The Oregon daily journal., May 23, 1915, Page 21, Image 21

THE OREGON SUNDAY -JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY- MORNING, MAY 23, 1915.
SINISTER DICK PUTS:
MYSTERIOUS STUFF
INTO THEFT OF KAUFF
Giants Scout Took Job .on
Ranch to Be Near Outlaw
Baseball Star.
MESSAGES SENT IN CODE
laughable Secrecy ; Za Observed by
Gumshoe Artist and Hia Employ
era, McGraw and Hendricks.
Uy Frank C. Meake.
New York.'-, May 22. The "Inside
story" of how Benny Kauff wan in
tfuced'to Jump to the Giants, as it
comes to "us, reads something like a
, tale. of. fiction.
Kauff was wanted by the Giants last
fall. -McGraw made him some kind
r Of an offer, but Kauffs contract with
-; the Indianapolis Feds was of an Iron
clad nature. So McGraw l was -'off"
of Kauff. However, when :Kauff was
- sold to the Brooklyn Feds by the In
dianapolis Feds around the latter part
of March this year McGraw Raw a
chance to act. He figured that Kauffs"
old contract wouldn't hold in view of
the fact that he had been sold to an-
other club, and he decided to try to
land Kauff before' he signed a new
iron-clad contract.
Kauff went to . Browns Weils, a
Mississippi summer resort. There is
nothing in the Browns Wells neigh
borhood but a few log cabins, mostly
inhabited by negroes.
Dick Kinsella, scout for the Giants,
according -to the story we get. hustled
to Browns Wells and got a job on a
plantation near the Browns Wells hotel
where Kauff was stopping. Kinsella
. didn't dare to put up at the same hotel
because he was known by Manager Lee
1 Magee. Business Manager Dick Car-
roll and others of the Brookfeds. There
wasn't much of a chance for him to
stop In Hazelhurst, a nearby town, as
there are only two hotels there and
Carroll knew everybody who lingered
there. Furthermore, Hazelhurst was
10 miles from the scene of operations.
Beported to Bis Superiors.
."' Kinsella is said to have reported
all the doings of Kauff to McGraw and
McGraw and Jack Hendricks, manager
of the Indianapolis club in the Aract-
, lean association, kept Kauff under as
sumed names. McGraw's telegrams to
Kauff, 'tis said, were signed "Father"
while Hendricks were signed '"Uncle."
'Kauff, we are told, got frequent tele
grams wliile at --Browns Wells. Most
''jot them read along these lines:
"Mother wishes to see her boy. Come
at once. Father:"
' "KverythJng forgiven. Come. Uncle."
" Those .telegrams about ."Mother
wanting to see her boy" were to tip
off Kauff that McGraw wanted to see
him at once. The "Everything- for-
' given telegram" was to tip Kauff that
If he Jumped, the national commission
probably would let him play with or
ganized baseball.
Hendricks wanted. Kauff to go back
to the plants. He owned Kauff before
' the. kid jumped to. the Feds and was
promised a nice btfnch of .money if
. Kauff Vent to the Giants.
'? Kinsella, In tho meantime, was
.bluffing at farm work and devoting
' most of his. time arranging secret con
ferences with Kauff and coaxing him
to make the Jump. . Kinsella's plead
ings and those code telegrams. It Is
;tid. flahlmrfYirturt Kautf. He didn't
Enow' what to do. -V
Sinister Dicic Sad to Quit.
Matters " were progressing very
nicely in favor of the Giants, when
Kinsella was forced o quit his job as
farmer and sent alOng to head off
Pitcher -Pol" Ferrttt, who was on his
way to Join the Pittsburg Federals at
Augusta. Kinsella was successful In
that mission. He headed off Perrltt
and landed his signature to a Giant
contract, but in the meantime . Dick
Carroll got Kauff in a corner and
asked him why be didn't want to sign.
" Kauff hemmed and hawed and finally
said he wanted more money than the
old- Indianopolis contract called for.
"How much do you want?" asked
CarrolL
"Six thousand a yearand a three
year contract," answered Kauff.
"Aceepted." said Carroll and Kauff
signed up at that figure.'
A while later Kauff got in touch
with Kinsella and McGraw. He told
them- that ho had signed, up at $6000
and it Is said they, told him he was
foolish to do it .
"You're worth more ;thaa that.
Kauff was told. .
"Well, how much would you fel
lows pay meT asked Kauff.' :
V The Giants' Big Offer.
'"We'll give you $7000 a year for
three years and a $7000 bonus. is said
to have been the-offer made to Kauff.
Tha would have made his -salary over
$9000 a year. ; f , .
"Well, can't I aign nowr asked
Kauff. . - ' t ; -
"What sort of b contract have you
got?" ha was asked.
" JZaMt f told them and related, at
length the alleged difficulty he had
with Robert B. Ward, president of the
Brookfeds, over the contract. The
' Giant people thought that owing to
Kauffs trouble or alleged trouble
over "the Brookfed contract that he
was not legally under contract to
that club, and a deal was framed
whereby Kauff signed a Giant con
tract and made his famous-r-but futile
--Jump. -
Portland Cricketers
May Play Seattle
"Tha officials of the Portland Crick
et club are negotiating with the Seat
tle Cricket club - for a match to be
played here during the Portland Rosa
' Festival. ' It is 'expected that a defi
nite "answer will be received from
the Puget Sound club during the comr
ing week.
A practice " match i between teams
captained by G. Shipley and J. J.
Charchley was played yesterday af
ternoon. .
... Sal cm Beats Columbia..
The Salem high school baseball
team trimmed the Columbia University
team' yesterday afternoon 3 to 2 in an
exciting iH-innlng game. ' The feature
' of the game was the splendid box work
Of the twirlers. Several sensational
fielding plays were staged during tha
game.
Prison Team Wins Game.
J', Salem, Or, May 22. The State Pen
itentiary , baseball team downed ' th
Cherr.awa Indian school team yesterday
S to 1. Devit of the winners .fanned 18
batters." Houser of Chemawa was put
ut of the same for unclean playing.
FORMER SEAL PITCHER MAKING GOOD
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Chlcago, May Z-. Pete Stanridge and
his fork ball are In the National league
to stay. The former pitcher for the
San Francisco club' has been hurling
great ball for the Cubs, and the fork
ball is fooling all the famous batters
of the old major league circuit.
Greatest Harness Meeting of All
Best Drivers and Fastest Horses at "Expo
, 7 ij t t e i ! t t e 6 k ' . e t t
Experts Declare Footing Fastest Yet Built
San vmncisco. Mav 22. The first of
the two big harness meetings, which
are sure to go down in sporting annals
as the greatest events of telr kind,
is scheduled to start at thePanama
Paclfic International expositions race
track on June 5.
-Followers 'of standard bred trotters
and pacers are looking forward to the
coming series of races, which wrill be
held on a tmck that experts declare
should prove to be one of the fastest
inr America.
The management has arranged a
program in which it offers a total of
about $227,000 to bo distributed In
that exceeds
anything before attempted. The fabu
lous sums offered to tne winners uxiu
the successful horses In the different
events has attracted the finest class
of pacrs and trotters of America and
other countries, and It is freely pre
dicted by expert horsemen and close
students of harness racing that a mark
of better than two minutes will be
hung up during either the summer or
fall meeting.
The exposition track is acknowledged
by horsemen to be one of the finest
race courses in America Its equip
ment is thorough. The grandstand,
stables and conveniences are buiic m
modern lines. The grandstand has a
seating capacity to accommodate 35,
000 people. The track is scenically lo
cated, being situated in the westerly
end of the exposition grounds, facing
from the grandstand : is the beautiful
Golden Gate and the San Francisco
bay.
First Meeting1 June, 5-
The first meeting will start on June
5, and close on June I?, which will
enable the eastern owners to race here
and then ship east for the big harness
events to be held on the other side of
the Rockies, and then return here for
the fall meeting, which commences on
October 30 and lasts until November
13, inclusive.
Racing will be conducted under the
auspices of the Pacific Coast Horse
Breeders' association, an organization
which was founded in this city more
than 25 years ago, and which has had
for members such illustrious horsemen
as Senator Leland Stanford, A. J. Rose,
William Corbitt, Joseph Simpson.
Count Valensin, Wilfred Page, Frank
Burke, John Goldsmith, : Holly and
other members of the old brigade,
wkih iisM a-orav when tha trotter was
at its zenith and the old Bay District
tract was the stamping grouna.
Nearly 20 years have elapsed since
the Bay District track was closed to
the harness horse. In the interim the
tknnnnrl., mil Crnclc WaS built in
4he stadium in Golden Gate park. Over
that course amateur races nave oeen
held, but no contests for big purses or
stakes with the pick of the trotters
and pacers as contestants nave been
seen in this city. There has been, n
PENN WINS CLOSE
RACE IN ANNUAL
HENLEY EEGATTA
1 , ; -;;
Kelly Retains Title as Inter
national Champion; Held,
in Downpour,
Philadelphia. May 22. OJ. P.) In a
steady downpour that at times threat
ened to swamp the racing shells, the
American Henley rowing classic was
staged on the;, Schuylkill river here
this afternoon. I
Pennsylvania" won the Junior college
eight-oared contest, the feature event
of the regatta and carried off the
New England cup. The race was the
most exciting of the afternoon. Crowd
ing Pennsylvania the entire distance
Harvard crossed the finish line only a
half length behind the Quakers. -
John Kelly of the Vesper club in the
single sculls retained his title of in
ternational champion when he defeated
James Ayer of the Union Boat club of
Boston, by six lengths. - - His victory
entitled him to the Farragut cup. . In
the race for the : Stewards', challenge
cup, Pennsylvania flashed across the
finish line leading the Union Boat club
by a length. - : -. "
The Syracuse freshmen eight won a
The fork ball is known as a dry spit
ter. Only pitchers having- unusually
long and strong fingers are' able to
throw it. .
The ball is placed between the fork
made by the index and middle fingers.
Gripping it tightly because of his long
and strong fingers, Stanridge can get
r. at
fact, no professional harness racing
here for about a score of years.
While harness rating was prosper
ous in the old days in San Francisco,
the sport from a professional stand
point has been dead in the western
metropolis' for a score of years. How
ever, it has been popular in other parts
of California, in fact it has prospered
in many cities and towns along the
Pacific coast. Yearly there is a cir
cuit where the sport Is kept alive in
California, the interior towns of the
state holding annual harness race
meets.
California has given to the harness
facing world many noted performers.
among them being sensational perform
ers that have traveled a mile undet
the two minute mark, but it has never
been recorded at an official race meet
ing held in this state where a harness
horse has covered a mile under the
two minute mark
It is predicted by expert horsemen
and close students of the. game that a
mark of better than two minutes will
be established at either the summer or
fall meeting. They base their opinions
on the fact , that the cream of the
pacers and trotters of the United
States will meet In the different events
for the biggest prises ever offered, and
the racing will be held under ideal con
ditions on a track that should produce
record-breaking performances.
The track in the exposition grounds
is the most complete and fastest racing
establishment that has ever been con
structed for the harness horse. It is
of irregular shape with a winding bark
stretch, short turns and a long home
stretch.
Track On of Faatert-Bnilt.
W. P. Maxwell, who holds the dis
tinction of building more race . tracks
than any living man, declares that the
track will prove to be one of the fast
est ever built- The course is shaped
like a sausage. The bed of the track
is made of material that will bring qut
all the speed that a thoroughbred pos
sesses. It -has a fine rubber cushion.
During the summer and fall meet
ings there will be four big stakes de
cided, valued at $20,000 each, the big
gest amounts ever offered for a har
ness race. Two of : these events will be
held at the summer meeting and two
of thrm are. on the program for lh
fall meeting. - '
The flrts of these $20,000 stakes will
be held on June 12. 'It is an event for
2:10 class trotters)' and brings ? out a
field of the fastest trotters In America.
The next of the $20,000 stakes is sched
uled to be held on June 19, and this
event Is for 2:06 class pacers, ana n.
classy field will start, according to
the entries made to date.
The fall meeting runs' from Satur
day, October 30, to November 13, in
clusive. On October 30, the 2:10 trot
ters will clash for another of the $20.
000, and on the final day of the meet
ing, Saturday, November 13. the 2:06
hard victory over' Pennsylvania Just as
the Quakers' : were nearing the. finish.
With a desperate spurt 'when abreast
of Pennsylvania, Syracuse forged
ahead, crossing the finish line by near
ly a' length.;,..:, . ' -
! In the four-oared crews the Undine
Barge club defeated Pennsylvania. - In
the first double sculls event for the
Schuykill challenge cup, the Vesper
club triumphed.
Sbmers to Take His
Time to Pick Boss
Cleveland. O., May 22. U. P.)
President , Somers, of the Cleveland
American league team, has not made
up his mind today on the man he will
pick as manager for the Indians. ' "
"I'm willing $0 let Lee Fohl run the
team for a time until I figure on the
best man." he said.
Joe Birmingham, fired ; "yesterday,
said his contract holds good until 1916,
and he'll stick around and get the
money, whether he's manager or not.
DESCHUTES DRAWS MANY
. . ' 4; I X ; r 'A :' r
A large party of Portland fishermen
will be along the Deschutes river to
day, angling for the wary trout. Among
those from Portland who went up last
night were: Dr. A. J. Brock. Lloyd
Smith, Elliott Corbett, R- D. Carpenter,
W. E. ,jCarlo n. Dr. Dubois and C. G.
, : - - ' ' ,
The : action !. picture shows -Pete
Stanridge and the smaller pic
ture .illustrates the manner in
which Pete holds the pellet when
delivering his "fork ball." The
first and second fingers of the
right -hand hold the ball, the
thumb not touching it at all. The
two fingers make a pronged fork
in which the ball is held. The
ball resetnbles Mathewson's
"fadeaway," being a slow one
and always breaking downward.
The fork . ball breaks -either to.
the right or left and always
downward.
tremendous speed on it where other
pitchers would have difficulty in get
ting 'it up to the plate.
It breaks like a spltter. Most pitch
ers declare It is. harder to control than
the ball made famous by Ed Walsh,
but Stanridge has never been bothered
that way for any length of time.
Coming m June
pace for a $20,000 purse will end the
great race meeting.
TJpteg-raff Will Ba Starter.
O. P. Uptegraff, the noted starter of
harness races of Topeka. Kan., consid
ered by horsemen as being a wizard at
getting big and unruly fields dff in
perfect alignment, will handle the flag.
Magnus Flaws of Chicago, who is re
puted to be the greatest authority of
the breeding of harness horses in
America, will officiate as presiding
judge at the two- meeting's.
Noted characters in . the harness
horse world, the greatest drivers, noted
financiers will be present to see their
strings perform.
Bud Doble, known in every spot
where harness -racing is popular, will
be the most nRted character Of the
meeting. He Is in charge of the crack
string of the Hemet stock farm, . be
longing to W. F. Whittier of San Fan
clsco. The big farm, which is located
at Riverside, Cal., has produced many
noted harness horses.
Over 45' years ago Doble: drove the
great Dexter to a c world's record of
2:17, considered a remarkable per
formance at that time. lie . also held
the reins behind the famous mare Gold
smith Maid and in the early seventies
he brought that famous mare to this
city, ih company with Orrin Hlckok,
and the great mare Lucy. A little bit
of California history, will be recalled
when the famous race at Sacramento,
when' Dobla driving Goldsmith Maid,
beat Senator Stanford's California phe'
nomenod Occident, driven by .Tim Eoff,
after the latter had won the first heat"
in 2:13, which was a world's record
mark. ;
Ed Gears Will Drive.
All of the , great performers " of the
present day will be either seen In com
petition or in exhibition daring the ex
position's race meetings. Ed Geers. the
peerless driver of the Grand circuit,
will be here from New York with the
Hamlin string, which consists -of some
of the fastest pacers and trotters in
America.
R. J. McKensle, the' Canadian rail
road magnate and owner of the Pleas
anton race track, will race his string,
which Includes many notable perform
ers, Including the great Joe Patchen II,
which Is said to be training nicely this
season and is expected to pace in bet
ter than two minutes.
M. W. Savage, owner of Dan Patch,
1:55 4, has his string at San Fran
cisco..' Special attention will be paid by the
officials of the meeting to the making
of new records and prizes will be of
fered to horses hanging up new marks.
It is their aim to give the public the
very best brand of racings atod an in
ducement will be . made to thave- the
trainers and drivers send their horses
a mile in better than a two-minute
gait, which, if it is accomplished, will
be the first time the mark has been
attained in this state.
Sullivan. Dr. Kistner is already on
the stream.
Good catches are reported and the
weather has been fine. Mr. Crane, who
returned yesterday, brought a fine bag
of some 60 big trout.
PEL0USEiQUALS RECORD
Medford, Or., May 22. Bob Pelous,
of Medford, who set a new record for
the nuarter miln at ?x
- - "ovx.c AAoh oai-
urda, today equalled the state school
record in both the 100 and Jin yard
dashes. Pelouse scored 28 points, win
ning first also in the 50 and 440 and
second in the shot-put. Medford won
the meet with 74 points r GraAts Pass
was second, with 31. and Gold Hill
third, with 26. Lyman, of Gold Hill,
set a new southern Oregon school rec
ord for the mile, winning easily in
4:56. " .
JACK JOHNSON IN FRANCE
Bolougne, May 22.--(U. P.) Minus
part of the retinue that accompanied
him on former continental trips. Jack
Johnson, former heavyweight cham
pion, entered .' France today with a
Krench passport. .
Johnson's white wife carried "'an
American passport. Another white
woman in the party, who said she was
the negro's mother-in-law, presented
an English passport. .
Johnson said he was not' ready to
announce plans for the future.
WASHINGTON IS ;
WINNER OF ALL j
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Noven Carries Kaufman to
Five Sets Before Decision
Is Reacted.
University ot Seattle, Seattle. Waslu.
May 22. Washington madj a clean
sweep of the tennis tournament with
Oregon by , taking three matches today.-
The Oregon men ' showed, up
better than they did in yesterday's
play, but were unable to play con
sistently, w
The best match of the day was be
tween Noven of Oregon and Kaufman
of Washington. It took five- sts, but
as-tne game progressed Kaufman be
came steadier and won the last three
sets with little difficulty.
Canfield and" Mlura had little
trouble In winning the doubles match
from Wheeler and Church in three
straight sets. ;
Canfield also beat Church In the
singles in three ; straight sets. The
Oregon men seemed to be lacking in
speed and experience and were un
able to handle the drives of the Wash
ington players, while the northerners
t steady and kept the Oregon boys
on the defense throughout all the
matches. '
Today's summary:
Singles Kaufman. Washington,
beat -Noven, Oregon, 4-6, 5-7, - 6-.
7-5, 6-1.
Canfield, Washington, N beat Church,
Oregon. 6-0, 6-1, 6-4.
Doubles Canfield and Miura; Wash
ington, beat Church and Wheeler,
PRINTERS' UNION LEAGUE.
' ' Won. Lost. . Pet.
Labor Press 5 0 i.000
Journal 3 3 -500
Telegram 2 2 - .50
Oregonlan o 5 .000
This week's schedule Labor Press
vs. Oregonlan on the East Twelfth
and Davis street grounds, at 10:30
o'clock today; Journal vs. Telegram,
tomorrow afternoon, at East Twelfth
and Davis streets. The Jburnalites
won from the Oregonian last Sunday,
SO to 6. Tha Labcr-Press-Tclcgram
game was postponed.
The South Portland Wrhite. Caps will
play the Newsboys this ' afternoon.
The line-ups of the White Caps will
be: McNulty end Wortendyke, pitch
ers; P. DeClcco, catcher; F. Shafer,
first base; Moyer, second base; Lee,
third base; Simonds, shortstop; Ack
ers; leftfield; Denoto centerfield;
Wielder, rlghfield; Flnhey, substitute.
-The West Side Midgets won, their
third straight game by defeating the
Pettygrove team yesterday , on the
Peninsula Park grounds, 5 to 1. The
batteries West Side, Kane a"nd Doug
lass; Pettygrove, Smyth and Dawes.
The winners would like, to arrange
games with teams under 16 years old.
Telephone Willie Collins. Marshall 359.
The Portland Colored Giants will
battle with the Dayton, Or., team this
afternoon instead of Orenco. Johnson
and Hubbard will . form the Giants'
battery.
Jimmy CI ax ton of the -Portland
Giants held the McMlnnville team to
six hits and fanned 12 batters- last
Sunday.
Manager Jack Randall is trying to
have Fred McKean, the first sacker,
who jumped from the West Side Mon
archs to McMlnnville, " reinstated.
There is little chance of McKean play
ing with any city league team during
the remainder, of the 1915 season.
NORTHEAST TWILIGHT LEAGUE.
Won. Lost. Pet
Highland Baptist ... 6 . 0 1.000
Highland Cong 4 1 .800
Pilgrim Oour 3 1 .750
Ziofi Cong 3 2 .600
Union Ave. Meth. . . . 2 3 .400
German Cong 1 4 .200
Patton Ave. Meth.i. 1 '5 .167
Piedmont Pres....;.. 1 5 .167
Pitcher Fisk of the Highland Bap
tist team pitched a no-hit-no-run
against the Zion' Congregational team
Friday evening. The .score of the game
was Highland 2, Zion 0. Moody's hit
scored the two tallies in the first in
ning. .
The Hill Military Academy team de
feated the Concordia college team yes
terday afternoon, S to 2. Batteries
H. M. A., Kearney and Newman; C
C. Laue and Myer.
STANDINGS OF THE TEAMS
facific Coast Xeacue.
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Ixw Atinelea 29 22 .569
Salt Lake 22 2U .524
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MINOR BASEBALL'
.. jL
Valley Trambetus and Frank Par-; r,. . . "
slow will meet 'In the main event, i Jefierson Oirls Sleet Monday. -The
other bouts scheduled are: Billy J The: annual girls' track and field
Mascot t vs. feMcCooL Moscow vs. Syve-meet of the Jeffersbn high school will
sorv Jimmy Howe vs. ' Winger and be staged - tomorrow afternoon' at. 2
Alex Trambetus vaasler. -. ; o'clock on the Jefferson field.
TWO TYPES OF MOTOR BOATS MAKE APPEARANCE
I f-. "iM.M WWrt.WW......-.y. .....
- T Am.
The Mary Louise, a day cabin type cruiser, owned and built by Jesse
'Miller and the Chambers brothers, is shown above, and below
Js the Flirt, a 26 foot by 6 feet 3 , inch pleasure craft, which
was built by W. H. &. E vo n Der Werth f or J. L.: Harper.. Mr.
Harper presented the boat to his son, Wayne. "
OFFICIALS AEE
NAMED FOE HI
SCHOOL GAMES
Judging From Past Perform
ances Columbia Should
Be Winner.
The list of officials, who will han
dle the annual interscnolastio track
and field championships to be staged
next Friday afternoon on Multnomah
field, was announced yesterday by H.
H. Herdman Jr., secretary of the In
terscholastlc league. -
It is expected that the fcompetitlon
in this year's meet will be closer than.
It has been for several seasons. Ac
cording to the way the athletes per-
formed in the state meet at ISugene
last week, the .Columbia University
team should be returned a winner, but
it is likely that the Jefferson and Lin
coln teams will give the Purple and
White athletes a close run for th
honors. The entries for tho meet will
close Tuesday.
Tho -officials are: T. M. Dunne,
referee; Sam Bellah, starter; Edgar K.
Frank,' clerk of the. course; A. D.
vWakeman, assistant to the , clerk of
the course; Dudley R- Clark, announ
cer; .'A- H. Allen. scorer; Dow V.
Walker, marshal; Martin Hawkins,
J. H. Bach. George Parker and Pete
Grant. timers: Forrest Smrtnson.
Frank Manning, Frank E. Harmar, Mar-'j
tin Pratt, Oliver liuston, juages 01
the finish; '. Seaton Taylor, Roscoe
Hurst, Dave Hawkins, John Cahalin,
O. E. Holdman, field judges; Carl Hus
tn, H. Meier, v L. A. Spangler, John
Schroeder and Cass Campbell, inspec
tors. .
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ATHLETIC NOTES
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Vere Windnagle. tho Portland boy
who is on the Cornell University
track team, finished second In the
880-yard run and third in the mile run
of the dual meet between the Ithaca
institutions and Pennsylvania a week
ago yesterday. " He was beaten irt the
880 by , Ted Meredith, who ran the
distance in 1:55 4-6. Cornell won all
three places in the' mile, shot put,
high atfrnP'two. mile run, and, broad
Jump. Don McLaren, j another Port
land boy, tied for first place In the
high Jump with Alma Richards and
Cady, two team mates,' with a jump
of 5 feet 9 inches.
H. H. Bailey of the -.University of
Maine recently established a new in-
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throwing the lfejpound ball 173 feet;
714 inches. The former record made
by Le Talnot ot Pennsylvania in 1910
was 173 feet 6 inches.
Coach Archie Hahn of the Wnitman
college figures that his track and
field team wlLT make a good showing
In the conference track and field meet
to be staged in Corvallis, Or., May 28
and 29, under the auspices of O. A. C
Don Thompson, a sprinter; Kdwards, a
quarter miler; Hoover, a hurdler; Kd
moDds and McDonald, broad Jumpers,
and Dement and Neiswanger weight
men, are the athletes who are show
ing up In good form.f
Two Men Make
Government Camp
T; Johansen and Charles Flgone of
07 Union avenue - claim the distinc
tion of being the first motorcyclists to
make the. trip to , Government Camp
this year. They left this city at 10
j a. nr. Saturday; morning. May 16, and
' reached their destination at 3:30 p. m.
1 G00 roads were encountered on the
trip to the cSInp, but on their return
it began to rain, making the roads
i slippery and muddy. Both rode Indian
! motorcycles. , t
Michigan Oarsmen.
Go Over Distance
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j University of Michigan has a rowing
course modeled after the national
stretch on the-SchuylkUl river, PhlU
delphla." The Ann Arbor" college stretch
.500 is the Henley mile and 650-yard dis
tance, and the first events will be de
cided on May 29, when the Grand Rap
Ids Boat club crew and the Detroit
.e:4 Boat' club eight will race. "
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SS CtfLTS RUN PREAT RACE
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.3aj The unusual ' occurrence of a dead
heat between three horses was Returned
in th Walton 2-year-old plate race at
"X Sandown Park. Kngland. . on April 23.
I,v3 Somali, Kitty 0?Hara ana the unnamed
-1S7 colt by Littleton-Portia finished so
3" closely together that the official eye
could not separate them. .
Illinois Wins Championship.
Chicago. May ; 22. (L N. S.) By
downing the Maroons on Stagg field
this afternoon by a
score of 4 to 1.
the Illinois baseball nine won the 1915
conference title. . v
NEW FOOTBALL
PLAYER TO JOIN
WINGED M TEAM
Whitt-of Minneapolis Coming;
Clarke Asks for Rein
statement. . I f.
Herman Wbltt. who atarred i as a
backfi eld player on the football eleven,
of the North Side high schooi of Min
neapolis Minn., a couple . of seasons
a so,1 will be a member of. the Multno
mah club football squad this fall, Witt
isx working In a local bank and Iras
started to practice punting.
In the scholastic games in Minne
apolis, Whltt attracted the attention of
a number of the big eastern college
coaches by his wonderful punting. It
Is said that his kicks averaged between
55 and 60 yards during1 the last year
he played in high school. --
Jack Marks, who coached the Notre
Dame university eleven during the sea
sons of 1912 and 1913, when In Port
land last -winter stated that Witt was
a wonderful player, Whitt weighs 170
pounds j and is a remarkably fast
runher.':' 1 ';r-
t Dudley Clarke is anxious to turn
out for football again and be has filed
an. application for reinstatement as an
amateur with T. Morris Dunne, secre
tary of the Pacific Northwest associa
tion. The' matter will be considered
at the meeting of the" P, N. A. In Sep
tember and will then be referred to the
national registration committee. Clarke
has been out of athletics for a couple
of years and he has a fair chance of
getting back Into the game.
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WHITMAN WILL
PLAY 2 GAMES
WITH WINGED M
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Local Clubmen Go. to Walla
v Walla if or Game Upon
OctobSr 2,
- The Multnomah Amateur Athletic
club football eleven will; clash with
the Whitman colleger team on the Mis
sionary field in Valla Walla, Wash,
October 2 and In the falt'of 1916 tha
Whitman players will meet the
-Winged M" grldironers9 on Multnomah
field. .Contracts calling, for the two
games will be signed In the near fu
ture by Coach-elect Vincent Borleske
of Whitman college and Dow V. Walk
er of the Multnomah club.
This fall will be the first tirno that
the local Club team has clashed with
the Whitman team off Its own field.
The ' Multnomah team,' has played
Whitman four times, winning- three of
the contests. In 1902, the club men
downed Whitman 21 to 0 and in 106
9 to 0. The Whitman team beat Mult
nomah In 1907, 14 to 6, and In the fol
lowing season, Multnomah won, 11 to
5. Since that time no games have been
scheduled between the two institu
tions. Although ft Is rather early to talk
about football. Manager .Pratt tbink
that the club will have a very strong
team.
Williams Will Lead
Eastern Tennis Men
The eastern lawn tennis team, which
will " compete at the Panama-Pacific
championships, may include R. N. "Wil
liams, second national champion, who
will captain the -quartet, and O. M.
Church, who will finish his college
career at Princeton this year, and Wat
son M. Washburn, at present studying
law at Columbia university. The fourth
man has not yet been selected. The
contests will start at San Francisco on
July 10. . , -
Durbqrow to; Try to
Swim Chesapeake
Charles B. Durborow, the Philadel
phia bank clerk long distance swim
mer. Is anxious to accomplish two more
distance swims -before retiring. Hit
first effort will be between Philadel
phia, and Chester on' May 80 in the
n.u wr . Hur anrl thn th. tiler nrfm.
across the Chesapeake' bay on June 26.
MAST NOW A FLAGPOLE
r The Philadelphia. Corinthian Yacht
club, locatea at Kssmgion near fnua
detphia on the Delaware, has purchased
the steel ma at of the sloop Defiance
and will use it as a flap pole
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Jockey ' Celebrates Blrflt. ; i
Tom Cannon, th: famous English
Jockey, recently celebrated" bis sixty
ninth birthday. lie had his first
mount and first win on the same day
in 160, when be was 14 years old. .
i : v Flan Sncceasful Rjrattai.
" Springfield, "Mass.. are planning to
make the annual regatta of the Nation
al Association of Amateur Oarsmen to
be held there August 13 and 14; a very
successful one. : - r ,
TOM WANT'S GOAT
WAS BROWSING IN AL
; ESPN'S PASTURE
Superstitious Salt Lake First
Baseman Thought Some
body Was After His Job,
A couple of years ago Max Michel
trotted the funniest rooter In the na
tion out to the Vaughn street baseball
park to aee Portland and another
Northwestern league team atage an ex
hibition of the national pastime.. On
could hardly imagine a worse game
than the two teams.-were putting up,
but Michel's friend was having oodle
of fun out of it. Finally the Portltind
pitcher walked three! men and filled
the bases, with two out. V He had three
balls on the batter, j In a piercing
voice, the rooter stood up and yelled:
"Just a moment, Mr. Umpire?' "
The umpire turned and looked at tho
rooter,' so did the batter and catcher.
And then the rooter continued:.
"When this man walks, call him out.
There's no place to put him."-
It was Al Jolson, the blackface
comedian, who happened to be in Port
land at the time. . Jolxon la retfarclcid
as the -greatest rooter at tli Polo
grounds; and they like his work in Chi
cago, too. ; .
Staked His Goat Good.
Jolson told Bert Lennon, the Chica
go writer, the following Interesting
story of how he tethered the goat of
Tommy Tennant. tbo Salt Lake first
baseman: . .
"Some years ago I was in San Fran
cisco. Tom Tennant was playing first
base for the Frisco nine. One day, for
no apparent reason, I hollered 'Wow!'
Just as He was about to catch an easy
pop fly. He missed It.
j "I saw a chance to have a lot of fun
with Tennant, and thereafter used the
exclamation at every: opportunity. He
became no angry at times that he
threatened to come up in tho grand
stand and giv me a good thrashing.
; "The show I waW with played In Los
Angeles right after the San Francisco
engagement; The Frisco team oHina
there some weeks after our openrng,
and the first game saw me in the
grandstand. Every time they threw
Tennant the hall I hollered 'Wow!' He
became so flustered and nervous 'that
ho had a hard time banging onto It.
! "After the gamehe called a friend
aside and told him he suspected I wa
following htm around the circuit with
the one motive -of ruining him as a
baseball player. The frtnd told hfm
that such an idea was foolluh. 'Just u
coincidence,' ! he aid. Ilo Just liau.
pencd to be In Los Angeles.' Hut Ten
nant only shook his. head wisely.
' "l next Jumped into vaudeville, and
was told to open in Portland. As luck
would have it; the San Francisco team
was playing there. I Of course, I wont
to the ball park, found a grandstand
seat well toward the diamond and be
gan 'wowing' Tennant. That was a
clncher for his suspicions. I cprtaln)y
was some one trying to get his goat
and Job. - :. - I
j X.aid Off for Three Tears.
' "I did not nap Tennant again until
three years ago. I was stopping in
Klous City,' Jo wa, on an automobile trip
from New 1'ork for the coaat, and I
went out to u ball game between Sioux
eity and Des Moines. Who should -I
see playing first base for Sioux City
but Tennant! I waited for a favorable
opportunity and then ttbouted 'Wowl':
"He dropped the hull. 1 never saw a
man so flabbergasted in all my life.
He remembered the voice, and stool
looking all over she grandstand. FiivU
iy he spotted me. i After the game ho
waited at the gato and grabbed mo hy
the arm.- . e -.; .
1 ""Say, pal, he said, you certainly
have got me going,. Who are you, and
why are. you trailing me all over the
country T When. I told him I was an
actor, and Just vena need to be 1n th
same city as he, his face lighted up.
and he sighed in a relieved sort of
way. rorget mat "wow" stuff In fu
ture, will your he said. I prorulaud.
jen nan 1 ana
friends."
jl are now gnt
Marathon Canoe '
Race lat 0ttaw4
' Ottawa will be the starting point ef
the 200 mile marathon which was won
last year by Gamble, and Thompson of
the lUdesiu Canoe eluh nf h. i,
under whose auspices the big classic
win in Hem mis year, xne annual re
gatta of the Canadian Canoe associa
tion Will be held hv t h Tnrnnt, I-'..,
Club on Toronto bay Auguat 7.
Milliken Trophy
Given to
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Mrs. Deborah A Milliken vf Nw Or
leans has presented to . the . Southern
Yacht club of that city a cup of solid'
silver costing 11000 which will b
awarded annually in an open content
for anv knockabout mtiln ulnnn Th.
iujru Mm uv7rii,ii-u loi t mi TCr J' ' tell
er won by her late husband. Commo
dore Milliken, In a regatta ot Pass
Christian. Miss., in 1854. .. .
Famous Courts Are
.Used by Military
The famous lawn" .'tennis covered
courts at Aufeull, tho scene of many
French international champlonshlpa,
are now used as a military hospital for
the allies. It is worthy of note that
the organizer of the hospital, and the
head nurse as well. Is Mile. Masson.
formerly women's . champion tennis
player of, France. ,
EXPECT NEW 440 RECORD
' Irthn, rnffv ma.vn: "Thlit la srotns-
to be a great season for quarter-milprs.
In fact It wouldn't be surprising if a
new quarter-mile mark was put op
tnis year. 1 ne spnnie ana .me 011
(on. rtma ut. Dreipnt are at a? noint
whre the marks will stand for some
time, while some of the field events
hardly will be. touched."
! 1 SHI HI m s'
' Tetnpleton Team Captain.
" "Ric' Templtstort, of Iceland Stanford
university, a member of the All-Amer-Ican
team which toured the Antlpodei
In 1913, has been elected captain of
the 191 track team.
"Five Bucks for "Each Homer.
Massachusetts women suffrage aeso
elation baa offered IS for every homl
run by Red Sox and Brave playerl
on the home grounds this season.