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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, -PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. , JULY 21, 1912. AMERICA'S-OLYMPIC-ATHLETES PLEASED WITH HOSPITALITY ACCORDED-JHEM ABROAi n -X. ; : . J, - - -Y - - '"" i;j3Jin , am V; i - i- ' " f h A r sv"-- N- ftKvV:. si " "Af. . i;;! JhJ . ' -11 "ii"'; .-;''7 V! i -rJi 'Mm -r rL tS5 "r3 r-" UMrlT ; ' l- 1 Sam Bellah, Multnomah Ama teur Athletic club of Portland, Iole vaulter. - Martin Hawkins, Multnomah Am ateur Athletic chtb of Portland, who ran third in the 110 metre hurdles. B American and Swedish Olympic committees aboard the Filnand. 4 Alvah T. Meyer, Irish-American Athletic chili of New York, who ran second hi 100 metre dash. 6 Walter McClure, Multnomah Am ateur Athletic club of Portland, distance runner. 6 C. D. Reidpath of Syracuse uni versity, winner of the 400 metre run. 7 American, hurdlers, Chlsholm on left and Case, working out- on Swedish soil. 8 Patrick McDonald. Irish-American Athletic club of New York, who tOBScd the weight 50.32 feet. wlnn.lng. the event and setting a new world's record. 9 Abel Klvlat and Oeorge V. Ron hag. Irish-American Athletic club's middle distance runners. 10 Ben Adams and Piatt Adams of New York, 'brothers, who won sec ond and first places respectively In the standing high jump. 11 John Paul Jones of Cornell, mile runner. S TOCKHOLM, July 20. Rlnca the Olympic games wfr resumed In Athns In l?9fi, athlitea reprrFont lnit the Vnlted SUtei have won every meet. In Athens in 183. the American team won 9 out of 15 events; In Paris In 1 990. 15 out of 21 events; In Rt. I-ouls In 24 out of 28 event; In London Irt 1908, 15 out of It events; and In the (tames here, 18 out of 31 events. These successive vic tories havn impressed all Europeans with tha significance of athletic tratn ln und It Is froply predicted that this year's Olympiad will result In more attention being paid to atrrreTTcs In all European countries, In consequence of which, In future meets, the (rreater strength of the continental athletes will create more competition In the several vents and require fewer firsts to carry off the honors. Genuine regret wss felt here at the departure of the Americans, who made a fine Impression upon the people of Stockholm and the Olympiad visitors f'm other countries. From Crown Prince C.ustaf Adolf to the smallest youngster In the Swedish branch of the Hoy Scouts this city was In the grip of an all compelling wave of athletic enthusiasm, with the Ameri can nthletlc team the focal point of all Interest. In the Swedish, English, Can adian, German and French camps the first Interest outside their own chanco.i of success was thu observation of the performances and training methods of the men who composed the American tesm. The taxlcabs about the streets SSMfS . Li 1 R.TUIPTTLJIRIE Seeley's Spermatic Shield Truts, as Fitted to the Czar of Russia and now used and approved by the Uni ted States Government, will not only re tain any case of rupture perfectly, af fording immediate relief, but also closes jhe opening-in 10 days on the average case. ' V -yotr canV- tome send - for- deeeripttve literature. LAUE-DAVIS DRUG COMPANY THIRD AND YAMHILL, PORTLAND, OR. Truas Experts and Exclusive Agents for Seeley's Spermatic Shield Trust who decorated largely with Hwedlsh and American flaRS. From time to time one saw the colors of the other nation alities on the motors, but It was signifi cant of thu attitude which the hosts for the Olympic games were taking toward the Yankee delegation that the manifestation that a driver of h cab could speak Kngllsh was the Stars and stripes not the Union Jack flying from the tonneau. It was tie general nplntnTi among the Yankee athl tes that the Swedish people are the inuat hospitable in tlie world. The welcome which w:i extended to the visitors from the Finland Impressed even Ihe most callous of the American visitors. Tho city did everything pos sible to make the men from the I'nlted States feel at home. It was not from tho official standpoint alone that they enjoyed hospitality. The paopla on the street went out of their way to taks care of tha young men who wora the T NEGRO DOESN'T POSSESS Uy V. V. Naughton. Pftn Francisco, July 20. It Is very evident that sporting critics, unlike doc tors, Uo not hold consultations in ref erence to tho "cases" that come under their observation. If they did, no doubt there would be more unanimity of opin ion in respett to the merits of contests and competitions of various characters. That sporting writers should view boxing matches and other events from different standpoints. Is as It should be. A wlsa head once said. "It's difference of opinion that makes hors rsces." and what la true of the sport of the turf Is true of everything else In the sporting line. AVIthom difference of opinion there would be no occasion to arrange tests of skill, speed or endurance. There would be a total lack of Interest In everything relstlng to competition. There would be no "sporting situation," In fact. Hot Only Possible View. There is one thing, however, that a sports critic should bewsre of. and that Is Insisting his view of a contest Is the Seeley's Spermatic v Shield 3 Truss S P e rtaatle Bhlsld Fad. Do yea o the Oroove. VETERAN FIGHT Mil REITERATES IN tnflirnla of the American team, and In the.thtea and restaurants the same evi dence of special hospltalltv to tho Fin lands passengers whs plainly apparent. Stockholm Is Attractive City. Ptockholin and Its environs -are nrrw well known to tho visitors from America and the verdict of all critics Is that the cholce of the city for the holding of the' present Olympic games was Ideal from every point of view. It Is an Ideal town for a summer sojourn this city w ith Its green hills and rolling waters. There Is life and gaiety on all sides. I'nder the OLD TIME PUNCH ONCE HAD only possible and correct one. He should qualify whatever opinions he writes with the remark, "This may not be the right analysis, but It's the way it looked to me." For no matter what respect his opinion commands, he can only exer cise Individual Judrment. It Is doubtful If there were ever a brace of pugilistic hnppenlnjts that caused more difference of opinion among the workmen of tho press itian the two world's championships on the Fourth of July. Those who held that Jack John son had showed no decline In fighting ability were fairly well paired with the critics w ho noted or thought they noted a vast difference In the Johnson of Reno and the Johnson of I. as Vegas. BUI Thinks Jack Tires. The writer takes tits stand with those who believe that Johnson tires more readily and Is a less formidable puncher thnn he used to be. I havo scon John son In every contest of note he has fig ured In, In this country since he defeat ed Frank Chllds at I.os Angeles, nearly 11 years ago, and am therefore In a fairly good position to Judge of his present fighting prowess. Incidentally, Johnson Is one of the hardest men In the fighting world to get a line on. He Is such a consum mate ring general -and everything he does within tho ropes Is done so artis tically, that it la anything but easy to tell when ha Is In trouble. In the affair with Flynn he held on and stalled around with a grin on his face and with no particular appear ance of being flurried, but he was an exceedingly tired champion of the world. Just the same If he had been the John son of other fights. Instead of looking hwegry yM - at - Rfer -Smith when Flynn began hutting, he would have broken his hold -and punched Flynn clear across the ropes. The different views held In regard to the. Johnson-Fly nn match were not a JOHNSON GOING BACK strict ruling of the training resimo the proves that the gntety Is not merely tt nek and field performers were not ' adopted for the Olympic games, allowed to test the night life of the f The Htadloti, as It IB called In Swedish, Swedish capital. I'tid-i- the handicap of I was tho Center of the show, and from the 10 30 bodtime rrtulntton they dtdt m, until m. tha icriuu building nA m iliun ih llihiu af thu fifci U'nl Us environs were crowded with alont the waterfront twn.kilng In the , half daylight. For the Huongs of visl- tors who hrtvc been In Htorlcholm the city has thuwn a perfcrt willingness to keep things moving from nunilso to sun set and tin, ti t tl-.at the, natlvts of the town show an ability to keep the pace without ths brief interval excepted circumstance, however, to the confusion of opinions thru existed at the Wolgast IUvers ringside. It used to be said that a man' Interested in box'.ng did not have to ntt'T.d a fight to (fain an Idea of what happened that he could reed all ihe acounts of the affair and strike an uverae. Anyone who could foil.iw this course In the I.os Angeles mill would have to be possessed of highly analytical mentality. Whether Wolgast stmck his opponent foul or fair; whether Itlvers downed Wolgast with a chin crack or a smash In the pit; whether Wolgast fell athwart Illvers' knee, and whether Rivers wns ahort counted are points that will be argued for many a day to come. Some of the opinions held are so posi tive, In fact, that they would not sur prise the writer to hear of some cap tious critic taking Issue with the mov ing pictures on the score that they did not give a faithful portrayal of the i losing scenes of the lightweight cham pionship. Q-ood Business for Films. It all means good business for the shadowgraphs of both mills, probably, for where there are points In dispute the average sport likes to take In the picture and Judge for hlmnelf. One of the Interested spectator it tile Rlvers-Wolgaut contest was Willie Ritchie, the San Francisco lad who gave Wolgast such a hard time of It In a four round bout In this city a couple of months ago. Ritchie thinks that If thsre is a return match between Wolgast and Rivers t!,e champion will win out to a certainty. He says that Rivers' punches did not hurt Wolgast. whereas every blow Ad landed made the Mexican wince. "At that. I do not think Wolgast showed either tha speed or the punching power he displayed when he fought me," said Ritchie. "I will move heaven and earth to secure a bout for tho cham pionship with Wolgsst snd If there is any hitch in the arrangements with Rivers, I think I will stand a good chance of getting the match. I am very earnest about this, and to show my sincerity am willing to bet my llttU accumulations on the result I havo not much a few thousand dollars but the Instant Wolgsst evinces a willing ness to sign I will be prepared to wager all I possess on tht outcorrte. The only lUf UlaUon 1 tnaks la that the money I be placed at the odds which prevail when the date of the fight is close at hand. .1 think this Is only fair." More formidable Opponent. There are any number who consider spectators anxious to see wTint' is"gener- ally a-lmltted to have been the greatest athletic show ever staged. It Is a beau tiful structure, this amphitheatre which has been built on the outskirts of the city. Crown rrlae Is ovular. All the Amertcsns who met the crown Ritchie if snythlng a more formidable opponent than Rivers for Wolgast. It Is even hinted that the champion Is of tho snnnc way of thinking, and has said: "Get Rivers for me. Ritchlo csn wait " If the Rlvers-Wolgast bout go. through It Is likely that Ritchie will beslKtiedhy one of the coast promoters for a match with Knockout Brown of New York or some other llksly light weight, the Idea being to have a chal lenger for the winner of the Wolgaat Rlvers affair. Captain Dodge May Cruise to Astoria; No Yacht Races Today. Port Captain Nelson Podge of the Ore gon Yacht club and a party of four left yesterday In Dodge's yawl Wauna on a 10 days' cruise down the Columbia river. The other members of tho party are ex-Commodore Todd. Louis Head, Mr. Davis and Ira Hill, former commodore. All of the psrty are prominent members of the yacht club. The party will stop at all the promi nent, fishing stations along the Colum bia river, and may go as lar as Astoria. There will be no yacht raes this aft ernoon. Most of the owners of yschts left early this morning on a cruise down tho Willamette river. They will likely go as far as the Columbia, when they will Urn and start for home. It's about an even break in base ball between New York and Boston. The Olants have won IS of the 14 games played with the Roston Prsves. and the Red Sox have copped 14 of the 16 games against the Highlanders. Evidently Oeorge Mullln doesn t in- Detroit asked waivers oh him, when he Jumped In and pitched a five-hit game scsinst the Cleveland team. YAWL WAUNA TO ill 1 RIVER prince were charmed with his good fellowship. Oustaf Adolf does not Ftand on his dlsnlty, "A good mixer," Is the way In which some of the American uni versity nun described the heir to the Swedish throne. A quick, nervous. young man. with a ready smile and an ability to make ids guests feel, comfortable, the cioti print e was a regular attend ant at tlie stadium, and when the games plrnsed htm hn came onto- the field and shook hands all around with the compet itors, lie hud a dibliko for sluing in the royal box, wUlcli he thouuht was too far from"' fhe" Scene or Tin's mit 1c " ' Trie young man Is an accomplished linguist and his English is remarkably good. The Impulsiveness of the prince Is greatly liked by the people of Stockholm. While his royal highness has been the most enthusiastic member of the reign ing family In his Interest In the sporting BRITISH ARE URGING AN II EMPIRE OLYMPIC TEAM (t'nlted Pre Lmed Wire.) London, July 20. --Strong endorsement of a suggestion by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle that a single team from the whole British empire be entered at the next Olympic games Is cordially sup ported here today by the press as a whole. It is declared that with Indian run ners, Ceylon and Malay swimmers and a ti sfia sLfcsL V Ns'ssUVsWVJPsLs. Does Away Entirely With Pentistry at Half Price (Until further notice.) While our charges for Alveolar work ere the same as the standard price of high-class bridgework, in such cases where it is possible to have bridgework and the patient desires It for any rea son, we will put In for him the very best and classiest bridgework. crowns, pistes, etc., possible to be made, at exactly one-half the price charged by tlentlsts whose work will compere fa vorably with ours. "And there Is a reason." (Terms for this work wlll be cash.) Alveolar Teeth, Where Bridgework Is , Impossible. If only your front teeth are left, say three or four or more, we can replace all of those that have been lost on both sides clesr back with perfect Alveolar teeth, whilst bridgework would be lm- possible even ir you: naa ctcnr-orten front teeth to tie to. If you have enly two back teeth on each side, say molsrs, we can supply all the front teettt that Hi wTb T.uoDlr an the are missing wiin oeauiirui, serviceable, lifelike Alveolar teeth. This could not events, King Gustaf has not been far behind his son and heir. The ruler of Sweden is a' firm believer In th value" of athletic sports In the life of a nation. Ho Is a devotee of tennis, and while this hrunnl, f f I. "l 1 r.nl.. H v wc -r.lliyil, I'll'Simil.OTaB III session he wna In at end v atfendanea at the courts. His majesty Is himself a crack tennis player and In the closer games displayed a power of concentra-- Utm and a freedom of expression wWeh to ihe AlTiMrirAn viMitora was rmtnta rent of the HhMornflnn shown at tha polo grounds In the climax of the base- Tiftir season iri'itTOnTrofifi' wistemsit- the balls flew in the direction of tl) rovnl hm nnH li'ln Cliistaf nvv thought of waiting for the boys In at retrieve them. He threw the balls back" to the server with a nod and a pleasant smile of nrnur,nmnt : Sikh wrestlers, the British contestants would be able to put up a strong bid for first rlace. COFFEY AND HOLLAND MATCH En FOR AIIR. 17 we sb wee sew w 99 United Prens Leased Wlrs.) San Francisco, July 20. Walter Cef fey and Frits Holland, middleweight have been matched to go 20 rounds at Coallnga August 17. Coffey clalma that his poor showing against Montana Dsa Sullivan last night was due to the fact that he was badly outweighed, Sulllraa coming In at fully 175 pounds. Coffey weighed only 154. n Plates and Bridgework possibly be done by the bridge 1 And where bridgework Is possible there Is no compartseif between the two. . A very large percentage of our work Is) taking out bridgework put In by sup fiosedly high-class dentists, snd replao ng it with the beautiful and artlstlfl Alveolar Teeth. And, unlike bridgework In another respect. It Is prsctlcsily pain leas. No boring or cutting Into the gums, nothing to be dreaded, now, than, prices being equsl, which would, you choose? " (Turing Fyorrhsa (loose teeth), a dis ease given tip by most dentists as In curable, Is another of our specialties. We cure It absolutely. It's a boastful statement to make, but we csn Uo any thing that la possible In dentietry snd what wa do is always of the very high est class. Our booklets, Alveolar Dn tlstry. are free Write for ene f you cannot cell. We have samples of our work to show at sll times. ortia?ia Abiagtoa ,biag., 1094 a a st, Seattle Slight bWg, 4 and Tina. 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