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12 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 2G. 1019. nnrnnn Mrn iinni untbUB men vvunrx WITH ADDED VIGOR . Christmas Morning Spirit Practice on Field. in HALF HOLIDAY IS GIVEN Ride to Benches Special Treat Awarded Lemon-Yellow Foolball Players at Pasadena. BY H ARK Y M. GRAYSON. ! PASADENA, Cal.. Dec. 25. (Spe. . cial.l With the Harvard university steam roller due on the morrow, the i Oregon machine scrimmaged with ' added vim and vigor this morning. ; Trainer Bill Hayward permitted his iharges to celebrate Christmas day with a ride to the beaches this after noon, which was heartily enjoyed by the gang. For the first time this week there was no afternoon work out. Tomorrow and Saturday will wit ness the final "two times per day" labor for tbe Kngene kids. Com mencing Monday there will be but one training session daily. Turkey was not on the bill of fare today. Straight training table food was the rule and Bill Steers ate his usual five pounds of rare T-lione and his customary ration of celery. Talk In the lobby of the Maryland hotel tonight Is chiefly on how the folks spent the day at 'home. All of the boys sent some kind of a gift to their loved ones and presents were received by the gladiators. All would have liked mighty well to have been by the well-known home fireside, but on the other hand are happy, for they feel that by working hard here and properly preparing themselves they'll hand their university and the state of Oregon a gift and a jugful of advertising New Year's day by lick ing Harvard. Huntington Is lMcnsed. Coach Huntington and Trainer Hay ward are well pleased with the work their men are doing. The Oregon huskies are getting back into shape again and by the day of the Harvard brawl will be in the finest possible condition. The bulky baokfleld is working like a watch. The four men sweep behind the fierce charges of the line as one man. The interference is brilliant and the all-around work of the team even better than anyone here ex pected. Certainly Oregon will go against Harvard as near right In physical condition as any team can. Whether Oregon's beBt will be good enough to beat Harvard remains to be seen, but we can be sure that Harvard will be up against Oregon at its best. Oregon will not be forced to depend upon any one style of play. The re port that the western eleven Is es sentially a line-bucking outfit is far from true. Oregon's backs can buck a line with the best of them, but the team will be able to do Its share of forward passing and will have plenty of slick plays to offer if It Is found necessary to call on them. Crimson Due Today. Coach Robert T. Fisher, accom panied by Assistant Coaches Eddie Mahan. Parmenter, Felton and Wlg glcworth. Trainer Donovan, Gradu ate Treasurer Fred W. Moore and 23 players, is due shortly before noon tomorrow. W. F. Creller, chairman of the foot ball committee at Pasadena, received a telegram lonight advising him that the following players were in the Harvard party: Captain Blllie Mur ray. Eddie Casey. Arnold Horween, Ralph Horween, Humphrey, backs; Inck Desmond and Red Steele, ends: Duke Hedgwick anil K ltji Kane, tackles; Tom Woods and Flske Brown, guards: Phil Phl'.bln. center; Babe Felton. Freddy Church, Swede Nelson and Mitch Gratwiek, substitute backs: Joe Kyan. substitute end: Hubbard, substitute tackle: Bubbles Havemeyer. .substitute center; Frank Johnson, substitute quarterback; Faxon, sub stitute tackle, and Morris Phlnney, substitute end. Chairman Creller announced that Coach Fisher, upon being requested to do tio, had forwarded his probable lineup for the start of the fray. Here it is: Desmond and Steele, ends; Sedgwick and Kane, tackles; Woods and Brown, guards: Philbin, center; Casey and Humphrey. halfbacks: Ralph Horween. fullback, and Captain Murray, quarter. Officials to Be Earned. One of the most important things to take place when the Cambridge party reaches the crown city Is the naming of officials. A conference of the two managements will be held, and In the event that they cannot agree the football committee of the tournament will pick the referee and umpire. Coach Fisher has already tele graphed indorsing A. G. Vansurdam, Ohio Wesleyan. and D. W. Merriman, who has handled games in Pennsyl vania for 12 years. Coach Hunting ton says that Robert Maxwell, the Philadelphia sports writer, is the only eastern man he will indorse. West ern men up for consideration are W. C. Kienholz. George M. Varnell, Sam Dolan and Jerry Abbott. There will be no general seat sale in Los Angeles. The sale to the pub lic there was billed to start tomor row morning, but late tonight there are but 1800 seats, none of which sells for more than SI. 50 remaining. They will be disposed of today in Pasadena. The house Is sold out. M an v W ill Be Turned Away. Twenty-seven thousand football enthusiasts will focus their eyes on the Harvard-Oregon game. It is esti mated that 23.000 who desire to see ,lhe boys put on their party will be turned away disappointed. Fans In every hamlet in these United States will anxiously await the result of the struggle between the representatives of the east and west. Although both aggregations sport several Individual stars of the bright est hue. there are two young gentle men who will be watched particularly. We refer to Eddie Casey, Harvard, and Bill Steers. Oregon. These two individuals have scintillated brilliant ly all season. The Oregon boy has not obtained the national reputation which it has been the good fortune of Casey to receive. This is because he's a prod uct of the west, and it's a well-known fact that the Alleghenies obstruct the view of Walter Camp and other east ern authorities. Sidelights From Pasadena. BY PORTER W. YETT. PASADENA. Cal., Dee. 25. (Spe clal.) Hard scrimmage was the or der from Trainer Hayward this morn lng for the Eugene pride. Ken Bart lett was the only member absent. Ken had been permitted by Coach Hunt ington to pass Christmas with his ister nt Colton. Onl. Many Christmas presents were sent at the Oregon bungalow this morn-i Trainer Bill received a walking) cane from the boys and presented a Bill JJietz appearance in the Mary land hotel lobby this morning. After a light luncheon, the Hunt- ingtonians were loaded into fashion able touring cars and taken to the seashore, some of the boys going in . i ji a spiaen. Sqund Becomes Acclimated. Old Sol continues to shine and the I .v" are fast becoming acclimated. ; Hay ward says the boys get under the , shower baths and think they are in I Oregon. The only way he can entice j them out of the shower room is to I ring the dinner bell. 1 The tournament of roses' officials were, out this morning watching the ! Eugene boys In acrlmma; e. This was I the first peep any local people have ; had at the western boys. .Notables nrarnr Seats. The Ixjng Beach high school equad. j champions of southern California. were also interested spectators, being i the guests of the Oregon boys. Babe ; Ruth, champion home run hitter, and : several other notable athletes have requested seats in the Oregon sec j tlon. A group of seats has been re served for a number of Oregon Agri cultural students who have sle-nfflert their intention of rooting for Oregon. Marion McClain has been receiving " a" nou" or the day and nigut asKing fur reservations in the Oregon section. From the advance seat sale, indi cations are that the largest crowd ever witnessing a foot"ball contest in America will enter tournament park. TOLEDO Dl i: IN SEATTLE SOON High Sehool Kleven to Train There lor Game al K.verett. SEATTLE. Wash.. Dec. 25. The Scott high school football team of Toledo. O.. vhich is to play the Everett high school at Everett, Wash.. New Year's day. will train here for several days before the contest, it became known today. The Toledo players will arrive here Sunday or Monday and will not go to Everett until a few hours be fore the game. The Toledo team claims the championship of the east and the Everett eleven the state high school title. The winning team will claim the national preparatory school championship. WELLING BEATS BENJAMIN Chicago Lightweight Given Best of Six-Round Match. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 25. Joe Welling, Chicago, lightweight, won by a shade from Joe Benjamin of Portland in six rounds at a Christmas day matinee here. At another club Bill Brennan, Chicago, beat Sailor Petroskey, California, In a hard fought six-round bout. Eddie FItzsimmons. New York, de feated Young Joe Borrell, Philadel phia; Artie Root, Cleveland, and Harold Farese, Newark, N. J., fought a draw; Johnny Murray. New York, defeated Joey Fox of England In a fast bout and Joe Borrell won from K. O. Samson. CLATSKAXIE IS VICTOR, 19-11 Indians' Quintet Is Defeated In Second Game. CLATSKANIE. Or.. Dec. 26. (Spe cial.) In the second game with Cath lamet the crimson and white basket ball five defeated the Indians, 19-11. SPOTLIGHT SHOWS EACH HARVARDITE "HAS GOODS" Qualifications of Players Who Will Year's Day E' DDIE CASEY, the halfback the star that has twinkled all autumn for Harvard. the choice of Walter Camp for his first team; the youth who'll show Charley Chap lin a few wrinkles in footwork; the boy that'll put the pass In Pasadena; the chap that'll put the game on ice in sunny California. Eddie shakes a mean leg in an open field. He's to Harvard what Douglas Fairbanks Is to Hollywood. Oregon and the movies will both want to shoot him. Billy Murray, quarterback and cap tain the boy that frames the scenarios for all of Harvard's plays; good-looking like a film star, but still has plenty of brains: leader of the onlv unbeaten team of the east. He's made his New Year's resolution alreadv. It's an easy one to guess. Arnold Horween, fullback and cen ter the feller than can play any one of 11 positions; the boy that can even fill In as referee or field Judge; plays on the defense like he was saving Verdun; a smashing good player when he hits the line. Don't mistake this bird for Ralph. Ralph is his older brother, which makes Arnold his younger brother. Ralph Horween, fulback and kicker The boy that will register better kicks than the movie prima donnas; Harvard's drop-kicking ace; the chap that believes half of six points is bet ter than no points at all; a near rela tive of Arnold Horween. He Intended to get as far west as Chicago anyway Chicago being his home. Humphrey, the halfback The de fense man of the first - string back field; he pushes a mean paw when a forward pass is In the air: tne giry that breaks up more plays than a dra matic crltle. When Oregon starts Its attack It will find "Humphrey an awful clinker. Jack Desmond, the end The heaviest flankman in the east: weighs 200, but is as light on his feet as the late Vernon Castle except that Desmond is never late: the boy that guards his end of the line the way a Dempsey guards his end of the gate receipts: a new kind of Desperate Desmond for the film folks to squint at. Red Steele, the other end The only steel operator that hasn't been on strike this fall: his first year on the varsity, but not his last by any means; the transcontinental trip will be nothing for this boy he s been trav eling some all season: United States Steel has slumped quite a bit, but Red's stock is way above par at Cambridge. Duke Is Playing Tackle. Duke Sedgwick, the tackle When he mixes in a play you get a grand idea of Duke's mixture; he rolls his own opponents and gets a few more besides; as strong as a bull, but that's as far as the simile goes: when he tackles 'em at Pasadena, they'll wish they were back in Oregon. Keith Kane, the other tackle A nifty player In the Harvard line; as sweet as the sugar cane he's named after: Keith's front name isn't the only big one that he carries; K. K. is O. K. you can bet on that. Tom Woods, the other guard Not so heavy that he makes the ground rumble, but still a long way from flyweight: he gave a good account of himself against Yale and Princeton, and expects to have his account come out straight on January 1; Tommy can't go back to the Woods this Christmas he's got to go to Pasadena to play football. Babe Felton, substitute quarter back Younger brother of the es teemed Spmuel; the boy that throws forward passes like Willie Hoppe CARPEXTIER Haines (2) Reed () . Locke (13) Orwig .... Culbertson TOMMY O'Dowd Slated as Opponent for Matcti at St. Paul. 9T PAUL. Minn., Dec. 2E. Two im portant boxing matches may be staged In the Twin Cities shortly after New j ear s. Tommy OibDons, younger brother of Mike, is expected to meet Middleweight Champion Mike O'Dowd. in view of tart exchanges of com ments from the Gibbons and O'Dowd camps. O'Dowd fought Mike Gibbons several weeks ago. The other fight will probably bring together Frankle Mason of Fort Wayne, Ind., and Jimmy Wilde. In Minneapolis recently Mason decisively defeated Mike Ertle. Ertie fought a ten-round draw with Pal Moore In Minneapolis a few weeks . ago and Moore holds one decision over the I'.ritlsh fighter. Bobby Ward Dickering for Match. ABERDEEN, Wash.. Dec. 25. (Spe cial.) -Bobby Ward of Pt. Paul and his manager, D. J. McCauley. are in the city. While here Ward is keeping himself in condition by working out with "Chi" Preston. Ward Is dicker ing with Seattle promoters for a match with Charlie White of Chicago. Meet Oregon at Pasadena on New Are Noted. plays billiards; a substitute that Is really "Just as good"; senior partner of the firm of Felton & Casey, whole sale dealers In forward passes. Freddy Church, sub back A wild man in a broken field, when he starts on an end run nothing can stop him but .44-caliber bullets; he fills Casey's boots when Eddie's on the sidelines; the Harvard boys like Church better than they do chapel any day In the week. Swede Nelson, sub back The swell est blonde on the crimson squad; he lives In Wlnthrop, but likes Pasadena better as a winter resort; a speedy boy except when commuting on the Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn; a ter rible tackier, too: when the Oregon boys steer up against him they won't get the half-Nelson they'll get the whole of him, with' an awful momen tum. Mitch Gratwiek. sub back Another bird that made good against Yale; held under cover most of the season, but reckoned as sure to get In against Oregon; a line plunger that works like a piston. Joe Ryan, substitute end A light i sey for the first time and proved I himself a master of the game. Loci for 131 J HMHHjHfiHI-L sHSHsaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanna 1 i uio luie r. aanaSiaTafaataananananaaananananSaMraBBSlw 9 BBBBSSw BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB showed up well for Cathlamet. After the high school contest the V ' Clatskanie alumni defeated the aBP ' -llaSS -:' IK alannnSnB'nV stars, 19-10. Saturday the Clatskanie ILiissssbs. SLsHbsiIPPS T itsssBsFJI'lJiimMiOiBsT athletic club will play the fast Colum- WL T-Br k Sssk ' bla club five of Astoria. The lineup: Lssssssssm. HP iH. 00 Clatskanie (18). All Stars 10. WssssssssssV Jliks. Ik &fc V rm F (5) R.Aiken liifW Ih Tst F (2) B.Aiken WiW C (1) E. Jackson "Or, f Q 2i O. Jackson ssssatk . O J. Head P GIBBONS TO FIGHT fltP . PSfckW' YOU ALWAYS WONDER HOW'D HE GET THAT WAY. 9 Jw I Wm r t-haiuic joiT HUST MAve Wf wmyfr : t ltlvM Wir Exrccr any 'L INSttAO of avil) ft" ra , I u ' MI IntGHTY finb snoKe) V2- - Wb s : : "v Ave, a cifeAR ; ei " J j : POLISHING BECKETT OFF IN i. I Copyright, Underwood & Underwood. Upper ( nrpfDtirr on the Khoulilrm of Ills admirers, throwing n kiss to the crowd. Cnrpentier'a sudden and decisive victory made the rlngsldcrs wild with enthusiasm. I.ovtei Leaping from hW corner at the gong. Carpen tier shot a left to Beckett's jaw, as the photo shows. Two more lefts, then Carpentier missed purposely, to follow with a right to the Jaw, which kndckril out the Hrltlsh hope, .lust 74 seconds were required for this feat. The fight took place In London December 4. boy and therefore called Little Joe; same as little Joe in the crap game- very hard to throw; nothing gets by him. over him or under him. which makes him pretty close to Impene trable; sure to play against Oregon. Hubbard, sub tackle Little choice between this boy and Kane; he plays a typical Harvard game, named after a squash, but there's nothing yellow about him. Flske Brown, substitute guard An other big guy, this one from Plym outh; landed at Harvard 2D8 years after the Pilgrims strayed Into his home town: weighs a lot and does a lot whenever he gets a chance; you can bet he'll get into the lineup. Bubbles Havemeyer. sub center The folks at Harvard are always blowing about Bubbles: a hard guy to bust through in spite of his name; played as first-string center in most of Harvard's games this fall. Frank Johnson, sub quarterback 74 SECONDS The third signal man of the crimson squad: he's got more fight in him than Ban. and some folks say he's got a lot more brains: If Murray and Fel ton get sunstruck In Pasadena, John son will take over the team. Faxon, sub tackle 'A player who's been getting into the lineup off and on during most of the season: rated as having a lot of stuff and waiting to show It in California. Morris Phlnney. sub end Unlike an angel, Morris has only one wing to tend to; he does a nifty day's work there, though; an end player that's never bored: established the Morris plan at Harvard. !) Ponthleu Knocks Out Lee. PARIS. Dec. 25. (Havas.) De Pon thieu, the featherweight champion of Kurope. knocked out the British champion, Taney Lee. in the 17th round of a match here last night. HARVARD WORKS OUT OLYMPIC GRID Crimson Limbers Up After Long Train Cruise. OFFICIALS TO BE PICKED Walter K ker-all and Tiny' Maxwell Mentioned a Possible Selections for Referee. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 25. iSpe clal.) The Harvard club of this city played Santa Claua to the crimson football team, which stopped over here on its trip to Pasadena for the Oregon game. This forenoon the play ers piled in seven automobiles, and, under the guidance of Wesley E. Travers. class of 1S99, made a tour of the city, which included the Presidio, the Golden Gate parkway and a view of the harbor. The trip ended at the University club, where 50 alumni entertained their guests at luncheon. One of the diners was Richmond Walker, who played varsity tackle for Yale against I Harvard In November. Judge William I nomas presided at tne luncneon. uui there were no speeches. Ewlng field, the property of the Olympic club, was used for an hour's practice this afternoon, the first seri ous work in more than ten days. Coach Bob Fisher and the entire staff were right on the Job. Opportunity was given the men to punt, run back kicks, and go through the entire game fundamentals. Ben Dlbblee. captain of the 1898 team, was a spectator. Last Lrs I" Benrun. Dinner, which was preceded by a dip In the salt water pool of the Olympic club, gave the men Just time enough to return to their hotel, grab their belongings and catch the "I. ark" over the Southern Pacific railroad for Los Angeles, due there tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. Coaches Huntington and Bob Flsher will meet shortly after Harvard's ar rival at I. os Angeles to go over the mntfv rt f nfflla la -V m Unnl inirf on If auoted am nonoslnc hnth SurriAm and ! Merriman. Harvard's choice as two of the four men to handle the game, there Is a possibility that a hurry call will be sent to Bob "Tln" Max well. Philadelphia's heavyweight newspaperman and official. Hunting ton favors Maxwell and Fisher Is not adverse to having "Tiny" serve. He will have to travel double-quick time from Quaker Town to do the Job. however. If he Is selected. Kckcrsall May Conic. Walter H. Eckeraall. the old foot ball star, who Is likewise in the newspaper game, may be the second official agreed to by both coaches. Walter, like Barkis. Is willing, and has so notified the Tournament of Roses committee. Huntington wants Kienholz of Pasadena. Varnell of Spo kane or Dolan of Corvallts for offi cials. For the first time In the his tory of Harvard football the players will be numbered if the committee wishes this to be done. Coach Fisher has no objections, and Huntington will agree if Harvard does. This matter will be decided tomorrow also. Crimson Out to Win. The Harvard squad looks upon the coming game against Oregon in the same light as the games against Vale and Princeton, according to Coach Robert T. Fisher, In a statement is sued tonight. "The same careful preparation has been made and the men will go Into the game with the same determina tion to win." he said. "Every man realizes that it is his duty to play the game of his life for the good of the university and to uphold the prestige of eastern football." Whether the men would be able sufficiently to recover from the long Journey and become acclimated, he said, were questions that could not be answered until after the big game. He said his men had many handicaps to overcome. di:mpm:y fight is sought Cochran. British Fight Promoter. Arrives in Unted Slates. NEW YORK. Dec. 26. C. B. Coch ran. British fight promoter, arrived here today on the steamer Maure tania, prepared to offer a substan tial sum for staging a world's heavy weight boxing championship match between Georges Carpentier. cham pion of Europe, and Jack Dempsey. holder of the world's heavyweight I belt. Mr. Cochran Is on his way to see Jack Kearns. Dempsey's manager. Although unprepared o give details of his plans he Intimated that he had made tentative arrangements for the bout In either France or Great Britain, where it would be per mitted to go a sufficient number of rounds to show the mettle of both men. Carpentier. he said, would have the solid backing of a large number of the French and English fight fol lowers because of his easy defeat of the English champion. Beckett. No matter where a Carpentier-Dempsey fight was staged. It would be as sured of a capacity attendance, he added. GOLFER'S 'BIRDIE' IS REAL DEL MONTE PLAYER GETS ONE. BUT IT'S SPARROW. Billy Abbot. In Clearing Yawning Chasm. Makes Long: Drive and Connects With Bird. DEL MONTE, Cal.. Dec. 25. (Spe cial.) Billy Abbott got a "birdie" at the eighth hole on the new Pebble beach course while playtng a round last week. Anyone who has played this wonderful new links which bor ders the high cliffs and sandy beaches of beautiful Carmel bay will hall the feat as marvelous. Tbe eighth hole Is destined to be known wherever golf is played. It Is 462 yards in distance with a par 5. This is a long drive slightly uphill, and there must be accurate placing for the second to be negotiated cor rectly. Then If the drive has been long, the player finds before him a yawning chasm with a 75-foot sheer drop Into an inlet In tbe bay. It la 130 yards carry across this giant hazard to the green. The timid golfer, however, has been cheered to know that there 1b another way round, all turfed and with perfect fairway. An extra shot la required. Under the circumstances Abbott's "birdie" was a bird Indeed and will cause golfers to alt up and take no tice. The fact was. though, that Abbott'B achievement was not so much an exhibition of golfing skill as It was freaklshness, because Abbott got a real birdie: His drive from the eighth tee connected with a sparrow that was flying. When he reached his ball, whose flight in the air had been Interrupted, the little sparrow lay nearby, kicking Its last. That's how Abbott got his birdie! There will be many golfers striving for honors over Pebble beach this coming season, as a number of im portant tournaments are being sched uled for the new course. The first will come over the George Washing ton holiday, when a banner mid-winter feature will be staged. The con ditions of this tournament are now being worked out. and the trophies will be made so attractive that a number of crack players will be In duced to enter. COMETS TO PLAY TONIGHT Y . M . C. A. yulntot to Meet Lesion Team In McMlnnville. In their first game since their re organization, the Y. M. C. A. Comets will Journey to McMlnnville tonight to clash with the fast American Le gion team of that city. Before the war put a damper on local athletics the Comets were one of the fastest In dependent teams of the city and the way they have turned out for the pre liminary workouts this season marks them as strong contenders for the state title. Among the members of the team who will make the trip to McMinn vllle are Ooode. former Weona for ward: Stone, who played for two years at Reed college, and Rollchey. at present the big star of the interclass series at Reed, and Thomas, of the Willamette university, who will also play with the Comets against the Legion team. On the McMlnnville team Is Arthur, who starred on the Oregon Agricul tural college five last year; "D.ucky" Holmes, former all-star guard of the state from McMlnnville high; Rich ardson. Waugaman. Edman and other ex-high school stars. One guard po sition will be held down by Billy Martin, member of the Oregon frosh team this year. CLUB EVENT IS SCHEDl 1.1 I) Children's Classes Will Give En tertainmcnt Tonight. The annual Christmas entertain ment for Professor Mauthe's chil dren's classes of the Multomah Ama teur Athletic club will be held tonight in the club gymnasium starting at 7:30 o'clock. Leaders' emblems and service bars will be awarded and the various classes will rive a short drill, followed by dancing for the young sters. The programme follows: Grand march. Junior classes; calisthenics, first section Junior boys and girls: aesthetic arm movement and steps, second section Junior girls; exercise on apparatus, special squad second Junior boys; games, first section Junior boys and girls; nursery rhymes, led by Miss Marie Gammle. first section Junior girls; M. A. A. C. Christmas tree; presentation of Winged M let ters, service bars, shirts and middles, by W. W. Banks, president; candy and apples for all children; social dance for children. CORNELL TO ADOPT POLO Yale and West Point Also Are Ex pected to Form Teams. ITHACA, K. Y.. Dec. 25. Cornell will adopt polo as an Intercollegiate sport. Graduate Athletic Manager Romeyn Berry has announced. Sev eral Intercollegiate contests will be arranged for next spring, and it has been understood that Yale and West Point will form teams. The Idea of polo as a college sport originated in the reserve officers' training camp established at Cornell and has been indorsed by army au thorities as a useful step In mllltary tralnlng. University athletic officials will be In charge, but it is understood that army officers will be detailed to coach the players. PREXY KLEPPKR GOES SOUTH Hrad of Seattle Club Expects Land Players ut Meeting. lo , SEATTLE. Wash.. Dec. 25 William ir, M, , ,k- c.,i ivl In the Pacific Coast baseball league. expects to leave for California today to attend a meeting of the league's board of directors, to be held in San Francisco. Announcement of the names of sev eral new players is expected to be made on his return to Seattle early In January. Handball Tourney Planned. ABERDEEN. Wash., Dec. 25. (Spe cial.) Handball tournaments, both singles and doubles, will be started soon after the new year at Moose gymnasium. Volley ball also will be resumed. I'S RECOGNIZED IN EAST Defeat of Penn in 1916 Re called by Critic. WEST'S GAME IS PRAISED Robert W. Maxwell Declares Hai vard WUI Be In Excellent Shape for Clash. BY ROBERT W. MAXWELL. Famous football refrree and crtUe who has been mentioned a possible official or the Oregon-Harvard claah, PHILADELPHIA. Pa, Dec. 20 'Special.) Harvard football nlavers 'will be in excellent tihv.ir.i tion when they meet the University of Oregon eleven on January 1. Bob Fisher, head coach. Is putting his men through strenuous workouts each day. and Is taking no chances. In this Fisher is a very wise person. Because Oregon is located on the other side of the continent does not mean inferior football Is played Those teams out there play Just as well as our eastern elevens, and glance through the 1916 record will disclose the startling Information that the University of Pennsylvania wna defeated by Oregon in a post-aeason game by the score or 14 to 0. Penn did not take the onma seri ously and imagined It would be soft pickings. The players were slightly overconfident, and this made it easy for the westerners to spring a sur prise. Hugo Bezdeck coached Oregon then and the victory made him a na tional figure. Harvard has profited by this lesson and members of the team realize they are up against & tough proposition. For that reason Coach Fisher ta working Just as hard as before the Princeton and Yale games, and when the team steps on the field It will have been coached to the limit. It seems that Oregon hasn't a clear claim to the coast title, having been defeated by the Washington mate by the score of 7 to 0. However, Wash ington university won from State and Oregon gained a 24-to-13 verdict over the university which caused the com parative scores to be dragged in. and the decision awarded to Oregon. Oregon has a heavy team and plays up-to-date football. This year Mult nomah was defeated 23 to 0. Idaho by 26 to 6. Washington by 24 to 13 and Oregon Aggies by 9 to 0. The schedule was a hard one. while Har vard had an easy time of It up to the Yale and Princeton games. The crimson would make a big hit on the coast if the players are num bered. The natives out there want to know what It's all about and. anyway, it will be much easier to Identify the stars. Oregon Is sure to wear num bers and Harvard should follow suit. Speaking of numbers. II is gratify ing to note that Princeton will hans numerals on her players next season, no matter what Is done at Yale and Harvard. As Fred W. Moore, grad uate manager of Harvard, said a short time ago that the crimson would udopt the system if Princeton and Yale agreed to do the same, it looks as if the public has won a much deserved victory. After a touchdown has been scored the ball is brought out on the field of play, where an attempt is made to kick goal. Usually the kicker makes the boot from the 15-yard line, and some imagine this line must be se lected according to the rules. This, however. Is a mistake. The kicker may choose any spot in the field of play, b it the angle must be the same For example, if a touchdown is scored ten yards from the sideline, the kicker must kick from a spot directly behind that mark, even if the ball is taken out to the 50-yard line. All of this is a prologue to a play which was pulled In a western game recently. The score was 7 to 0 when the other side made a touchdown near the sideline. A punt out was tried, but the kick was poor and tiie ball was caught on the four-yard line a few yards to the right of the goal posts. An attempt was made to kick the goal from that spot and. of course, it failed. Had the kicking team remembered the rules the ball would have been taken out to the 16 or 20-yard line, where It would have been much easier to boot it over the crossbar. Then there would have been a chance for a tie score instead of losing the game by the score of 7 to 6. It will be well to remember this next year. Even the rules are clear on that particular point, which is strange and unusual Have a look: "In case of a place kick preceded by a fair catch of a punt out. the kick shall be made from the mark of the fair catch or any point directly be hind it." RUTH CONFIRMS DEMJtA l Hitler of Homers Won't Piny lor Less Than $20,000 Year. I. OS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 25. Babe Ruth, star home-run hitter, today con firmed announcement in Boston last night by his manager. John Igoe. that he had returned to the Boston Amer ican league club his contract, calling for a yearly salary of $1 0.000, and had made demand that he be paid $20,000 for the coming season's work. "Unlesa they' meet my terms I am through with major league baseball." Ruth declared here today. "I have several propositions on here In Cal ifornia, any one of which would pay me more than $10,000 a year, and I am not worrying as to whether they wlll see me or not." Ruth disclaimed any intention of entering the ring, as reported re cently, but admitted he might go in for motion pictures. Trapshooting Leaders of 1919. National Champions. 16 yards Frank & Wright. Buffalo. N. Y.. IOOx-.nki 18 yardM F. M. Troeh. Vancouver. WtHb.. 200 atralfht. 18 yards ( ProfesHlonul ) Mart BWa ! Auburn. III.. 20O straight. 16 yards (Women) Mrs. A. H. Winkler. Chicago. 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