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14 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TTJESUAT. 3IAIECH G, 1917. BIGBEE CONFIDENT OF HOLDING BERTH "Skeet" Doesn't Expect Great , Trouble ' in Sticking With Pirates. GUISTO'S CHANCES BETTER Sale of Gandil Gives ex-Beaver Star Chance to Demonstrate Worth to Cleveland Deal Said to Be On to Land Red Ivuhn. BY HARRY M. GRATSOK Carson "Skeeter" Bigbee, the Ty Cobb tef the West, arrived In Portland last night and will leave this morning for the .training- camp of the Pittsburg Na tional League ball club at Columbus, Cia. Bigbee is as brown as the proverb ial berry and weighs 161 pounds, heavier than last season. All Winter he and his brother, Lyle, who is one of the pitchers with the Portland club in Honolulu, have been working on their father's ranch near Waterloo, Or. "Yes, I'm confident of sticking with the Pirates." said the youthful Orego nlan last night. As far as I know, there are just four others fighting for outfield berths. They are Bill Hinch man, Max Carey, Frank Schulte, the old Cub and King, who came up late last ceason from some minor league. Then 1 presume there will be two or three in addition who will report this Spring. Bigbee hit .250 in 43 games after re porting to Pittsburg last Fall. He was Jiitting .303 in more than half of them when Manager Jimmy Callahan decided to try him at second base. The change peemed to worry the speed marvel and his hitting fell cf. From all accounts. It is the intention of the Pittsburg leader to play Bigbee in left field this season as a regular. This is the sun field in the Smoky City, and as "Skeet" wore the smoked glasses last year he ought to feel at home. Bigbee Is the University of Oregon hoy who went south with Walter Mc Credie last Spring and after being switched to Tacoma, of the Northwest ern League, was sold for $5000 by Russ Hall to Owner Barney Dreyfuss, of the Pirates. "Skeet" wanted to go on the Hono lulu trip with the Beavers in the worst way but Dreyf uss refused to grant .him permission, so Ike Wolfer, the Portland boy owned by Vancouver, was taken in his stead to fill the niche left open by Floyd Farmer's delay in reporting. The Oregon flash will arrive in Chi cago Friday, and expects to be in Co lumbus, Ga., Sunday. "Chuck" Ward, last season shortstop for the Portland club, will again train this season with the same team with which Bigbee is. The pair were at Sacramento together last Spring with Portland. Pittsburg's training starts next Monday. Carson Bigbee will be 22 years old this month. Pretty young for a Na tional Leaguer. He spent last evening visiting friends with a brother who resides here and Catcher Al Bartholemy, who was a teammate of Carson's on the Tacoma club last year. Bartholemy has been traded to Denver, of the West ern League, where he will play this season. John M. Richards, a Portland baseball fan. is boosting Catcher Leland Benton. who is now with the Chicago Cub5s at Pasadena, to George S. Shepherd and Hugh McCredie, who are in charge of baseball headquarters in the absence of the two McCredies. Benton Is 2 4 years old, stands six feet high and weighs 200 pounds. He was signed by Chicago the day before the Cubs started for the Coast. Benton Is also a good outfielder, says Richards. He has been playing semi-professional tall with Valparaiso and Geary, Ind., nut nrst attracted attention at Ann Arbor university, where he caught George Sisler. the versatile pastimer xvitn fielder Jones. Sisler and Benton, as a battery, never lost a game wniie at Ann Arbor. Rich ards, who has been in Portland for only two years, has watched Benton catch and play outfield for several sea sons prior to his coming to Oregon. Yesterday he urged George Shepherd to write Walter McCredie about Benton, whom he says is the real McCov. However, Benton will go to Los An geles or some other Cub farm, if He has anything at all. so there does not seem to be much chance of the McCredies getting him. Now that "Chic" Gandil, who began rila major league career as the first baseman of the White Sox seven years go, has been purchased by President Charles Comiskey to return to the South Side club. It would seem that Louis Guisto has even a brighter chance of becoming the regular first Banker of the Cleveland Americans. Gandil was purchased to take the place of Jack Ness, holdout, and who has announced his retirement from the Karae. Both President Comiskey and .Manager uiarence Rowland declare they don't care if Ness does retire. Although the amount of money which Comiskey paid to secure the man whom he once turned adrift has not teen made public, it is said that $5000 ewung the deal. The only serious opposition that Guisto will have now will come from Miller, of Omaha, and Harris, from the Southern League. There is a rumor flying around base liall headquarters that Manager Walter McCredie may land Catcher Red Kuhn again this season. Kuhn was with Waco, of the Texas League, last year, after being let go by Salt Lake, and hit .274 In 72 games. Mack has always had a high regard for the redtop who starred with the Beavers several years ago. and if both Bob Marshall (Omaha) and Frank O'Brien continue to go bad In training, a deal may be arranged for Kuhn if no one else is obtainable The Portland Baseball Boosters started their 1917 campaign at a meet ing yesterday at 220 Third street. Bill Strandborg. J. Ed Werleln, last year's president. Roy Edwards. A. M. Grilley and Fred Peters, were on the Job. Another meeting will be held today at 2 o'clock, at 821 Electric Building. John J. Higgins, who is the acting chairman of the Beaver Boosters' Club, which was to have a meeting tomor row afternoon in one of the reception rooms on the mezzanine floor of the Multnomah Hotel, will be at today's gathering of the Portland Baseball Boosters, and it Is likely that the two organizations will be affiliated and that no meeting will be held tomorrow ly the Beaver Boosters' Club. The leading spirits of the Portland Baseball Boosters will outline today a. big meeting schedule for Saturday when the campaign will be launched with vim and vigor. CHANCE ANGRY WITH STOVAL.I, Angel Leader Won't JLet Tiger Pilot Come Near Park. . LOS ANGELES, March 6. (Special.) Diplomatic relations are about to be revered between the Angels and the Tigers. Chance asserted today Stovall would not be allowed in Washington Park again. Stovall says he was at the park this morning when the Angels were working out. simply to borrow a few dozen baseballs, and that he was not trying to size up the Angel club. This afternoon George Johnson, brother of Chief Johnson, asked Chance for a uniform and the Peerless Leader let him work out. The report is that Johnson will re port to Stovall tomorrow morning. It was "raw meat" day at Washing ton Park today. Angered by the ignominious manner in which his team was beaten by the Cubs last week. Manager Chance opened on his youngsters and started some real action. "Get a little life into you you run like an elephant In a street parade. "Either play ball or get off the field and let some one on who can. "I'll make you guys play ball or get out of those uniforms." These were a few of the gentle re marks hissed to the perspiring young athletes. Chance was about as angry as his players have ever seen, him and he had his crew jumping. Option Given on Cardinals. ST. LOUIS, March 5. An option on the St. Louis National baseball club was obtained by James C. Jones, attorney for the club, this afternoon, when he gave Mrs. Helen E. Britton, owner, a check" for $25,000 as an earnest of his intention to buy. Mr. Jones and as sociates have 60- days in which to make a payment of $150,000. The total cost of the club will be $350,000. SEATTLE CLUB IS VICTOR HOCKEY AMATEUR TEAM CHOSEN FOR PORTLAND TOURXEY. Bine Diamond Wearers Defeat Auto Club 2-0 and Win Right to Play Mult nomah Club Here Wednesday. SEATTLE, Wash.. March 6. (Spe cial.) The Seattle Athletic Club hockey septet won the first championship of the Seattle Amateur Hockey League here tonight. by handing a 2-to-0 de feat to the Auto Club seven In a hard fought game. The game was the play off for the tie, which nearly resulted after the close of the regular season. As a result the Seattle Athletic Club team will leave Wednesday morning for Portland as Seattle's entry in the Northwest amateur hockey tournament in the Rose City Ice Palace. For three periods the blue diamond skitters aad the Jitneurs' team fought for goals, with only one tally separat ing them, but near the close of the final session Lobley slipped one by the Auto Club's goal and gave the S. A. C. boys a safe lead. Neither team could score in the ini tial period, though the club forwards passed up an easy chance to score by poor passing in front of the nets. Brown, the S. A. C. diminutive wing. rushed up the ice in the second and shot the rubber by McMillan for the first goal. In the last session Foster passed out from behind the goal to Lobley, who shot the final goal. The game was rough, both teams re sorting to questionable tactics in their wild efforts to prevent scoring. George Irvine, official referee of the profes sional circuit, officiated, but he failed to draw the line on penalties as closely as he does In the senior league games, and tripping and cross-checking were numerous. VANCOUVER TOWERS WIN" TITLE Right to Play In. Portland Tourney Decided in Overtime Game. VANCOUVER, B. C, March 5. (Spe cial.) It took five minutes overtime here tonight to decide the amateur hockey championship of Vancouver and British Columbia when the Towers de feated the Centrals by a score of four goals to three. The Towers leave here Wednesday for Portland, where they will play for the Northwest title on Friday night. Portland Gun Club Will Hold "Goat" Shoot. II. A. Pollock First to Lose In New Tournament-All Now Preparing? for Merchandise Event. A NEW tournament has been planned by members of the Portland Gun Club and it will be known as the "goat" shoot. Each contestant has a paper goat and the match race is for 25 birds. The winner takes the los er's "goat" and the nimrod who loses is forced to present the winner with a box of shells and then shoot another 25 targets to try and secure it back. H. A- Pollock, vice-president and man ager of the Portland Gun Club team. Is the first one to lose his "goat at the Everding Park traps. Plans are being made for the big merchandise shoot to be held at Ever ding Park next Sunday in honor of John G. Clemson. president. Henry K. Everding, secretary-treasurer, is in charge of the arrangements and a big turnout can be expected. A. L. Zach rison successfully defended his right to the W. C. ("Bill") Bristol 20-gauge trophy Sunday in a field of 14. He tied with H. R. Everding, James W. Seavy and A. W. Strowger, all with 20 out of 25 each, hut in the shoot-off he won. Dr. O. D. Thornton did not shoot in the regular competition, for if he had he now would be in possession of the trophy. He broke 23 out of 25 with the 20-gauger. FIGHT ENLIVENS BASKETBALL Goldendale Wlna Fiery Game From White Salmon, 4 7 to 2 2. GOLDENDALE, Wash., March 6. (Special.) The Goldendale fire depart ment basketball team still remains un defeated by any team in the Columbia River Basin or Portland, having de feated the White Salmon Athletic Club quintet at Goldendale Saturday night 47 to 22. Jensen, of White Salmon, and Dewey Barnes, of the firemen, both, guards. engaged in a fistic encounter and were both promptly ruled off the floor by the referee. The Goldendale team is planning a road trip, playing games with White Salmon, Hood River, Stevenson, Van couver and Portland teams. The score follows: Goldendale (47). White Salmon (22). Hlnshaw 14) F (8) Krepa Ward (14) F rg) Hlldebrand Spalding (11) G .... (5) H. Claterbos Barnea (6) G L. Claterbos Byars (4) G Jensen Guknan (8) Spare (1) Peck Referee, W. J. Dakin; umpire, H, Hum phrey; acorer, Paul Ballon. Cutler Thrown by Zbyszko. LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 5. Charles Cutler, of Chicago, lost his match here tonight to Wladek Zbyszko, of Poland, after taking the first fall in 35 minutes and 57 seconds with a front crotch and half Nelson. Zbyszko took the next fall in nine minutes and 25 seconds with a head chancery and the third in 14 min utes with a leg scissors and a half Nelson. Downey Outpoints Britton. COLUMBUS, O., March 5. Bryan Downey, of Columbus, received a news paper decision over Jack Britton, of Chicago, at the conclusion of their 12 round exhibition here tonight. NEED -FOR VETERAN PITCHERS EVIDENT McCredie About Determined to Drop Brandt, Zweifel, Hig bee and Schatzlein. NEW CATCHERS NOT STARS O'Brien and Marshall Slated for Early Discard, as Is Pinelll. Rain Prevents Play, bat Bea vers Practice Hard. BT ROSCOE FAWCETT. HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 5. (Spe cial.) While it would be foolhardy to attempt to pass final Judgment upon the young flinging talent brought across to Oahu by Walter Henry Mc Credie. the Spring ball training season is sufficiently advanced to permit the assertion that the Portland manager will need two or three more veteran pitchers before the Coast League sea son opens on April 3 at Salt Lake. Byron Houck, holdover; Lynn Bren- ton, of New Orleans, and Bill Fincher. of Memphis and St. Louis, are the only real slabbing veterans on the Beaver roster, and it would be taking consid erable of a gambler's chance for Walter Mac to hope to fill out his staff from the squad of ambitious youngsters in camp here. Four Pitchers Slated for Discard. At the present writing it looks like Johnny Brandt and ,A1 Zweifel (Port land Inter-City , Leaguers), Herman Schatzlein (Los Angeles semi-profes sional) and Mark Higbee (Quincy) are slated for the discard just as soon as the team hits California. The Beaver chieftain also needs an other experienced catcher. It appears now as if neither Bob Marshall (Omaha), nor Frank O'Brien will do. Olts can go even further than that. This pair is in line to be lopped off the payroll when the gang clambers off the Great Northern at the conclusion of its return voyage. Right now it appears that Charley Hollocher (Rock Island) will be the regular ehortpatcher or at least has the utility roll cinched. Third base is a problem, but anyway. Boss Walter will depend upon BUI Stumpf, Hollo cher and Paddy Slglln (Pittsburg) to look after shortstop and third base. Pinelll Likely to Be Let Go. Infielder Ralph Pinelll does not seem to be up to Class A A standard despite his brilliant start and will likely be re leased or turned over to Nick Williams. Portland has won but three contests since hitting the islands, and McCredie may feed the boys bird's nest soup, shark fin or chop suey to break the losing streak. The pitching has been poor, and to this can be charged the losses. It rained today, but the boys worked out all afternoon, anyway. Catcher Gus Fisher looked sweet at the bat and in pegging to the bases. Heavy prac tice will be Indulged in again tomor row. On Wednesday the Thirty-second In fantry team will be met and on Satur day the All-Chinese nine will get an other fling at the Beavers. The latter club has walloped the boys twice al ready. The Negro Infantry lads will be battled Sunday, when Kan Yen, who has been signed by the McCredies, will catch for Portland. Kan Yen is the catcher for the St. Louis College and All-Chinese teams and has shown some real ability. He will do the backstop work against the Mackmen Saturday for the All-Chinese crew. Gate Receipts Good. The gate receipts have been good to date, the net for the Beavers being $2500, with five games more to be played. Portland has a guarantee of $4000 for the trip and It looks like the Hawalians will walk away with a lit tle money for themselves as a result of the enterprise. The McCredies have an option of. one-half of the gate re ceipts. ( Although the players named in the foregoing paragraphs have been a slight disappointment to Manager Mc Credie, several of the youngsters look decidedly promising. Lyle Bigbee has been showing a lot of stuff. Walt McCredie says he dis played excellent control in a few games toward the fag end of last season and he is optimistic about his ex-Oregon football star. Bigbee hasn't opened up yet, for he nurtures memories of his lame wing of last Spring at Sacramento. 12 MATCHES SCHEDULED EAST-WEST TEXXIS TOIRSAMEXT WILL START WEDNESDAY, McLonghlin and Davis to Play Fell and Prentice in Opening Event. Three Women Entered. LOS ANGELES, March 5. The sched ule of matches arranged for the East West tennis tournament here, an nounced tonight, include five men's singles events, three men's doubles, three women's singles and a mixed doubles match. The tournament will open Wednesday with a doubles match between Theodore Roosevelt Pell and Byron S. Prentice, representing the East, and Maurice E. MoLoughlin and Willis E. Davis, of the West. George M. Church. Harold Throck morton, Pell and Conrad B. Doyle will represent the East in the singles matches, while the West will be rep resented in these events by William M. Johnston, McLoughlin, John Strachan and Willis E. Davis. The Eastern doubles teams will be Church and Throckmorton. Doyle and Frederick B. Alevander, Pell and Pren tice, and the West, Johnston and Strachan, Nat B. Browne and Claude A. Wayne. McLoughlin and Davis. Dr. Sumner Hardy will captain the Western team and Church the Eastern team. Miss Molla BJurstedt will play sin gles matches with both Miss Mary Browne and Mrs. May Sutton Bundy. Miss Browne and Mrs. Bundy also will play a singles match. In the mixed doubles Mis BJurstedt and Church will represent the East, and Mrs. Bundy and her husband, Thomas C. Bundy, the West. OAKS SEEM TO LACK PEPPER Team Is Short of Experienced Play ers, Save Pitchers. BOTES SPRINGS. Cal.. March 5. (Special.) Despite the fact that Man ager Howard has a total of 33 players in training, the prospects for a win ning team do not loom up very bright. The trouble is that Del Is overstocked with bushers who lack the experience necessary in class double A ball. Only in the battery department does the team , seem fortified. At present the Oaka are without a first-string catcher, first baseman or shortstop. Manager Del hopes to get O'Mara from Brooklyn, but it is not settled as yet. The other infield positions are doubt ful. The outfield looms up fairly strong with Lane, Hack Miller and Middleton as the regulars and Chadbourne as utility. To Joe Berger and Ray Boyd, who have been holdouts, were mailed un conditional releases today. There was a ball game today that was as slow and lacking in pepper as was the performance of the tall-enders last season. The regulars won, 6 to 2, but there was little class displayed. Goodbred, the new pitcher, arrived today and umpired. TIGERS NOSED OUT BY CCBS Vernon Piles TJp Bis; Lead, bat Finally Loses, 10 to 9. PASADENA. Cal.. March 6. The Chi cago National League first team de feated the Vernon Pacific Coast League team, 10 to 9, today in the first of a r. ............. ..... 1 - y " fi l 'lF ' j! I ; i I i - - - ; h : - ) : j; X ,1 t - f - - i I Peter Mitchle, Who Is Favorite Over Ted Meredith In Their Boat at the Golden Weat ath letic League's Show Tonight. series of Spring exhibition games be tween the two teams. Vernon accumu lated nine runs of Prendergast and Demaree in the first four innings, but the Cubs tied the score in the seventh, after scoring four runs in the sixth off Quinn, who gave five br ses on balls. Deal ended the game with a home-run hit into the bleachers in the ninth. Score: R. H. E l R. H. E. Vernon.... 9 11 3 Chicago. 10 12 ' 4 Batteries Arellanes, Quinn, Johnson and Whaling; Simons, Prendergast, De maree, Hendrix and Dillhoefer. Um pires Held and Phyle. CITY TITLE IS AT STAKE PEMXSriA PARK TEAM SEEKING INDEPENDENT HONORS. Clash With B'nai B'rith Team Tonight to Settle Championship Many Minor Games Are Played. Coach Al Bartholemy and his Penin sula Park basketball team, are out for another championship of Portland. Last Friday night the Peninsula athletes grabbed the 135-pound title from the Portland Newsboys', 24 to IS, after sensational match, and tomorrow night the Peninsula delegation" will tangle with the B'nai B'rith first quintet in the Young Men's Christian Associa tion , gymnasium for the 146-150 pound Independent championship of Portland. The Newsboys put a real scare into the Peninsula team," and as a result Coach Bartholemy 'has been working all the harder with his representatives to have them in the best possible shape for the match against their much heavier opponents tomorrow night. In the affair last week the Newsboys through Captain Harry Hafter and "Hindu" Weinstein, put up a wonder ful guarding game. In the Peninsula lineup tomorrow will be found some of the best former and interscholastic players of Port land. Jack Alexander, all-star selecr lion for the 1917 Portland Interscholas tic mythical team, will be at one of the guard positions, and he can be de pended on to give all he has toward holding down the B'nai B'rith forwards. The game will be called at 8:15 o'clock. a a a The Peninsula Park Vikings trimmed the Rodney Athletic Club quintet. 60 to 15. Coach Heinie Pfaender has been unable to secure a team which will give his Vikings a good game. Following is the summary: Vikings 50) Position. Ritter (26) F Olsen (2) F , Palmora (20) C Fusate (2) O Steuer G... Referee. Heinie Pfaender. (15) Rodney. ....(3) Hewar (2) Scott ;.(6) Kelly ,.2) Murdock ...(2) Morgan The summary of the Newsboys-Pen insula game is as follows: Peninsula (24) Position. (18) Newsboys. Carr . . .F (7) Goldstona Prescott (6) . Base (4) .... Harlow (2) .. Metcalfe (12) Borj?eaon Officials W. .F... (3) Rogoway .C.(2) "Scott" Weinstein .G Capt. Hafter -G .. ."Hindu" Weinstein Spare (6) Canter b enstermacner, reieree Nathan Schwartz, scorer. a The Albina Community House bas ketball team had little trouble in hand ling the Rodney Athletic Club a 62 to 11 walloping. The lineups follow: Albina. (52) Position. - (11) Rodney. Spence (6) .. Conway (32) Hunter (8) . ..F (4) Dewar . .F Cheney ..C (2) Scott ..G (4) Hansen Duane t4) Vaughn G (1) Weston uurdocK tz t-p re.. ......... iMewman Keleree, ileroerr tiougn. a The Sellwood 140-pounders won from the Waverleigh quintet in a fast close game on the Sellwood floor. Sellwood lost to Waverleigh, 16 to 34, a few weeks ago. The lineups were aa fol lows: Sellwood f2S) Position. (20) Waverleigh. Poole (9) F 8) Noren Rebstock (4) F Kenn Clifford (8) C (2) Roeh Elkln G Lusk Fields (2) G (6) Gorman Fallls Spare Reynold martin bpare. . (4) Kencail&uf Keleree, isari crow YOUNG BILLIARD STAR LOSES Iiedyard Blake Beaten In Tourney by E. L. Milburn, 400 to 323. BOSTON, March 5. Ledyard Blake, of San Diego, Cat., the youngster who has been regarded as one of the favor ites in the National amateur billiard tournament at 18.2 balkline, was de feated today by E. L. Milburn, of Mem phis, Tenn. - It was his first loss of the tourna ment. The match went 43 innings be fore Milburn scored his 400 points. Blake tallied 323. Speedway Sold for $2 50,000. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., March 5. Th Twin City Motor Speedway, which has been in a receiver s hands since July 1916, was sold at auction today to th Minneapolis Trust Company, the only Didder, tor -ou,iuu. SIX BOUTS TONIGHT Lee Johnson and Eddie Campi in Headline Event. . BOTH BOYS ARE AT WEIGHT Simpson and Mitchell Promise to Give Clever Battle, While Fans Look for Furious Mix With Mitchle and Meredith. - Tonight's Boxing Card. 125 pounds Lee Johnson vs. Eddie Campi, of San Francisco. 155 noundi .Melt Simpson, or i-nnina, ti. Id Mitchell. 135 Bounds Ted Meredith, or Bremerton. vs. Peter Mitchle. 190 pound. 'Pinky" Lewis, or Ban rraa- cisco, vs. Joe Clifford. ISO pounds Plna Bodie va. Bbel McCool. 180 pounds Ed Olson va FrtnH Warren. After a lapse of 10 days during which there has been nothing doing in the line of fisticuffs, the Golden West Athletic League will come through wltn ix live matches, commencing at 8:30 clock tonight at the Rose City Ath letic Club. East First and East Morri son streets. In the main event Lee Johnson, of Oakland, battles Eddie Campi. at 12S pounds, the boys to weigh In the ring. The negro boy says he is under this poundage already, and as Campi is a egitimate featherweight it seems that neither will have any difficulty with the weight question. Both Johnson and Campi were reared around San Francisco Bay but have never met, despite many efforts by San Francisco promoters to bring them together. Nick Simpson and Sid Mitchell, sub- ects of Great Britain, will do battle despite the fact that they are both list- d with the allies. Mitchell is a good boy, having always held his own in Seattle, and Portland fans know what Simpson can do. Pete Mitchie Is the popular favor ite over Ted Meredith, although the latter has had more experience than Peter and usually wallops the boys who slug with him. Mitchle won't step back, that's a cinch, so this should be some" mix. , The bouts, between Joe Clifford and Pinky'i, Lewis, Ping Bodie and Shel McCool. and Ed Olson and Frank War ren ought to put the fans in good humor for the three main tangles. Jack Grant will referee the three final tilts with "Denver Ed" Martin working the preliminaries. Jack Fahie will keep time while Johnny Bos covitch will announce. GALLOWAY REPORTS TO TIGERS Stovall Takes Only' 14 Players to Pasadena to Play Cubs. LOS ANGELES, Cal., 'March 5. (Special.) Stovall took only 14 players to Pasadena to battle the Cubs for the first time this season. The Tigers have games scheduled with the Cubs tomorrow and Wednesday ,and next Monday. Because of the absence of Callahan and the injury to Stovall and Jim Galloway's not being in shape to work. Jimmy Butler was used at third base. Butler belongs to the Lincoln club In the Western League. Galloway, long lost third Backer or the club, reported today. He crawled off a Texas special and made his way to the Vernon park. He did not don a uniform, as it is understood he is not satisfied with the terms of his contract. Bowling Notes. CHARLEY KRUSE is devoting much time with the new bowlers on the Oregon Alleys. Kruse is one of the hrst rin smashers on the Pacific Coast, and he takes great delight in teaching the new aspirants. s- ivAninw im4 ft lot of hard luck last week or he would have been cred ited with a perfect score. He was . nrA rt Ilia star hnwlTfl of Astoria. Or., and only recently located in Portland. a a a Wart dmrinv BPvprH 1 individual con tests will be presented because of some hot arguments last ween.. iueio about five or six bowlers who think i a ti hotter heaver in Port land than he is. so they will be given chance to enow wnai liic can under fire. a m w Following are the standings of the teams on the Oregon Alleys up to ana including last week a games: Standings of teams on uregon si leys: flnthinsr Leasrue Vv. L. 18 25 27 2S 32 41 2S 25 34 3 25 2 32 3tt 41 47 20 Pet. U. Slchel lien Selling .............. R. M Gray Kosenblatt'a Butfum & Pendleton Lion Clothing; Co .39 .684 .061 ..32 ..30 . .29 . .25 ..10 ..35 ..35 . .Uti . .-4 .528 .51 0 .439 .2 SI Rose City League- Pacific Outflttinn Co. .583 .rs3 .433 .400 .838 Mli .536 .478 Bergman Shoe Co. ........ sie-.vari r too uci ota. ..... Multnomah Photo Mercantile League' Pacific Paper Co. ........ ...... .44 Blumauer-Frank ............. -.43 Zerolene .3 Standard Oil Guardian Casualty Co. .33 .2S .401) .319 .697 Meier & Frank (Crockery) Commercial League Multnomah Camp .40 Webfoot Camp ..........37 Ballou & Wright 37 Telegram 37 Union Meat Co -4 Dooly & Co 13 28 .5H9 2 . .861 2U .581 30 J 2 9 12 10 .3sl .210 .04 .671 .429 .182 .762 .524 .381 .333 .750 .53 .500 .107 .596 .561 .544 .50 .491 .474 .421 .404 Tru Blu, League Newsboys .10 Safe Guards 12 Creole Creams 9 Jawbreakers 2 United States Foreat Service Leagu Live Wires IS 5 Stogies 11 Luck Strike 8 Duke's Mixture 7 Hotel League Portland & 9 SO 13 14 8 5 e 10 23 2S 26 2S 2 30 33 34 26 30 30 32 83 84 86 43 imperial 7 Multnomah 6 Oregon 2 City League St N'lcholaa Cafeteria 34 Bro. of American Yeomen .......3'J Haaley & Silver 81 Wells Realty Co 29 L Cafeteria 28 Oregon Alleys '27 Estes Grille 24 Portland Alleys Auto Tire League Chanslor & Lyon .40 Firestone .'Itl Archer-W'iggina ................30 Goodyear Tire ..................34 Goodrich Tire 33 Western Hardware . 32 Ballou & Wright 30 Flsk Rubber Co . 23 .606 .545 .545 .515 .5t0 .485 .455 .343 AIi HARTMAN ILIi IN HOSPITAL. Former Pullman Pitcher Unable to Report to Denver Club. WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE, Pullman. March 5. CSoecial.) Pitcher Albert "Babe" Hartman, ex-star for Washington State College, who was traded by the Tacoma Northwestern League team to Denver this Winter, is flat on his back in the Pullman Hos pital with as much pepper and strength as a pitcher who has been knocked off the hilltop by some insignificant, long haired busher. Hartman hasn't had much to eat in the last three days, and feels pretty weak. A general breakdown and a bad stomach has caused Hartman'a retire- ment to the hospital. Al expects to be up and around again within a few days. He is holding out for more money from Denver. SEALS PRACTICE TJNTIIj TIRED Pitchers Put Lot of Stuff on Ball and Give Batters Work. SACRAMENTO, Cal. March 5. (Spe cial.) Despite the extra-inning game at Marysville, Sunday, Harry Wolverton put the Seals through two workouts to day. With four twirlers. Kallio, Lyons. Sahder and O'Doul. throwing hooks, spltters and real fast balls, the Seals batted until they were tired in the afternoon. It was the first time pitch ers put anything on the ball in practice. O'Doul's curve created favorable com ment. Following the batting practice, Wolverton sent Pick. Holliwood, Downs and Koerner out for a stiff infield workout, while the regular outfielders and pitchers shagged balls In the gardens. Wolverton learned today that Pitcher Dougherty, drafted from the Wilkes barre club, has taken up his transporta tion. LINCOLN SEPTET VICTOR coLraraiA university beaten TWO GOALS TO NOTHING. Game la Final of Interscbolaatle Ice Hockey Leasrme and Decides the Championship for Winners. Lincoln High Echool went through the 1917 ice hockey season of the Port land Interscholastic League and there by secured the championship. The final game was a 2-to-0 victory over the Columbia University septet in the Ice Palace. The Railsplttters scored in the first and last periods. Captain Bingham put the first mark er through unassisted and the final counter was registered by Russell Kaufman after receiving the puck on a pass from Deo Mallett. the big all- star defense man. The work of Norman Youmans in goal for the high schoolers was the feature. The lineups follow: Lincoln (2) Position (0) Columbia Youmans Goal M. McCluskey Mallett L. D U McClunliev woirr K. D Purcell Capt. Bingham R.... Capt. Chungranes Ivaulman C Johnson Steffans L. W Mayea Elevens ....K-W Collin Barton spare Malona blcnel Spare. Referee. Tom Bylotu Judge of play, "Doc1 Mlelke. SCHEDULE PROVES VEXATIOUS Northwestern Directors Find Trou' ble Arranging Holiday Dates. SPOKANE. Wash., March 6. The board of directors of the Northwestern Baseball League worked all day and most of tonight on the 1917 playing schedule, but aside from arranging the opening games reached no decision The principal subject under discus sion was the assignment of holiday games. It was said late tonight that no announcement would be made be fore tomorrow. CUB YANS1GASS BEAT BEES Salt Lake Pitchers Are Batted Hard and Chicago Wins, 5 to 1. PORTERVILLE, Cal., March 5. The Chicago National baseball team No. 2 defeated the Salt Lake team of the Pacific Coast League here today by the score of 5 to 1. The hitting of Hunter for the Cubs was the feature. The score: R. H. E.1 R H. E. Chicago... 5 15 43alt Lake.. . 14 4 Batteries Packard. Zabel, Dawson and Elliott; Blake. Bliss and Hannah. Umpires Simpson and Lyng. Bikers Ahead of Record. SAN FRANCISCO. March 5. At 9:30 tonight the end of the 23d hour of the six-day bicycle race here, eight teams had covered 420.5 miles, which is 4.2 miles better than the world's record. The remaining three teams were one lap behind the leaders. Utah Five to Compete in East. SALT LAKE CITT, Utah, March 5. Brigham Young University will send a basketball team to Chicago to com pete in the world's championship tournament March 15 to 18, It was an nounced here today. Tne niversity of Utah won this tournament last year. RECALL FIGHT MAY END COMPROMISE QUETS ATTACK ON ORKCOX CITY OFFICERS. Chris Schuebel and George L, Storey May Divide 90OO Provided for City Attorney In Bndget. OREGON CITT, Or.. March 5. (Spe cial.) Recall petitions attacking Mayor Hackett and six other members of the City Council may be withdrawn as the result of a compromise begun tonight at an executive session of the Council. M. D. Latourette. of the First National Bank, and E. E. Brodie, editor of the Enterprise, were called in as mediators. The recall movement started over the employment of Chris Schuebel as City Attorney after he had been beaten for City Prosecutor by George L. Storey at the city election. 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New Tork Gty TO NIGHT GOLDEN WEST CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP lOXING Eddie Campi Pride of San Francisco Lee Johnson Featherwelicat Champion of Pacific Coast MITCHEL vs. SIMPSON 155 Pounds MITCHIE vs. MEREDITH 135 Founds LEWIS -JACK CLIFFORD HEAVIES Shell McCool vs. Ping Bodie 125 Pounds Ed Olsen vs. Frankie Warren 130 1'ounds Tickets on Sale Rich's. Sttller'a and Golden Weat Club. Mr. Storey handling all other legal matters of the city. Mr. Schuebel has agreed to the division, but Mr. Storey has taken the matter under adviser ment. Mr. Schuebel originally demand ed 650. The original item for legal service was 900 in the budget, but the Council declared an emergency tonight and raised it 10 per cent. By this step it is oeiieved that the personal liabil ity clause in the charter will be evaded by the Councilmen. Members of the Council affected by the effort at compromise are Mavor Hackett. J. K. Albright. Fred Metzner and H. M. Templeton. Ward No. 1: Roy D. Cox and A. B. Buckles. Ward No. 2; E. D. Van Auken. Ward No. 3. Mr. Latourette and Mr. Brodie will continue their efforts at a special meet ing of the Council tomorrow. COURT PARTS 11 COUPLES Cruelty and Desertion Are Allega tions of Plaintiffs. In the court of Presiding Judge Gan tenbein yesterday divorces were grant ed to 11 couples. Cruelty and desertion were the charges made, and none in the grist which went to the divorce mill had unusual features. All were taken by default. Divorces granted were: Alice Hay from W. J. Hay, Mattie E. Dewey from John S. Dewey, E. P.- Williams from Annie Marie Williams. M. F. Hammer from Clara Hammer. Edward Stier from Martha Marie Stier. Helen Moore from Ralph A. Moore. Louise Miller from Charles AV. Miller, H. L. Campbell from Ella E. Campbell. Richard L. Benbow from Grace Benbow, Rachel L. Fried land from Herman Friedland and Me lissa J. Manker from Christian Manker. E.A.MARSHALL FOUND DEAD Neighbor Discovers Body In Room at 9 1-2 East Third Street. E. A. Marshall. 53 yearn old and an engineer by profession, was found dead in his room at 9V4 East Third street late yesterday by N. K Cook, who lives next door. Deputy Coroner Smith was notified and the body was taken to the Public Morgue, where an autopsy will be held today. Deputy Coroner Smith gave It as his opinion last night that death had re sulted from hardening of the arteries, Mr. Marshall, who had been in Port land since 1905, had been working at odd jobs about town for some time. He was unmarried and owned five lots on the East Side. Insurance Code Is Target. The taxpayers' Association will hold a meeting at Eilers' Hall tonight to consider invoking the referendum on the insurance code passed by the Leg islature at its recently-completed ses sion. Petitioijs will be circulated as soon as they are approved by the Attorney-General at Salem. L. D. Ma hone will be one of the principal speakers at the gathering tonight. Read The Oregonian classified nds. 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