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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
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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.
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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.
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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. .
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GLIMPSES TAKEN DURING NATIONAL ONE-MILE SWIMMING RACE
"Dempsey Only a Boy'V-Corbett
Control Is Lacking Now
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YORK, August 2 I. N.
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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?
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- 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,
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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.
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