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BEGINNERS 10 CRACK BLUEROCKS TODAY AT PORTLAND GUN CLUB decora Humoer ot meaner Gun Neophytes Expected if Weather Is Fair, BIG EVENT ON WEDNESDAY Sportsman's Shoot Promises to Be Biff- Indians Cars for Social T.nd. STAR OUTFIELDER OF CAMAS BALL TEAM By Georpe Herts. Provided weather conditions are good a record number of new shooters are expected to participate in the third annual beginners' tournament to be held at the Even-ding Park traps of the Portland Gun club today. The shoot Will start promptly at 10 o'clock. In IS 15 the local club staged the sec ond largest beginners' shoot in the United States. Iast year the begin ners' tourney was a big success, but this season It is expected that the record established two years ago will be shattered. ' Will Hit Experts Out The beginners' event will consist o? 2i targets from the 16-yard line. Pres ident John G. Clemeon has made ar rangwnents to have th prof essional and expert shots of the club tfjssist the beginners in their first attempts to shatter the tar hawks. The high gun among the men shoot ers will receive a watch fob and a ilver spoon will be given to the high women shooter. Boh Festival Event Wednesday The Rose Festival event billed for Wednesday morning is an attraction that will bring a number of out of town Bhooters to th Everding Park traps. The event will consist of five 20-blrd events. The Rose Festival as sociation has donated a beautiful tro phy and in addition Henry R. Everding Of the Portland Gun club has put up four trophies. The event will be staged under the ' Iewis class system, the high guns in each division to participate in a shoot off under the added bird system for the Rose Festival cup. Will start at 10 -A, II. Shooting in the Rose Festival event will start promptly at 10 o'clock. Visitors are invited to attend the shoot. The grounds can be reached by taking Gresham. Bull Run or Estaiada cars at First and Alder streets. Cars have at a quarter to the hour. A ut omobilists can reach the club by going out the Powell Valley Toad. T. E. lKremus of Wilmington. Del., president of the Interstate association, will be unable to visit the northwest this season on account of an injury to Mrs. Doremus. Will Be Biggest of Snoots Present indications are that the Sportsmen's Association of the North west trap shooting tournament, sched uled to be held June 24. 25, 26 and 27 will be the biggest event of the season. Bhooters from all parts of the north . west and Pacific coast have signified their Intentions of entering. This tour ney is one of the most attractive in the sport on account of the many valu able trophies that are at stake. Seven hundred dollars have been added to the purses by the Portland Gun club. The program of the Pacific Indians' tenth annual gathering and slaughter Of clay birds the Westy Hogans shoot f the Pacific coast to be staged on the Everding Park traps of the Port land Gun club July 22. 23. 24 and 25. has been announced by Tyea Sachem Henry R. Everding, who is also the ecretary of the local trap organiza tion. Social End Made Prominent In preparing the program for this fear's tournament, the officers of the Portland Gun club took the social end f the sport into Consideration and promise the devotees of the trap game a treat. . Sunday. July 22. will be devoted to practice shooting, a 100-bird event be- "InSC scheduled. Four trophies will be I. warded to the high guns. The first day's event will consist of 150 targets to be shot in 10 and 15 blrd events. The division of moneys rill be arranged on the Iir Everding tystem. The same program Is billed for the second day, the money to be Bivided by the Jack rabbit system, there will be $250 added money In this tvent. Will Throw Outlaw Targets A number of special events have been arranged for the final day of the hoot- All targets thrown that day will be outlaws. The Indians' handi tap system will be used in this event Mid the prizes will be distributed to the high guns in classes A, B. C and D. The annual meeting will be held July 24 at 8 o'clock in the Imperial hotel. J mi ' ' ' y s-'V - 'h ' '-, f " I f " ; a i''; t ' , i '-r' ,9 -It' ' W$&&Kt - "' 1 4- 'Xt-' ' ? T lit "" - fri "f t '' l - i r"" I V'-. - 1 V, Youtk U rged to Continue Atkletics for War Englisk and FrencK Soldiers Playing Games By J. A. Pipal Athletic Director at Oregon Agricultural OJlege.. To pla.;- or not to play during war time seems to bj the quostion. I do not expect to answer this query once ami for all time nor for all question era For I agree with our friend Hamlet that there are mors things in heaven end earth than are dreamed of in "my" philosophy. I will sa.y, how- tary training for the general physical training and athletics In high schools: Xuket Is One Bided "Military training Is not an ade quate means for physical training, be ing not only very limited in Us ac tivities, but actually harmful in Its effect on boys less than 18 or 20 years of age. The musket is a one sided Implement, too heavy for young boys and inefficient and harmful for DALLAS CLUB BUYS STEEN FROM SEALS ever. Uutt there Is considerably more i older boys. Sir William Aitken, pro of educational life pr2parational in the I fessor of pathology in the Army Medi- I lay of life phi.osoihy than is dreamed of by the casual observer of sports. Thore was a time when athletics '.n our schools and colleges were looked upon' as a soit of a nscessary evil safety valve for surplus energy to blow off as it were or to put it in th I more modern phraseology, it i,avo itj boys a c.iance to work orr the rous,'h stuff" in their system, and it is theae people who st ill look upon athletics as a waste product of the "knowledse factories," who naturally are tho first when the seriousness of the war sit uation is forced upon them to oppose the continuation of intercollegiate ath letics. To tl'-om, athlotics only sug gest a waste of time, for in tlieir mind. play 4ife in the college is a sort of a loafers' mutual cooperative aSooeiaUon, wjste c! time, lavish cxpc.ndit.ire of money, hilarious students In the bleachers howling themselves hoarse at an athletic contest, when they should bo In Lackcloth and ashes. First to See Loss of Star These sajne people will be the first to detect in the war time conditions the possibility of a loss of a star or two by enlistment, and the ultimate weakening of the team, and the possi bility of the awful calamity of losing a game. Yes. and the shrewd and am bitious young business manager sees B. Blair, one of the leading members of the Camas Intercity league club. He formerly playe'l with Vancouver. BABY BEAVEKS IN GAME WITH STEEL WORKERS Intercity League Game to Be Played at East Twelfth and Davis. Pet. 1.000 .500 .400 .000 Intercity Baseball X.eaffu Won. lost- Kenton 6 0 N. W. Steel Co 3 3 Camas 2 3 Baby Beavers 0 4 Clayton Sharp's Northwest Steel company baseball tossers will tangle with the Baby Beavers this afternoon at 3 o'clock on the Vaughn. Street grounds. Blake will probably occupy the mound for the steel workers and opposing him will be Johnny Brandt, who is twirling a good brand of ball this season as the result of the coach ing he received while on the, training trip of the Portland Beavers in Hono lulu. The league leading Kenton team will cross bats with Camas on the Camas grounds. "Sunny" Moeller, who is doing a comeback in the semi-pro cir cles, will occupy the mound for Ken ton. Smith and Shea will form the battery for Camas. "Lefty" Schroeder, a Portland boy. has Jumped the Butte lineup and signed with an Independent club of Anaconda. Printers' Xieafue Won. Lost. Pet Journal 2 1 .667 Oregonian 2 2 .600 Labor Press 1 2 .333 Will Take In Palonse The second annual registered tour nament of the Idawa Gun club of Pa- louse, Wash., will be staged June 17, 18 and 19. There will be $500 added money. June 17 will be practice day, five 15-bird events being scheduled in addition to two trophies events. Pot latch and Garfield. C. A. Couplin of Palouse is the present- holder of the Potlatch trophy and N. M. Ragan of Palouse holds the Garfield trophy. . The program for June 8 calls for 10 15-bird event and the H. R. Everding event of 60 targets, handicap. The winner of this event will become the permanent owner of the trophy in ad dition to 25 per cent of the entrance money. There will be four trophy events on the last day. as follows: Bakers' trophy, now held by P. H. O'Brien; Idawa Gun club trophy, now held by H. R- Kverding: team shoot and Idawa Gun club trophy for women. 'There is also 10 15-bird events billed. Pollock to Manage Again President John G. Clemson of the Portland Gun club, has announced that Harry A. Pollock will again be man ager of the Portland shooters. Under the guidance of this able leader last . season, Portland shooters won a num ber of prizes, including the team race. T. W. Seavey, H. R. Everding, John G. Clemson. W. C. Bristol. E. H. Keller, A. W. Strowger and Felix Friedlander will be the local club members who will be under the management of Pol-Jock. The Telegram team has dropped out of the Printers' league and as a re sult the Oregonian team will be idle today. Next Wednesday The Journal will cross bats with the Labor Press team. Last Wednesday The Jouranl team overcame a five run lead and beat the Labor Press, 8 to 6. Porter Yett is putting up a good brand of baseball for the Camas team of the Intercity league. Danny Shea, who caught for Portland years ago, is catching for the Camas club and is getting a frlngle or two in eaoh game. Billy Stepp, the peppery outfielder of the Northwest Steel company team will be out of the game for several weeks as the result of getting hit in the eye with a small piece of steel. The Honeyman Hardware company team will cross bats with the Sellwood nine this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock on the Sellwood park field. Thompson and McDonald will form the Sellwood battery. "Red" Watts, who played shortstop for the Baby Beavers, champions of the Intercity league last season now a member of the Buick club, rec ognized as one of the strongest teams in Seattle. he possibility of lagging interest and urtailed gate receipts; and then filled with holy patriotic zeal, inspired by the aforementioned ideals, comes forth proclaim it our patriotic duty to play no more, but do that which when indulged in continuously makes Jack dull boy.' If athletics were for stars only, if ntercollegiate athletics were for harnfiionships and large gate receipts alone, if this type of physical train ing were simply for sport and the musement of the populace, then we ertainlv would be justified in throw- ng athletics on the scrap heap with other waste products of our modern ife at this time of national stress Wow Realizing Value Today, however, we are more and more beginning to recognize the de velopmental and educational value of college sports, and physical training Is looked upon not as a necessary evil. but as a positive constructive good n the scheme of a well-rounded edu cational system. Educators recognize n the well organized physical train ing: (1) Organic education; (2), In the coordination of the visual and tactual Ideas through exercise that demands agility, alertness, quickness of action and decision, etc.. develop ment of clear thinking. Herbert bpen cer says: "A highly elaborated tectual apparatus comes to be the uniform accompaniment of superior intelli gence." (3). In the strenuous and highly organized games like football, and others, honesty, fair play, cour tesy, self control, obedience and loy alty are developed in a higher degree than in any other school activity. This being true, there is little ex cuse for Intercollegiate athletics be ing suspended unless the war situa tion develops which would force the closing of our educational institutions altogether. Just now we are far from that stage, and we find our statesmen and military authorities urging that the young men in the schools and col leges should refrain from promiscuous enlisting, and emphasize that it was never more important than it Is right now that as many as possible should be enrolled in the courses of the col leges and universities and especially that the colleges and universities of our land can best serve the nation In this crisis if they will enroll as many young men as possible in the courses of applied science such as engineer ing, agriculture and medicine. Should Wot Be Neglected If under ordinary conditions ath letics and physical training is deemed essential to the scheme of education, certainly now when the nation is urg ing us to prepare young men for the eventualities of war, athletic training must not be neglected. Yet, at this time, when we should do real constructive thinking on the subject of physical preparedness, we have two falicies spring up. The one advocating substitution of military training for physical training in the high schools, and the other suggesting abolishing intercollegiate athletics in colleges during the war time. The first of these Is putting the cart be fore the horse, and the latter Is shoot ing the horse after you have him prop erly hitched. Dr. .Sargent of Harvard university, one of the best authorities on the re lation of physical training to educa tion and life work, has this to say regarding the substitution of mill cai School of England, in his book 'The Growth of the Recruit and the Young Solodier," says that boys given military training at 18 make oldiers who are less robust and efficient than men with whom this training was deferred a few years, remaining in civil life until after their bones, fieart. lungs, liver, etc.. were more matured and developed. Recruits of 18 require two years' special training before they are fit for military training. Recruits of 18 show physical immaturity which results only too frequently in their ending in the hospital or being dis charged as invalids. "2. It does :not offer sufficient opportunity for the development of the Individual's powers of muscular and mental coordination and the ex ercise of Judgment under unusual and trying circumstances. "3. It does not offer sufficient op portunity for struggle, which requires and developes a" spirit or cooperation and self-sacrifice, loyalty and a strong will. 4. The most military nations in the world do not have military drill In their schools, but give military in structions and training only after the boys have reached 18 or 20 years, and have received years of physical train ing as part of their schooling. May Foster Tlaaoldlerlsm "5. The same qualities that are of most value for war are of most value in peace. Military drill also is' lnad- quate as a preparation for the strug gle of peace, such as are necessary to sustain the place of the individual or nation In the pursuit of science. politics, commerce, etc "6. Military drill in the schools cannot teach boys the real art of war, since they are too young to handle the real weapons, and undergo the rigors of adequate Instruction. Hence It is apt to foster a bombastic mili tary spirit of "tinsoldlerism" and a false sense of patriotism which does not appreciate the seriousness of war nor the glories of . the struggle of peace." Instead of giving up athletics and substituting military training, we should have more physical training and athletics in our high schools. In stead of abolishing the intercollegiate athletics in our colleges, we .should have more extensive physical training and athletics in addition to more rigid and practicable military training such as Colonel Caldwell has developed at O. A. C. this year, which has become one of the most popular activities on the campus Instead of being a drudg ery, as military training so often is. Is 'Fundamental Baals Is not physical fitness the funda mental basis of military efficiency? And yet. Judged by this standard, we find ourselves most deficient. Accord ing to Earl H. Less' excellent article in the Physical Education Review, "physically deficient men sent to the Mexican border cost the United States 8300,006 and, as he suggests, it would have been much better to have spent that amount on the right kind of physical preparedness, 1. e., getting the men in shape physically before they left for the border. In the Spanish-American war out of 1000 ap plications for enlistment, among the journalists 700 were rejected. Out of 1000 lawyers. 500 were rejected, and out of 1000 preachers 900 were rejected." "These men were from the same types of men as we would look for today for the defense of our' country. Last year's figures show no improve ment in this matter, as late statistics from the United States army recruit ing station show that out of 2000 ap plications for enlistment, only 500 were accepted. During last year out of 11, f'00 applicants for enlistment in the United States marine corps, in New York city, only 316 were able to pass the examination. Out of 18 recruit ing stations from Boston to San Fran cisco 41.168 applicants for service in the main corps were received, and out of that number only 3833 were ac cepted. When the call for troops for the Mexican border came, one Florida regiment of 800 men had 600 who were unfit for military service. One thou sand Kentucklans, 500 were found to be in the same condition. In Maryland 50 per cent of the applicants to fill the Fourth and Fifth regiments were unable to pass the physical examina tion. In New Mexico 360 members of the guard were rejected in the physi cal examination. In North Carolina 20 per cent of the guardsmen were rejected by the medical examiners. In New York 250 men were rejected In the Forty-seventh regiment and the Seventy-first left 300 of its members behind. These men were rejei-ted be cause they were not physically fit. "A life in the army today is not a continuous holiday or a dress pa rade or being able to go through the manual of arms or certain evolutions does not constitute the whole equip ment for a good soldier." In fact, that is the smallest part of it. It is being able to dig trenches, climb moun tains, run or hike a few miles, carry loads, and in fact almost everything that requires a top-notch physical condition." Thus In getting ready for war. we should start the military training at the right end. If we do this, the physical directors and coaches of our schools and colleges and athtetlc clubs will have the biggest Job on hand they ever tai-kled, and certainly will have a fine opportunity to exhibit real pa triotism, and serve their country by definite constructive service. More contests will be scheduled. Greater effort will be put forth to interest students in intramural athletics and all lines of physical training and de velopment. Xerr Is Booeter for Training At O. A. C. President Kerr Is urging greater activity and more thorough ness in all lines of physical training The president of the board of control. Dr. Dubach, announced at the cloe of the college that all student activities, including intercollegiate and Intra mural athletics, would be carried on the same as usual, and it is my be lief that throughout the country there will be greater activity in all lines of athletic and physical training by next fall. We may not have as many people in the bleachers, but we should have more men in the contests. There may have to be certain read -4 Justments. Some of the colleges in the Big 9 conference are suggesting that since large numbers of upper classmen have enlisted, and more prob ably, will be drafted, that during the period of war time freshmen rule should be suspended, though I strong ly favor the freshmen rules, I believe the Pacific coast conference may' find it necessary to suspend it during the war time. Missouri valley conference at a re cent meeting decided that Intercolle giate athletics should be carried on the same as usual, but urges greater economy. Thus very generally over the country we are coming to the con clusion that calling off athletics by so many colleges after the declaration of war was simply a species of hys teria, and happily we are now recog nizing it as such. Save Athletics at Front At the front in Europe the English soldiers have their football, la cross, track, athletics' and other sports when not In the trenches. As Robert Ed gren says, "If armies engaged in the most desperate and continuous fight ing in the history of the world find athletic competition profitable, why ehould college men who will devote only a part of their time to military training give up athletics?" All emi nent authorities, Including General Wood, urge the continuation of col lege athletics. President Wilson, in . .... . ' 1 i (LEONARD IS EIGHTH CHAMPION AMONG THE i LIGHTWEIGHTS Abe Hicken Was First Ameri can Champion; Title Held by Jack Dempsey. TRY ARM AIDS SPORT ALLURING FOLLOWERS TO GET CORRECT GUN ; Mechanical Contrivance En ables Shoo.ters to Get Fire arm Made to His Measure. HARD BOUTS ARE STAGED OVERCOMES MANY FAULTS Battling Kelson and Ad Wolgast Fnt TTp Greatest Battle Welsh Most Unpopular of 133 Pounders. Pitcher Bill Steen. Los Angeles. June 9. (1. P.) Pitcher Bill Steen was today sold to tlu Dallas club of the Texas league by the San Francisco Coast league club. It was an outright sale and Steen was ordered to report to Dallas immediately. Steen and Manager Harry Wolverton of the Seals have not been on friendly terms for more than a year, and the trouble between the men culminated ir. a near-fistf ight a month ago. Bill Steen came to Portland from the Bloomington club in 1810 and formeu one of the greatest galaxy of pitchers ever turned out In tho Coast league. Steen, Gregg. Krapp and Seaton. Ho was sold to Cleveland for delivery if! 1912. He was with Cleveland until the late spring of 1915, when he was soil to Detroit. Detroit turned him ovr to San Francisco and he was a winning pitcher the fall of 1915 and In 1916, but has been unable to get started this year and was sold in the cutting down process of Coast league clubs to 16 men. Proper Pleoe Makes BI4 Dtffereos tm Shooting Tar Hawks Xasy to Fol low Coarse aaU srpssd of Birds. JUNIOR TENNIS ENTRIES CLOSE TUESDAY NIGHT Between 50 and 60 Young sters Expected to Partici pate in Events. Entries for the Portland central boys andlunlor tennis championships to be a recent statement, says' "I would be i decided on the courts of the Irving-ton sincerely sorry to see the men and boys of our colleges and schools give up their athletic sports." Then he adds "that athletics should serve us not only as a diversion, but as a real contribution to the national defense, for our young men must be made physically fit in order that later they may take the places of those who are now of military age, and exhibit the vyor and alertness which we are proud to believe to be characteristic of your young men." I wish to call attention to the fact that President Wilson is not simply theorizing when he suggests what athletic training means to our young men, for he himself was an athlete in iis college days and later was field coach and secretary of the board of coaches at Princeton in 1878, and field coach at Wesleyan university in 1889 and again came back to Princeton as field coach in 1890. Duty Should Be Clear When the president of our country speaks at this time of great national i crisis It should be very clear what our duty is. we snouia now De able to take a Tennis club next Wednesday, Thurs day and Friday, will close Tuesday evening at 6 o'clock. W. A. Goss, sec tlonal delegate of the United States National Lawn Tennis association. who is in charge of the tourney, ex pects to have between 60 and 60 en tries. Boys under 16 years old will be eligible to participate in the boys' event and those under 19 years will be eligible for the Junior events. , Practically all the scholastic play ers are entered in the tourney. The Multnomah Amateur Athletic club, the Irvington Tennis club and the Iau relhurst club will be well represented. The winners In the boys' and Junlo events will play against the winners of the tourneys to be held in Seayie and Spokane. Tacoma may also be represented in the final play. New York. June 9. (I. N. S.) Benny Leonard, new king of the light weights, is the eighth champion of his class with a clear title to the crown. Best of all. Leonard Is a 'egltimate lightweight, and no one can galnsav his claim, for he knocked Fred Welsh out after entering the pounds. It is a pleasure to register Benny Leonard as king of the lig nweights. for he is every inch a champion and a champion with a knockout punch. He punched his way to the lightweight throne over strong opposition, and when his chance came he won his title cleanly. Started In, Early 80's Back In the early '80's the little fel lows of the ring began to come into prominence when such battlers as Jack McAuliffe. George Fulljames. Billy Frazer and Harry Gil more attracted attention fighting between 128 and 133 pounds. In England there was no rec ognized lightweight champion previous to the '70 s. though many boxers made claims. The first American lightweight champion of note was Abe Hicken. who claimed the title after defeating Pete McGuire In five rounds away back in 186R. Time rolled on and with Hlcken's retirement the title lapsed Into obscurity for a time, until Joe Collyer of England put forth a claim to it. About the same tim- Bill Kd wards and Artie Chambers claimed the laurels in this country. Kdwards was matched with Collyer and defeated him. after which Chambers met and defeated Edwards, winning on a foul in 35 rounds. lATlnfs Was a Star In 1884 Chambers retired from the Came and Jack Dempsey won recogni tion as king of the legitimate light weights of the day. Dempsey, how ever, grew heavy in a short time and passed out of the lightweight class, when Jach McAuliffe announced him self as king of the lights and defended his crown against all comers unt'l 1893, when he followed In the foot steps of several of his predecessors and quit the ring. Then came Kid Iavigne, one of the greatest lightweights who ever drew on a glove. The Kid was a real cham pion and he held his title until 1899. when Frank Erne beat him In 20 rounds at Buffalo. Joe Gans came next, disposing of Erne in 1902. But the color line was drawn and most of the lightweights refused to meet Gans. Jimmy Britt got a match with Erne and Jefeated him. and then went after Gans. but GOLF NOTES 1 -51 Entries for the patriotic open golf chnmrionship to be staged on the blgser and broader view of the sphere ; Whttemarsh- vallev course in Phlladel- of athletics. Reorganizing the unlim- phia June 20, 21 and 22 will iose next ittd possibilities of developing through ; Wednesday. Competitipn wil. consist intercollegiate contests. those fine i of 72 holes. The chances that a shooter has of picking from stock a gun that Is Ideal ly perfectly suited to him are about two in a hundred certainly not more than five. This does not mean that you cannot go into almost any gun store and select a gun that will en- ring at 138 j able you to give a fair account of , yourself at the traps or In the field, for you can, because of the studied ef forts of gunmakers to strike averages of fit. Indeed, this Is one of the wonders of the art of (unmaking. But to attain the Ideal of perfection, the trapshoollng gun should fit the shooter's shoulder, arms, hands, fing ers, eyes, cheek; In fact, it should fit him from head to foot and within rriall fractions of an inch, for every part of a man's body has a bearing on his skill at the traps, other essen tials of the perfect gun being proper I weight, balance and trigger pull. Faults Discovered With bo many exacting conditions to be met, it would seem that the fit ting of a gun to a shooter was a con siderable undertaking, yet by no means is this true. A mechanical genius has simplified the operation by inventing the try-gun. He has worked out a system ot applying set screws and lock nuts to an ordinary gurvstock, thereby making possible any combina tion of stock, drop of heel or comb, angle of pitch, cast-off, cast-In, etc When fitting a gun to a shooter, the expert sizes up the candidate In a general way. then hands over the try gun to be thrown to the shoulder with out any adjustments having; been made. A critical examination will show, for instance, that the stock la too short, the drop is too great and that the cast-off is insufficient. These faults are discovered by the expert standing back of the shooter, in front of him and by having the shoot-, er rest the gun in the hollow of his arm and reach for the trigger with his first finger. The Fitting of a Oua The set screws are adjusted to com ptrsate for these faults and locked In place to permit the shooter to try firing at a few targets. If the gun fits naturally and goeji back to the same position every time the shooter throws it to his shoulder, and a fair number of broken targets result. It- Is safe to assume that the fitting has been a success, while if the gun does not handle easily and but a few or no targets are hit, the adjusting process is continued. When it Is decided that a good fit has been secured, measure ments of the adjusted stock are mads the ' negro refused to make weight. . on a car1 designed fcr the purpose and ship; mating "us mentally i Boston. In the recent Belmont Spring, ly as well as physically f.t j Country club tourney he registered the our country; we should in "core of 150 for 36 holes. qualities of courage, presence of mind, cooperation. self-sacrifice, loyalty, obedience to strict discipline, of manly righting spirit. courtesy and true sportsman and moral to serve our conduct of athletics be able to em phaslze those things that really count more now than ever. Gate receipts should not count. In fact, I believe that a percentage of gate receipts at all of our games should go to the Red Cross; defeat or anj 19U victory snouia De a mere incident. There will. I believe, come into our athletic relations a greater spirit of "get together" and trust each other. For we are all now working for a greater victory and a greater honor national vntory and national honor: Francis Oulmet, former open cham pion of the United States, is playing great golf, according to reports from Mrs. Caleb F. Fox won the Philadel phia women's golf championship for the fifth time, when she recently de feated Miss Eleanor T. Chandler, 7 up and 5. Mrs. Fox first won the title In 1902. She repeated in 1908, 1910 Benefit golf tournaments in the Met ropolitan association recently netted more than $S0.00O. Approximately 9''00 This g im is suf- colfers participated. ficient to purchase and equip 50 am bulance units. and Brltt laid claim to the crown. Cp to 1905 Brltt held his title, until knocked out in his famous battle with Bat Nelson at Colma, Cal. Oaas Won on Foul Nelson, unlike the majority of white lightweights, agreed to take Gans on and he lost his first fight with the clever negro on a foul In the forty second round. Twice after that he knocked Gans out. and his second vic tory over the negro so weakened Gans that he contracted tuberculosis, which caused his death. Welsh Beat W. BJtcnls Then came the terrific battle be tween Nelson and Wolgast in 1910, Wolgast winning in the fortieth round. Wolgast In turn lost his title to Willie Ritchie In 16 rounds, Ritchie winning on a foul. In 1914 Ritchie went to Ixrndjn to meet Freddie Welsh, and the Welshman was given a referee'i decision in 20 rounds. Welsh's regime as champion of the lightweights was niarkej by few real battlec, only one of which was over the 20 round route. Thss bout was against Charley White at Colorado Springs, and had It not beer for the fact that Welsh had his own referee In the ring, he mlcht have been un crowned at that time. His defeat by Benny Leonard marked finis to an unpopular career, and also marked a return to the good old legitimate light weight limit, for Welsh never fought at 133 pounds In any of his battles. Welsh, it must be said, was clever and a great ring general, but his stalling tactics took much from his brilliancy as a uoxer anj ring scientist. Benny Leonard, the new champion, won his title In his third meeting with 1917 Harley-Davidsons ALSO SPECIAL PRICES OS ; USED MOTORCYCLES Send for Bulletin Me. 140 Motorcycle & Supply Co. too roraiH st those k&xs tm Clatskanlj, Or. Birkenfield de feated the local team last Sunday by the score of 11 to 7. Poor support given Pitcher Kelly caused the de feat of the locals. Kelly made fou hits himself. Birkenfield will olav Sunnyisde today. t The following games will be played in the Fraternal league today: St. Johns Moose vs. Odd Fellows, Macca bees vs. K, & L. of S.. and Portland Moose vs. Webfoot. The leadership of the Fraternal league will be at take when the Mac cabees and K. & L. of S. meet. Both teams have been undefeated this sea son. Spalding baseball bookings tor to day: 2:30 O-W. R. & N. vs. Hood River, at Hood River. 3:30 Majestic vs. Alberta at East Twelfth and Davis. 2:30 Wabash vs. Miller & Tracey. at East Twelfth and Davis. 2:30 West End vs. Capital Hill, at Capital Hill. 12:30 Errol Heights vs. Brooklyn, at Peninsula Park. 2:30 Lang & Co. vs. Hiflsboro, at Hillsboro. 1:30 Columbia Park vs. Columbia River Shipbuilders, at Columbia Park. 8:80 Sellwood vs. Honeyman Hard ware company, at Sellwood. Reindeers vs. Rose City Park. 2:30 Arm co vs. Mikados, at Arleta. 3:30 Holladay vs. Oaks, at Mont gomery Flats. 9:00 Meier & Frank vs. Benson Rounders, . at Twenty-fourth and Vaughn streets. 2:30 Kirkpatiicka Carver, at Carver. : v' .; . i- .. , ' COMMITTEE TO HAVE CHARGE OF RACE ENTRIES Hunt Club President Appoints Members to Look After Entry Lists, In order to make the annual spring race meeting of the Portland Hunt club to be staged Saturday afternoon. June 23, a success, President Natt McUougall has appointed a committee to take charge of the entries. Mc Dougall himself will handle the en tries for the Columbia highway han dicap, the Portland Hunt club derby and a special match race. Miss He'.en Wood will have charge of the polo pony race. Eugene Oppen heimer will look after the quarter mile dash for Junior boys and the one mile relay race. W. A. Healy will handle the heavyweight race and po tato race for w)omen. James Nicol will be In charge of the gentlemen's hunters and women's hunters event. Entries for the various events will close June 18. Members desiring to enter their horses are requested to do so as early as possible. A suitable trophy will be awarded the winner of each event. The club track at Garden Home is being put in the best possible shape for the events. Trains for Garden Home will leave Tenth and Morrison streets at 1 o'clock, 1:15 o'clock and 2:15 o'clock. Frock High Amateur At Condon Tourney Condon. Or., June 9 The first an nual shoot of the Condon Gun club was an immense success. E. P. Froik was high amateur for the two days' shoot with a score of 191 out of 20. On the first day he broke 7 out of lOu, leaiing both amateurs and profes sionals. W. Burkholz won the Summit lotel cup with 23 out of 2o. I TIia rfSlitt of th Iwo rlnv.1' hr.nt tollo s : Ed Morris 191x200 P. Holahar. 191x200 E. P. Flock 191x200 Dr. C. Cathey I'88x20u Ous Dodeie I2x20o W. K. France 175x200 A Sarcy 164x2)u P. K. Srcy 15x2O0 J. Blake 85x100 M. Cumpell 168x200 F. 'Hallen 177x200 . Brown 70xU'0 C. Wood m 14 7x2(mi W. Burkholz 173x201 J. C. Willis 148x200 C. Goodman 139x20" J. Curtis 73xl3 C. W. Kohl 81x100 C. W. Hornson W2xllr0 BRANSFIELD IS SHOWING CLASS AS AN UMPIRE Former Pittsburg First Base man Rendering Good Service in N, L, J Mrs. H. A. Jackson of the Oakley i Country club recently annexed the ! women's championship of the Women's ' tlolf association of Create- Boston. This marks Mrs. Jackson's third vic tory In this event. Miss V'fra Ramsey of England won the tourney In 1915 and 1916. ! Welsh. The two met twice In New York last yA.r, each winning a popular verdict In 10 rounds. Leonard's most notable victory, prior to his knockout it is sent to the gunmaker to guide him In fashioning a stock. Fortunately for the man who al ready owns a gun that does not fit, a new stock can be made according to the fitter's specifications, or, in many cases, the old stock ran be altered. It frequently happen that but a single detail needs ;o be changed to make a gun fit to perfection, but that little change in the gun strx-k may 'make a big change In the shooter's average. Therefore the Importance of having the gun fitted to you rather than trying to fit yourself to the gun. Only recently a man who had tried trapshoollng with Indifferent success about 12 to 18 out of 50 went to' a club and had a try-gun fitted to him. Hn immediately proceeded to smash targets like an expert. He broke 22 out of 2T clay pigeons when his gun fitted him. His showing proved that he was better able to Judge the course and the speed of the "flying birds'' when hl hooting9' Iron was made to his measure. Preacher Opposes "Mcfirawism" Cincinnati, June 9. (I. N. 8.) Rev. Frank E. McMlllen, pastor of the' Wal nut Hills Presbyterian church, today headed a apetltlon In Cincinnati pro testing against "McGrawism" In or ganized beureball. McMlllen was at the ball park yesterday when Manager McOraw of the Giants attacked Um pire Byron. Tho clergyman said the protest would b circulated among those who witnessed the attack and then for warded to President Tener of the Na tional league. of Welsh, was his victory over Ritchie Mitchell at Milwaukee, when he won In seven rounds. I Old Douglas Grant, holder of the North ern California goV championship, has enlisted in the American aviation corp and is now en routto Pensai.-ola. Kl.-i. to prepare for active service. As the result of enlisting Grant will be unable to participate In the northwest golf tourney to be staged on the Waverley course the week or June 26. Jack Neville recently defeated Douff- Kltty Bransfleld is getting by ias Grant In the finals of the Bur- A military mass was celebrated on a recent Sunday in the Boston - Braves' grounds. " . . Professional. admirably as an umpire, and indlca tlons are that he will continue to hold down his berth as long as he renders the service he Is giving In the Na tiorral league this season. Bransfield's return to public notice this year recalls the fact that as a player he was a member of one of the greatest infields the major leagues have ever seen, an infield which de serves or deserved more credit than was given It as one of the best ever gotten together. In speaking of great infields, the baseball scribes always enumerate Anson, Pfeffer, Williamson and Burns; Tenney, Lowe, Long and Collins; Doyle. Reitr. Jennings and McGraw; Chance. Evers. Tinker and Steinfeldt; Mclnnls, Collins. Barry and Baker. In all falrners it appears that the Pirate four of 1!03 should be mentioned also. rnis great oia inrieia was com posed of Bransfield, Ritchey. Wagner lingame golf tournament by the score cf and 5. The Tacoma Elks' golf team will clash with the Seattle Elks on the Lochburn course in Tacoma next Sun day. Officials of the Women's Western Golf association have decided to set the week of June 24 for Red Cross play. During this week each of the 99 clube of the association will stage an 18 hole event In which each mem ber who participates will be taxed 1 cent for each stroke. ras f a V zip The patriotic golf tournament which, on account of the war, will this year take the place of the annual national open golf competition will be held at the Whitemarsh Valley Country club near Philadelphia June 22 and 23. Metropolitan Golf association, com- Petroskey Outpoicts Colling San Diego, Cal.. June S P. N. S. Sailor Ed Petroskey and Artie 'Col lins of Los Angeles, puffed and la bored through four tiresome rounds at Grltton's Athletic club last night and at the finish Petroskey was accorded the decision. The semi-final between Gene Wateson of Los Angeles and Johnny Cordova went to Watson by decision. BlUy King and William, Williamson fought four fast rounds the former being given the decision jap nomerw wud irvm a.io wr imam or -The interstate Three-Cushion Bil- , new structure are located on a tract San Francisco and Kid Dalton ot 1 lia d league will be limited to 15 fran-fof (round of mors than 100 acres and Angeles beat Kid Julian. . . - Ith'ses nxt season. - , ; . . , represent an Investment of $100.000., posed of clubs in New York city and and Leach. There was qualitv there vicinity, will present 84 ambulances to all kinds of it. The members'of that the Red Cto- on from ch club of old infield could hit the ball and field th association, if the present plan is better than the best of their day. and carneo. out. collectively they were as great as any Manhattan Country club recently other. If we are to believe the old ' completed a new clubhouse and golf timers who knew them in their prime, i course located between Baldwin and M ' VruiuiH jxntr f alanH T1A linlr. iA The Game Season Is Open Hundreds of featheriets birds are being shot. Oil up your gun. Hop on the car and hie yourself out to the nearest gun club. Clay pigeons are plentiful They're flying fast. Match your eye and aim against these speedy targets that slip out of gunsight in less than three seconds. You' II get your share of excite ment, fun and valuable experience. Writ i aadtkai WILMINGTON