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THE MORXIXO OREGOyiAy. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14. 1911. - 1 r BASEBALL WAR 10 BE TALKFEST ONLY Both Major Leagues Laugh at Prospect of Real Clash Be tween Millions Invested. BRUSH ASKS QUESTIONS Xrw York Giants' President Would Know Why Ban Johnwn Picks on ' 111 Team Only and Points Ont Philadelphia' Errors. NEW YORK. Pec. IS. The baseball war between the American and Na tional leagues went on merrily today, but Indications were plentiful that It was to be a war of words only. Officially the National League attend- . ed severely to Its own affairs, re-electing President Thomas J. Lynch and Ig noring the resolution adopted yester- . day by the American. Unofficially both major leasuea laughed at the prospect of a real encounter between the millions of dollars Invested In each. Tteket Scandal la ptllsht. The world's series ticket scandal ' continued to hold the spotlight. Pres ident Brush, of the New York Giants, sent a letter to Ban Johnson, asking Mm to explain a few thlncs alleged to hare happened to the tickets In Phila delphia. "Why pick the Giants for the goatr Mr. Brueh asked, among other things. While dilating upon the outrage per petrated upon the New York public through misdirection and collusion with ticket speculators, why do you not ex plain how In Philadelphia ten persons absorbed more than (00 tickets, an averaae of SOO each, and 3 others ab--Forbad 1000 tickets, an average of SO each?" Brash Asks Questions. Mr. Brush's letter says In part: "Having- rharxrd some official of the New York club with handing- out S000 or 400 tickets to speculators out of the , 2J.O0 of Its reserved seat capacity, de priving: the public to that extent of an epportuntty of buying- direct, why Is Jt that you're silent over the disposition of tickets In Philadelphia, where 1111 out of a total reserve seat capacity of Z were riven to 73 people and there was no public sale for the first two frames? -While the New Tork club report hows that less than 350 tickets were -taken by Its players and Ita officials, the remainder being available for the public, why la It you do not explain how the players and officials of the Phtllelphta club appropriated 400 tlrketa out of Its total of JS? Answer Mar Be Frames' Teaar. ! The National League will meet to morrow and It Is predicted thst It would frame Its answer to the Amer ican League then If there Is to be Any reply. - With Brooklyn and Philadelphia, op pom ng. President Lynch was re-elected today, the losing candidate being Rob ert W. Brown, a Louisville newspaper man. James El. Gsffney. who decided overnight to buy the Boston club and did so. sat In the council, which also. Included a woman for the first time In Its history Mrs. Helen Hathaway Brlt ton. owner of the St- Louis club. DIUVOKTH DERBIES IX LEAD Bowling Season Is Near Clooe and Contest Crows Keen. Won. Lost. P.. Dllworta Derbies . lo 5 .t-T Irrt I ft T .US W hite Crows 9 ." Cx--lslors .404 The Big Four Bowling League sched ule Is drawing to a close with the Dll worth Derbies In the lead. Tf Is gives the team a good chance to take the flag. The Jarreta still have a look-In. but the White Crows and the Excel siors probably will run In the race for the cellar championship. The Foresters rolled last night. Fisher la leading that league with It 3. Kink la second with 12. He lost the lead, which he has had almost ail sea son. In the game Wednesday. The totals for the teams of the Big Four League Tuesday night were: Derbies. 2Ji; While Crows. I53J; Jar rets. Zl. and Excelsiors. 2591. Two of Portland's leading bowlers, Ahrens. a man with an exceptionally long string of high scores to his credit this season, and Kruse. who had the highest average last Winter, will meet on Frldsy. December 23, for a 10-g.ime match. C.YRPENTIKIt OITPOIXTS I.EAVIS French Welterweight Wins 2 0 llound Battle With American. PARIS, Pec IS. George R. Carpen tler. the 17-year-old French welter weight rhamplon. won the decision over Harry Lewis, the American pugil ist and welterweight champion of Eng land. In a lo-round fight at the Clrcque de Pans tonight. The light went the limit and Carpentier won on points. Many women witnessed the contest. In the early rounds Carpentier had all the better of the bout. He succeeded In closing Lewis' eye and In the tenth rund punished the American severely. After some stalling Lewis came np frean for the l&th. He jabbed Carpen tier repeatedly and held his own until the end. but the Frenchman had shown better form throughout. Jack Johnson, the world's champion, waa present and wss Introduced to the spectators. The light waa for a stake of $5000, of which went to the winner. bTAXIX)HD TEAM IS CIIOSKV Ilugby Football ,riajers to Leave for Vancouver on December SI. ' STANFORD VN'IVERSITT. Cal, Dec. II. Captain B. Erb. of the Stanford football team, announced today the per sonnel of the team that will compete against Vancouver In the series of games to be played during the Christ mas holidays, aa follows: Corbet. Taylor. J. Harrlgan. Wstklns. Haley. Boulwsre. Dsrale. Partridge, for wards: Cass. Tllton. illsltng. A. Erb, Noble. 81m. Templeton. R Erb. backs. The team will leave for Vancouver December 21- t ' WALLA WALLA HAS THE COIX Town Raises $000 of $10,000 Needed for Ball Clab. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Dec IX lectal. More than l0H In capital stock has been obtained by the com mittee In charge of raising baseball funds- Those behind the movement feel highly elated and are certain that nearly all of the required 110.000 worth of sharea win have been subscribed by tomorrow night. when another booster meeting of baseball fans will be held at the Commercial Club rooms. At meeting waa held this noon, the regular Commercial Club luncheon be ing converted Into a baaeball boost. Most of the subscribers so far have taken at least one share, valued at $100. but the committee expects also to obtain a number of half and quar ter share subscriptions valued respec tively at ISO and 125. , When all the capital stock shall have been subscribed, the next thing on the programme Is the appointment of a representative who will look after Walla Walla's Interests at the called meeting of the directors of the North western League, to be held In Seattle December XI. This appointment will be made at the meeting tomorrow night. Joseph Conn, of the Spokane club, assured Walla Walla of his warm support. He pledged his grounds for any game Walla Walla would wish to play In Spokane, and declared he would work for a representation of this city in the league, "tooth and toe-nail." -The obtaining of Fielder Jones for the presidency of the league Is the greatest thing that ever happened it." declared ilr. Cohn, "and It will Increase attendance 25 per cent this coming; sea. son." Athletic Bouts Are Good. At the regular monthly smoker of the Columbus Club last night boxing and wrestling fana were treated to a series of good matches. The feature of the boxing card waa the four-round bout between Eyeman, of the Multnomah HEAVY-WEIGHT WRESTLER WHO IS EAGER TO MEET J DEMETRAL. , . 4 ! 7 t Ik' : i ; I f ' J JOHN Club, and Martin, of the Columbus Club. . Eyeman won the decision. Mo Nell and Swanson went through four fast rounda. at the end of which the Judgea declared the former winner. A new boker named Schmeer, of the Co lumbus Club, won the decision over Hatch, unattached. Montague, a Mult nomah Club grappler. defeated Smith, of the Columbus Club. "FRAT" RULE IS FEARED OREGOX "C" PAPER WANTS SO G RAD C ATE COACHES. Emerald Declares Teams Would Suf fer Through Favoritism Frater nity Spirit Hurts Loyalty. ..-Too much fraternity Influence for graduate coaching." Is the gist of an -J. i-i K....i in the current Issue ranunii of the Oregon Emerald, answering C. N. McArthur's argument for the dis carding of the professional coach for Oregon football teams. McArthur grad uated from tne r.ugfn The Kmrrald'a editorial follows: "We regret to take Issue with so honored an alumnus as Tar McArthur. for Oregon Is proud of her loyal gradu ates, and foremost among them atands Tat who has always held Oregon dear to his heart. But we echo the sentiment of a large majority of the students at the present time, when we say that the system of graduate coach ing for football does not look good to us who are acquainted with con ditions here. "How would these coaches be chosen and what method would be used In se lecting the head coach? To the alumni these appear as trifles. They think only of the good of the team and can see no reason why any other consid eration should enter In: the close al legiance to club and fraternity has long died In their hearts and Is but a vague memory. "Not so with us. however: we are living now In clubs and fraternities; each of us loves his order and la Jeal ous of its achievements: the walls of our houses are decorated with pic tures of our brothers who have helped to raise the fraternity standard, and records of honor made by them are kept and often read. "Fraternity feeling enters Into near ly everything we do and determines moat of them. The football captain Is usually the prominent player -who haa the greatest fraternity support, and thla will apply to our track captain, our baseball captains, our basketball captains, and, to a lesser extent, to the managers of these teams. In the past. Even the glee club Is not exempt from an annual nght for the ofhcea of presi dent and manager, and the student body elections In May never fall to stir up club feeling which laats throughout the- year. A deplorable fact? It certainly la but It la a fact. "The proposed system, as we see It, would work In two waya. either to wards the development of a fraternity machine, where our clique" would con trol and run the team, or In a con ciliatory way. where all factions would be given representstlon and efficiency suSer at the hands of harmony. The selection of coaches would be made on the basis of fraternity strength, and. while good men might be selected, they would not be chosen so much because of that fact, as of the fact that they had stron fraternity support In the body that selected the coachee: and. thla being true, dissension would be sure to reign In the team. "We may overestimate this deter mining Influence and Its consequences: we may even be wrong; but this Is the way It looks to us. and we will continue to aee with these goggles un til given others." Dixon and t.ermane Matched. ST. I.OC1H. Pre. II. Tommy Dixon and Chalky Oermane have been matched to bog six rounds before the Ft. Louis Athletic Club here December 1. i TEN BEAVERS NOW SUBJECT TO SALE McCredie Gets Waivers When . Coast Clubs Fail to Answer in Five Days. SOME TO GO TO CLASS B Players Are Otto Moore, Coltrln, McDowell, Bird, Hlrsch, Ban croft, Mathes, Sanches and Smlth-Krneger May Be Sold. At the recent meeting of the Pacific Coast League W. W. McCredie. pres ident of tho Portland club, asked waiv ers on 10 prospective Beavers, and, as the required Ave days has elapsed, all BERG, have been passed up by the other Pa cific Coast League clubs and will there fore be tendered Northwestern League contracta by the Portland magnates. These players are Otto Moore. B-Jbhy Coltrln, William McDowell. J. Byrd, Red" Hlrsch. J. Bancroft. Mathes, George Sanches and It. H. Smith. Pres ident McCredie will ask waivers on Tommy Murray In the near future, and will also have to obtain them on Artie Krueger, If the big outfielder Is to be disposed of to Mobile, as is planned by Manager Walter McCredie. Three Ge to Northwestern. In the cases of McDowell. Bancroft and Coltrln, waivers were asked on these players simply to Insure them being the property of the Northwestern team In the event they fall to make good with the Beavers at the training camp next Spring. These three players, as well as Pitchers Byrd, Sanches and Hlrsch, will be g-lven a thorough try out by McCredie . at either Banit Maria or Elslnore, one of which points will be the camp of the Port land team, and In the event that they show they have the goods they will be signed anew by the Pacific Coast club. McCredie Is still sweet on George Sanchez, the Ventura lad who re ported at. Santa Maria last Spring, but who balked at reporting to the North western League team because he would be so far away from home, and Mac thinks he can Induce Sanches to report this season. The leader of the Beavers also thinks highly of Bancroft . and McDowell, either of whom Is figured to take the place of Hoger Pecklnpaugh, while Bobby Coltrln. may also get a chance to get Into the fight for this position, though Walter tigures that another year with the Northwestern club will fit thla youngster more thoroughly for the Pacific Coast League or a higher organization. - - "If Oakland gets Bud Sharpe ' to handle the team next season the club will have one of the cleanest and clev erest young fellows In the game today." said Walter McCredie yesterday In commenting on the reported selection of the Iluffalo first sacker to succeed Wolverton. "I lon't know what kind of a manager he will make, but he is bright enough ' and possesses brains enough to make good. He will also fill In that Oakland first base hole to per fection, and that, of Itself, ought to please Oakland Immensely." Bud Sharpe started playing profes sional baseball In a small league In Pennsylvania In 1907. and In 1908 he graduated to the Scranton team of the New York State League, which won the pennant. In 1S09 he played with New ark in the Eastern League, where he made such a record that he was pur chased by the Boston Nationals. He played nne ball for Boston In 1910, but waa traded to Pittsburg In the middle of that season for "Ginger" Beaumont. Last yer Sharpe played first base for the Buffalo club o'f the Eastern League, of which club Oehrge Stalllngs. for mer manager of the New York Amer icans, was the chief. Stalllngs has probably agreed to allow Sharpe to go to Oakland, and In consideration he will likely receive several players from the Highlanders. e e Walter McCredie says the San Fran clsro club does not get Grover Lauder mllk. the St. Louis American League pitcher for next season. Big Mac says that Laudermllk has been sold to Lou isville for 1912. If that Is the case the Seals will be hard pressed for pitching talent, for Harry Sutor, aince his mar riage to a Portland girl, announces that -he will play no more baseball. In this event the Seals will have but three fairly reliable pitchers In Miller, Henley snd Toner. The latter Is the big fellow McCredie tried out several years sgo. and whom San Francisco received In a trade for Frank Brown ing. e e Harry Abies puts In a good word for Pitcher Hlrsch. turned over to Mc Credie by Cleveland. Abies says Hlrsch is a big red-headed left-hander as large as the Oakland southpaw himself. He says Hirsch. under a competent manager and with good catchers like Kuhn and Howley. ought to prove one of the best twlrlers In this league next season. Abies' sentiment regarding Hlrsch was good news to McCredie, for X - . - . ' ; . - '. - ... i h h.4 tw.-.! v-rt nnnr rMiarut Of this player while In the East. s The San Francisco club has a flock of outfielders on Its roll for next sea son. Those listed at present are: Johnson, Powell. . Mundorff. Mclvor. Hartley. Raftery, Shaw and possibly Weaver. Tom Raftery Joined the Port land team In the Fall of 1907, having been purchased from Charleston, S. C. along with Ote Johnson, by McCredie that FalL Raftery was drafted by Cleveland In 1909, but remained there only a short time, when he was turned over to Kansas City. From that club he drifted to the Three Eye League, from whence' San Francisco drafted him last FalL SITTOX HEADS 1912 AGGIES Right Guard Honored by Teammates to Lead Next Year's Squad. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE. Corvallia, Dec. 13. (Special.) Otto D. Sitton. right guard for the past two years on the Oregon Agricultural College football team, last night was elected captain for the eeason of 1912. Sitton graduates from the college this yesr. but he Is planning to return to take post-graduate work In animal husbandry. The captain-elect had little football practice before coming to O. A. C. While playing guard on the Junior class team his work attracted the at tention of the varsity coaches and he waa given a tryout against the "first string" men. His weight was much below the average and it was with a good deal of trepidation that the coaches finally put him Into the lineup. He has played every game since, and. although frequently outweighed 20 or 30 pounds by his opponents, he Is always able to hold up his own end and to give a good deal of trouble to his opponents. Captain Sitton will have the same team exactly to start the season with next year as prayed against Whitman In 'the last game of the season this year. Enberg, the Northwest end, is out of the game permanently by action of the four-year rule. LI IS HIGH SCHOOL TEAM) HUSKIER THAX THE DALLES BOYS. Portland Plnyers to Meet Eastern Oregon Champions Saturday. Both In Good Shape. Lincoln High School's football team which will meet The Dalles High School team on Multnomah Field Sat urday afternoon for the state cham pionship will have a slight advantage In Weight over the visitors. The aver age for Lincoln is 163. while that of the other team Is 148. The Dalles established Its title to the flag In the eastern part of the state when It defeated Pendleton High School last Friday. 22 to 6. Lincoln is the power of this part of the state having defeated all teams with the ex ception of Jefferson, which it tied. However. Jefferson went down before Washington which had been defeated by Lincoln. Lincoln Is well prepared to meet The Dalles' tesm having kept Its squad In good shape In the last three weeks of rest since Its last game. Thatcher, one needed most, will be on the side lines and will not be played except in case of emergency. He was injured In the Hill game nd it was thought best not to use him. Olsen. all-around roan, will take bis place. Roscoe Fawcett will be the referee and Robert Forbes will act as umpire. The teams will line up as follows: Lincoln llllth. . The Dalles. Nam, Wright. Weight Name Korell l.T-' L E R CulHns Tuerck. 155 L T R 142. McDonald RWehalgh. 162... L O R 143,vRo!Se"? Tyson. 170 140. Wolff .,. . n w n T. 1AH Rnnnrv Bronson, 11.' .'.'. !r T L. 1M. Mcl-eod McKay. 127 R E L 143, E. Elton VounK 145.,......" fc pttrson. 173 QB..180. Harrlmsn Srore, 1 53 L H R 148, Sexton Olsen 150 F B 155. Huntington Newman. 150 R H L 155. O.trander Av. weight 153 Av. weight 148 HERO FUND IS STARTED XATIOXAL LIFE AVIXG ASSOCIA TIOX CAVILL'S AIM. Portland Men Contribute Money and Expert Gives Services to Teach Young to Swim. With $500 In cash already subscribed by prominent Portland financiers. Ar thur Cavlll, Australian swimming cham pion, yesterday announced plans for the formation of a National Life-Saving Association, whose aim and scope shall be similar to the National Shipwreck Relief Society of Australia and the Royal Humane Society of Great Britain. Cavlll's. scheme calls for gold and silver medals and certificates to be awarded those performing heroic res cues from drowning. At first the awards will cover only those acts of bravery recorded within the confines of Ore gon, but he predicts a Nation-wide movement within a year. "One of the most Important functions of the society at the start will be teach ing school youngsters how to swim," said the Muftnomah Club's water ex pert, last night. "The money which has been donated by Messrs. Heusner. J. Wesley Ladd, Frank Watkins. Harry Hamblett, Henry Hanno. Steve Britten and others will be used to Install a tank In one of the local schools and to perfect the details of the organization. "Personally I have donated my serv ices as Instructor for 1J months. There Is need of this organization. At present Carnegie medals, covering all avenues of activity are the only rewards for exceptional bravery. A meeting will be called soon by Frank Watkins. sec retary pro tem, and Turther details worked out." Cavlll also favors other rewards for life-savers. For Instance, new clothing for those who have ruined their apparel In the water. -The need of this feature was brought home to me forcibly several years ago." added Cavlll. "I Jumped overboard In the ocean and rescued a son of General Graham, the great Eng lish warrior. We worked over him for hours, but the spark of life could not be brought back. There I was. without a cent in my pocket and clothing utterly ruined. A new suit would have been a godsend. Tommy Tracey Succeeds Ryan. Tommy Tracey, former welter-weight boxer, has been chosen boxing In structor at the Multnomah Club, suc ceeding Tommy Ryan, who resigned and returned to Syracuse a fortnight ago. Tracey has conducted a boxing school here for several years. Race Track Optioned at $3,000,000 NEW TORK. Dec. 13. The Coney Inland Jockey Club has given an option to the Sheepshead Bay racetrack to a syndicate of capitalists for 13.000.000 and the property Is to be cut up into residence plots COLUMBIA IS BEST Jefferson Loses Soccer Con test by 9-to-0 Score. WINNERS PLAY AS ONE Combination Work aa Against Indi vidual Effort of Defeated Team Counts Heavily In Scor ing. . for Victors. Columbia University easily defeated Jefferson High in the first match of the Inter-Scholastic Soccer League yes terday at the Multnomah Field by 9 goals to 0. The wlnnera, besides being heavier, showed better team work than their opponents. "We have had 30 men out every day this season," said Davis of Columbia, "and Instead of purely individual work, we have been paying great attention to combination, good feeding of the for wards by the halves and sound kicking by t(je full backs." That this Is the kind of work that pays was shown in yesterday's contest, for Jefferson worked every bit as hard, only the energy was misplaced. No one on the field worked harder than Fox of Jefferson. Brenen scored the first three goals for Columbia, the next being a mag nificent effort by Fitzgerald, who drove the ball from 35 yards out right into the top corner of the goal. Conway, Nixon and McGulrt also scored for the university. Columbia has In Shevlin a star wing forward, and a good half in Spellman, while Blladeau shone at back. The Jefferson backs could kick well, but hung back, close to the' goal all the time. Instead of coming up with the general advance. Bailey and Edwards worked hard at half, with Llnd claim ing major honors among the forwards. The lineup: Columbia. Position. Sullty G 5,.lnS R 3 Jefferson. K. fox , . Tamerlane 311adeau L B Colvln Lex Peaxody ...R H B Backstrand 1terald C H B Edwards ipellman' L H B...i Bailey ihevlln O R F Gelffer Brenen I R F Llnd HcOuIrt C r Simmons Vlxon I L F R. Fox ;onay O L F Jacobsen HeOree Bllllngton. Linesmen Barrett and Hulcheon. , In section two of the Grammar School League yesterday Vernon was success ful In its encounter with Holladay on the. Columbus Field by three goals to one. Play was keen, though the science of the game was conspicuous by Its ab sence. Holladay opened the scoring four minutes after the start, but Ver non evened the score soon afterward and finally made the Issue secure by adding two more goals. The lineup: Vernon. Position. Holladay. Kathrens Q Glain ivilson R B Howe MacAdams L B Hopan Lawpaugh R H B Kennedy Rorera C H B Anderson Push , L. H B.i Wilson Cliltore O R F Apklns iVilMams 1 R 7 Giltner Kvlnpo C ? Williams MriCwan I L F Roseen Saves O L, F Patterson LEST WE FORGET What Former Portland Players Are Now Doing;. No. 40 Dan Mc arlan. AMONG the many players who graced a Portland uniform In that outlaw league of 1903, about the best of the Importations during the latter part of the season, as far as effectiveness was concerned, was Pitcher Dan McFarlan. The tall Kentucklan Joined the club In August, and was secured to take the place of George Engle, who was re leased, and who later Joined xugdale's Seattle crowd. Mcl-arlan Jumped the Rochester team of the Eastern League, and celebrated his arrival In Portland by shutting out the San Francisco club, then looked upon as a formidable or ganization. McFarlan finished the 1903 season with Portland, and his work, both as a pitcher and a batter, soon earned him a host of friends in Port land. Before coming to the Pacific Coast McFarlan enjoyed several successful years In the East, where he pitched for several major league clubs a well as for Rochester. Like most Kentuckians, he was of a sensitive nature, and some thing happened while he w,as with, Portland wJilch displeased him, and lie refused to sign with the club for 1904, and Joined John J. McCloskey when that worthy Induced the people of Boise. Idaho, to back a club In the Inter-Mountain League. In 1905 Mc Farlan returned to the East and pitched in several smaller leagues until 1906. when he drifted out of baseball, and is now said to be engaged in business In Louisville, his home town. ' Albany Team Electa Captain. ALBANY. Or., Dec. 13. (Special.) Herman Abraham, left halfback, has been elected captain of the Albany High School football team for the sea son of 1912. This was his second year on thef football team. He played a star game throughout the season. He is now In his sophomore year at the high school. Association to Rule Billiards. NEW TORK. Dec 13, With the ad vent of the new year, amateur bil liard and pool players and amateur competition In both branches of the sport will be supervised by the Na tional Association of Amateur Billiard Players. ' King George of England rules over nearly quarter of the population of the whola world. Hta subjects numoer eiv.vw.wv ox human brings. When The Doctor Says, "Three Cigars a Day for You" laugh at him,' and smoke all the mild, domestic cigars you want It's not the quantity, but the quality that hurts you. Even one rich, black Havana cigar will irritate you. But you can't hurt your nerves with any number of the light Gen! Arthur Miid 10c Cigar M. A. Gunst Co. Distributors For the Gift that would please HIM most, visi Washington Street Near Fifth specials in fine f ixin's Imported 1 two alike. Accordion Silk Hose and Tie to match. Tie, Handkerchief and Hoae to match. Seta eonalstlna- of Scarf Pin, ( off Buttons and Studs In bandHome pluah boxes. Shown In fine leather boxea are the following Im portations t Manicure Seta, Military Brushes, Mirrors, Safety Hasors, Pocket Flasks, DrtnkinK Cups, Hat Brushes, Collar Bass, etc. Whether Se Scarf or a S0 Suit or Overcoat, the men all know it's correct, if tt comes from "Where Y-O-U get the best" BERG ISSUES GHALLEiGE TITLE CIiAIMAXT AVOrtD MEET WIIIIAM DEMETRAIi. Iight Heavyweight Wrestler Seeks Match in Portland for Xew Year's Night. John Berg, widely known light heavyweight wrestling title claimant, l l 1n PnrrlanH lflRT Tlleht. f TO IT1 Spokane, brimming over with chal lenges for William uemeirai, me cago Greek, who has been sidestepping Berg for several months past. "Demetral has been located at Salt Lake for several months, but I have finally reached him through Chicago Hrlvpn him into the open," said Berg last night. "It he doesn't come through witn a maicn now ecu body will call him a quitter." Berg dispatched the following tele gram to Demetral's manager. Otto Koss, last night: "Challenge Demetral to match in Portland New Year's night, $1000 per side. Positively last dealing I will have with him. If he doesn't want to meet me, now is the time to say so. Will wrestle for promoter offering best terms and will split share of purse any way you say. JOHN BERG." Both men are within the light heavy weight limit, although Demetral is five or six pounds heavier than the Port land mat expert. Berg expects an answer to his challenge today. ... The much-touted wrestling contest between Jack Leon, the "Russian Giant," and "Denver Ed" Martin will come off in Tacoma this evening, Leon to throw Martin twice in an hour's time. Jack Lester, who. as a white hope, proved a diurnal failure, has made up The Preferred Tobacco Among Nations Since tobacco was given to man centuries ago there has never been equalled the product of the Vuelta Abajo district of Cuba. 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