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THE OREGON - SUNDAY - JOURNAL,- PORTLAND SUNDAY MORNING; AUGUST . 31919. 'DlOM'T SEE THE MARATHON BUT W& LOOKED SOMEThlNCr U1K-& This 6MMETT O.O. M06P0R.D , " g - .; ' wiiSELV r"T"'- , Illinois Athletic Glub WILLIAM L. WALLEN SWIMS TO FRONT IN NATIONAL RACE - Chicago Boy Negotiates One Mile Seconds, Defeating Harold Kruger of Oakland, Cal., by 20 Feet; Second Time Wallen Has Won National Event. By Earl R. Goodwin CHURNING his way through the smooth waters of the Wil lamette river by means of the American crawl, William L. "Buddy" Wallen Jr. of Chicago, 111., won the annual national one mile swimming championship of the Amateur Athletic union Saturday afternoon. The race was staged under the auspices of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic club over a 110-yard course located about 75 yards south of Windemuth baths off the west shore of Ross island. The time was 25 minutes 37 3-5 seconds. , It was the second time in two years that the Illinois Athletic dub merman carried away first honors in the premier event, and his victory Saturday was by less than a 20-foot margin over Harold "Stubby" Kruger of the Oakland, Cal., Athletic club. The swimmers who finished and the order in which they touched the finish line follow: W. L. Wallen Jr., Illinois Athletic club, Chicago, II.; Harod Kruger, Oakland, Cal., Athletic club; George Schroth, Oakland: Athletic club; Mitrie Knowaloff, Crystal Pool, Seattle; O. J. Hosford, Multnomah Amateur Athletic club, and Jack Pobochenko, Multnomah Amateur Athletic club. It didn't take the handful of spec tators to realize that the race was between Wallen and Kruger. The two fellows started together and at no time previous to the last 110 yards was the distance - between them greater than five or six feet4 The turns seem to be more of an advan tage to Kruger than to Wallen. for when "Buddy" - would touch ' the barge first the pair were even when they Btarted for the other side. Although Wallen declared that he used the straight American crawl throughout the event, it looked at times as though he navigated by aid of the rotary crawl, switching off to a combination scissors and . crawl. At any rate, no matter whether, he crawled or scissored, he staged a beautiful contest. The stroke that kept Kruger to the. front was the Hawaiian crawl, made fam ous by his former teammate, Duke Kahanamoku. GOOD TIMES MADE Time for the first half mile was announced as 12 minutes 35 sec onds, wih Wallen in the lead. The only lap that "Stubby" breasted the barge first was on the third turn. There was a slight mix-up between the two between the seventh and eighth turns and they changed lanes. Weller originally Btarting out' in lane three, while Schroth was No. 4 and Kruger 5. George Schroth and Mltrle Kono waloff furnished the real thrill of the afternoon when it came to close finishing, the biff Schroth entering . the final 110 yards a lmije behind the Seattle swimmer. They spurted and sprinted and by a final lunge Schroth hit the finish line first. This Seattle youngster will bear watching In future events, for he went right along with his more ex perienced opponents with ease. Nine contestants started, but only Blx of them finished. Jack Pobo chenko, wearing the Winged "M." made a hit with the crowd when he went the entire distance on his back, and be wasn't so worse at that. George L. Parker, one of the official timers, had the only watch on Pobochenko. but before the event was half over the timepiece slipped out of George's hand and started for the bottom of the Willamette. Jack Cody, swimming instructor of Mult nomah club. Jumped in and rescued it, but It had stopped, and no offi cial time was recorded on Pobie s efforts. OXE RECORD BROKEN There was only one record broken, and that happened when Louis Bruce, after more than 25 years of witnessing-athletic contests of a kinds without having to pay any Emission lees, was talked, into buy ing 'a ticket Plus, war tax tur day; The popular Winged M member was the seat of much kid- ding" by the other officials present who had Vtalked" themselves in. The crowd was rather disappoint ed, there being more canoes n than there were spectators. There was no accident of any kind to mar the afternoon, and the only thing that any of the swimmers - mentioned after the contest was the fact that the fumes of a gaso line launch near the course made breathing rather difficult. There was no complaint about it, although the first three winners noticed it considerably, they said. Those who faced Starter Frank K. Watkins were O. J. Hosford. Mitrie Konowaloff. William L. Wal len Jr., Harold Kruger. George Schroth. Leidigh McFarland, J. A. Caswell, , Jack Pobochenko and Harry Eddas. , Kruger and Schroth expect to leave within .the next few days for Philadelphia, where they are to take part in the National 10-mile , swim, while Wallen figures on-spending , a little, time In California before tak ing the journey to his home' in Chicago. . i . Men, Save, $2 Walk Two Blocks. 1 SlBC 1873 tow Rent Prices: XT Hy union uiaae 143 YVashinfftoiW Near becond bt I i ,frii i t m iw a a 1 Swim in 25 Minutes 37 3-5 NEWPORT Casino courts individual tennis series will begin August 4. A novelty will be Introduced at Forest Hills tennis championships in August in the offering: of first, second and third prizes for umpires, linesmen and foot fault judges. It is in line with the ef forts of the National Tennis Umpires' association to improve the officiating in tournament piay. Tennis enthusiasts will be given a chance tp see if the Australians can maintain 'the great record of former doubles teams from that country when Herman E. Brookes and Gerald L. Pat terson, as well as Randolph Lycett and R, V. Thomas, tackle the brilliant array of, talent entered in the Long-wood C. C. tourney at Boston, August 11. STREAMS ARE TO BE STOCKED Sixty Acre Tract Already Offered in Wallowa River Valley for -Artificial Pond. W1 sock-eye salmon have returned to the streams of Wallowa and Union counties for the first time in 21 years, active preparations are 'being made, by R. E. Clanton, master fish warden of the state, in cooperation with citizens of Wallowa county, to develop propaga tion work In the northeastern part of the state, so that permanent annual salmon runs may be assured. Mr. Clanton has been informed that", Ernest F. Johnson of Wallowa has of fered a 60 acre tract of land in the lower end- of the Wallowa river valley Just above the mouth of the canyon to be used by the state in the construction of an artificial pond where propagation work may be carried on. Plans have keen completed by Mr. Clanton. whereby a suitable propaga tion system could be developed, and actual work on the site only pends the appropriation of sutficient funds for this district. It is planned to place the entire 60 acres under water and then divide the pond Into two sections. In one section eggs will be taken and hatched, and in the other half the baby salmon will be held until they are a year old, when they will be turned Into, the river. Ultimately It Is the plan of Mr. Clan ton to build a hatchery through the cooperation of the state and federal governments and have this site supply all fish needed for Northern and East ern Oregon. Mr. Clanton also plans eventually to construct a fish rack or ladder, so' that returning salmon may enter the pond and leave their eggs. Many years ago, according to Mr. Clanton, the system of irrigating in Wallowa and Union counties practically eliminated salmon runs into that dis trict. In 1915 several million salmon w,ere planted in the irrigation dam at the upper end of Wallowa valley, but later the breast of the dam was height ened and the fish were unable to escape In any large numbers. A great number of the salmon planted In 1915 were marked, but only one of the marked fish has been captured in the Columbia river and peported to the fish and game commission. In 1916, year-old marked salmon to the number of 40,000 were released at Bonneville and, according to statistics prepared by Professor Rich of Stanford university. 5 per cent of these fish were captured In the Columbia and they are contin uing to run this year. This shows a big comparison between the number of Wallowa oounty and Bonneville fish that probably returned tip the Colum bia river and indicates that few fish escaped from the Wallowa dam. "The establishment of a new propa gating dam in ' the lower Wallowa val ney will assure . a permanent run of salmon into the -northeastern part- of the state and help to keen the streams in that section ' supplied with other fish." says Mr. Clanton. i . . Swimmer i i . - . - 1 111 "'vvv-i ti? mm M w fi i I t. ( ...... I f . i1 . i i . - . . ' s . . t: - . -. - - : I .''it - . ' Vtl LIFE GUARD 'WASSfe-BSate- Bsrgd WORK HELD I'-l rV' ..AM A IE UK I iju-i-.-- ' mini i inii'iri'iti'iriiin ii im mi i i rim t fr i jr i m - - )---- - 7 tTrrTTiii''TiTriiTiiitiiiriiiiiiitsiieiiiiriirirnirnTiTrTritTiirr r - yXXTX l ' '" " ' . "i""" "1 '" t y "J "i "liiH c linn n 1 minimum 10 mi 1 1 n ' ') 'PX'l'iiJii'i .i.y.iTTi 1 At the 'top, left, Is the start of the event, the arrow showing Wallen with his mouth open. He expected the water to be a little chilly. The man to the front is O. J. Hosford of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic club, who hit the. water first. At the bottom is part of the gallery which watched the contestants through the grind. At the right is William' L. "Buddy" Wallen Jr., of the Illinois Athletic club, Chicago, winner of the one mile Amateur Athletic Union national championship for the second time. Second honors were won by Harold Kruger of the Oakland, Cal., Athletic club. . LIGHTWEIGHT Boxing Champion Benny Leonard has a , 16-year-old brother Joe who will, make his debut in amateur tourneys this fall. Benny, Valgar, the French light webjht champion, and Johnny Kilbane are to .meet in a 12-round t contest in Cleveland Labor day. : Frank Churchill, who has been pro mpting boxing bouts in Manila, has sent to Australia for Fred Kay, the welter weight, who has defeated many Amer ican boxers.. French pugilists expected to visit this country in the near future include : Criqui, the bantamweight : Vitte. and Maroel: Denis, , lightweights ;. Bona, a featherweight and De Ponthieu, another featherweight who was previously in this country. Girl of Seventeen, Kin of Washington, Is Crack Rifle Shot One of the best shots' among the gentler sex at the big United States naval rifle range, near Caldwell, N. J Is Mlsa Mary Washington Morosint, a young society- girltof Essex Falls, N. J., Miss Morosini, who Is 17 years old. Is one of the many who have taken ad vantage of the opportunities offered for civilians to learn to shoot at the naval rifle range. On her first visit, she sur prised the naval officers by hitting the bulls-eye . three times out of five. A few days later- she made the remarkable score of 37 out of 45 at 200 years with a Springfield rifle. Miss Morosini's mother, who as Miss Bond, was famous as -a New York so ciety beauty. Is a descendant of those who wer .prominent In the Revolution ary war. Mrs. Morosini's forbears on both side were related to George Wash ington and Dolly Madison. . Takes First ; ; , . . -rrr- 1 1 GLIMPSES TAKEN DURING NATIONAL ONE-MILE SWIMMING RACE "Dempsey Only a Boy'V-Corbett Control Is Lacking Now "MEW YORK, August 2 I. N. 11 S.) "Dempsey is only a boy at the boxing game," said Jim Corbett recently while chirping fights with a bunch at his Bayside home. "You know what I mean, just a natural fighter who shoots ft all without thinking. Say, he's ' an other McGovern, or Ketchel. They were just like him. If either- one of those fellows were taught the finer points of the game they would have been rotten, and1 Dempsey will -be spoiled If-they try to teach him. He' reminds - me of a ' millionaire, spendthrift. He thinks it will last forever. Get me? At Toledo-) he tipped his mitt. He used everything he had In the first round. He should have made Willard move a bit, made him wave his arms. See What I mean? Then Jack, could have saved his- strength, measured his man nicely and' finished him. Instead of that he tore ait Willard like a bulldog. He wanted to, make that round. Wfllard was just stronff enough to save himself. ' ' "Kid McCoy' or Choynski would t have given Dempsey a merry ,tlme If he had been around when they were good. They could hit hard and hit like lightning. They would have stalled him off for aVfew rounds and then you'd have seen a fight that would make - two Kfl-' kenny cats look ' as ; though - they were stalling. .' f . , "Jeffries? Oh. , a good fighter. Yes, sir. a tough guy. He was so -big. '"You get me? Hard to hrt ' and hard ; to keep away. ! He " wo,,' naturally lefthanded, and, take it from me, that big left paw of his was always In your way, Dempsey and Jeff would have" been a ' bloody . mess. , Jef Cm weight would " have helped him a lot, too. He had tre mendous shoulders.' Willard lias no shape like Jeff had, although he is big- - A fairly good big 'man is hard' Place to to lick. They're always on top of you. "If this Dempsey ever learns to control himself he's going to be the best heavyweight we've ever had. As yet, he's onty a boy at the game. He has to learn to save' a little for the next round. That's his only fault as far as I can see." Robert Harper and Jack Wright Two Spokane Entries Spokane, Wash., Aug. 2. Jack Wright, junior tennis champion of Spokane and Robert Harper, with Wright the holder of the Spokane junior doubles title, win play in the British Columbia tennis championship at Victoria, B.r C. Wright and Harpr are entered in singles as ..well as doubles. .Following the British Columbia championships the Spokane players will return to Seattle for the Washington, state tennis cham pionships. ( Who Wouldn't Be Peeved at This? j - . " , - Three-X managers and players, are ob jecting to the policy under which um pires, after assessing fines, do their own collecting. It is said to be embarrassing to the play era and the umpires are not courteous as collectors. It was an at tempt by; Umpire Daly to collect from Manager Jimmy Hamilton of -Peoria that led to Hamilton giving the ump ,a beating, for which he was .dragged "into court a.nd ; fined, again and then sus pended by the president of he league: Hamilton wasn't klckin on the tine.. but he did' not fancy Daly -dunning him for National One GREAT Western circuit opens Its an nual light harness racing season at La Harpe, 111., August 5 to 7. Rochester horse show promoters get ting -away from the hackneyed cups of conventional design usually awarded class winners will distribute flat silver in Its Labor day exhibition, in one class, the prize being a gold vanity box valued at $260 for the best pair of harness horses driven by a woman. Kentucky State Racing association has advised - organizations under its jurisdiction to include events for Jockeys wWo have never won a race In order to develop competent riders. The Empire City Racing association meeting at Yohkers. N. T-, gave two races during its meeting- including a $25 donation to the winning jockey, sufficient to buy a pair of boots and riding breeches for the -youngster. The special polo match to show the worth of aspirants for the team which will be sent to England next year, will be held at the international field, Hemp stead, N. Y., Saturday, August 2. The teams will include Harry P. Whitney, Devereaux Milburn, L. E. Stoddard, Malcolm Stevenson. Henry C. Phipps, Lieutenant Tom Hitchcock Jr., Cornelius V. Whitney, son off Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Whitney; Charles C. Rumsey and E. W. Hopping. ' The proceeds will be given to the Nassau hospital. Fritsch Accepts New 'Posish'- . San Francisco, Aug. 2. Otto Fritsch, one of the best-known athletic .coaches of California, is visiting- here prepara tory to leaving for the Hawaiian islands. Otto has accepted a position of athletic director for the - high school at Hono lulu. : He Just arrived from- the marine debarkation . station - at Quantico, Va. Fritsch formerly coached the University of California in ' athletics during', the 1908-1909 campaigns and later was at Santa Clara before taking up work" at j Mare Island for Uncle -Sam. I Mile Ghampionship Ruling by A. D. Wakeman Takes Away All Professionalism; Spokane Affected. SPOKANE, Wash., August 2, Miss Bertha Keller, - star girl athlete of the North Central high school, has been declared an amateur by A. D. Wakeman of Portland, chairman of the Pacific Northwest association ' of the Amateur Athletic union, and is eligible to com pete at all competition staged for ama teur performers. A protest was lodged against Miss Keller by the athletic, authorities ,of the Lewis and Clark high school on the ground that she had acted as a life guard at the University club tank in Spokane, for which work she received monetary consideration. In announcing the decision the' P. N. A. ruling was to the effect that life guard work is not construed to come within the bounds of professionalism, but in the . event of any teaching work being done the life guard ruling does not hold, as a teacher in any branch of sport is a professional. - Camp Dix, Wrlghtstown, N. J., is be ing equipped with tennis courts. Maybe nobody has told you, says the THE REAL TOBACCO CHEW put up in two styles, RIGHT CUT is a short-cut tobacco W-B. CUT is a long firrf cut tobacco GOLFERS TO BATTLE FOR TITLE Gearhart-by-the-Sea Will Be tho Scene of the Annual . - Championships, (TVTB EXPECT a more representa W tive list of entries at this year's tourrtey than ever before in the history of the links," remarked O. V. Taylor of the Oearhart Park company yes terday as he gave out the list of com mitteemen to handle the '1919 golf championships at Qearhart-by-the-Sea. The tournament will be held the week of August 16 to 23. The women will qualify Monday, August 18, and will vie in the finals on Thursday ; the men will qualify, 36 holes, on Wednesday, August 20, and" the finals will be played on Saturday. f , . COMMITTEE NAMED The tournament committee as given out last night is as follows: Captain Roscoe Fawcett, IT. S. . A., chairman. Oraham Glass, president Waverley Country club, Portland. C. H. Davis Jr., Waverley Country club, former president Pacific North west Golf association. W. II. Nash, chairman tournament committee, Portland Golf club. : Henry w. Metzger, Tualatin Country club, , Portland. , John K. Dreher, Seattle Golf and Country club. : j i It. Kershaw, Tacoma Golf and Coun try ClUb., V V. .:-.:. C. W. Halderman, Astoria Golf club. W. 3. Patterson, Aberdeen' Oolf and Country club, former president Faclf io Northwest Golf association. E. W. Kay, Salem Country club. Walter McCormack, Eugene Country club. - G. A. Hartman, -Pendleton Golf club. R. E. Allen, Walla Walla Golf club. it Is expected that every golf club In the Pacific Northwest will be rep resented at the tourney. The events will Include men's cham pionship, women's championship, men's flights, women's flights, mixed four some, men's handicap, driving and ap proaching. FRIZES DONATED K. S. Ervln & Co. yestepday . do nated a set of Burke wooden clubs as a prize In one of the events, and A. O. Spalding Sc Brothers added . a box of golf balls to the prise list. This will be the ninth annual tour nament at Gearhart. The Oregon state tourney was held on the Gearhart link' In 1917 and because of the war no, tourney was conducted last) year. Jem Driscoll in Line to Receive British Pension Lack of funds Is. thought to have prompted the recent announcement by Jem Driscoll, retired featherweight champion of "Great , Britain, of his in tention to return to the ring. Lord Lonsdale, the noted British ' sportsman, at a recent . dinner at the' Eccentric, club in London, suggested, that .If it were true that Jem's i finances are In poor shape British sportsmen should vote him a pension for life In recog nition of the manner in which he up held -the honor of Great, Britain by his victories In American rings. The suggestion is 1 said to have met with the unanimous' approval of those present, and should . Driscoll declare liln willingness to accept the proposed as sistance there is no doubt that an an nuity will be arranged for hlra. TRACK AND FIELD NOTES Each ' country Is limited to 12 com petitors In individual contests In the seventh Olympiad to be runoff in Ant werp stadium August ,15 to September 10, 1920, Alfred Shrubb, the great little Eng lish distance runner, is to clash, with McRea. the present -.English 10-mlle champion in a race of. that distance at Ibrox Park, Glasgow, September 3. Jersey lty' first big track meet will be the Metropolitan senior games Aug ust 23. The snorts will take place at Union.,. Hill where a modern athletic field called Pershing field has been laid out on the site of an old reservoir. Judge Why this good tobac co costs less to chew. You get real tobacco satisfaction with a small chew. It gives you the good tobacco taste. It lasts and lasts. You don't need a fresh chew so often. It saves you money.
