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..V1 .if j. Some of Us Are Still Weai Voolens v But tiie Batting Girls Have OpeJnecl Season Spring Is Here, So Vhat Do tlie Multnomak Mermai Js Care for Cool Air and Cold Water LOCAL BOXING FANS HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE El Two dozen members of the Ladies' Annex of ithe Multnomah Amateur Athletic clnb opened the swimming season officially in Portland last Wednesday, when they took a dip in the Willamette river. From now on they will swim regularly in the river until November. From left to right, those in the picture are: Top row Miss Edna Ring, Mrs. C. Wolgomot, Mrs. C. A. Kay, Mrs. H. A. Pflaum, Mrs. Fred Blessing, Mrs. Connstance Meyer, Mrs. O. W. Brady, Mrs. J. G. Seed, Mrs. A. von der Werth, Mrs. Joseph Reisch, Mrs. Grace Kadderly, Mrs. J. H. Lelghton, Mrs. David Smith, Mrs. Fred Bailey. Bottom row Mrs. R. Hesse, Mrs. W. G. Oberg, Mrs. J. U. McDonald, Miss Flora Payne, Miss Connie West, Miss Helen Hicks, Miss Thelma Payne, Mrs. Leila Ballinger, Sirs. Ethel Fairing' ton and Bliss Grace Berkey. Players Are Now Practicing for Tournament Which Will Be Staged This Spring, BASEBALL ALSO SUFFERS Continual Squabbling . Ove; Referees Tries Patience' of Men Who Pay at Gate)' TIE CAN TO INTRODUCING Too Stuck. Tims Wasted la TelUai Crowd sTames of Alleged 3oxerg. They Have Know for Konths. chedale tot Week lfa&s Otit, Provided ta Possnt Xnterf ere; Track Ath letes Backward la Training. GROWING DISGUSTED WITH HAM MANAG fhiiSsi! '. By Walter B. Schade. The 1916 Interscholastlc Tennis tournament Is rapidly drawing near. Thin comparatively new sport In lnter scholastlc activities baa aroused keener Interest this year, than it ever has In the past. If the Interest that la being manifested in the schools Is any omen t;of ths coming- success Of tennis, this year s tournament win d me oiggesi and best ever held. Bo far this year the weather has been far from satisfactory for ten nis play. In fact the early portion of last week brought forth the only wea ther that has been anywhere near suit- Able for ths sport. Tennis in the past has always been looked upon an a game that could not "draw Interest as a school sport. Al though It has been played as an lnter , scholastic game for only two years. It has proven to thone who know the game and Its finer points, that It Is rapidly growing popular among the high school set. Just what schools will be repr esented In tills year's tournament, which will be held the first week In June has not been definitely announced. But It 'la considered likely that the tourna ment will be between Washington, Lin coln, Jefferson, Franklin and Portland academy. Washington Practice Hard. Washington high players, the wln- ,ners of last year's tournament, have t been practicing hard and are sure to . but ud a good fight for the cup. Those J- who will probably be picked to repre- . .1 . 1 ..... I 1 V-...... ' -t ": Belli liiui nruuui ill uiq a biiiqicd .and doubles are Philip Neer, Jacle ;. Neer and Howard Werschkul. The ,'. llrls have not shown as much Interest as the boys and so far Miss Harriet , Johnson seems to be their only sure entrant. At, Lincoln thelnterest Is especially -keen, more so In the boys' singles than ' In anything ele. During the past week the players have been out on Mult ' nomah's courts most every day and . are fast rounding Into season form. -Among the boys who are trying out and who seem to be playing the best rams are: Paul Steffen, Harry Stev "en, Russel Col well, Deo Mallet and ' Konald Kelly. At Lincoln the girls ..are not going to be outdone by the boys and are working hard to make a winning combination. Those who are ' slaying the best game are the Misses f; Nancy Holt and Dorothy Stine. Juat who will represent Franklin 'and Portland academy should they enter teams is not known. But should 'they decide to enter they will be sure to put up some winning teams. At Jefferson Oeorge Begs and Marsh .Davis are showing ths best form. tan dings of the Teams. Won. I.oat. Pet. Lincoln l o 1.000 rnlnmhl, 1 (1 1 (Irtli .Jefferson 1 1 '.boo : Portland Academy . . . . o l .000 Washington o l .ooo Benson o o .ooo j Franklin 0 0 .000 xaln xnterxerea witn Baaeoau. One more week of Interscholastlc baseball has sped by and again rain has Interfered with play. The past 'week, however, was more successful. only one game out of three having to bs postponed. The paat week brought forth In ac- -tion four teams, Washington, Jeffer- ' aoh. Lincoln and Portland Academy. ''The first game of the week was be tween Washington high and Jefftrson. The Washington-Jefferson game Was won by a score of tj to the long '.end of the score being In favor of Jef ferson. The game was fast and inter acting. The pitching of Prescott of Jefferson was noteworthy. Prescott struck out 15, gave but two passes and allowed but eight hits. The second game was won by Lln- coin against the Portland Academy. .Portland Academy put up a fine game Land could Tweedls have kept up his : good pitching for nine innings the core would not have been 9 to 4 In favor of Lincoln. Knudson of Lincoln '.deserves eredlt for Lincoln's victory ' lis established a new interscholastlo pitching record. He struck out 21 and a'lowed but three hits. The coming week's schedule Is: Franklin vs. Jefferson, May 9. Washington vs. Portland Academy, May 10. Lincoln vs. Columbia, May 12. Track Ken Deterred. Handicapped on account of the ".weather, coaches of the scholastlo track and field teams have had little opportunity to get their athletes In .'Shape for the state championship meet to be staged at Eugene, Or., under the auspices of the University of Oregon Coach Earl Hf the Washington high school Is struggling along with a num ber of new boys and as they have had no competition there is no chance of determining what they can do. Coach Fabre of Llndoln will select his team from the. following athletes. Spearow, Fleke, Knudsen, Tannenssee. Lakeflsh, Busch, Grant and Hanson. vorumoia university win nave a tron team this year and according to . reports the . Jefferson squad lines up pretty strong. The other scholas tic teams are uncertainties. Jlamess Races to Start. Light harness racing season will 'tart August 1 at Santa Rosa, Cal. The races Inaugurating the Pacific coast Season will continue three days. iVllarrard university's new swimming pool Is estimated to cost $25,000. BASEBALL , voaATJUBCXXAXxoar rajuc Corner Vaughn and Twenty-fourth sts. vs PORTLAND Oaves; Begin Weekdays at a T. X.; t-j- t Sundays at 8:30 1. X. Reserved Box 8eats for Sale at Ed wards' Cigar Stand. . Sixth and Waan .. Ington 6u.., vv.; Z4!a Sayg Wednesday and Txiday. & 'MwimM-iw-y p nmwmj.i,mm, wiiim'iimimmr '"mur t- f . J -suit m's f - - oteHmmjm'i a -T"-r; jsS3SB$ J 1 -. -y, frs -vc . .."v J . - '-r'-lr - , f l in -i n iirT'i Yinr-J i i i i m i if ii r.iiiMtti itrtr ii ii i i-M-mm-i' i MaMMMawr-nn-ir--- iininii--rTTTnirr- fc: 1 " " " 1 ,.r'.'--"": . i . ' i I . ARE WALLOPING GLOBULE IN 0. B. Many of Former Outlaws Are Batting Better Than They Did Last Year, By F. G. M. New York, May 6. The Federal orphans who "horned" their way into major league Jobs this spring seem to be doing quite Veil, thank you. They are encountering no real trouble In their efforts to belt the offerings of the rival hurlers and som of them are playing afield in a way that over shadows the achievements of the American and National League mates. Shrinking Violet" lammed the leather beyond the .400 mark during the first week of the campaign ;i figure about equal to what he amassed In the Gllmore circuit during the open ing week of 1915. And this must be remembered: Kauff this year Is fac ing atrange pitchers. Last season he was acquainted with the twists of the filabmen. Roush, Kairden, Magee, Chase, Lou den, Konetchy and the bulk of the other Feds now cavorting on Johnson and Tener soil are playing beyond their Federal league form of 1915. What does this mean? Can it mean anytmng else than that there were some players In the 1915 Fed circuit as we contended who were superior to some organized major regulars? Oh, yes, It is early in the season and the Fed players may slump. But isn't it logical to assume that the more they become acquainted with the pitching in their new leagues the bet ter they will bat? And shouldn't they kill more hits when they learn where to play for the opposing batsmen? The Feds were generally 'spoofed at a year ago. They were classed by many as minor leaguers. Ours was a different belief and we feel that when the 1916 averages are compiled they win snow that the great majority of m reas now in major league uni forms acquitted themselves of the busner" charge. b . - .. .a MINOR BASEBALL Pitcher Collins of the Midgets struck out 21 batters yester day, enabling the Brooklyn Midgets to oereat the Telegram Carriers by score or 6 to 3. Howard Austin caught for the winners. For games with the Midgets telephone Irving Stewart, Heiiwood 1332. The fast Lang & Co. Royal Club baseball team will open the independ ent season at Hood River against the Hood Kiver Heights team, Carl Knudsen will be on the mound for the Lang team, while Driscoll is scheduled to pitch for Hood River. Manager Osborne would like to ar range other out-of-town games. Ad dress him care Lang & Co., Portland, Or. The Lents Grays were defeated last Sunday by the Peninsula Grays by the score of 16 to 7. But Manager Brooks of the Lents Grays Is confident that hs can beat them with his regular bunch of players and ''would like very much to arrange another gam with them or any other fast team In or out of Portland. For games with ths Lents Grays call Manager Brooks at Main 6869. or wrirje to him at Lents, Or. Attention, Fishermen t U the beading of the Flsb Bulletin!. Very latest dope oa fishing. You caa Mad It as pit 10 of tale sectioev FRANK M0RAN IS CROWDING JOHN D. AS CHAMPION Near-Title Holder May Make $100,000 in One Year's Fighting. Frank Moran .hopes to challenge John Rockefeller for the financial championship of the world. "I realize that Johnny has a few millions on me at the present time, but I'm coming strong." said the blond batter. And he Is. He has come along faster in a financial vtay than any other non champion in thle entire history of the ring. Seven months ago Moran was broke. When he fought Jim Coffey he got $6900 for that fracas. A few months later he mixed it again with the fel low with the beverage name and got $9994. Then oame the Wlllard fight which netted Moran $25,000, with mo tion picture rights included. Add to that what he has made in theatrical work and newspaper "writ- ings" and the - grand total Is around , $50,000 in seven months. Moran has in: sight two other match es, one with Garl Morris, which may net him between $30,000 and $45,000, the other with Jack Dillon which will secure him $115,000 at least. If he goes through with those fights before next October it will mean that the income for one year for this non-champion non-heavyweght ' will be about $100,000. Meteoric? What else? WELSH ALMOST CERTAIN TO GET BEATEN IN RING, Champion Would Lose in 20 Round Go Before Re tiring, Freddie Welsh announces that he will retire as . champion on July 7. 1917. Welsh may do it and he may not. It all depends upon whether or not hs tries conclusions over the de cision route with any one of the top notch lightweights in the game today. The day that Welsh willingly risks his title in a long bout will be the day that he will retire as champion. He has gone back so far during the past two years that sny one of the three leading lightweights Benny Leonard, Johnny Dundee and Charlie White can beat him decisively in 20 rounds. The chances of Welsh being knocked out in a no-decision bout are, as we declared more than a year ago, almost nil. The Welshman has a perfect de fense of his chin, and a body that can stand up pretty well under, a fusl lale of blows ;. If Leonard. White or Dundee hit Welsh flush upon the chin, the fight will - be over. But that is not easy of accomplishment Welsh always fights with his chin on his breast and ' with his guard covering the other vulnerable spots on his up per work's. i And that's why Welsh has been &bU to pick up lots of soft money during fths past year or so, bjr mingling :n scores , f , short bouts, without- belnit Knocked out Tom Longboat Again . With Tom Flanagan Longboat, the famous Indian Mar athon runner, is now a scout in the Sportsmen's battalion of the Cana dian expeditionary forces. Tom Flanagan, who handled him for the London Marathon in 1908 and for many other races. Is a captain In this regiment. Longboat was with the Ca nadian troops near Brantford, Ontario, but when he heard that Flanagan was at Toronto he started off and ran the 60 miles in two days. He was trans ferred to Flanagan's regiment and put in the scout section. . i Expert Tells DiseussesFirst ofThree Methods IN POSITION STROKE 5t-Ow By Jack Cod'. Swimming Instructor of Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club. The water bug is buzzing under the warming Influence of the circumambi ent ether and the fan and fanctte are shaking mothballs out of their bath ing suits and counting the days when the court of Neptune will again be in full sway along the Willamet e. In view of this fact it may not be amiss to say a few words on the different strokes, as many questions have been asked the writer in the last few weeks in regard to the difference between the single overarm, trudgeon, American crawl and the crawl proper. The Journal will publish a series of three articles dealing with these strokes, the last two named being taken up in one article, as the differ ence between ths crawl proper and the American crawl is very slight. The single overarm , is th most graceful stroke of all. it is not only the least tiring but the foundation of all other strokes, barring, of course, the breast stroke. The swimmer lies on - the right side, preferably, using the c-issors kick and at the sane time putting- the left, hand la7 ths,; atar. : VX World's Plunging Is Broken at St. Louis What is claimed to be a world's rec ord for plunging was made In the Mis souri Athletic association's tank in St Louis recently, when D. V. A. Smith of the Illinois Athletic club, plunged the length of a 75 foot tank in 60 1-5 seconds. The former record was 52 seconds, made five years ago by John Lichter. Dan O'Leary has covered 112,900 miles during the 49 years of his walk ing career. How to S wim St St TO MAKE STROKE Fig. 2. COMPLETED Fig. 3. RECOVERY TO Position i pointing the fingers down about -inches in front of the head. Tiie hand should be so placed that the sweep of the stroke will come back in a -ttialght line from the aforementioned position, ending with a downward sweep at about the left knee. Swimmer May Coast. This stroke is taken with tno kick and should be held a few seconds at the finish. ThU enables the summer to coast a& far as possible, tiie feet Being logetner ana tne toes pujniea outward. Then relax the arm mus - lr ; 3M- v cles, raise the elbow out of the water j were due to poor pitching and a lively aud bring the arm forward to position I ball. again for the next stroke. This should Well, once again the 1916 transpir be done slowly and while still under ings show up Barney. If Barney will headway from the previous stroke. take the grand batting average of the In the scissors kick the rixht leg Federal league players to date hotn goes back from the hip and bends "back In the National and American league at the knee, while the left is Drought and compare it with the grand batting and nearly straight It is a mistake average of ths National and American to draw up the leg too much, s the league rivals, ho will find that the thigh Is brought broadside to tbejeas are natting the ball wltb vigor. waj.er in doing so and imped-- the j . progress of the swimmer. When the , Mercersburg academy track and field legs are in position for the kick, bring athletes during the past 16 years has them together with an even and rather : won 70 championships, established quick snap. The speed of the stroke j three "world s records and furnished naturally depends on ths time one 1 mors than 0 captains of college and wishes to make in swimming. ' university ; teams. . , . JOCKEYS NOW ON RUNNING HORSES WORST IN SPORT Many Thoroughbreds Losing Because of Quality of Riders, New Tork May 6. The American turf needs more real Jockeys. There Is a dearth of experienced running horse pilots at this time and many good ponies fail to gain brackets simply be cause of bad handling. In the halcyon days of the turf sport there was a superfluity of great Jock eys. Then the game ebbed, jockeys rwere thrown out of employment and I followed other trades or professions, j Since the revival in many parts of the 'country it has become appallingly ap parent that there are only a ncore or two of real riders in the land. The others who are classed as jockeys are farcical. Many of the boys riding races today are not even competent to gallop them in their workouts. A Jockey must be trained gradually to be a real success. But the bulk of the riders of today have Jumped from the Job of stable boy to the backs of thoroughbreds. The horse owners realize that their mounts are Inefficiently handled but they are getting the best boys possible. The fault Is that no real effort ha been made during the past two or three years to properly train boys for their important task cf riding a race horse. The fault is being remedied by some owners who have employed expert tiainers to educate their "rookies." In two years or so the pupils will emerge as full pledged Jockeys, fully fitted with riding knowledge. But until then the majority of horses will be driven by joke riders; by boys whose lack of knowledge will send down to defeat many a good horse which, if properly handled, would be a constant winner. Barney Dreyfuss Is Recipient of Lesson When peace was made in the base ball world, Barney Dreyfuss. owner of he Pirates, uttered words. They were o the effectUhat "the Federal pitch-, -s were no good." Barney explained I fine records of some Fed pitchers declaring that "they ought to. ; in't they pitching against bush j leaguers?" y George McConnell was one of th j Fed heavers indicted by ''.arney on the charge of being a minor leaguer. He was with the Chicago Feds las: ' year. This year he is with the Cub. And now we wonder what Barney has been saying since this same ' "Bush League" McConnell shut out Barney s own Pirates and allowed them exactly i one hit? , hIt He said the husky batting aver-' im. laBt TM. fn th. mi,. i , ; Runners Not Out if Touched by Coacher President John K. Tener, of ths Na tional league, has Issued Instructions to his umpires not to declare base run. ners out for interference by the coaoh er, "unless the coacher, by holding the runner, has physically assisted him In returning to third base." President Tener advised the umpires not to call the runner out, even if touched by the coacher, when no play is being made. Honolulu will enjoy horse racing after a lapse of two years. Starting June 10 and concluding June 12 a trot ting and running meet will be con ducted. ' , If You Lack Personality; probably your clothes are at fault. A well-dressed; man commands attention. Let us make you a1 suit from our large and carefully selected stock of Foreign: and Domestic Woolens. 5 A Large Variety at The style will be absolutely correct, the fit perfect? and your clothes will convey the impression of good ; taste, prosperity and personality. Portland Tailoring Co. 322 Morrison Street. Portland Hotel Bldg. Henry W. Jacobson, Manager. I THE QUO ACftO.AT IS HAPPY EEwwzl wave fou rouNo THE TOUHTAtN OC YOUTH HE used to switch tobacco every few weeks. Then a friend gave him a little of W-B CUT Chewin the Real Tobacco Chew, new cut, long shred. Steady user now. Quit the refular thinf. A bu is lad bs found it, and just naturally passes ths ood word alon lf0fc'lobl Baia If WETMAW-BIDT0W COUP AMT. 50 Usms Sqsare, Rev Tarfc Gty Followers of the snort du box are beeomink somewhat dlngusted at thr manner in which some of the local so-j called an.l self-styled boxing cham-t plons Ktall around about official To hear them squabble would, thin! the world's championship was .,, a: stake. rf'''.K Much of this arguing could b one away with If the managers f ' thf various clubs would appoint a referee and uphold htm. If the boxers do not like the club referee let them seek their bouts elsewhere. lately a number of boxers have re- fused to box under Jark flrant. Who; is the best man avallnble in this sec-f tion of the country. Grant was In Un boxing gnme before some of the kldt. ever saw a frlove and because ha -ft not carried away with a whirlwind finifeh like most referees some of the boxers do not like him. U j One of the dinpleaslng features sf, the smoker lat Krlday night was the action of Paul Steele, chief second tor. Earl Conners of Taeonm. and Bobby Evans, who handles nilly Mascot. j Grant was Mrheduled to referee this event, but Steele, against whom Grant rendered a decision, refused to permit. Grant to referee, while Kvans. sent! Mascot out of the ring and was not going to let him appear unless Grant acted as the third man. Mascot, con fident of his ability to beat Conners. allowed the Taeomas to have the Win ner selected by Judges. . The sooner the boys and their man agers get together and cut tut a lot of this petty Htuff the better It Will be for the game. And, by the way, there ought io be an open neason on managers. WhO' ever heard of an amateur needing S manager. Another thing that should be cur tailed is the Introduction of a string of boxers Junt before the main events of practically every smoker Staged.! The followers of the game know most; of the boxers by Might, having .seen most of thpni in action, although lt'i admitted that most of them - look better when they are "dolled Up' than they do In the ring. 6- : j Lee Johnson, the colored feather; weight of Oakland, and Ted Meredith.! the colored lightweight of the U. S.l navy, will be billed to appear against local boxers In the Initial card of the Golden Went Athletic league May 17. j Johnson will likely meet Joe Bena-I mln. while O'Brien will probably be matched with Meredith. t;l Frank ( Barrleau, the former north west amateur welterweight champion, will appear In the main event of, the Hippodrome club boxing smoker to be' staged May 12. Billy Wright, willDej Barrieau's opponent. Barrleau holds the 152-pound championship of .thai Northwest and British Columbia. V Walter Knowlton Will meet Ed. Shannon of Seattle and Roy Ortoft of Spokane, will clash with Ed Boat right. The other events of ths cmrd are: Henry Krelger vs. George Bom mers. Bobby Allen vs. Tommy Clark and Joe Farrel vs. Joe Harrahan. Willie rtltchle. former world's light weight champion, who Ja- coming to Portland to visit his sister during the Rose Festival, wlfl appear in the main event of the next smoker - of the Beaver club, June 9. OVER THE REAL TOBACCO CHV $H)0 Men's SuiU to Order Jd Was ! SOT it tucko I 't VWAY IN MY CMllM I UJUDOt. IT MAKES f ( NyMETmuMQ A6AIN - r .