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NOTED JOCKEY HAS
WHIRL AT VESSELS
IN PORTLAND YARDS
Boy Who Was Developed by Les Galbraith, Called by Geo. Wing
field and Contracted for and Set Down by C. K Macomber,
Doffs Silks and Dons Overalls Till Suspension Is Lifted.
HOW many Portlanders are aware that working in one of
the Portland shipyards is one of the greatest little jockeys
in America? And he is anchored there until next June,
when his contract with the millionaire turfman, C. K. Macomber,
expires, when he will return to his original owner, Les Galbraith.
the Independence (Oregon) horseman, who has campaigned all
over the country.
Willard H. Phillips is the boy's name, and he is said to be the
only jockey that won the whole card in one afternoon, riding but
one favorite. In fact, he did better than that the kid won nine
straight races at the Reno track in July of 1917, thus giving him
another record. Galbraith avers he is the greatest jockey the
world ever saw and that he will prove it' before he grows out of
riding weight.
When Phillips made his record at Reno he captured the last
race of the afternoon of July 1, all six events on July 5, and two
- the following day.
For the sum of $5000 .Galbraith gave Macomber the. first call
on Phillips' services, and when the boy won with Starhawk the
millionaire gave him $2500 on two or three different occasions.
Phillips and Macomber had ah
argument over a race arid Macom
ber ' net the boy down, since which
time he has been working In the
shipyards but is anxious to set
back into the saddle with Gal
braith's stable after June 27, when
the Macomber contract expires.
Started at 1915 Fair'
Phillips broke into the race
game at the world's fair at San
Francisco and was immediately
signed to a contract by Galbraith.
but let Galbraith, himself, tell the
story of the boy's rise in the silks:
"I developed this boy in the
bushes, taking him from the fair
to Spokane, Wash., where the as
sociation asked me to send thorn
two carloads of good horses. My
boy was very successful in the
races there. From there we went
to Helena, where Vhe won two and
three races a day. We had a
whirl at Olympla ' and Puyallup.
Jumping from the latter place to
Juarez. where we raced from
Thanksgiving day to January 6.
We Bhipped to Tia Juana, arriving
three days later, and began racimi
in mud and water knee deep. The
dam above Tia Juana became
filled too heavily with water and
broke loose, washing away the new
track and grandstand at Tia
Juana, besides a lot of farm land.
George Wingfield of Reno, the
millionaire Nevada turfman sent
to Tia Juana for horses to race
at his track, so we all went over
and that's where Phillips really
got his start.
Wingfield Had First Call -"When
I' arrived In Reno T
signed a contract with Wingfield
for the first call on the boy's serv
ices for that meeting. This recalls
a rather amusins incident when
.- Phillips and I happened into a
pool room In California. The g;is
was kidding me about my pug
nosed race rider. I pointed up to
the race board and told them that
some of these days they'd put a
ring around Phillips' name and
clear across the board. All of
which he made them do July 5.
1917. And the fifth race paid
$82.90 against $2. Phillips was on
a dog, but he won by a nose. Then
came a 10 to 1 shot in the last
race, a mile.- I wondered how
those sports at that California
poolroom were getting along, after
he piled up the fourth race. That
'last race was won by a neck, Riv
ing him the world's record. Two
colored riders and a white boy
rode five winners in an afternoon,
which was the best previous record.
Three a Long Shots
"Phillips won three races for
Billy Gemmel of Heler.a one after
noon at Tia Juana, all on long
shots and .one bird at 15 to 1. At
Reno's 25-day meet. Willard won
48 races out of 97 mounts.
"A. good, straightforward, honest
rr.ee rider has thousands of. friends
and, on the other hand, he has
many enemies. This is tha way it
was with Phillips, as ell as other
riles- of note. I had a great deal
of trouble protecting thiSjboy.
"We left Ren August r and ar
rived at Saratoga on the 11th. I
hadn't been at- the track 20 .min
utes until they were asking me to
let my boy ride the next day. I
told them that he had been on the
cars a long time anc" was In no
condition to ride. Phil Chinn of
llarrisburg, Ky., who had a big
stable at Saratoga, and an ovmrr
I used to ride for myself, came to
me and said, 'Galbraith. is this
boy as good as you say he is
I said, 'Yes. sir. I can't speak too
highly of him.'
Couldn't Handle Outlaw
"Chinn said that if such was the
case we could win a good bet. He
said: "I have a mare that is mean
and Dressy
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Former Columbia
Athlete May Join
Club Track Squad
Johnny Drlscoll, former Colombia
university student, who later attended.
otre Dame and the Catholic univer
sity at Washington, D. ('., may be a
candidate for the tracf team of the
Multnomah Amateur Athletic club
team this year. Drlscoll Is a middle
distance runner and established quite
a reputation while in the east, win
ning a number of medals and shields.
H. A. Cook, another Columbia ath
lete, who later registered at Notre
Dame, may also turn out with the
club team.
at the post and is a runaway. Be
cause of the rules here, I have to
pay $10 to the association every
time I race her because she has
to be led to the post."
" 'Well.' I said, 'this boy can take
her to the post. He can hold any
horse, that I ever could."
"Chinn didn't thrnk so, because
he had seen me win on a 1 to 2
shot at the old Bay district track
and then turn around in the next
race and win at 100 to 1. Well,
we had a good laugh over old times
and got down to business, Chinn
engaging Phillips.
Betting :s 50 to 1
"When he said " that he would
send his mare loose to the post,
the betting opened at 50 to 1 ; 20
to 1 to place and 8 to show. The
bookies laid 3 to 1 that she would
run away going to the "-post. My
friends and I made them rub that
3 to 1 off the slate. I d:ln't take
any of the f0, 20 and 8. Phillips
got the marc over to the post
nicely and handily. We won our
3 to 1, She was off in front and
finished second to a 4 to 5 shot.
"Chinn wanted to read my con
tract and I let him do so, lie of
fered me $10,000 for it. but I had
offered first call to C. K. Macom
ber, so I drew up a contract with
him for two years at $5000, which
is up June 27 next.
"I have turned out several good
riders, such as Johnny Bullman,
Powell and Fuller, and I have
ridden with all the good ones from
all parts of the world, but I say
Willard Phillips is the greatest
that ever put on silks. He showed
it in the West and East. He was
a good boy to work and good U
mind a little gentleman off or on
the track. His soul and body were
with his horse.
Rival Jockey Is Set Sown
"The racing public will remem
ber July 15, when he rode Wing
field's horse, Bank, to a whisker
finish against Spreckels' Sanga'lo
at Reno, with Kd Cudihee and
Slippery Elm bunched. He carried
top weight of 122 pounds. This
race created quite a sensation.
Bank winning by a nose. Jocl:ey
Gross on Sangallo had .Phillips by
the leg and his foot out of the
"stirrup as he crowded Bank iuto
the rail and, presumably, out of
sight of the judges, but a moving
picture was taken of the race,
which showed foul riding. San
gallo was disqualified and Jockey
Gross ruleJ off for life.
"Macomber . had started Star
haw in two derbies and one handi
cap, ani the great English horse
was 3eccnd three times. One of
these races was the Kentucky der
by! Starhawk had such boys- up as
Loftus, Buxton and Butwell up.
His first start with Phillips was
in tht Belmont cup at Belmont
Park. X. Y with 12? pounds up.
He won handily.
Owner Gave Him fSSOO
' "Right aftep- the race Macomber
gave $2500 to Phillips and $2500
to Gunning, the trainer. Starhawk
won the cup at Churchill Downs
under Phillips, who injured him
self, and Buxton rode Starhawk in
the Latonia cup, losing by a neck.
"As soon as the Macomber sus
pension is up, IH have Phillips
back with me and I guess we'll be
going East this summer."
Harvard Plans Athletics
Harvard; in , resuming its football
schedule next fall, may book ' a game
with Princeton at Princeton November
8, and stage the Tale game at Cam
bridge on- November 22. Harvard wants
the annual intercollegiate track and field
championship.
RACE RIDER BUILDS SHIPS DURING SUSPENSION
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You Cah't Kid a General
UNLESS YOU WANT A BATH IN THE RHINE
Bill Stepp Hunts Souvies
HERE we have a young man from Portland, Or., U. S. A., who
wishes the war was still on and there may be a few thousand
others over there who pine for the same thing, and there's
a reason. It's the dad-gozzled drilling; but at that, Battery A's
famous baseball team will be in good shape for the benefit game
to be played at Vaughn street some time next summer. Get your
tickets early for the seats promise to be at a premium.
All right, boys. Ready ! Aim ! Fire !
"Amanty, France, Jan. 5. Dear Bob : Yep ; we are still here in
France and I bet you thought we were some place on the briny
feeding the fishes. We thought we would be, too, but we had
another think coming that beat the first one all to h . I really
think that your outfit has to have a long straw with the fighing
Y to get a chance to leave this sunnyless land.
"Without any kidding, I wish the
war was still on, as we have to do
more training now than we did be
fore we hit the front. It's squads
east and west all day, and whenever
we are not doing that we have gun
drill and go through the same thing
they taught you at the school of fire,
but that you soon, forgot up there
whefe Fritz was the receiver.
8e Others Uo Away
"Say. what are the folks at home
doing about getting the gang back.
You know some of the other states
have put in for the return Of their
men at once, and by the way some
of the new divisions look they are
getting away with it in grand shape.
Believe me, the fellows up at the
front have earned all the good things
thai . they have in the warehouse
for them.
"I was just thinking of the good
times that we will miss this summer
when we are back home and lying
around the beaches. It sure will b
fine, but somewhat lonesome for the
"guys who were chasing Fritz up to
Valley of the Marne. I sure will
miss the night that I went out with
a lieutenant, who was a great friend
of mine. He was doing liason work
with the infantry of the 32d division.
He was going out over Hill 212 and
to the Onge river, and he asked me
if I wanted to go along.
The Souvenir Hunter
" 'Bill.' he said, 'You can get some
good souvies, when we get to the
town of Cohan.' You know I was
great on that stuff, so we set out at
11 a. m. We were having a good
time walking through the wheat
fields, and it was here that I met a
writer from Collier's, lying in a shell
CLUB MEETING
WILL BE STAGED
TUESDAY EVE
Multnomah to Hold Smoker and
Entertainment; Future of
"Winged M" Is Bright.
The annual meeting of the Multnomah
Amateur Athletic club will be held in
the club gymnasium Tuesday night, at
8 o'clock. It will be followed by a
smoker and entertainment. Every mem
ber of the club is urged to lfe present.
The club faces a brighter future at
the present time than it has since ita
organization. With the exception, of the
big clubs in the Hast, no athletic organ
ization of. tho country contributed ao
many members to the colors. Several
members of the club gave up their lives
for their country, and they will be hon
ored by their fellow members at the
meeting.
Soldiers Can Join Free
Every returned soldier Is given an op
portunity to join the club by the mem
bers of the board, who recently passed
a motion allowing ex-soldiers and ex-
sailors, who present their discharge pa
pers with their applications, to be ad
mitted to the membership rolls without
the payment of the initiation fees.
The entertainment arranged by -the
committee will be novel in every re
spect. Eddie O'Connell has a feature
up his sleeve, and Professor Mauthe
will introduce a stunt called "The Chi
nese Swat." "
Lockley to' Speak
Fred Lockley. who went "over there'
as a "Y" secretary, will b,e a guest of
honor at the 'meeting:. He will give a
short talk on some of the Incidents of
his work.
The following members have been
nominated for places on the board :
Kdward C. Sammons, C. Henri Labbe.
George. P. Dekum, Claude McColloch
and Fred L. Carlton.
70,000 Witness Soccer
A crowd of 70,000, enthusiasts wit
nessed the New Tear's day soccer match
in Glasgow between the Glasgow Rang'
ers and the Celtic team, which ended
in a score of one goal for each aide.
American Curlers Defend .
American curlers -wiir defend the Gor
don medal against a Canadian team In
Toronto In the aneient Scotch winter
sport February 14.
hole. He asked if they still had
the dope on this hilL
"Loot said: 'You mean?"
"He said : 'Just stay here and you
will see what I mean."
"And, bo. he no sooner ?ot that out
of his mush, when over came one of
the whizzies." 1 made a hook slide
for the hole and the shell and I hit
at the same time. The lieutenant
found comfort in another hole, and
after a few minutes the machine
guns were sweeping that same spot.
I heard the It. ask me to come over to
his hole. 'Off me, bo,' I yelled back.
'I'll stay here.' All the time I rested
in there I wag thinking of the kitchen
at the bottom of the hill, where I
should be, and not up here looking
for souvenirs. I could smell the din
ner cooking and must on my gas
mask to keep away from the slow
hunger coming over.
The Big Jfolse
"Over came another shell, and I
thought it had hit in my hole, but
when I raised my dome it was the
It. who had just made a header into
my shell hole. Bo, I didn't respect
his rank one bit. I said : "Say
Duke. the next time you ask me to
go out looking for Hun Junk it's go
ing to be toward the S. O. S.' Can
you beat it? He says, 'Come on.
Bill, I know where a swell hole is.'
Whoa, enough ! 'You can go, but as
for me,' I answered, 'I'm going to
stay here until the general moves
up and then I'll know it's safe to get
out of this place.'.
"Well, we Stayed there iintil 2
o'clock that afternoon, but every:
once In a while you can hear the
whistle of a bullet. The It. said:
.'Why,. Bill, that's only birds." Can
you beat it birds up there. I knew
right then and there that he was a
little off. But finally we got started,
and, keeping well to the side of the
hill or close to the walls of torn
buildings, we hit Reddy's farm. He
picked out a position for the batter--ies
to come up, and while he was
phoning I went into the infantry
advance posts to get some dope on
the' situation.
The Gen. Could Suck
"Bang ! One came in and hit
near us. And there was one briga
dier general who didn't know
whether to duck or not. After the
shell lit, he must have made up his
mind to duck, and duck he did. I
was looking over to where it lit and
saw some yellow looking clouds,
rise from the the spot. I looked at
the brig. gen. 'Well.' I thought,
'this old bird has not got his gas
mask with him. So I said: 'Gee,
that's mustard gas,' and I put my
mask on in double time.
"He said: 'Where's my mask,
eh? Help me get a mask.' There
was a horse mask lying by me, so
I handed It to . him, and say, he al
most ran me into the Rhine. '
Afraid to Go Back
"Well, I got a start on the It. and
waited at the bend of the road,
knowing that I better not go back
to where the general was. I didn't
wait long until the It. came and we
were then on our way through a big
wood, where there were lots of
Fritz, 'all gone west.' By 9 o'clock
that night he said, 'Let's have some
thing to eat" J I had almost forgot
ten about it, i so we had a feast on
the same old stuff you can find
anywhere, 'corn bill.' But we had
some treat, as we went through a
Fritzie's pack and got some of his
reserves. And they sure did go
great.
"We put the night In at an old
Hun dugout that was occupied by
three squareheads that had been
Btuck for the drinks by the Yanks.
We Just set them outside to do guard'
over us, as they wouldn't talk to us
and refused to pay rent, also know
ing that if they stayed till morning
they might have left a .bad odor.
Then about the time a guy gets up '
to go fishing we were on our way
to Cohan, and when we finally got
there. Frits never left a thing, so I
quit right there, as I had one far
enough, and concluded to (wait for
the gang.
"Some of these days 111 write
you about another trip, as there Is
nothing in the line of excitement
around here, except speculation as
to whether we'll be home before
snow flies next December. ' Yours
truly. ."BILLIE STEPP,
"Bat A, 147 F .A., A. E. F.
"P. S. Don't forget to mention
the benefit game." -
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Here we have Willard Phillis, noted
American jot-key, who is working
in a Portland shipyard during his
suspension at the hands of - the
millionaire turfman, Macomber, and
his winning of the Nevada Derby
at Reno, one of the closest finishes
in turf history. The black line
on the judges' stand shows . tho
finish line. The arrow points to
Bank, the winner, next to the
iail. Sennallo, with the "2" on
his saddle blanket, is shown a
nose behind. Then came Ed Cudi
hee and Slippery Elm.
COLUMBIA
TO RESUME
BIG MEETS
Indoor Track Championships Will
Be Staged in April; H. A. .
Cook Is Director.
pOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY will resume
its indoor track and field champion
ships this coming spring.
This announcement was made yester
day by II. A. Cook, formerly a star ath
lete at Columbia, who has been named
athlettic director of the Institution. The
date of the meet has not been definitely
decided upon, final action of this ques
tion awaiting replies to queries mailed
out last week to various schools in the
state. The meet in all probability will be
staged April 12.
Inquiries BeceiTCd
The Columbia meet is the first track
affair of the season, and the announce
ment that it will be staged again will, no
doubt, be welcome among the scholastic
athletic circles as well as by the athletic
leaders at the University of Oregon and
Oregon Agricultural college.
A number of inquiries regarding the
meet have been received by Cook since
his appointment as athletic director.
These have made Cook feel enthusiastic
over the prospects of staging one of the
biggest meets since the inauguration of
the events.
Cook Is Ex-Athlete
Cook was a member of the Columbia
university track team in 1912, 1913 and
1914, but his long suit was football, and
he played with the university team when
it captured the league title several years
ago.
Following graduation he registered at
Notre Dame and was a member of the
Notre Dame team for three seasons,
holding down an end position. He 'at
tended the officers' training school at
Camp Zachary Taylor and won a sec
ond lieutenant's commission.
Cook is at present engaged in coach
ing the Columbia basketball team.
Oregon Basketball
Team Beats U. of W.
Eugene, Feb. 8. The University of
Oregon basketball quintet won its sec
ond contest from the University of
Washington team tonight, 37 to 19. The
first half of the contest was close and
hard fought, but in the second period
the Lemon-Yellow team piled up 21
points to Washington's 2. Eddie Durno,
Oregon's star forward, scored 19 points
registering six baskets and seven out of
nine fouls. The line-up :
U. ofO. 37) Pi. IT. of W. (19)
Durno (18) P. Smith (2)
Fouler (4) F ...Talbot (2)
Lind (8) C ...... . Jamieson (2)
Silk (2)
Jacobberger (4) G Cook (11)
Brandon.
Chapman ( 2 ) U Cairm
Keferee George Dewey of Portland.
Lewis and Steelier
To Wrestle First
Chicago, Feb. 8. (X N. S.) Local
wrestling promoters today met here and
signed the first of a series of elimina
tion matches to decide whether Karl
Caddock is entitled to the championship
or not. Lewis and Stecher will be the
first card, Zbyaxko and the winner
meeting later.
Carpentier Much
To. Little for Big
Champ Willard
Heavyweight PBglllstie Champion
Jess Willard woald have a treaien
doas physical advantage over Georges
Carpentier, the French champion, who
weighs about 17S pounds and Is less
than six feeHalL Jack Uempsey, the
latest of the American challengers for
the title. Is six feet tall and scales la
condition about 1 pound. Willard
in condition. to. fight will' weigh per
baps. not less than S4 ponnds and
stands six feet six Inches In height.
His reach Is el inches.
HAS PIRATE
CLUB GIVEN
LEE MONEY?
Judge McCredie Seeks Info as
to Whether Draft Coin Was
Paid Over Feb. 1.
Rr It. A. C.
WJAS th Pittsburg club of the National
league overlooked its draft on Catch
er Clifford Lee. taken from the Portland
club of the Pacific International league
last September? Under the special rules
the major league club was to have paid
the draft price by February 1.
So far no check signed by Barney
Dreyfuss has reached the offico of Judge
McCredie for thetar young pitcner. on
the other hand, the New York Americans
paid their check to Secretary John Bruce
of the national commission on the draft
of Catcher Red Baldwin and the paper
has been negotiated by McCredie and
will be used to assist in building up the
2919 Beavers.
Judge McCredie endeavored to get' in
touch with Secretary Bruce or Chair
man Herrmann yesterday to learn the
status of Lee. If Pittsburg failed to
conclude Its draft on Lee by paying 'over
$750 to Portland. McCredie will immedi
ately ask that his young star, who led
the Pacific International in batting last
season, be immediately turned back. If
Lee comes back, the catching problem
will be solved.
Contracts Are Going Out
Judge McCredie prepared yesterday to
send out contracts to the names on the
Portland baseball roster. Some of them
will never see the training camp and
some are to be held for trading, pur
poses. The boys are : John L. Sullivan,
Lee Dempsey. W. D. Siglin, Floyd Farm
er, Frank Rapp, Harry Morton, S. J.
Cox, George Armstrong, Arthur C. Hit
ter, W. L. James, Henry Lay, W. G.
Shoup, Joseph J. Daley. Dick Mitchell,
J. W. Kibble. William Daniels and Ken
neth Penner. Bill Fisher, Ashenburg
and Clow were not retained.
I1II! Mnmpf Stamped
Bill Stumpf, who like Fisher works in
the shipyards, is in a quandary. Bill
received o letter of this portent from
Del Howard of Oakland : "Are you
going to play baseball next spring, or
not? Tell me one thing or the other."
Bill says he is afraid, o Rign and
afraid not to sign, as there is a little
matter of $100 in fine hanging over his
head for "yoomping." as they say at
Salem. Bill, too. quit the Coast league
for the shipyards last June.
Fisher to riay Ball
Gus Fisher has received a letter from
Bill Rodgers, Sacramento manager,
stating that he would send Gus' con
tract on in a few days. Fisher has de
cided to return to baseball this spring
after quitting tie Senators in the mid
dle of last season. No sign was fas
tened on him.
MULTNOMAH CXTJB HOUSE LEAGUE TEAM
STANDING
Won. Lost. Pet.
Team No. 1 27 .750
Team No. 2 10 17 .697
Team No. 3 14 22 .888
Team No. 4 12 24 .333
In Thursday night's games of the Multnomah
Club House league it took Willard's team. No.
3, to put the skids under No. 1, winning two
games. Farrell'a boys ran true to form and
took two games from No. 4. Monday night a
special match will be rolled on the elub alleys,
which hare been shellacked and" pat in first class
class shape, between the M. L. Kline team and
Standifer Shipyard fire. Public is inrited.
Multnomah Club House League
TEAM NO 2
1st 2d
3d
173
Hi
108
lfl4
174
Tot. Pet
484 161
133 133
435 145'
644" 181
507 169
303 153
Tot. Prt.
504 168
453 151
306 132
135 135
448 139
382 191
Tot. Pet.
486 182
405 185
R40 183
645 182
482 160
Tot Pet.
484 161
460 150
453 151
405 135
671 100
Mikkelsen ISA
165
iii
17
171
137
Warner 1B3
Stone 181
Pickard 1 70
Farrell 142
Brodie
Total 742 772 890
TEAM NO. 4
1st 2d 3d
McKay 174 165
C. ti. Knight... 140 149
Cunningham ... 141 151
Absentee 135 ...
Skinner 120 135
Judge Arnold . 102
165
165
101
1R7
100
798
Totals
. . . 72S
TEAM
7i)5
NO.
2d
171
lt
3d
Willard 147
IBM
Absentee . . .
Hoffmark ...
Beckett ......
White ,
135 135 135
15 100 197
191 102 162
169 175 13S
Totals
. 798 869 800
TEAM NO. 1
1 2d 3d
Ragun 161
Ott 181
J. IV Knight... 136
Absentee 135
Sclimelts 168
153 170
122 147
166 151
135 135
199 204
Totals
781
775 807
Leonard's Gloves
Go to Army Winner
The gloves worn by Benny Leonard,
lightweight "boxing champion, in his re
cent eight-round 'contest with Johnny
Durkee in Newark, will be sent to Paris
and presented to the winner of the
lightweight class tourney In the allied
boxing matches to be promoted there by
the Knights of Columbus:
PORTLAND'S BEST
SCATTER
TO MEET SEATTLE
Quintet From Everding Parl Will Shoot 150 Targets Next Sun
day Against Five From Green Lake Club; New Rules for Regis
tered Shoots Are Not Favorable to Northwest Tournaments.
IVE picked members of the
f will oppose a simil
will oppose a similar number
club-in a 150 bird team match on the Everding park traps
next Sundav. A return match
ov
,'er the grounds of the Green Lake Gun club Sunday, March
te opening day of the Washington Trapshooters' association, r
the
The selection of a 'team to.
has been left to the following members of the Portland club: II. K.
Everding, Jess Troeh and H," U.
pointed by C 15. Preston, vice president of the Portland club.
The committee will make public the names of the local team
during the first part of the 'week. Present indications are that the
team may be composed of Frank Templeton, state champion; J,
W. Seavey, ex-state champion ; Jess Troeh, Dr. C. F Cathey ami E
H.Keller. ' . - : j ; , - j -. -: -'
Conditions under which the matches will be shot arc that the
home clubs pay the railroad expenses of the visiting teams, pro
vided the visitors are victorious in the .match, otherwise the visit
ors will have to pay their own expenses. V
It has been suggested that in case
each team wins a watch a third
match be shot during the Washing
ton State Trapshooters' - association,
tourney at Seattle.
Some Protests are Made
While no objections have been
raised against the traansfer of the
manner of the handling of the reg
istered tourneys of the country from
the hands of the interstate associ
ation to the American TrapBhootlng
association, a few protests have been '
voiced against the manner in which
the new parent body plans to con
duct the sport.
" In the future. It is planned by the
American Trapshootlng association
to issue sanction for only 200 regis
tered tournaments during the year.
This will mean that the Pacific
coast states will get few registered
tourneys, as there are more - gun
clubs in the East than in the West
In the past there has been no limit
to the number of registered tour
neys, and this enabled the smaller
clubs to stage registered events,
while under the ruling of the new
body, only clubs, which have the
proper facilities will be ; allowed to
handle them.
, Protest Is Imminent
The new body plans to eliminate
long tourneys, but this may meet
with opposition here. The program
of the Sportsmen's association of the
Northwest tourney is a lengthy one
and there is no disposition on the'
part of the shooters to eliminate any
of the medals, some of which have
been in competition for a number of
yea rs.
Registered shoot programs shall
not be less than J20 targets and not
more than 200 targets each day. ex
cepting in the case of state cham
pionships, when on the first and sec
ond days the program must not be"
less than 150 targets and not more
than 20". inssert the new rules.
Pendleton Adda 9169
According to the present plans of
the officials of the Pendleton Gun
club, there will be $750 added in the
registered events of the Oregon state
championships to be staged May
' 4, 5, 6 and 7.
Much interest Is being centered on
this tourney by local trapmen. It
will be the first big -tourney staged
in Pendleton since 1904, when the
Pendleton Rod and Gun club staged .
the Sportsmen's Association of the
Northwest shoot.
Seattle Would Back Troeh
George B. ; Baker, vice president of
the Green Lake Gun club of Seattle,
is willing to back Frank Troeh, the
Vancouver jtrapshot, In a match
against any amateur shooters in the
United States for money, chalk or
marbles. Baker has expressed his
willingness ) to , back Troeh In the
match the Portland Gun club con
templates holding during the North
west tourney in June.
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Waiting on Rose Festlral
The dates of the Northwest shoot
this season depend largely upon the
dates of the Rose Festival, accord
ing to the officials. It is planned to
stage the j event during the same
period of time that the Rose show
will be in progress
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Green Lake "fjiin club of Seattle
of shooters of the Portland Gun
between the teams will be shot
shoot against the Pucret Sounders
Newland. The committee was ap
Wanamaker Store
Has an Athletic
Field Over Hoof
Kamoel J. Dallas, president of the
Amateur Athletic nnion Is also presi
dent of the Meadowbrook club of
Philadelphia, which hss developed
Into one of the biggest sports elnbs In
this country. It I attached to John
Waaaraaker's store.' Ths roof of the
big mercantile structure facing the'
city hall at Philadelphia Is fitted np
for outdoor sporting actlrlties. ltin
eludes a ten-lap to the mile running;
track, with room enough for a 60-yard
straightaway. The turns are
banked. The roof Is fitted Mith three
basketball courts and two,, tennis
courts. In case of snow or rain the
contests can be shifted to the drill
floor.
plon. Is now a Portland resident and
he will participate in Nomn of thr
matches to be shot over the club
traps during the season. Rsyburn
won the state title in 1915. He whs
formerly chief of police it La
Grande.
fthooter Suspends : Issue
Publication " of "the American
Shooter has ceased, . The magazine
was devoted to trapshootlng inter
ests throughout the United .States,
but lack of Interest killed it. ;
Will Discontinue Medals i
Shooting for the American Am
ateur Trapshooters association
medals will be discontinued as soon
as the members shooting for medals
obtain them, according to word from
the East. No new members are
being accepted. - . v
Class Merchandise Shoot Today
A class merchandise shoot will be
staged on the traps of the Portland
Gun club today. The event will
consist of 60 targets and there will
be prizes for the high score in each
of the following classes: A, B. C
and D. '
. Flans Junior Event
Felix Freidlander. president of the
Portland Gun club, 'contemplates
staging a junior trapshootlng tour
ney in the near future. .This event,
according to present plans, will be
open to youngsters between the ages
of 11 and H years. : Special trophies
will be offered the youngsters mak
ing the best, scores. ; :
Phils to Play Athletics
The'Phillies and Athletics will resume
ihelr Philadelphia city championship
series April 16. ' Five jatnei will ; be
played, .alternating at each park, until
April 21. Last year the Athletics won
the only game played, a benefit for thu
family, of , the late William Weart, sec
retary of the Baseball Writers' associa
tion. ..' '. V';:...; - t-y'- , . .
Boston to. Stage Meet r
:- The : Boston ' Al A. will : stage its 1 In
door athletic meet In Mechanics' hall.
Boston. March -'1. ' The club's annual
Ashland to Boston' Marathon race will.
It is ' expected,' take place as usual ' on
Patriots' day, April 19 'next.
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