Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-07-03

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to make this part of the program n
success, and it will only be up to the
contestants to make It so.
In the line of baseball the fans
can have an all-day run. In the
morning, at 10 o'clock, the first
game will be played between the
Fairmounts and Albany with an ad-
mission of 20 cents. This will prob
ably be a good contest, and a sort of
warmer up for the afternoon game
AT $3.50 the big Tri-City League
game will be called between the
Trunkmakers, of Portland, and the
Woodburn team. This is one of the
Irregular Tri-City games in the race
for the pennant, and is apt to be an
Important one, as the teams are
tied, and If the Trunkmakers should
happen to win here 1t would put
lWoodburn in a sort of bad way.
In the sporting department Lutte
Savage proposes to pull off a grand
handicap race with some of Salem's
most likely colts entered. M. King
er and Gus Schreiber will start even,
and Bill Anderson will start 10 sec
ords after the pistol shot is heard.
Water Baseball.
In the evening, at Z o'clock. a lit
tie different kind of baseball will be
tackled by Is Y. M. c. A. men. The
game is known as water baseball,
and will be played on the river at
the foot of State street The game
is played on the water, and is SINH
lar to indoor baseball. Each player
has float just large enough to hold
him up, where he does his playing,
unless, when a ball goes wild, he
has to take to the water and get It.
The batters have to swim the bases,
and II will be great sport to see the
.duckings the players will get tomor-
row night. A good swimmer counts
for more than a good baseball play
er In this game.
Street Sports.
The street sports will be COM
menced at o'clock, and will be held
on State and Commercial streets.
The first event on the program will
be n 400-yard relay race, open to Sa-
lem lodges, nearly all of which have
entered teams. Some of the men,
bers will probably run harder than
they have for some time, and be good
and sore for a couple of weeks.
A 1O0-yard race will come next.
followed by n free-for-all bicycle
race for the "kids." The three-leg-
ged race and other comical events
will come next, ending the street
sports at about 3 o'clock, and every
body will have plenty of time to go
to either the ball game. baby show
show or the horse races.
The pony races will be held on
Liberty street about 3 O'Clock. This
will be a free-for-all event, for any
one who has a horse he thinks can
win.
Along with the water baseball in
the evening the launch and all wQter
races will como Off. The launch
races will be the principal event, as
there are now some pretty speedy
boats In the city. Jack Rogers has
entered his new Eagle" and II Is
said that he he's a good chance OF
although Spauldlng's fast
little boat will be entered against
him.
There will be tub races in the ev-
ening, II any boys can be found TO
go into them.
Fireworks.
Cairman Gamble. of the fireworks
has everything In readi-
ness for a grand exhibition In pyro-
which will be among the
most elaborate that has ever been
shown here. Ben Taylor, who han
lied the fireworks so successfully In |
past years, has ben engaged to
-ouch them on tomorrow evening.
rhe display will be made from the |
sland In the Willamette river. In |
he morning a new kind of pyrotech-
lies will be used. known as Japanese
fireworks. They will be set of from
/ truck in the morning parade. and
when lit will assume the shape of
yarious animals.
Floats.
Chairman Greenbaum, of the float
and his able assistant
4ouis Josse, have been doing excel
ent work, and will present several
n the hest floats i'm the morning Da- I