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W 'COI BACK' GLASS Ex-Champion Getting Ready to Fight Johnson or McVey. ALL "HOPES" DEEMED EASY Tommy Returns From ' Australia With Added Weight and Confi dence La Oxford, He Says, Was Bobbed of Decision. SEATTLE. Wash-. Feb. T. (Special.) Tommy Burns, former heavyweight champion of the world, returned to Se attle tonight from Australia, where he haa been for several month, looking after the Interests of Jack Lester and getting In shape for a match with Johnson or McVey. promoter Mcintosh harm promised to give him first rhanca at the winner of the negro duel. -Tea. I'm coming back." aald Burp: tonight. "Tnla la aerloua thla tlm and I am going after that heav weight title again. I am In betle. shape right now than I hare been a; any time since I met Johnson before in Australia, and I have aJed weight and streagitt natll whan I tight now I will enter the ring at about Is pounds. I only weigh 1 ww, ao you can see :hat I won t hare to train down much wore. . .. -While I am figuring primarily on the tight with Johnson or McVey. I am more than likely to sign up for an American flght before going Into the title battle, either with Flynn or acme other of those white hopss who aeem to be ao much In evidence over here.- Burna doea not think very much or Pam McVey. plainly Intimating that he has shown a large streak of yellow. He says that Laagfoxd woa Is bis light by a mile and that the decision giving the battle to McVey was the worst rob bery in the history of the prlae ring. -McVey waa a beaten man." said Burns, "and be knew he waa beaten, for when the referee called him the winner be waa ao taken aback that he wanted to klaa the referee. Leng ford landed three blows to McVey's one. and led from the beginning to the end of the going. It waa the worst decision I have ever seen or beard of and I have seen aome fights In my time, and have made a close study of ring record a. "Just to show you bow wise this McVey la. that he waa beaten and badly beaten, be baa been dodging a return match with Langford ever since. Jack Lester. Burns' protege, will re turn from Australia In the nest boat or In about three weeks. ATT ELL PROBE TO GO DEEPER Cbarscs ot Fcrjury May Grow Out of Boxing Investigation. NEW YORK, Feb. 7. Application haa been made by the State Athletic Com mission to Attorney-Cenerei Casmody to Investigate the testimony of Abe Attell and bis manager, during the recent hearing of the AtteU-Knockout Brown fight here, aa the reault Of which Atteil waa convicted of -faking" and barred for six months from boxing In thla state. The commissioners referred tba mat ter to the Attorney-General, believing that tha conflicting testimony given at the hearing might Involve a charge of perjury. Mr. Carmody replied today that hla deputy here would look Into the caaa. The committee today decided that -Ty" Cobb, a Philadelphia, lightweight, be prevented from boxing in thla state for to daya. Cobb. It la charged, failed to appear for a acheduled bout with Patsy Kline. O'COXXELIi TO MEET KENNEDY Portland Wrestler Rematched With Man Who Gave Him Hard Bout. Kddle O'Connell. wrestling In structor at the Multnomah Club, and Kennedy, the Hermlston welterweight, have been re matched for March 1. at Hermlston. wben the two top-notchera will fight out their battle for su premacy. The local man went to the interior town a fortnight ago little expecting attff opposition, but he ran up against a snag and freely admlta that it reejulred all his atrength and ikllltokeep from losing to his younger md mora aggressive opponent. "This youngster holds championships salore." said Eddie yesterdsy during iia workouts at the winged "M" gym. 'lie waa rated as the best man around Thlcago at his weight. I haven't been In the best of shape thla Winter and tout know bow training down to eetght is going to hit me." From all accounts Kennedy la a mucb better man than most persons figure and O'Connell ranka blra far auperlor to Peter Buzukoa. Brniir, ok iiatctikt vrged O. A. C. Alumni Favors Athletic Re lation With Oregon. HOOD RIVER. Or, Pen. T. (Spe cial.) "TVe favor the resumption of athletic relations between our alma mater and the I'nlveralty of ' Oregon." waa the gist of a resolution adopted hv tha Oregon Agricultural College Alumni Club of thla city at Ita meet ing last night. The local Oregon Agri cultural College Alumni have expressed a sentiment to the effect that the con tention of the two state Institutions concerning athletic relations haa been i f an exaggerated Importance. Officers of the organisation, which numbers J members, were elected as follows: C. D. Thompson, president; M-ja A'.lca Horning, vice-president, and Kussell A. McCully. secretary-treasurer. A reception Is planned for tha Oregon .rrlcultural College Glee and Man dolin Club, which will appear here en tha evening of Friday. February 1(. LAl-S SIGN EAXKY SOCTUPAW Danny Long Announces Acquisition t William Moore, of Texas. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 7. Manager Unr. of the San Francisco Coast l.,itia baseball team, announced t- er that he had signed up Pitcher William J. Moore, or sua Antonio, lex. M"re is ZS years old. stands six f-e: gis Z0 pound and uki his left arm in the box. Hla career Began tn h. Southwest Ualveraity. During tba pat two yeara he haa traveled as a salesman, but expects to nave no irou ie In recoveries; bis eld form. BURNS OULDJOIII I EEAVZE. WHO DISPELS NEW ORLEAWS TALK BY SEIfDHTO VS 1J 6IGKED P0KTLA2TO CONTRACT. I L a1. . ..-ijj.i. '- 'i ..' j I ft U l i I ! f. - : : 'k : V - i 'lit :V i. . ' -J s' 4 : - -f i I - ' 1'-'-vH vV t J 1 t t- V v i ! I r- 4--r..ir i..., I j, -f -. , : tTi I Dill I IMnCAV CIHMCI rm i?viii ;ui .1111:4. ii -.aMwwv --"j UILL LHIUUni UlUllui 1 Ex - Cleveland Third - Sacker Sends in Contract. INFIELD IN BAD MIXUP McCredie) Mas Surplus of Men lor lUrd Corner but Lacks In Ma terial for Shortstop Staitus of Lindsay Seems Certain. Bill Lindsay! Tnflelder or outflelderT Portland or New Orleana? Thla Is tha buss ona bears snout baaeball headquarters. In the sorner cigar stands and wherever the dyed-In-the-wood fan la wont to congre gate. Lindsay signed his Portland contract several daya ago and as President Mc Credie received tha precious document yesterday under a Madison. N. C, post mark. Ifa a aafe bet that the Bouthern- .111 MfArt an en award either at New Orleana or Toledo, as Eastern scribes nave oeen cnorniciims. Whether or not Lindsay will be used In the Infield or the outfield la uncer tain. Lindsay wanta to gambol In th pastures, for he was originally an out- . . 1 .i th.r. 1- atiil m. vacancy at llVIUCr. MMfc k,.r.w - third base, left by tho lifting of the outlaw Dan irora lommy shoulders. Peters May Fill Place. n .. m n . Tntnn Tvrua Cobb. who la attending the Stanford Unlver elty law department. Is a third sacker and Manager McCredie la figuring on using him at third base. What Port, land needs more than anything else outside of the battery Is a shortstop to fill Pecklnpaughs ahoea. McDowell, of Nebraska; Bancroft, of Wlaconaln; . ... . e-i a A P..lteln Kibble, or Montana; rnn '" n tha recruit contenders for Jobs along the paths. Further to cornpuci ,fcMv. - via p.nnrt until tha middle of May, although McCredie 1 bringing Influence to bear upon the California youngster. The ' complete . Portland Coast League rooier o i - lows: Inflelders Rspps. Rodgers. wcuow lL Bancroft. Coltrin. Lindsay. Kibble, Peters; outfielders Krv.eger, Chad- bourne Doane. Strait. Matties, eries; catchers Howley. Murray, L Longe, Burch; pitchers Koestner. Henderson. Harkness, Lamiine, riirscn, urccuwei Osborne. Byrd and Doty. Lladur Aaka for Trnasoriarlo. In his letter Inclosing his contract . - 1 inH.w ,ik.l for transDOr- tation before February 20. when he as pects to leave ior i.uvtu '"a training. Bill waa obtained from Cleveland late last seaaon after McCredie bad vainly endeavored to fill th aboes of Bill Rodgers, laid up with a broken ankle. After Rodgers recovered Tommy Bheehan aprung a "charley" at third and Lindsay finished at the tor rid corner with but one error In 10 games. leading all third sackera of the league. At second. In It games, h ranked third among the regulara to Brashear. of Vernon, and Rodgers, of Portland, with .96. His batting for the year waa .185. SrOKAXE TAKES SHOOT AGAIN Inland Empire Trapmen Make It rslz Straight Victories. WALLA WALLA. Wash, Feb, 7. Spokane made It aix atralght victories In the Northwestern touring trsp shooting tournament held here under the ausplcea of the Walla Walla Oun Club today. F. J. Chlngren, the Spo kane amateur, was again high man . f aa out at 100. Willet waa high gun among the tourists, wltb St. IDS BVI'l " " " Fpokane. 191 Poston 9. Berger IS. San Francisco. Ill Willet 97. Rand lett 91. Portland. 115 Guy Holohan 14, P. Holohan 91. San Franclaco has now won pine, Spokane aeven and Portland i. The next shoot will be at Boise. Sunday. It was another Ideal day such aa haa been encountered by the tourists ever since they arrived In the Inland Em- . ... t v. i . 11. w.ii r : im pire iairit fc. " -' j Club haa just instanea a new . traps and theaa hurled the targeta with considerably more velocity than j baa been encountered for over a week. 1 ..-in-. . n ihlnMii wara trail tle4 t the conclusion of Hi targeta, for each broke 121 of this serias. Chlngren made another long run when he broke consecutive targets. Wll let s best run was I. 'In a special li-bird match. held after the regular shoot. Guy Holohan and Fred Berger tied for the honors ... 1 1. 1 .11 tha taraata. while D y oreaaina - - - .. . M.WiA ' , " .- Z.. BILL LIXDSAV. hen. Fred Dryden, Pete O'Brien, Dr. Fulton and Pat Morrow missed aeveral targets each; the last-name dfour are members of the Walla Walla Gun Club and shot better than 90 per cent In the regular century run. Ned Ackers takes Bergers place at Boise next Sunday. DCX.VE TO RAISE TRACK FCXDS Mnltnomah Man Treasnrer of West- trn Olympic Team. ' T. Morris Dunne, of Portland, sec-retary-treaaurer of the Pacific North weat Association of Amateur Athlatlo Clubs, has been appointed treasurer of the Olympic fund committee for the Western section of the United States. He will have charge of the raising ot share of the 150,000 which will be required to pay the expenses of the 250 athletes whom Uncle Sam figures on sending to the Stockholm Olympiad. Mr. Dunne Is already a member of the choosing committee for the West ern division, but his new job gives him added responsibilities. Seattle. Port land. San Francisco and Los Angeles are expected to contribute handsomely to the Olympic fund. Here In tbs Northwest Spokane haa not taken much Interest In track eventa for aev eral years, while Vancouver and Vic toria can hardly be asked to con tribute to American teams. The Western trials will likely be held before either the Middle West- , era at Chicago or the Eaatern at Har vard. May II Is tha tentative date chosen on tbe Coast, with Stanford as ' the best available site. It haa virtually 1 been settled that the Eastern tryouts wl'l be decided at the Harvard stadium on June I. Tha Intercollegiate cham pionships will take place on May 30, thua giving the athletea a week's rest. GREGG APPROVES KRAPP'S ACT Veen Bays He and Gene Will Win Flag for Xaps If Thej Play. ' LEW1STON. Idaho. Feb. T. (Spa clal.) Vean Gregg heard through Tba Oregonlan today that Eugene Krapp waa also a holdout. He said that he hoped hla former teammate would . make a go of It. -Without Krapp and myself the 1 Senators will finish higher than the 1 Napa. Wltb us, there will be a new ' world's champion baseball team next year," said Gregg. Golf Champion Going Abroad. BOSTON', Feb. 7. J. J. McDermott. tba National open golf champion, who Is In Boston, will sail for England on May 8 to compete In the British open championship In June. Unless the United States Golf Association makes a change In dates, McDermott will have to forfeit his American title, for tha National open Is scheduled for the -Buffalo Country Club on June 27 and 29. Tbe conflict tn dates is doubly unfor tunate in that not only McDermott. but two or three other leading profession als from this side, will be abroad at tn time. Mclntyre Signs With Cabs. I CHICAGO. Feb. 7. Pitcher Harry ' Mclntyre, on whom President Murphy, of the Cubs, was reported to bave asked waivers a few days ago, bas aent bis signed contract for next sea son to headquarters. Mclntyre haa been spending the Winter at El Paso, where be said he bad already pitched several games. Klem to De In Harness Again. CINCINNATI. Feb. 7. William J. Klem today algned a year's contract as a National League umpire. Mr. Klem haa officiated as umpire In tbs aenlor organization for Sevan yeara. Amateur Athletics. Washington Hlgb probably will use a new recruit from South Dakota named Schnell In the game with Lin coln High today. Both basketball teams are prepared for the contest. Waahlngton baa defeated Jefferson by a sn.all score, and Jefferson In turn defeated Lincoln. In tha Jefferson game, Foster of Waahlngton was lame, but be la now recovered. Robert Krohn also will be used part of the game, and will play forward with Ed wards, irle and-Knouff will be the guards to start the game. The match will be played at I P. M. on the T. M. C. A. floor. a Plans for the Interscholastlc track meet la May will be made at a meet ing or the faculty managers from th different teams at the Multnomah Club next Tuesdsy. The ground rules for the affair will also be drawn up at tbs time a a - .lnroln High's Athletic Association treasury will be rolling In wealth for soma time, as more than 1 30 waa made over and above expenses at the min strel show. If the plans of Edgar Dinar. Jr. materialise the show will be given at Eugene and Corvallls, iCREDIE TELLS OF Many Present-Day Stars Once at Point of Draft or Pur chase by Portland. CHANCE PLAYS BIG PART Doyle, Ciitshaw. Merklc, Saner, Bodie. Gardner, Houck, Fletcher, Johnson, Konetchy, Cobb and Alexander AU . Watched. BT ROSCOE FAWCETT. . "Ball Players I Might Have Fed would make a most appropriate title for a volume edited by well, say any old magnate. But Walt McCredie, of the Portland Beavers has a list of "al most rana" that o'ershadowa the aver age recapitulation like an Egyptian sphinx leering out above a prairie dog village. Ty Cobb. Walter Johnson. Ed Konet chy, Grover Alexander, Ping Bodte, Merkle these are only a few of the Immortals who, but for a false ma neuver of fickle fortune, might have added to the luster of the man respon sible for as many debuts Into the ma jors in a given length of time as any other developer of talent In the coun try. The sudden death of Jimmy Doyle, third baseman on the Chicago Cubs, put Mac Into a reminiscent frame yes terday. "Doyle's demise will be a ssd blow to Frank Chance," surmised Walter. "There's a young player who would have been a wonderful star In another seaaon. I had been watching bis progress with more than ordinary In terest, because Intended drafting him from Utlca, N. Y. when tho Cincinnati Reds beat me to It in 1900. . Cubs Get Doyle First. "Doyle was an outfielder then. Tommy Madden, now with Sacramento, being a member of the same team. Friends back East scouting tipped both off and I bad drafts prepared. Tbe New York Americans took Madden and Cincinnati Doyle. The Reds turned the latter over to Louisville, where he was con verted Into a thlrd-eacker. Last sea son he replaced Stelnfeldt at third for the Cubs." Cutshaw, of the Oakland olub, whose record of 90 stolen bags sent him to Brooklyn last Fall, waa lost to Port land by a most peculiar whim of fate, and. but for tbe faot that he played a portion of oner aaason with Blooming ton. In tho Three-Eye League, under the name of Stevens, before revealing bla identity, Cutshaw would undoubt edly now be contending for an lniteld berth with the Cleveland Americans. Name Cbanaje Deceives. -I Was with the Bloomlngton team when Oakland paid 11000 for Cutshaw," aald BUI Steen, who goes to the Naps, last night. "McCredie had been watch ing the dope on this Stevens. It ap pears, but suddenly noted the absence of hla name from the box scores. That waa when Cutahaw took his real name. Mac drafted me, but paid no further attention to Cutshaw until he later In quired about Stevens." According to Steen "Cutty" wasn't much of a wonder In those days, his natural speed being his only asset. Manager McCredie also had-bis eye on Snodgrass. when the now famous New York Giant outfielder was clerk ing In a hardwara store In Los Ange les. McGraw beat him to the young college catcher, who was recently con verted Into a pasture romper. Mac likewise had drafts prepared for First Baseman Merkle, of the Giants, and Vic Sauer. of Chicago, original off spring of the Mlchlgsn League, but the majors got in their work before Class A drafting began. McCredie After Bodle. " 'Ping' Bodle was to have signed with me st San Francisco," added Mc Credie. "Danny Long had never heard of Bodie, who was then nothing more than an amateur player, but when it came to his ears that Ping looked good to me, Danny scoured around and final ly Induced bim to sign with tho Seala. Bodle Is now with the Chicago Sox." Harry Gardner, a local lad who broke In with tho Phillies last season alter being sold by Vancouver, and Houck, the University of Oregon pitch er who was signed by Spokane and drafted last Fall by the Athletics, are two of the modern crop of phenoma who slipped through the meshes of the busher's dragnet. . Mao- isn't much impressed yet with the work of Houck. but he thinks Gardner haa the makings of a swell gunner and blames Ferle Casey for letting him go. Gardner tried out with Casey's Colts at Medford In 1909, but drew a release. The next Spring Joe Sugden took him In tow at Van couver and he pitched Vancouver to tha second notch. 1 Jokssos Almost a Beaver. The Portland chieftain had his mind made up to draft Fletcher, New York shortstop, from Houston, Tex., when the Gothamites stepped In with the purchase money. Walter Johnson, the Washington hurling marvel, looked so good to the local boss that he tried every angle of the "squeeze play" to Induce him to sign. Mac even went ao far as to grab his roommate, but Johnson, then located at Weiser. Idaho, waa obdurate. First Baseman Konetchy, of St. Louis, escaped tho Portland draft In Wisconsin by only a fortnight. The Cobb and Alexander Instances of 111 luck are; almost forgotten morsels-of gossip. McCredie had Cobb all but gobbled up from the Ausrusta. Ga.. club for 1400, when Detroit offered to liqui date a 1600 debt for the now most re markable figure In baseball. If Mc Credie had telegraphed his acceptance Instead of using the malls. Cobb would havo graduated from Twenty-fourth and Vaughn. Alexander's case Is amusing." con tinued Mac "Three years ago I stopped off at my brother's ranch near Grand Island. Neb. 'Say. Walt, there's a big rube over at Pleasanton that is a great pitcher.' were my brother Char ley's first words. I didn't relish fjis prairie ride In a buckboafd. so pasSed the Teuben up. and only too late dis covered that he was Grover Cleveland Alexander, star of the Philadelphia Nationals last Summer." . Seoat Systesa Effective. McCredie's scout system, however, has brought him In some wonderful talent, much to the envy of rival man alters, and Mac fully expects two or three of hla 191S harvest to develop Into major league fabric. Bobby Groom, of Washington; Sweeney, of Boston: Mike Mitchell, of Cincinnati; Pat Donohue, Ote Johnson. Ben Hen derson. Al Carson and the Cleveland quartet. Steen. Krapp. Olson and Hark ness, are only a few of the bunch from the "tall and attenuated pampas' who owe their academic training to Walter Mocreoie. 1 Peters and McDowell, Inflelders, and j EAR BEAVERS xi-afh. and. .Strait. outflalCers. are the men whom waiter ngures irunnu " chla season. At one time shortly af ter Seattle turned loose Egan, now of PinntniiaH Xfa, triad In V&in ' tO Sign the San Jose lad. But Egan lan't half as promising as Peters, according m tbe local connoisseur. NORDTKE SEEKS YOUNGSTERS Victoria Manager Has Eye on Two Promising Callfornlans. SEATTLE. Wash., Feb. 7- (Special.) Manager Nordyke, of Victoria, leaves for California In a few days to look over prospective training grounds, meanwhile keeping, hla eye out for promising material. Victoria has signed two new outfield ers, Harry Tlco and Will Daniels. Last season Wattelet tried to land Tlco, but could not get him to sign. Tlco Is a left-hander and hard hitter. Ha Is now playing tu Southern California. Daniels Is classed both as an out fielder and pitcher. He also is left handed. San Diego Is his home. So far he has hit .293 in the Winter League against such pitchers as Ton neson, of Portland. He Is young, husky, and If he does not hold out aa a heaver he may be all right in the uutfield. as he can do tha hundred la 11 seconds. Third baseman Jack Brennan has sent tn his signed contract to Victoria. He Uvea in Toronto and says that he has kept In condition this Winter throwing snowballs. Victoria Park Is being Improved with a 14-foot fence. OREGON "V" TEAM IS COMING Basketball Quintet to Play Portland High Schools Here. UNIVERSITY OP OREGON, Eugene, Feb. 7. (Special.) The University of Oregon basketball team will leave on Friday for a tour of the Inland Empire by way of Seattle. The first game of tha trip will be played in the P. A. Gymnasium In Portland against the three High School teams. The arrange ments call for 13 minutes of play with each High School team and five min utes Intermission between tne penoos. As the A. A. U., Instead of the Inter collegiate rules,, will be used In the game In Portland in order not to make the game too rough for the lighter High School players, ' there- Is good chance of one or the other of the high school teama giving the Oregon quintet a close game. With Carl Fenton, the former Dallas player, at center. Homer Jamison and Dean Walker, Portland lads, as for wards, and Clifford Slmms, a former Wisconsin player, and Donald Rader, the freshman star from Medford, Coach Hayward feels that he haa a team that will make a strong bid for tbe Northwest championship. RUGBY WILL BE ADVERTISED University of California Would In terest Other Schools In Game. BERKELEY, CaL.vFeb. 7. A pub licity campaign wltb a view to inter esting Eastern and Northern colleges In Rugby football. Is planned by the "Big C" Society of the University of California. Artlclea descriptive of the game and telling of Its- success in Intercollegiate matches here, where It has taken the place of the American game In the annual contest with Stan ford University, are to be prepared by a special committee and sent to vari ous college papers. The adoption of Rugby has put Cali fornia out of touch with the other states In a football .way, excepting Nevada. As there Is nq chance of a change being made here, the hope is entertained that means to escape the present Isolation may be found In well, directed publicity work. MAY SUTTON ISN'T QUITTING Famous Tennis Player May Meet Hazel Hotcbklea In Match May SO. LOS ANGELES, CaX, Feb. 7. (Spe cial.) May Sutton isn't quitting ten nis, notwithstanding announcements of her intention to take a year's rest She is already arranging to return to the Coronado and Hotel Virginia tourna ments. Furthermore, Miss Sutton, who is still considered' by many tho greatest player in the world, is ex pected to meet Miss Hasel Hotchklss, present holder of the world s cham pionship title, at the Beverly courts here May 20. Stanley Anderson, a Los Angelea en thusiast. Is behind this movement and be has virtual assurance of success. Miss Hotchklss declines to come South for the Coronado and Virginia tour naments, maintaining that Miss Sutton should give the Northern fans a chance to see her game. BOWLERS GATHER IN SOUTH Players Flock to Los Angelea for Western Tournament. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 7. (Special.) Bowlers are still arriving in bunches from all over the West to take part In the big tournament this week. The Gato team and the Groff Tailors from Spokane. Wash., put In an appear ance today and are practicing on the local alleys for the opening round. The Bakersfleld delegation arrived shortly after the Washington crowd. Jim Morley and Fred Simpson, two of the local bowling promoters, and Frank Smith, of Spokane, president of the Western Bowling Congress, with W. B. Thompson, president of the American Bowling Congress, will leave for San Francisco tomorrow for the big meet ing of the San Francisco bowlers on Sunday night. PASADENA BESTS CORONADO Leading Canadian Players Arrayed on Two Polo Teams. PASADENA, Cal., Feb. 7. By a score of It to IVi, Pasadena "A" team defeated Coronado In the first Mary land cup game of the midwinter polo tournament. The Maryland cup Is the trophy offered foT California teams ""in this contest. Lord Tweedmouth, of the Canadian team, played with the Coronado team, while Viscount Gower, also of the Canadian team, be came a Californian by a hurried elec tion to the Pasadena Polo Club, and played the game under Its colors. Tbe regular Hogan trophy play will be resumed tomorrow. Packey Calls Orf Boat. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 7. Packey McFarland today called off his six round bout with Young Erne tonight at tho National Athletic Club. His reason Is that his left eye. which was damaged by Kid Burns In a bout in New York last night, la 190 sore for him to go on. Willie Ritchie, who recently fought Freddie Welsh 20 rounds In Los An geles, w'H be substituted. WALTER CARLISLE "HOLDOUT" LOS ANGELES, Feb. 7. (Special.) The surprising news that Walter Car lisle, the crack Vernon outfielder, would be a 1912 "holdout" was today fol'owed by a statement from Manager Hogan to the effect that he had signed up Dick Bayless. of the Mobile club, to replace bis dlscontended star. Your tag-end of Winter togs can be brightened up right smart, sir, with one of our classy NEW SPRING now on display $3 and up "Where you get the best." WE SPECIALIZE IN PINE MADE - TO - OEDER SHIRTS. "ffllSTERf BID FOR Happy Hogan Wants to Sign Temperamental Mitchell. FLINGER DOESN'T AWE HIM Vernon Manager Believes He Can Get A lon All Right With Pitcher Who Was Sensation With San Francisco Two Years Ago. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 7. (Special.) "Happy" Hogan, manager of the Ver non club, made a definite proposition to "Mysterious Mitchell." who twirled last year for the San Francisco team. "Mitchell," whose real name Is Walker, has an unconditional release from the Seals. ' . Hogan would not say what kind of contract he offered but seems anxious to get Mitchell. "That Is Just the kind of a ballplayer I like to secure," said Hogan, when asked If he was not afraid to sign Mitchell because of bis past perform ance. "I believe I can handle Mitchell and I believe that he will not give mi any more trouble than any of the other players on the team. I have found that the players who have reputations of being hard to handle generally are very good players. Mitchell has proven that he can deliver the. goods In this league, and there Is no reason why I should not have him on the team." SXOWSHOE . CLCB RKTTJRXS Traveling to Mount Hood Found Light; Snowshoes Not Needed. Members of the Snow Shos Club re turned to ths city last. night after an enjoyable and In some respects ad venturous time on the slopes of Mount Hood near Cloud Cap Inn. The arrangements on the Journey out were somewhat spoiled by a train run ning off the line, which forced the party to forego the special and delayed the arrival at McRush's place. Trav eling was so light that snowshoes were not needed at all on the way up, the advance guard, consisting of Horace Mecklem and Pavld T. Honeyman, cov ering the distance in 2 hours 25 min utes, while the remainder took about four hours, halting here and there for photographs. On Saturday and Sunday several ex cursions were made, among them being trips to Tilley Jane, the pinnacles of the Eliot Glacier, 7300 feet above ea level, and to Sand Canyon. Rain on Monday, followed by a frost, made ski. lng almost Impossible, for Messrs. Mecklem and Honeyman, who returned a day in advance of the others, found the descent so difficult that skis ware taken off and the remainder of tbs trip down finished on foot. Tha other members found the same conditions prevailing yesterday. Those who made the VIp ware J. Wesley Ladd, Brandt Wlckersham. Rodney L. Gllsan, Dr. H. S. Nichols, David T. Honeyman, Horace Mecklem, with A. Stringer as chef. GIBBONS PLANTS KNOCKOUT Young Cashman DTops Before Man From St. Paul In Fourth. NEW YORK, Feb. 7. Mike Gibbons, of St Paul, tonight knocked out Young Cashman, a local welterweight. In the fourth round of a bout at the Empire Athletic Club. The fight was to have been a 10 affair Tha knockout came after one-minuts's boxing in ths fourth j round, and was caused by a right ; .ortno- tn ha in w. Previously the West- 1 erner bad sent Cashman to the canvas for the ccmnt of eight with a left to the face. Cashman was a punching bag for Gibbons after the first round, in which he was the aggressor. Gibbons Btarted to work In the second, and with hard lefts and rights to face and head brought blood freely from Cashman's nose. He repeated this in the third and had Cashman so badly off that the bell alone saved him from a knockout. WESTERN LEAGUE IN SESSION Oklahoma City Puts In Bid for Franchise in Circuit. CHICAGO, Feb. 7. President O'Neil called the annual meeting of the West ern Baseball League to order today and announced that he had received a mes sage from Oklahoma City asking if it would be possible for that city to get a Western League franchise. There are now no clubs available for transfer and the request was filed. The ownership of the Wichita Club was transferred from Frank Isbell to the Wichita Athletic Association. An other transfer which required official action by the league was the turning over of the Des Moines Baseball Club to Frank . Isbell and Thomas Fair weather. Ski Party Off Today. Mountalnsera In embryo to tbs num HAT 7 Get ready for Dttnlap Opening day, tha 17th. ber of a dozen will leave the T. iu. C A. this morning for their first ski ing excursion up the slopes of Mount Hood. Under the guidance of E. Col man and A. M. Grilley the boys will leave Rhododendron for Government Camp by sleigh, putting on their skis atout six miles from headquarters. Fri day and Saturday will be passed In learning how to master the Norwegian sp rt, the party returning for Port land on Sunday. Those making the trip are A. M. Grilley T. M. Dye, P. L. Wilder, Paul Kerr, David Kerr, Fred Newell, J. Helwig, L. F. Whittaker, John J. Burling, E. Haring, C. B. Cor bett and Harry T. Smith. Aggies Lose Baseball Captain. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, Corvallis, Feb. 7. CSpecial.) George Rleben, captain of the 1912 baseball team at Oregon Agricultural College, will not return to college. Final word has been receivea to mis effect by Dr. Stewart, the athletic di rector. Rleben, who pitched on last year's team, graduated from school last Spring, but had planned to return to take graduate work. Soccer Game Postponed. The soccer game between Portland Academy and Washington High, which was t& have been played yesterday afternoon, was called off on account of the bad state of the Columbus field. The game was postponed till next Mon day. This will also mean a rearrange ment of the Columbia University game with Portland Academy to some day next week. Skidding is due to a film of mud or water or grease between the tire and the pavement. Cut through and clean away thts Aim ana the tin won't skid. 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