C
GRAND CIRCUIT VILL
EXPERIENCE A MOST
DOUGLAS NiCHOL ON
MERRYLEGS VINS
CRONIN SILVER CUP
VELCHER'S PARADISE
HISTORY OF
TYRUSCOBB ISYHOLE
HAD CHARGE OP HUNT CLUB'S ANNUAU SPRING MEETING
IS APPROPRIATE TIE
TORN. Y. RACETRACK
USED IN
WORKS IN AT.ni'
LEAGUE BAT CIRCLES
t. i - r-
AN
E
Outbats - Everybody in Base-
Very Best in Harness Racing
-r Will BeOrder for Various
' Tracks,
Hunt Club Races at Garden
Home - Track" Prove . Big
Event. ' ' ' :
Touts Work "Gentlemen's
Tbey 7 Fly - Erratically : and Are
Agreement" Stuff Over
time, Disappear-lf Losing.
Very ard to. Hit, Say the
f Experts; v . ' ;
bal!,Makes More Runs and
Steals Most: Bases, ; '
THE OREGON t SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. JUNE 6, 1915.
PIGEON
SHOOTING
NffilG ON
PROSPEROUS
SEASON
HALF MILERS ENLISTED
Cleveland
s
Takes Ir.ad In Offerlzur
t . Stakes for Xiw Smii; Xjexing
tos Wants Tastest Horses.
i., - By Harry K. Devereax.
; President of the Grand Circuit.
Written Exclusively' for The Journal.
Beyond all doubt the grand circuit
for 1915 will enjoy greater prosperity
than has been its portion for some
years. I say this with full knowledge
of the fact that the grand circuit, rep
resenting the every best in. harness
racing, has been uniformly prosperous
through a. long scries of racing seasons,
i- lly reason for tnaklng the above as
sertion is that the stake entries clear
through the circuit have indicated that
there is a. more widespread Interest in
.the trotter and pacer than has been
shown for some time. . All the "regu
lars' are represented In the entry lists,
as was to be expected, and in addition
We; have a score of owners and train
ers who for some years have been giv
ing most of their attention to racing
on the half-mile tracks where the In
ducements have been most alluring.
" ' Those Inducements are just as great
thf year as they have ever been, but
the horses owned or" controlled by the
men I have in mind are too good for
-anything but the grand circuit. Hence
' we have them with us for the coming
season.
', .The, new: rules and regulations are
not so much rules and regulations as
54hey are the evolution of ideas. For
many years the big prizes on the grand
Circuit went to horses without reputa-
'tlon. In the parlance of the trotting
turf they were "green" horses, by
which is meant horses that had never
'done much in- the way of racing.
Cleveland Takes the "bead.
J' Thfs year Cleveland took the lead In
Its stake offerings by providing one of
Its best classes for Horses eligible to
'the 2:09 class. Then it went far in
advance of all other tracks and pro
Vided an 'equally good offering for
torses that had never won a heat fast
er than 2U34 in a race. The object
of that offering was to give such
horses the chances to race for a good
stake without having to meet horses
that had won heats in ,1:06 to 2:12
'Without winning a race."
; Under present rules no horses gets
an eligibility record unless he wins a
race. .
The reception given this offering for
horses that bad never beaten 2:13
was highly gratifying. We received 87
.entries for it, which is by long odds
: thf greatest entry list received for one
take by any member of the grand cir
cuit this yean On the other hand our
J:T9 trotting stake was giveni 20 en
fries, more than enough to satisfy the
most exacting track manager.
; f Following the example set by Cleve
land, the Detroit Driving club made Its
chief trotting- stake the M and M for
2:08 class trotters and was nicely re-
warded with 28 entries. Other graitain,doub almost to' the wire. F. C.
circuit tracks followed suit and all se
cured satisfactory lists. The support
accorded means that in the future most
iiof the rich stakes offered for trotters
will be for the fast classes, 2:10 to
2:07 perhaps faster.
- - Cater to Fastest Ones.
The Lexington meeting has gone far.
ther, perhaps, than any other member
Of . the circuit in the way of catering
"to the horses with . fast records, by
making the race for the Castleton cup
free-for-all trotters, the. first time in
the history of trotting that a fixture
was offered for horses of that class.
The errand circuit for 1915 consists
"of the following members with dates
as given: Cleveland, Ohio, July 19-24;
Detroit, Mich., July 26-31; Kalamazoo,
Mich,, August 2-7; Grand Rapids.
Mich., August 9-14; Montreal, Canada,
.August 16-28, -two weeks,- three days'
racing each week; New York, August
'31-September 4; Hartford, Conn., Sep
tember 6-11; Syracuse, N. T., Septem
ber 13-18; Columbus, Ohio, September
?0-October 2, two weeks; Lexington;
Ky, October 4-16, two weeks.
; The grand total of stake and purse
offerings for J915 will be approximate
ly $425,000. - Cleveland has opened the
circuit for the past two years and will
do so again this year.
WEST SIDEKS TO
MEET PIEDMONT
THIS AFTERNOON
East Side Red Men and Sell
.. wood Merchants Play at
jf,.' 'Sellwood. .
:-The West Side Monarchs will do bat
tle with the Piedmont Maroons, leaders
of the Portland City league, this after
noon, at 2 o'clock on the Peninsula
Tark -Annex grounds. Although his
team has a three game lead, Manager
Grayson will have his players put forth
all their efforts in order to win the
contest. 4;
Emery "Webb, the leading t wirier of
the league, will be on the mound for
the Maroons, and "Spud" Murphy is
'scheduled to do the twirling for the
west Siders Murphy has won two
straight games, and "Red" Rupert be
lieves ills youngster will be able to take
the Maroona down another peg.
Maroons down another peg.
t Currigan, th former East Side Red
men first sacker. will make bis initial
appearance with the Monarchs today.
To reach the grounds, take the Mis
sissippi avenue car to Portland boule
vard and walk one block east.
j The East Side Redmed, with a num
ber of new faces in their lineup, wfU
cross bats witb the Sellwood Merchants
on the Sellwood Park grounds at 2:30
o'clock. "Red" Lund will hurl, for the
East' Sidera and "Lefty Hleman for
Sellwood, V'
Fred 'McKean and Porter Tett will
appear in the East Side lineup today.
McKean will be stationed on first base
and Tett will play shorC Pritchard has
been moved over to second base and
Brown will play third. -
Rannars Do Not Repeat. '
. ' Not an eastern' intercollegiate 100
yard -champion hu 'twice won the
honor In the last seven years. Nate"
Cartmell of the University of Penn
eylvania was the last to repeat - win
ning in 19$. 1907 and 1908.
SEVERAL f CLOSE EVENTS
Wew Mount Trom , Eastern 'Oregon
Baach Makes Sensational Pialsh .
In Classy Contest.
While the time made In the races
wag nothing to disturb the equilibrium
of the racing world, the annual field
day of the Portland Hunt club at its
track at 1 Garden .Home yesterday pro
vided no end of excitement to the
throng of society people that crowded
the clubhouse and trackside. . .
Five Of the aeven races were close,
and one, the boys' pony race, was- of
the thrilling variety.
This race was a quarter-mile dash
for the A. M. Cronin trophy, a silver
cup. it was won by Douglas Kichol
on "Merrylegs." Holt Warrens on
"Bluebird" was second, and Ambrose
Cronin Jr., third on "Doris." Others in
the race were E. Tucker on ftis pony
"Marquiaa," Will. Warrens on "Midget,"
P. McCusker on "Captain" and J. Mc
Cusker on "Babe." The time was 27
for the quarter mile. . -f . -
One Entry Withdrawn.
Another race in which the prelimin
ary interest was rewarded by a hot
contest was the half -mile dash for the
A., and C. Fel'denheimer silver cup.
J. Nlcol's "Edge wood Girl." with W.
Walter riding, was first. VLady Myr
tle," ridden by H. Gruetter, was sec
ond," and Chester Murphy's "Ella Hart,"
ridden by Howard .Qharlton, third.
"Oregon Frank," who was to have been
ridden by Eugene Oppenheimer, waa
withdrawn because of injuries received
from barbed wire a week ago.
In the three-eighths mile dash for
the Mrs. R. H, Jennings sliver trophy,
the sensation was the running of J.
Nicol's "Flrlock Girl," ridden by
Charles Leadbetter. She finished a
strong third. It was the first time
she had ever been on a track. Barely
more than a week ago. "Firlock Girl"
was on a ranch- in the interior. She
was ridden into The Dalles by a 200
pound man, and shipped to Portland.
Her-shoes had been on only a week
when she ran yesterday. , First in this
event was "Nakomls," ridden by Eu
gene Oppenheimer. "Chitra," with W.
Walter up, was second. The time was
38. Chester G. Murphy's "Lady
Ruby" was ridden by Howard Charl
ton. Half Kile Dash Close Baee.
Another close, hard race was the
hair mile dash for the -W. E. Prud
homme trophy. It was won in 57
by "Tamarack," Claude V. Bowman up;
with "Call Bond," ridden by S. Volk
man, second, and "Mike Wisdon," rid
den by E.' R, Crebbs, third". "Gibson
Boy" was ridden by F. C. Livingston.
i ne mile relay race, run in quar
ter miles by three riders composing
a team from the Illahee Riding club
and six riders composing two teams
from troop A, Oregon Cavalry, was
a spectacular event, with the result
Livingston of the Illahee was first.
One of thef "blue" team of the cav
alry Was second. The "blue" team
was ' composed of Corporal ' Looney,
Private Keers and Private Keyworth.
The third team, also cavalry, was
composed of Lieutenant Copeland.
Sergeant McVeigh and rnvate Ad
am a.
Of the two women's races, the half
mile trot, class A, was ths best. J.
Johnson, ridden by Mrs. L. Gerlinger
Jr., seemed to be the favorite in this
event, but he got a poor start in both
of the two heats and failed to get a
place. The race was won by King,
ridden by Mrs. R. Wilbur, in two
heats, the time of which was :43
flat and :39. Thomas; Tongue's
Vlnca, witb Mrs. J. Nicol up, was
second, and Midnight, ridden by Mrs.
A. M. Cronin, third in both heats.
Other entries were Mrs. J. Murphy's
Brigidia, ridden by Mrs. Murphy; S.
Montague's Blue Eyes,0 ridden by
Miss M. Lawrence, and W. J. Burns'
Dancing Girl, ridden by Miss Ellen
Low Mills.
Soma Wine Trot.
Roma, witb Miss Rose Harrington
up, took the women's class B half
mile trot In two straight heats; time
1:55 and 1:53. Sunday Mac, rid
den by Miss Rose Stanton, was third
in the first and second in the sec
ond heat. Dotty D, ridden by Miss
Florence Day, was second in the
first and third in the second heat.
Waif was ridden by Miss Mabel
Weed. Mrs. N. McDougall rode her
own mount. Dainty Miss. This race
waa for the . Charles Leadbetter tro
phy. Irish Lad, ridden by James Nicol,
waa first in the heavyweight class
for" the Ralph W. Wilbur trophy.
George Stanley, on Fox, was sec
ond, and Chester Murphy, on Little
Jim, third j
Dance ' Follows Races.
All the trophies were silver cups.
Following ' the races there was a
dance in the clubhouse.
A. D. Charlton, J. C. Ainsworth
and Hugh Hume were judges. Thom
as Tongue, W. H. Warrens and R.
W. Jenkins ' were timekeepers. E.
Burke Tongle was starter and John
R Oronan. announcer.
Officers and directors of the Port
land Hunt club are: James II. Mur
phy, president: Joseph M. Healy.
ttIAV nrnaiident: W. A. Gruetter. sec
retary; W.. E. Prudhomme, treasurer;
E KL Oppenheimer. director: How-
.h C Charlton, director; A. M. Cro
nin, M. F. H.
Hardwick to Join Scrubs.
"r.fir" Hardwick. the former Har
vard university football star, will be
one of the most active coacnes at An
napolis that the game of football has
known. He intends to lineup witb the
second team in nearly aU its practice
games with the varsity in the fall.
C A. C-to Build New Home.
Chicago- Athletic club has had plans
drawn for an 18 story club house to
cost 2,60,e00. - It will occupy the
site of the present structure near Mad
ison street and Michigan avenue, Chi
cago, - , '.. !,.
1 Power Boat Races in July.
' The gold challenge cup races for the
American Power Boat association cup
will be held at Manhasset Bay, Long
Island sound; on July 31 to August 3.
Many; Seats ' In Speedway.
The new motor speedway being built
at Sheepshead Bay, Long Island, will
include 27 miles of seat&y , - .
The above named officers of the Portland Hunt club, in conjunction with the officials of the meet, yes
terday staged one of the most interesting spring race meetings in the history of the organization.
From left to right they are: Top row Al M. Cronin, master of fox hounds; W. B. Prudhomme,
treasurer; James H. Murphy, president; E. K. Oppenheimer, director; W. A. Gruetter, secretary,
and Howard C. Charlton, director. photograph by o. Elmore Grove.
Amateur-" &mi-pro&
Today's City Zseag-ne Schedule.
Piedmont Maroons vs. West Side
Monarchs at Peninsula park annex, 3
o'clock.
East Side Redmen vs. Sellwood Mer
chants at Sellwood park. 3 o'clock.
The Celro Kola team, which won
two out of three games from the Moro,
Or., team last week, will cross bats
with the McMinnvllle nine this after
noon on the McMinnvllle diamond. The
McMinnvllle team has a record of 11
straight games this season and a close
game is expected. Either Tom O'Dell
or Lefty Helman will do the twirling
for the local team, while Rube Foster
will pitch for. the valley town play era
The Celro Kola players are anxious
to battle with the Piedmont team in a
three game series on July 4 and 5 for
the city championship. If there is
enough interest, it is likely that ar
rangements will be made to play these
contests if It is impossible for the Ma
roons to arrange an out of town series
for Independence day.
Pitchers Webb and Moreland of the
Piedmont Maroons have each twirled
two shut-out games this season. Webb
whitewashed the Monarchs in the
opening game of the season and then
applied the white coating to the Sell
woodites. Moreland shutout the East
Side and Sellwood teams. Pitcher
O'Dell of Sellwood handed the Mon
archs a row of-goose eggs early In the
season and Osborne of the Monarchs
did the same stunt to the East Side
pine last Sunday.
Four members of the Celro-Kola
team, Infielder Garner, Pitcher Krause
and Outfielders Cotta and Herschler,
win appear in tne Moro-ione game to
day in Moro uniforms. These players
will return to Portland In time to par
ticipate in tne tnree game series be
tween the Celro-Kolas and Brownsville
June 9, 10 and 11.
The Lang & Co. team lost two games
to the Hood River, Or., team last Sun
day and Monday by the scores of rto
2. Fitzgerald and Bernhoffer pitched
zor me locai learn.
Heinle Wilson, the former Washing
ton high school players, is putting up
a great game for the Celro-Kolas. He
Is hitting the ball in fine style, and his
fielding is faultless.
Poor fielding behind the pitching of
Tom O'Dell gave the Golden Rod team
a 6 to 0 victory over the Molalla team
last Monday.
The Harriman club which broke even
in its series vwlth the Lewis ton, Idaho,
WOODLAND
The above picture Is of tbe baseball team of Woodland, Wash., which played three games on Its
. home grounds and- two away, . winning an but one. . Woodland has an ; ideal ball diamond on
, the Cowlitx county fair . grounds, u From left to right those In the group are: Back row
Harry George, right field; . Schumann, left field; B. EL Dale, treasurer; C. Kirch, third base;
" L. W. Field, president; Dare Griffith, shortstop; ' E. P. Bryant, secretary; Earl Drum, substl
tute; Alex Donalson, pitcher; - It. Stockdale, first base.' Front row Joe 7 Spechti "P. Schumann,'
catcher; Bob nlert, center : field, , ; - -
team last Sunday and Monday, will
cross bats with the Albany Athletics at
Albany today. Drlscoll is scheduled to
pitch for the railroaders.
Four games were played In the Pacific-
Telephone league last week, one
being a postponed contest from tbe
previous week. The results:
Installation Department, 17; East
Office, 10.
Batteries Hicks and Lemke; Wood
ward and Larsen.
Construction, 6: East Office, 1.
Batteries Craig and Kelt; Wood
ward, Landon and Metzger.
Commercial, 15; Main Office, 7.
Batteries Ault and Ashbaugh;
Wheeler, Landeen and Sideriua.
Construction Department. 7; Traf
fic, 3.
Batteries Scott and Kelt; East and
Thrall.
The Construction team leads the
league with six games won and one
lost. Three teams. Traffic, East Of
fice and Installation, are tied for sec
ond place.
Manager Jessup of the MontaviUas
has arranged a double header to be
played this afternoon at the Portland
Cricket dub grounds In Montavilla.
The first game will Start at 1 o'clock
with the Klrkpatrick Stars and the
second contest at 2:45 with the Over
looks. Both Montavilla and Kirkpat
ricks are among the strongest nines
in the city and a good contest is ex
pected. Yeast and Bryson for Monta
villa and Johnson and Watkins for
the Stars will be the batteries. Jes
sup will select Hager and Mlckelson
to do the heavy work the second game.
"Sunny" Moeller, the crack -southpaw
of the Piedmont Maroons, will
likely be out of the game for the re
mainder of the season, in one of the
early City League games. Moeller
strained bis arm and since that time
he hasnot been able to pitch over
one or two innings. He will likely re
tire - for the season.
Manager George Grayson of the
Piedmont Maroons is anxious to ar
range a series of games for July 3, 4
and 5 for a guarantee. For further
Information communicate with the
secretary of the Piedmont Maroons,
care Tbe Journal.
The Maccabees have been strength
ened by Lofstedt, a former Trade
school and St. Marys player. He is a
.300 hitter and a good run getter.
Ed Kennedy and Al Bartholemy were
the leading hitters in the Pledmont-The
HAS WINNING BASEBALL TEAM THIS YEAR
Dalles series. Kennedy hit three safe
ones in five times up, and Bart batted
out four safe drives in eight times at
the plate. Eddie Bogart batted .333.
The Maroons were faster on the bags
than The Dalles, stealing eight bases
to The Dalles' one.
"Wee Willie" McCorry, former San
Francisco and Spokane twirler, ' has
taken charge of the Sandpoint team of
the Spokane Tri-City league.
Barbagalata, who la twirling for the
National Laundry team, formerly the
Stevens Athletic club, used to pitch for
tbe Arleta school team.
"Mud" Ingles played shortstoD for
the Maccabees last Sunday, and assist
ed the North Portlanders in defeating
the Barton, or., team 3 to 2.
The Maccabeees would like to hear
from out-of-town teams. Write Dan
Nolan, 280 NOrth Sixteenth street.
The Vancouver Moose team will
cross bats with the Ridgefield, Wash.,
nine this afternoon at Ridgefield. Last
Sunday the Moose team defeated the
Pioneer, Wash., team, 16 to 3. It was
the first defeat of the season for Flo
neer.
Dave Gregg, brother of Vean. the
former Portland southpaw, is back in
the busHes with the Lewlston, Idaho,
club.
The lone. Or., team has won ten
straight games this season. Pitcher
Sperry's work in the box bas been one
of the factors of the club's winning
creak.
Knudsen, the Lincoln high school
twirler, struck out 17 Amity high
school players last Monday, but lost.
3 to 2, after an ll-inlng game.
The Bricklayers'- baseball- team
would like to arrange games with lo
cal teams. Telephone Sam Nauman,
Woodiawn zuis, after 6 p. m.
The Capitol Hill baseball team has
been reorganized. Teams desiring
games telephone Main 9107, or write
L.-C. Novak, Hillsdale, Or., B, F. D.
No. 2, Box 351.
The West Side Monarchs made ten
boots in its two-game series with the
Eugene, team last Sunday and Mon
day.
Ray Hinkle, the leading hitter of the
East Side Redmen, played with the
Piedmont Maroons at The Dalles last
Sunday and Monday.
HANDBOOKS ARE THRIVING
Authorities . .Try Kara to Sq.nelch
Gambling' But System In "Use ;
Ties Up Their Kands. .
New Tork. June B. "Birery Man is
Own Bookie, or, the Welcners Para
dise," Is the farce comedy being en
acted on the New Tork race tracks
in these supposedly bet-less days.
The dear old law of tbe Empire state
bars wagering of all sorts on Its tracks
but while it effectively has blocked the
nnnratlnn Af lnnifift stalls It hasn't
curbed the gambling Instinct to any
great extents vuenuemen-s- oets are
being made, with the result tnat
"welching" has become a common prac
tice. . - - 'if ' ' ;' :
VeVy few race horse lovers care to
see a race unless they can get a little
iinnm r 4 1 ThaiPA twtlns: tt.i hookies
to take their money, the spectators
Drowse around ana una priy- u
second part to tba' wager. They are
hot hard, .to find, even though the
guardians f the law peer round with
an eagle eye in an attempt to halt any
gamming.
A man either makes a bet or takes
a bet, as the caee may be. If he thinks
Wiggle Waggle will win the race, and
won.tn sl CIA tn tSO On WiZL'le
Waggle's chances, he won't have mucn
trouble in being accommodated. in
case he Winta lo back the field against
Wiggle waggle r.e n una cusxomero.
It's Oentle man's Proposition.
Tt law har. tnkcholders for bets.
That makes the so-called "gentlemen's"
bet a necessity. This consists of two
men making a Verbal bet, shaking
hands to Wnd the bargain, and agree-!
lng to meet at a certain spot after the
race Is run for tr.e purpose 01 aerams
up. But very often jne loser iaiis iu
be among those present at settling up
time. , . "
Of course, when a man lays a wager
with another fellow he coald clutch the
coattalls of the other fellow and con
tinue piiitr-.hincr them until the race has
been run. That would Insure the pres
ence of the other reiiow wnen seining
nn tim mum That would be a bril
liant plan should he be the winner. He
wouldn't have to spend any time hunt
ing up the loser for collection pur
poses. But suppose he were the loser?
Hlii own chances for fwelohing" would
be eliminated. '
The state authorities do ererytning
possible to stop betting at the tracks.
They try to keep the known bookies
away Should one of them get in the
officers usually "cover"! him. But the
hnnlrtot ntlcj IU.tM thl Uld emDlOVS
agents who circulate among the crowd
and gather in the bets.
Touts Play It Overtime.
"Welching" is not practiced among
friends, nor Is It practiced by the
agents for the reliable bookies, but the
one-time racetrack touts are the boys
v, ... ttirninr th trick. Ther usu
ally enter the grounds with little other
than their nerve ana try 10 coax numo
one who looks like ready money into a
bet They'll make the bet or take It,
as the case may be.
"I'll -see yon right here after me
race is over," says the tout. He does
in case he wins, nut ne very rareiy
oira h trouble to hunt up the win
ner of the bet should he lose. The
attar maklner the bet. seemingly
disappears Into the crowd, but he al
ways emerges at some point wnere ne
can keep his eye on the other party to
. v, .. RhnnM th tout win he Can
find the loser quickly; should the tout
lose he can disappear in a direction
which assures him of not bumping Into
. Vi a winner
The antl-bcttlng law certainly has
cut to a minimum tne wagering mat
is done at the racetrack, but It has
v. hitlniiiii of handbook mak
er- to flourish. . Many racetrack
ramblers, visiting the New Tork
tranr wnrv a sort of relay system
in making bets with the handbook men.
One of the partners goes to the track,
looks over the ponies, gathers in his
tipe and makes his cnoice ior mo coin
lng race.
rv.n Vi a AnAat snMKitnarer ta an
other partner outside the track, in-
. .1.1. n..tnF 1ia tn . hut.
DLl UUllUg V" " .
Thin nartner hikes to the tele
phone, gets bold of another partner lb
the handbook man's office and pass.es
th bAttinar Instructions to the
last partner who Immediately puts
down the money..
Olympic. Games of
Far East Up to Date
The recent far eastern "Olympic
games at Shanghai were held under
modern conditions. The track was a
Quarter mile and the baseball diamond
was strictly up to date. In addition
to a baseball nine, Japan sent Its four
best lawn tennis players, including
Kumaca. tbe champion. Osaka was
represented by two long distance run
ners, and also Its best athletes.to take
part in the maratnon ana mile race.
Swimmers represented Nagasaki, North
China supplied a large number of
sprinters and jumpers, - men at the
weights and also, a basketball - team.
South China ent swimmers, a. volley
ball team and cyclists: as well as
number of runners.
"V" '
Polo Association to
Get New Field Play
t ssiB"ssseBsBBsws . J i"
The Polo association bas taken over
the grounds of. the Point Judith Polo
club,- Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island,
and will hold tournaments there m
July and August of each year for the
purpose of encouraging polo and rais
ing the standard of play mong mem
bers of the association. The commit
tee will be able to Judge the ability of
the players and thus secure a knowl
edge of the men available for future
international contests.
T. MORSE MAY BE STROKE
'- Ton y Morse has stroked tbe Tale
'varsity eight to all of its recent vic
tories... He weighs about. 1ST pounds
and will be thoroughly tested - by
Coach Guy Nlekalls before be decides
upon tbe make-up of the varsity crew
which will oppose Harvard on tbe
Thames Elver, Kew Imdop. Jon Ji.
. By Samuel Wesley Long. ; J
-. . (In Philadelphia Ledger.) ; , ;
This pigeon - Is a funny bird, it flies,
--out nas no wings;. i
It cannot hop or Jump about, and It
never, never sings. . i ?
It would hardly be fitting to call
these lines ."the lay 'of the clay
pigeon,'' for this "bird" does not lay.
And we might add that the question:
Which was the first the Tlfton' or
the eggT: Is therefore not raised;
neither is the clay pigeon it's made.
Purtherj a clay pigeon is not a
clay pigeon al all. However, there
was 'a . time when clay pigeons .were
clay pigeons, at least in so far as the
cisy , part ; was conoerned. v There . also
was a , time when the use: of r cuss
words was -a bit more general than
now, but j with the : Improvement-' in
morals there - came - improvement 1 1n
'clay pigeons," thereby removing, the
cause for; some of -the most eloquent
and explosive cussln that was ever
cussed, -? Sounds awful, doesn't it? .
But ; put - yourself deacon 1 though
you be In the place of the old-time
shooter. . with, perhajs, a quiet little
bet on the side; you begin, to shoot
and the fblrds," even when weather
conditions are Ideal, "fly" erratically.
some sail high, others skim the
ground, still others travel but a few
yards, turn upside down or . do other
Stunts, all because of the Irregular
shapes of: the targets. . Those you hit
mind, this means h-l-t, not Just shoot
at sometimes break and sometimes
do not: tbe dont usually being when
your money depends , on the do s.
'.'Goodness gracious!"' surely such lan
guage is not unduly ernphatic-4for even
a deacon i to use' -under, such distress,
lng circumstances- ' . U
Now, : this was because "clay" was
In fact the Christian name ott "clay
pigeon"- in those; times and the stuff
varied . Inj degree of hardness t' from
tnat or saimon DricK to tne most
flinty quality, with-the result that if
but a few grains of shot hit a soft
target, the shooter scored, while If a
"case-hardened bird was to "be
killed.' it required that the charge
overtake i the flyer while ' the lead
pellets were in close "pattern,"
Clay Is Tamil y Xrame.
The "clay pigeon in use at present
masquerades under an alias ! both as
to surname and given name, I for it is
not,, and I lis ancestors never were
pigeons, while "clay" is but an hon
orable family name. 1
River slit and tar take the place or
elay, tbe pigeons being formed to
shape in molds operated with con
siderable; pressure. This compound
does not require burning, as was the
case when brick clay was used; there
fore the degree of hardness is always
the same and the weight and dimen
sions of the target uniform. .
Some of the old boys fellows who
have reached the slipper-and-plpe
stage will tell you of the . early
days when the average gun club, like
Klppllngs - "somewhere east of
Sues" was a place "where there aren't
no Ten Commandments' an' a man can
raise a thirst." And, too. the raised
thirst could , Ae drowned, for the
shooting : was largely Incidental : to
thirst quenching, and. in many In
stances, the - "club" was simply the
organized, patrons of a roadhouse.
The gun club or. as many prefer to
call it, the trapshootlng club, of to
day is a real club conducted for the
sole purpose of offerUtg facilities for
shooting i Inanimate targets. Chief
among the "safety first" regulations
Is "no liquor allowed on the grounds."
Furthertbe man. who aspires to rank
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PORTLANDERS SHOWING
Jack Oraaey Amongn ' Tea Xteaalag
' Smggers aad Obadboarae Seventb
la Bass Stealing' la Tederals.
Cyrus Kavmond Cobb, the peerless
outfielder of the Detroit Americans Is
leading his batting rivals In the Na
tional and Federal circuits by com
fortable margins.1 Cobb's mark of
.430 tops Benny Kauff'a average by 13-.
points and the Georgia Peach has a
mucn Digger ieaa over jLuaerus 01 ura
Philadelphia Nationals, who is the
leading bingle maker in Prexy Tener's
league.
In his own circuit, Cobb leads Ms
competitors. Jack FoVirnier and Joe
Jackson, by 64 and 73 points respect
ively. Larry I.aJole, the ex-Cleveland-er.
now with Connie Mack, Is banging
the ball at a .119 lip. Among the
other 300 hitters lb the American
league are Connolly, the sensational
college player with the Washington
team; Crawford, Kavanaugh and
Veach of Detroit, Mclnnes of the Ath
letics and Turner of Cleveland.
- Besides topping his rivals In, bat
ting, Cobb heads them in base steal
ing and run getting. He has scored
an average of 1.14 runs per game thi
season ' and has stolen SO bases.
Kvtns la the leading run getter in the
Federals and Vio Saler heads the
National leaguers. In base stealing :
l th. Malnna1 lanmt Ttnrnr TRrnfl.
ban, a surprise, leads with 12 stolen
bags to his credit. Lee Ma gee Is the
ieadlnsr Stealer-in th Fe1.
T. Clarke of the Cincinnati club Is
trailing right along behind Luderus
and Good of the Cubs Is following
right behind Clarke. J. Smith of
Boston. Jake Daubert of Brooklyn and
Fred Merkle of the Giants are hi tt In it
.323. Heine" Groh of Cincinnati, 'Who
lepped the National hitters , for, the
first couple of weeks of the season,
has dropped down to the .300 mark.
Connolly of Boston, J, Miller of St.
Louis, Hlnchman of Pittsburg, Saler
f Chicago, Lobert and 13oyle of the
rctanta O Wllunn Kt Lnlllii. ind Kil-
llfer of Philadelphia, are hlttlnir in
the .300 class. In the Federals, L.
Magee, Vincent Campbell, Mann, Ted
Easterly, and Tinker, who are well
known in Portland, are batting , well
up in the select circle.
Borne of . the former Portland play
ers are hitting, well up In each Of the
2S3; Bancroft. Philadelphia, 229;
Stovall. Kansas City, 242; Kruger,
Kansas City, 241; Berry, Plttsburtr.
231; Chadbourne, Kansas City, .229;
and Seaton, Brooklyn, 196.
Jack Graney is among the 10 lead
ing sluggers in the National league,
and Chadbourne ranks seventh in the
list of base stealers in the Fed circuit?
as a real shooter must at all times
be temperate, preferably abstemious
to the limit, for unsteadiness and
trapshootlng honors have nothing in
common. -
Considering th pleasure afforded
and ' the physical and moral benefits
conferred via the little saucer-like
disc, we raise our glass (of grape
Juice) -and offer the toast:? "To the
'clay pigeon; long may it fly."
Cornell Has Big Field.
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34 acres is to be unfenced and open
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