H. M. Mason, J. E.
King, F. W. Forstlng. Frank Farrer. X.
8. Fountain, C. Mulbolland, O.-Thomas.
W. J. O'Rourke, Chris Martin, Early
Wright, E. Kaufman, C. Davis, Charles
Lewis, , Fred Foster, WV P. Maxwell. W, ,
Covington, W. McDonald, William Hawk,
W. Fine, R. J. Farrie, J. Kraus, G. Dur -ker,
Garrlty A Dunlap, J. B. Bline, T.
Gouldlng, H. McEwen, Ed Getchell. - J. '
Shilling, Keene Bros.,, C. A. Carson,
Bros., Glfford Stevens and Allen Co-
van. -
BUoll Stai List.
The following are the Lake City
stakes, entries for which close August .
10: Inauguration Selling stakes, $1000.
six furlongs, September 11, 3-year-old. (
and upwards; Inland Empire handicap,
one mile. September 18, 8-year-old and',
upwards; Juvenile stakes, . $1000, five
furlongs, September 23, 3-year-old foal
of 1909; Elke' handicap, $1000, one mile
and one-eighth, September 80, -8-year-olds
and upward; speed handicap. $1600.
five ferlongs, October' 14, for all ages;
Lake City Derby, $2000, onomlle and-one-eighth,
October 31. 3-year-old foals,
of 1908; Idaho elllng stakes, ; $1000,
seven furlongs, October 28, for all, ages.
The stakes of the Interstate Fair .
meeting follow.:1; Spokane Derby, $2000,
one mile and one-eighth; Spokane han
dicap, $1000, one mile seven furlonga-,
composed a though just about to start 7
on a -practice spin, "all by his lonely.'
Suddenly Searle shouted "go on, I'll
follow you, and O'Connor-needed - n
second bidding. His blades scooped '
the water and his shell fairly leaped
to the front. . But he did not get very
far away. Searle was in motion before - ,
th--3an4ftf-d-" (ratified- a,.-lead -f r
third of a length, and. hooked up thus
ly, they started on the race on which
so much depended. - ,r ,
Beat Men ta first Mile.
"O'Connor, It was said,1 always ; blkt
hi men In the first mile, and he made
valiant efforts to dispose of Searle thai
way he had disposed of many others, I
But It couldn't be done. The Canadian's
face suggested both desperation and de- -termination.
The veins on his neck
stood out like cords and I'll warrant
there wasn't a fiber of his sinewy frame
that wasn't working to It full capac
ity. . . , . , .
L The other man. so far as I could see, ....
.Was neither flurried nor .extended. He- -0
seemed to be holding his man safeix .
and biding his time. Possibly he had
heard that if O'Connor couldn't win the
first mile he couldn't win at alt
Then something happened. O'Con
nor's left oar -I thing ii was made a
peculiar curl. Some said he caught
a crab. Others said hle-rheart brok.-
Others again said that tha-cruel' pace -did
It all. Whatever It was, Searle
shot to the front and the' race became .
a procession.
On the Australian launch, bookmaker
Joe R. Thompson and a band of Colo-. -nlals
were acting like urchins Just let -loose
from school. On the Canadian v.-a'
launch the occupants were silent and -motionless
as statues. It was all overs
and the shouting was in full blast.
Bevival in Antipodes.
They say there is every indication of ,
a revival of interest in single sculling
in Australia. For the-Paramatta Hun
dred,, a race for which the prixe was .
100 pounds and which was rowed re "
cently, there were no lees than 54 en
tries. There may be some Beaches and
Searles in that lot. -
And in the meantime Australia is to
make an attempt to recover the world's -professional
championship with the
oars from New Zealand. A race between-,
Harry Pearce. champion of Australia,
and , Dick Arnst of New Zealand, the .
world's title scalier, has been arranged -for
the near future, and If present
plans hold the result will be known be
fore this article appears in print. ;
Boys' Suits
and Morrison
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