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(J 14 THE 3IOEXIXG OREGOXIAX. SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1913. . PHILLIES MAY BUY GATCHEk HOEEY McCredie Is Offered $3500 for Backstop, but Demands $4000 for Him. MANAGER D00IN ANXIOUS Player Wants Berth In East and Beaver Magnate Says He Will Let Him Go If Available Substi tute Can Be Found. BT BOSCOE FAWCETT. After several weeks of bargaining It begins to look as If Daniel P. Howley, catcher of the Portland Pacific Coast club, will wear a Philadelphia National uniform In 1913. If Managers McCredie and Dooin come to terms the elongated backstop will bring a price equal to that paid by the Naps for Vean Gress. The Phillies have offered $3500 but Mc. Credle la holding back and says he is loath to part with Howley for less than $4000. If Howley is sold Portland will have ; but one veteran catcher, Gus Fisher. 1 Consequently McCredie is determined : not to lose his star receiver unless,com pensated sufficiently to enable him to corner in another catcher from one of ( the major clubs without financial loss, t Cleveland has no class AA catchers for t sale, so Portland would have to seek ' eleewhere. Howler 'Wants to Star Kat. "Howley does not want to come back 'to Portland next Spring." admitted fManager McCredie last night. "He s likes the city but desires to be closer . to his aged mother. Dan is the only ' boy at home and is his mother's pet. He writes her every day of his life and Is constantly fretting and worry ing for fear she may take sick nnd pass away before he can reach her. His home is at East Weymouth. Mass. "He asked me last Fall even before the Phillies put in a draft for him, to try to sell or trade him farther Kast. Howley Is a fine fellow. He has given jne the best in him and Til always try to treat those men right," added Mc--Credie. "Of course I cannot lot Dan go, ven for $4000, unless I have my eyes on somebody just about as good, but he deserves the chance and If Dooln raises a trifle on his ante he will like ly be called." McCredie says he wouldn't quibble a moment over the deal had his draft fo- Frank Armstrong, of Dayton. O., been allowed. Last week he offered the Dayton club $2000 for the kid receiver, but his offer was refused. Everywhere there is a big demand for capable catchers, as witness the chance the Phillies are taking on Mickey La Longe. former Beaver, drafted from Tacoma last Fall. Cost of Player Is f 1300. Portland bought Howley for $1500 last Winter through the Cleveland Naps, who purchased him from Utlca, N. y. For over four seasons Howley caught for Indianapolis in the Ameri can Association. He started out as a 19-year-old high school boy in 1900, finished the year at Grand Rapids in the Central League, and returned to Indianapolis for 1907. 1908. 1909. 1910 and two months of 1911. Then he se cured a transfer to Utica after a row. While Howley did not show much hitting strength last season for Port land he proved a highly capable man. Dan has a wonderful arm and a quick, active brain, and, personally, is one of the cleanest, finest, most likeable ath letes that ever showed In the Coast League. Happy Hogan said many times last season that Howley could make good in the majors. Curiously enough, he has never had a chance to show his wares in the big show, his purchase by Cleveland from Utlca being his closest shave. Manager McCredie expects the deal to conic to a head within a week. Meanwhile the -work of snaring In the elusive bushcrs continues to thrive. Yesterday the mailman shoved under the door at baseball headquarters a signed contract from Alfred J. Wolters, brother of Harry Wolters, the New York American outfielder. Alfred is Playing ball In the San Francisco City League, and down thore the critics dis prove the old saying that "only one Napoleon Is born In every family." Like Ms brother, he Is an outfielder, but can also cover the infield. McCredie's Invasion of the San Fran cisco semi-pro ranks is stirring up a tremendous row In the California me tropolis. Cal Ewing ordered the pad locks on his Recreation Park gates the other day. thus shutting out the City Leaguers, who have been utiliizng the park this Winter. Now the boys are tip in arms, claim ing that Kwtng is retaliating because Portland slipped one over on hlra by grabbing all the promising recruits. Jimmy lllcharilson has been doing the scout service for McCredie. llellman, Rlordan and Wolters at'e part of his poaching haul. "Speck" TIarkness. Beaver twlrler sold to Vernon, has not heard a word from Ms new boss. Hap Hogan, since the deal was put through a fortnight ago. He expects a contract in a day or two. Harkncas Kxpert Good Season. "Speck" weighs 18; pounds now and Is keeping in trim by exercising with pulley weights, splitting wood and playing auction bridge. Ho expects to have a good season for Hogan. A declaration that both Harkness and Koestncr will win their first games against Portland In April caused a heated argument between two Portland fans yesterday. The forensics finally resulted In W. C. Lynch, a redhot ad mirer of Koestner's, wagering a hat on each ex-Beaver's winning capabili ties in the initial set-tos. "Manager McCredie shouldn't knock Koestner by telling of his crapshoot lng and gambling habits after trading him," declared Lynch vehemently. "El mer helped him win a pennant or two. You can't saw wood with a hammer. There ought to be some humanity in this baseball business: yesslr, some humanity." "Hut aren't you the fellow who used to sit in the grandstand and shriek "Ivlll the umpire?' " queried a friend by way of rebuttal. "Oh. well, that's different." replied Lynch, amidst laughter. Whereupon the crowd steered away to the haven where the clove has supplanted the mint and where the Instep takes on a brassy luster. WIXUVMCTTE SFXKCTIXG FIVE Basketball Is Chief Athletic Interest ' of Vniverslty Students. WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY. Salem. Or Jan. 10. (Special.) Wlih the re sumption of college work following the holiday vacation, the leading athletic Interest now center In basketball. As yet no attempt has been made to se lect a variety or first team. Prior to th holidays the class teams hstd full tmi-ay, play in off a series of games with onn another, and at the sami time uncovering some so3 material which should be vajuable latvr. These different clns teams have also played a. number of outside games, the fresnmen five playing Chemawa, Inde. pendence. several of the minor Salem teams and the fciiverton Athletic Club. In each one of these class games all ot last year's varsity men were kept out in order to-give the incoming material a better chance. It is expecred tnat two games will be played with both the Agricultural College and State University teams, one of these to be iu Salem, the other at Centralla. while the State Universlty team will be met on the local floor and in Eugene. Few if any of the college basketball teams from outside the state will be met, on account of the expense involved in scheduling them. BEXXETT MAY GO TO CAXAKA Walter Patterson Expects to Take Irish Lightweight Xortli. Billy Bennett, a lightweight only a year removed from Dublin. Ireland, may go after the Canadian 133-pound- ers within a month of two. Walter Patterson, a Portland man who took Eddie McGoorty on his first Invasion of England and Ireland, is investi gating the situation for Bennett, and is wavering between Canada and San Francisco. The former is favored be cause of the apparent mediocrity of the performers. Bennett's first fight in this country was with Jack Britton in New York. He lost In the tenth rouad, when the fight was stopped, but for several periods infirm Carl Wolff, Ail-Around Athlete Chonen to Captain 11)13 Multuo luah 1'lnb Footbnll Team. had the. Chicago lad guessing. He Is now in Philadelphia, where he boxed Willie Moody to a draw and won two fights with Pat Bradley. He is a first class boxer, only 22 years old, and ex pects to work his way Into the class of championship contenders In the West. ANDERSON IS MATCHED Bll TO FIGHT TKOTT TWENTY ROUNDS JANUARY 2 5. McGarcy Closes Negotiations for Bont at Vernon Between Young and Ambitious Scrappers. L.?S ANGELES, Jan. 10. (Special.) Lightweights will get back in the same at Vernon this month. Tom McCarey closed negotiations for a 20-round scrap at Vernon the afternoon of Janu-J ary 2o between Sammy Trott, of Co lumbus, and Bud Anderson, of Van couver. Wash. Anderson has been asking for a match here for some time and Trott has been on the ground for several weeks on the same mission. As the big; double bill of heavy weights was broken up by the injury to Bull Young: and the death of Charley Horn's brother last night, McCarey de cided to tire the lightweights the next January call and put the bout on his calendar for January 25. Trott never has fought here, but ho made quite a reputation In the East by his Battling Nelson style of milling. He was so sure that he could make good that he and his manager. Nick Albanese. paid their way to Los Angeles several weeks ago. Anderson has won 38 lights, 26 of the victories belns via the knockout route. and his record appealed to McCarey. AVith both boys looking like probable future treats and with no other dates conflicting, McCarey decided to give them a chance to make good. Trott started training this afternoon at Ven ice under the direction of Manager Al banese and Paul Mullen. Anderson will be here tomorrow and will establish himself In Jack Doyle's training quar ters at Vernon. Closely following the Anderson-Trott fight will come the Eddie Campt-Kid Williams fuss, the afternoon of Febru ary 12, and then the Knockout Brown Joe Rivers battle for Washington's birthday. All these bouts nave been definitely arranged, all the terms and conditions having been agreed to by all the scrappers. Fred Anderson, the featherweight brother of "Bud" Anderson, left hurri edly yesterday for San Francisco, where he was to begin training for a preliminary to Bud's scrap. He may meet "Babe" Plcato, the lightweight who appeared against tho Northwest lightweight king at Medford recently. Anderson's Portland friends feared that his trip south would be profitless when it was learned that the promised Oakland fight on January 15 had been called off. However. Promoter Jimmy Coffroth. of San Francisco, had inter ested himself in Bud. chiefly because of the 1000 sent south as a Bide bet for a fight, and assisted him in securing the Los Angeles engagement. Trott Is & 23-year-old stockily-built German-American from Columbus. He has been fighting since 1908, engaging lu ii lights, of which only two were lost. He was knocked out In eigtit rounds by Knockout Brown, Dan Mor gan's lightweight, but held his own with such men as Battling Nelson, Young Savior, Pal Brown, Rudue L'n holz and Phil Brock. Cornett Here January 2 7. Jim Corbett, former heavyweight title-holder, will be in Portland the week of January 2. instead of January 20. "Gentleman Jim" is booked on the Umpress circuit In a monologue act. S r, I 1 if! p JH? WOLF TO CAPTAIN MULTNOMAH TEAM Big Halfback Elected on Sec ond Ballot Three Others Are Candidates. 5 ANNOUNCE RETIREMENT Clarke, OVRourke,' Ludlam, Rine- hart and Calllcrate Positively Say They Are Through, and Hick son Threatens to Quit, Too. Carl Wolff, the 195-pound football and track star of the Multnomah Ath letic Club, was chosen captain of the 1913 Winged M football squad at tne annual election last night at the club building. Four stars figured In the voting on tho first ballot. Dudley Clarke receiv ing five slips, Wolff and Calllcrate four apiece, and O Rourke one. On the sec- ond ballot Wolff received the necessary seven voteB. Clarke four and Calllcrate three. Many Will Retire. Prior to the election the boys talked over 1913 prospects, and, from all ap pearancea. Multnomah football enthu siasts will see many strange athletes flitting about on the sawdust-capped amphitheater next Fall. Clarke, Calll crate. O'Rourke, Rinehart and Ludlam positively announced that they would not again don the moleskins. Jack Hickson Is another star who threatens to quit. Wolff. Keck and ex-Captain Hurlburt will still remain for the backfleld, how ever, but the club will be sadly shy a quarterback if Karl Rinehart retires. Riney" graduates from medical col lege this Spring, and will immediately begin the practice of medicine. Sap Latourette has been talked of as regu lar for 1913. but It is rumored that Cupid is soon to disqualify the ex-Ore. gon star. That will leave the club without a prospect. Wolft Is Popular Athlete. When the football heroes chose Carl Woift as 1913 captain they made an extremly happy choice, Wolff is a big, good-natured fellow, extremely popu lar and a wonderful athlete. He was chosen by Frank Watklns as one of the five greatest halfbacks in the 21 years of Multnomah football. In addition to his football prowess, Carl is a famous weight thrower. He is a Portland boy, son of Fred erick Wolff, manager of the Phoenix Iron Works, and Is a brother of Johnny Wolff, the speed-boat designer after whom the "Oregon Wolf was named. He is a machinist by trade. Carl gained his first football fame at the Oregon Agricultural College, where he played four years, 1906, 1907, 1908 and 1909, three years as fullback and one as half. The Aggies won the cham pionship in 1907. He haB been a Mult nomah star for three seasons. Wolff Is one of the greatest punters ever developed in the Northwest. Those who voted at the election last night were: Clarke, Wolff. Calllcrate, O'Rourke, Rinehart, Smith, Keck, Dun ton. Hurlburt, Rupert, Convlll, Mon tague, Ludlam and Carlson. Dow Walker presided, with Lyle Brown, cheer leader, In the ofnng. UNIFORM CONTRACTS FAVORED National Commission Says Players . must All Be Protected. CINCINNATI, O.. Jan. 10. In revers ing a decision of the National Board of Minor Leagues here today, the National Baseball Commission gave notice that at Its annual meeting In Chicago next Thursday it would advocate the adop tion of a uniform contract both for ma jor and minor leagues. The case today was an appeal by Player Manning from a. decision in the National Board. The latter had refused his claim for salary against the York, Pa., club of the Tri-State League, from June 1 to the end of the Trl-btate sea son. Manning was injured In a. cham pionship game, and, after coming from the hospital, was suspended by the York club for disability. A stipulation in his contract held that the club was bound only to pay him for one month following his release from the hospital. The commission held that in case the club did not release the player outright at the expiration of a month. It would be forced to pay him the salary, as it was against the letter and spirit of the National agreement to suspend a player for disability when that disabil ity was sustained on the ball field. Player Manning was declared a free agent unless the York club pays his demands within ten days. The commission then declared that uniform- contracts alone would elimi nate this evil. ANGEL- UNTFORMS TOO RED Giddy Suits Displease Dillon Who Sees Omen of 111 Luck. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 10. (Special.) The members of the Los Angeles bass ball team will appear in new suits at the opening of the 1913 season, follow ing the custom that has been in vogue since the club was organized. When the traveling suits were ordered there was a lot of red in their makeup, the caps having red visors, the stockings having large red bands and there was consid erable of the cardinal color distributed throughout the uniform. When Frank Dillon, captain and manager of the team, received the samples of the prepared suits he shook his head and said there must be a change. "Too much red In them."- quoth "Cap." "Baseball teams that sport lots of red in their uniforms never have any luck winning pennants." BLISS JOINS "HOLDOUT" CAMP Senator Wants to Play at Vernon and Asks- Sacramento for Release. LOS ANGELES. Jan. 10. (Special.) Jack Bliss is the latest of the Sacra mento prospects to balk at playing in that city. Bliss last night followed In the footsteps of Downey and McDonald and joined the 'hold-outs." It is not a question of more money with Bliss. He says that all his inter ests are in this part of the state and that is the logical place for him to play. Vernon is the club on which be would like to be enrolled. Bliss is not a "hold-out" in the usual sense of the word. He regards Los Angeles as bis home. His friends here are legion and he is interested in an orange ranch with Rube Ellis. These things explain his desire to play in the south. Reed Students to Contest. The student athletic council at Reed College has posted a notice announc ing an Indoor lnterciass athletic meet to be held in the college on Wednes day, February 5, at 2:15 P. M. The events as scheduled are: Fifty-yard dash, high jump, shot put, dips, pull ups, high kick, relay race, tug-of-war, standing broad jump and standing hop. step and jump. In the tug-of-war each team is to have eight men. Rivalry be tween the freshmen and sophomores is keen. As yet the sophomores have a clean slate, having defeated the fresh men in football, basketball and handball. Ketchel May Fight Murphy. CHICAGO, Jan. 10. Steve Ketchel today sent a telegram to James Coff roth at San Francisco, declaring his willingness to fight Tommy Murphy in the California city February 22. He expects the match to be made. Barner to Captain Centralla Five. CENTRAL! A, Wash.. Jan. 10. (Spe cial.) The student body of the Cen tralia High School last night elected George Barner captain of the 191S bas ketball five. The school has prospects of a strong team. GRUIKSHANK IN SHAPE COLT OUTFIELDER HAS OPERA TION ON BAD KNEE. With Fries and Mahoncy on Staff and- Fortier and Norton Prospec tive Gardeners, Nick Is Easy. Prospects' for a topnotch outfield for the Portland Colts ascended several notches yesterday when Manager Nick Williams received word from Norman Cruikshank, the 1912 cripple, that he has just undergone an operation on his weak knee and has the assurance of his surgeon that he will be as fleet next season as when he first broke Into the diamond game. - For three years Cruikshank has been a seml-cripple, an injury to his knee either keeping him out of the game or slowing him up. He postponed a hos pital trip until a week ago, but finally yielded to the importunities of his fam ily physician and the twisted liga ment that has caused so much trouble was straightened. Cruikshank, one of the best outfield ers in the Northwest when in physical condition, was traded to Portland by Seattle last season because of the bad knee. The member improved and the player promised to rank among the .800 sluggers of the Northwestern League when he was hit in the face by a pitched ball. His nose was broken and the optic nerve was injured, mak ing it almost impossible to judge balls and strikes, particularly on a cloudy day. His knee became worse, and, com bined with his eye trouble, made him ot doubtful value to his club the last six weeks of the campaign. "If Crulkshank's knee Is as good as ever he should have no trouble in hold ing a job in the Colt outfield next sea son," said Manager Williams. . "He writes that his eyes are all right, and if this is the case Cruikshank should prove as good as any outfielder in the league." Fries, right fielder, and Mahoney. center fielder, are on the Colt staff for 1913. Williams expects to get Fortier, the Union Association man, from Mc Credie, while Norton, who plays a bet ter outfield than first base, is also a prospective Colt recruit. Nick is not worrying over the outfield or infield situation, declaring that the success or failure of his 1913 team depends largely upon the showing of his pitch ers. "McCredie is sure to give me out fielders and inflelders men who would stick on any Coast League club if the management was not forced to cut down the squad in favor of the tried veterans so I am not worrying on that score." declared Manager Nick last night. KENNEL CLUB TO ELECT DOG FANCIERS PREPARE FOR 1913 BENCH SHOW. Sleeting Called for January 23--Am-I) it ion of Members Is tor Five Point Event Willi 300 Entries. Portland dog fanciers already are making plans for the fourteenth an nual bench show of the Portland Ken nel Club. Officials of the club will be elected for 1913 at a meeting to be held January 23 at the offices of Dr. Alan Welch Smith, Medical building, president, and immediately thereafter active preparations for the coming show will be under way. A five-point show, .with more than 300 dogs on exhibition, is the ambition of the club members, but they realize the difficulties in bringing many more than 200 canines together in Portland and a three-point show, with approxi mately 200 dogs, or between 500 and 600 entries, seems to be the 1913 pro gramme. This year s show will be held lor four days the last of March or first of April, preferably in one of the down town structures under construction. Last year the show was staged in the basement of the Teon building. An Eastern Judge, one of the most prom inent in the dog world, will be im ported to judge the classes. Dr. Henry Jarrett, of Philadelphia, judged the dogs at the 1912 show, but a new man is likely to be chosen for 1913. The retiring officers of the Portland Kennel Club are: Dr. Alan Welch Smith, president; Frank O. Creaey, vice-president; J. J. McCarthy, secre tary and treasurer; Walter B. Honey man, Dr. George B. Story. C. B. May. E. P. Bodley. directors: Felix Friea lander, Frank E. Watklns and Dr. H. V. Adlx, bench show committee. Frank E. Watklns, owner of the Wil lamette Kennels, and one of the 'most prominent dog fanciers in the West, may judge bullterriers at the Seattle and San Francisco shows this Beason. He has received several lettars fiom each club asking him to officiate at the 113 shows and will accept ure t-r both of the offers. Amateur Athletics. AVlthin the next few days the Alblna football eleven, which won the cham pionship in the Archer & Wiggins Foot ball League, will receive a handsome silver trophy. The cup was presented by the Archer & Wiggins Company. Next Sunday the Alblna team will play its last game, meeting the F. E. Wat kins team. The game will be played on the South Portland grounds. The Jefferson and Washington High School soccer football teams engaged in a practice game on the Jefferson grounds yesterday and played to a 3-3 tie. Polvln, of the Jefferson team, starred for his- squad, while Clement, Ball and Adams did great work for the Washington boys; The junior alumni members of the Christian Brothers Business College held a smoker Thursday night and fast Doxing and wrestling bouts were pulled off. Higgins and Brown boxed four In teresting rounds to a draw. Hlggina bad the better of his man during the first two rounds, but tailed to hold his lead. Callahan and Barnes furnished three rounds of fast milling, which also resulted In a draw. Driscoll defeated Hughes in a wrestling match after 3D minutes of hard work. THE Four Dandy TYai: DAILY IN EACH DIRECTION BETWEEN Portland, Tacoma and Seattle Luxurious Cafe Observation Cars on the Steel Flyer and Puet Sound Express, leaving Union Depot, Portland, daily at 8:30 A. M. and 1 :4o P. M.. respectively. You Lave the advantage also, without extra oost, of stenographer, barber, lady's maid and vale,t on the Shasta Limited Train Be Luxe between Portland and Puget Sound points. OWL by night, leaving Travel Right It Costs No More CITY TICKET OFFICE Third and Washington Streets Phones: Marshall 4500 or A 6121 CONTEST IS ROUGH Christian Brothers Defeated by McLoughlin Five. GAME'S SCORE IS 21 TO 19 Victors Conquer Principally Because of Work Done by Evers and Sharpe, Who Throw Four Baskets Each. The Christian Brothers' Business Col lAn.A Laelrathnll team TTinrie its first ap pearance in the City Basketball League last night and met defeat by the Mc Loughlin five. 81 to 19. The game was played on the Christian Brothers' floor. From the very start noin teams ie sorted to rough tactics. Referee Welch called J 6 fouls during the game, the t Dir. hoinv rhareAfl with nine rule Infringements. At the end of the tlrst nail tne score was uu . McLoughlin's victory was due largely to the worK OI divers nu oawiye, wards, who made four baskets apiece. .1 ... a anri WHUflmS flf the Christian Brothers' Business College second team, starrea iur urai The McLoughlin quintet has played two games and has won both contests. The line-ups: Elvers ' F...... ....7... Ganor Sharpe -F.. William. Tower C JowtI Toomey O lebertj Bled O Bernlng The All-Stars DastceiDau ieiu, which was to have met the Lents boys on the Lents floor last night, notified the East Side manager that the team would be unaoie to piay. .-i was given. irn..av Miirht'e nnstnoned game be tween the Lents and Weonas will take place at the Lents gymnasium ioniB"- JUXCTIOX GIRLS ARE VICTORS Pleasant Hill Basketball Team Is Defeated, 9 to ". tt-vittav CTTV Or .Tar,. 10. fSDe- cial.) The first girls' basketball game . . . 1 , .V.I. Itv In tnat nas ueea I" J " ' - the last three years took place tonight i . v.n T'l ,11 e.a n t 14111 and .TuriCtion ueiwccu iuc ...... . City high school teams. The game was won ny junction wj - 9 to 1. The score at the' end of the first half was 4 to 4. Miss Helen Khr man starrrert for the locals by making the entire nine points by throwing nine i o ,!, "t1bq flladvn Wnerner. UUl Ul - w . the Junction center and captain, was next to ivu ciiinuiiu i v . ... thu stezer and Erma Laird were the stars for the visitors. This is the first game of the season lor tne junc tion City girls. ... . . . I r I .- Uinrf, Cnhnnl hflre' ine juuLiiuii v,.ij .nb" ...... . " basketball team also . defeated the Pleasant iiiii nign ncnooi team. . w the Btars for the locals, while Calllson and Moore shone for the visitors. This makes Junctions nun victory in six games. CINCINNATI sportsmen are figuring on establishing a .novel game, namely, basketball on roller skates. The game is similar to the present basketball as to noor, Daskets and om- cials, but. of course, some rule changes are necessary. For example, there is no fault found with the player who, when traveling at ton speed, receives the ball and finds it impossible to stop suddenly. "Cyclone Johnny Thompson and Jim BIRTHDAY CONGRATULATIONS. "Scoops Carey. Maxwell G. Carnarius, the star out fielder or the Plttaburp Pirates, who Is known in the baveball world a "Scoops," or Max Carey, was born in Terre Haute, Ind., January 31, 1890. His career as a professional ballplayer covers four years, begin ning with his engagement by the South Bend club of the Central League in 3909. He played with the same team In 3010 and In the Fall of that year was drafted by Pltt burg. Carey's work with the Pirates during the past two seasons has been of an exceptionally high order, his most notable ach levements be ing the role of a clean-up hitter. His batting average last season was .302 and he led the National League batsmen In three-base hits. Carey Is cow attending; a theological sem inary In St. Louis and when he grad uates next Spring he will be ordained a Lutheran minister. It is now ex pected, however, that he will Imme diately quit the diamond for the pulpit. SPORTING SPARKS j STEEL TRAIL IS KEPT WARM BY AND THE 11 P. 3, is the business man's train that saves a day. Flynn are scheduled for a 20-round bont before the club offering the best terms. The match will be for the new "commission weight championship" re cently established by the New York Boxing Commission. Eddie McGoorty and Billy Papke are also eligible?. Bob Fitzsimmons was the last light heavyweight champion. College championships were pretty evenly divided last year. Pennsyl vania was supreme in track and in cricket. The following were the East ern leaders: Track athletics Pennsylvania Cricket . f . . Pennsylvania Football Harvard Baseball Princeton Rowing Cornell Crosscountry Harvard Soccer Yale 3oIf Yale Tennis - Frinreton Wrestling Cornell Hockev Princeton Fencing West Point Gymnastics Yale Basketball Columbia Fielder Jones announced In The Ore gonian upon his return from his East ern trip that Joe Tinker would be an Oregon visitor early in January. Joe has been -doing a vaudeville turn in Cincinnati and, as training season is nigh, he may call off his Coast jaunt. Medford, Or., has been quite a ren dezvous for athletes this week. Besides Ad YVoIgast, former lightweight king, Medford has been entertaining Del Howard, of the Seals; his brother, Ivan, of Los Angeles, and Howard Fahey, new Angel. When Evers and Huegins were ap pointed big-league managers the Play ers' Fraternity lost a couple of valu able members. Under the rules of the new association no managers are al lowed on the board. SCALE OF FEES PROPOSED Schedule for Probate Court Will Be Given to Legislature. By request. A. E. Clark has prepared for submission to the Legislature a bill providing a graduated scale of fees for the Probate Court of Multnomah County and also providing for the ap pole tment by the Probate Judge of a Probate Clerk whose sole and exclusive- duty It shall be to look after probate records. At present It sometimes costs as much to probate an estate of a few hundred dollars as it does one of $1,000,000, and the bill is aimed at remedying this condition. Under the present system when an estate is filed for probate an Initial fee of $8.50 is paid and this is used as papers are filed, there being a sched ule of so much for each paper, depend ing upon its nature. Frequently as many papers are tiled in a small estate as in a big one, sometimes more. The new scheme would provide flat fees ac cording to the size of the estate. It is based on the experience of Herman U. Schelder, for many years in charge of probate records under County Clerk Fields. 'She proposed system would eliminate much bookkeeping now necessary. The schedule sought Is as follows: For filing petition for adoption, $3; petition for change of name. $5; estate or guardianship where the value is 5500 or less JS, from J500 to $2000 $7.50, from $2000 to $10,000 $10, from $10,000 to $20,000 $12.50. over $20,000 $15; for the filing of demurrer, answer, motion or objection to any of the above-named proceedings, $3; filing contest of will, $5. WORD BARS WRESTLING Professionals May Xot Meet in Mult nomah County. On the theory that. If not all, at least 90 per cent of professional wrestling matches are "fixed" Sheriff Tom Word has announced that none but amateur bouts will be permitted in Multnomah County while he holds office. This stand was taken in a letter sent yesterday to a Pendleton promoter who was arranging to come to Portland next week to ' arrange a match between Stanislaus Zbyszko, the Pole, who claims the heavyweight championship of the world since the retirement of Frank Gotch, and Montanlc. the Uma tilla Indian football player of Tendle ton. "I refused to allow the O'Connell Buzukos match," said Sheriff Word. "Why should I play favorites by letting outsiders come in and take some easy money? The only thing is to prevent the staging of all professional bouts and that will be my policy. Amateurs may wrestle to their hearts' content." DAN SULLIVANS ARE THREE Hotel man Xot One Who Is Dead Xor the One in Jail. Dan Sullivan, manager of the Ho tel Teton, has a grouch. Last week a man named Dan Sulli van died In an ambulance after being picked up intoxicated. All of the Teton's manager's friends sent flowers. Thursdav another Dan Sullivan was sentenced to tn days in jail for mash- in? youn? girls. The Hotel Teton's telephone was busy yesterday receiving condolences. "The report that I am .dead or in Jail," said this Dan Sullivan, yester day. In the words or Mark Twain, is grossly exaggerated." MAT LEAGUE URGED Portland High Schools May Take Up Wrestling. MULTNOMAH OFFERS AID Edgar Frank, Kddic OTonuell ami Other Winged "SI" Experts to Coaeh Young Athletes Stu dents Pleased at rrospect. Wrestling, favorite sport of the an cients and popular, in its amateur form throughout the world, is to become a part of the athletic curriculum of Port land's high schools. Under the eyes of crack Multnomah Club grapplers, the athletes of Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln High Schools are to become proficient in the art of matcraft, and an interscholastic league for next Win ter Is planned. Edgar Frank, chairman of tile Indoor athletics committee of Multnomah Ama teur Athletic Club, and the best wrest ler of his weight in the West, lias taken a hand in the movement to de velop athletes in the "prep" schools of the city. He would like to see the three high schools of Portland, and the big private schools as well, banded together in a' wrestling league similar to that in operation among the big col leges of the East. Air. Frank, together with Kobcrt Krohn, physical director of tho Port land public schools, made a tour of in spection of the three high schools sev eral days ago and discovered complete wrestling equipment in each of the buildings. Students were approached on the question of the adoption of wrestling as an Indoor Winter sport and their reception of the idea was enthusiastic. Mr. Frank will communi cate officially with the school authori ties during the next few days with tho offer of coaching talent from Multno mah Club. "Washington, Lincoln and Jefferson Hiyh Schools have splendid wrestling equipment in their new buildings, but it remains unusued because of tho ab sence of instructors." said Mr. Frank. "There is no reason why hundreds or clever wrestlers should not be devel oped among the boys of Portland, and Multnomah Club people are going to assist the high school boys. Kddie O'Connell, our instructor, myself, and a number of our best wrestlers, includ ing McCarthy and Convlll, will volun teer to give instructions to the athletes at the schools. "In the East the colleges derive much pleasure and profit from their wrest ling league contests, and such a league among the Portland schools is not only practicable but probable by next Win ter. Wrestling Is a splendid sport for the development of men, and such a league should prove the leading Win ter sport attraction in the schools." Willamette Team Defeated. WILSONVILLB, Or., Jan. 10. (Spe cial.) The Wilsonvllle basketball team was defeated the first time this season last night by the United Brethren Church team, of Portland, by the score of 32 to 26. The game was fast and the score changed from one side to the other several times. The home team had the best In team work, but the basket shooting of the visitors' for wards overcame this advantage. Dallas Heady for Mnllnomah. DALLAS, Or., Jan. 9. (Special.) Somewhat recovered from the strenu ous yet victorious fight on last Satur day night against the All-Star bas ketball team of Salem, which they won by a score of 18 to 20, the Company G basketball team of Dallas, champions of 1912. will meet their old-time rivals, the Multnomah Club, of Portland, on Saturday evening. What Is No. 10?