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TTTT3 MORNING OREGONTAN, MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1920 9ALL DRAFT MEETS THE DAYS OF REAL SPORT. TINY IRM1 KEPT LEADERS' APPROVAL F PIERCE - ARROW 10 BOXIi HERE lAgreerfient to Govern Game Accepted by Leagues. IE FINITE ACTION DELAYED Judge Landla Given Right to Take Any Step He Deems - Advis able to Protect Game. NEW YORK. Dec 12. The tenta tive draft of the proposed new na 5ronal rtnRphstll Bprppm out which is to overn the-eport, was accepted today by the major and minor league com mittees which have been working- on the document the last two days. The agreement was. drafted last flight by Judge Landis, George Wharton Pepper of Philadelphia, John Conway Toole of New York and J. C. Jones of St. Louis. The committee submitted two ten tative agreements, one between the Xational and American leagues and lie other between the two major leagues and the National Association of Professional Baseball leagues, the ninor league organization. Action on the agreement between rlie two major leagues will be taken t.'ieir annual meetings; that of tiie National league here Tuesday and the American league at Chicago Fri day. The agreement between the major leagues and the minor league association will be acted upon in a referendum and will be submitted to 2ach of the 27 leagues. Two MfttlnBH Scheduled. The latter will hold a meeting at hieago on January 10 to take final ction as an association, and on Janu ry 12 there will be a joint ratifica- ;ion meeting in Chicago, ro be partici- ated in by the National and-Ameri can leagues and the National associa- :ion.- j The most Important controversial loint in the proposed agreement be- Lween the major leagues and the nino-rs was that relating to the draft ng of players from one league by mother of higher classification. The point was not definitely set led by the committee because of the ;nown opposition of the American issociation and the International eague to -the restoration of the draft. Some class A leagues also are op- nosed to it, while all leagues below lass A favor it. Higher Price Wanted.' The American association and the International league, it is said, would lave no objection to a draft provi ion if the price for players so taken y the major league clubs is fixed at ;75O0. It is understood the major eagues are willing to make tne rice 55000. In order to make progress toward he completion of the new national itrreement. the joint committee ac cepted a provision that the draft be optional. The clause would permit the drafting of players by the major eagues only from those lower leagues that favor such operation, but any minor league, that rejects the propo sition will not be perm'tted to draft layers from leagues of lower classi fication Thus, if the American asso- iation and the International league continued their opposition to the lraft, they will be prohibited from drafting players from the leagues of lower class that adop'. the provision. anj the two Class AA circuits then would be restricted to obtaining new players by outright purchases or by developing -players not connected with organized baseball. Final Adoption Delayed. The acceptance of the tentative draft of the new agreement by the 'oint committees today, however, does not mean its final adoption, as the espective committees will be obliged o make a report back to their organ izations for ratification. The agreement between the Na ional and American leagues desig lates the title of Judge Landis as commissioner. Outlining his duties the agreement ilaces upon him the task of investi gating "either upon complaint or upon ::is own initiative, any act or prac- ice. alleged to be detrimental to the nterests of baseball; to summon per sons and to order the -production of Jocuments. Provision is made for imposing penalties for refusal to comply with :he commissioners orders in such ease. ' After investigations the commis sioner shall determine what preven : ive, remedial or punitive actions hall be taken either against" major -eagues, major league clubs or in lividuals. In the event that a major .eague or major league club be found guilty of conduct detrimental to the -rame, the commissioner may impose i fine not to exceed 55000 and in the case of a club punishment may be extended to Include temporary de privation of representation in joint -ueetings held under the agreement. in""the case of an official or employe if a major league or major league :lub the punishment may extend to suspension or removal and- a player nay be declared by the committee temporarily or permanently ineligi ble to play with any club which is a party to the agreement. Lesral Remedies Recommended. In cases where organizations or in dividuals not parties to the agree ment are found guilty of conduct det rimental to the game, the commis sioner is authorized to pursue appro priate legal remedies. The term of the commissioner is fixed at seven years and he shall be eligible to succeed himself. His sal ary is fixed at $50,000 per year. Judge Landis is officially named as first commissioner, and It is provided that upon the expiration of his term or in the event that the office shall become vacant, his successor shall be named by a vote of the majority of the clubs composing the two major leagues. Falling to name a commis- I sioner within three months, either major league may request the presi dent of the United States to designate a commissioner. An advisory council la provided for, to consist of the commissioner and the presidents of the two major leagues. In case of a division of opinion within the council the de- !iaiuji ui nnj uuiiuuiasiuner en&ji dc Inal. Council to Make Rules. To the advisory council is delegated he power of making the rules to gov . rn the world series, regulate con tracts and determine the relationship between players and clubs and be tween clubs and clubs in all cases which concern players or their con tracts. The commissioner Is authorized to appoint a secretary-treasurer to hold office at the pleasure of the advisory council. His salary is to be fixed by Lhe council, subject to the approval l tne major leagues. Any rules submitted by the advisory :ouncil accepted by the major leagues i.-.U binding upon them and shall ; " vSftv . The first 5wovn " SjB- - 7Z -qp The -Season ss yf6f not be amended except by concurrent action of both leagues. The commissioner is authorized to preside at all joint meetings and in controversial matters each league shall have one vote and the commis sioner shall cast the deciding vote, from which there shall be no appeal. Joint meetings may be called by the commissioner or at the request of the president of either major league. Majors to Fay Salaries. The expenses of the advisory coun cil, including the salaries of the com missioner and the secretary-treasurer, will be paid by the major leagues, ex cept to the extent that funds suffi cient for the purpose are derived from games conducted under the auspices of the council. In the clause binding the two leagues and their constituent clubs to the rulings of the commissioner ana the discipline imposed by him under the agreement, the leagues and clubs severally waive the right of recourse to the courts. It is also provided that the contracts between the leagues and their officers, employes and players shall contain, a clause by which they agree to submit them selves to the discipline of the com missioner. The agreement is to remain in force 25 years and both leagues agree that no diminution of the compensa tion or powers of the present or suc ceeding commissioner snail De maae during his term of office. SALEM IS TO SEE iSIES 1 BASKETBALL GAME IS SCHED ULED WITH "WILLAMETTE. Footal Contest Between the Two Schools Is Prospect for Xext Season. OREGON AGRICULTURAL, COL LEGE, Corvallis, Dec. 12. (Special.) The Aggie basketball five has com pleted arrangements for a game with Willamette university, to be played at Ealem January 14, the day before the game with the Multnomah Athr letic club. Willamette officials have also con sented to schedule a football game October 15, providing the college would accept the basketball date. Both the basketball and football games are now almost assured. Unless -the Aggies arrange some game with an eastern university next year her schedule will stand the way it is. One or two' non-conference games may be added. The Beavers will meet four conference teams, ac cording to the agreement of the Pa cific coast conference, and in addi tion will likely play Multnomah, Wil lamette and perhaps several other non-conference fives. Several old men who played with the S. A. T. C. team at Oregon Agri cultural college in 1918 have told of their intention of returning to col lege in time for football next year. Tucker and Thompson, who played baseball and football in 118, may be out in uniform next term. Sport New and Comment WITH the sudden realization In San Francisco that the voters some years ago put professional boxing in the state out of business. It Is now proposed to dis continue it In the light of the unsavory happenings of the last couple of weeks. Wrestling Is now expected to fill, in part, the void made through the prohibition of boxing bouts in San Francisco. There is no reason why the wrestling game cannot be quite as offensive as has been the box ing game if no move is made to keep it in order. And if they can keep wrestling sweet smelling, the same measure would have done it lor boxing. The Olympic club of San Francisco, which was compelled to put its hand in its own pocket to send its athwes to Belgium taat summer, has decided that, in future. it will not be beholden to anyone and so Is raisins a permanent fund, to be used in financing such of its athletes as it con siders merit being sent to Important championships of various kinds. Officials of various baseball clubs who state that they are going to see to it that eamblers are not admitted to their va rious parks, must know that little is to be accomplished by this method and if this is all they are going to do they will prac tically be doing nothing. Gambling oa the horse races, 90 per cent of it. is done hundreds of miles away from the various tracks. Probably not 10 per cent of the bets laid are won and lost at the track. m ' Some performers amonff the champions. both In the ring and on the mat. are prone, when they feel sure that they -ave the best of their adversary, to allow them to continue to box or wrestle in order to give the spectators a run for their money. Not so with Joe Stecher, tha world' heavyweight champion wrestler. Stecher is credited with having mane a rule to ais pose of his antagonist in the shortest time possible irrespective of whether or not the crowds get only a few minutes of wrestling as a result. This is one of the reasons ascribed to tha alleged US-popularity of Stecher. Frank Goteh. the former cham- Dion. on the other hand, always allowed his opponent to linger aloBg with the idea in mind that the public was entitled to have a show of reasonable length for the money it paid. B1CMBD. STANDS ALONE PROMOTER. BIGGEST GAMBLER IX SPORT AXXALS. Two of America's Epochal Battles in Squared Circle Put On by Xervy Backer. Two of America's epochal pugilistic battles have been fought under the direction of Tex Rickard. A third is In the making. Without Tex Rickard's guiding hand, would Johnson and Jeffries have met? Piobably so, because others were after the big mill. But woilid any other promoter have offered the unheard- of purse of $101,000? Would any other promoter have gambled with Willard and Dempsey as did F.ickard at Toledo? And finally without Rickard in the pool, would the Carpentler-Dempsey match be a certainty for America? Rickard is the greatest promoter of all time., He Is the big gambler In the game. Today Rickard faces the biggest pugilistic venture the Carpentier Dempsey match. The principals have been guaranteed $300,000, a stagger ing amount. Would any other man but Rickard attempt it? Rickard gave Jeff ries -and Johnson J101.000 to fight at Reno. Until the sketch in white and black had been run no other match in the history of the game equaled that guarantee. The battle drew close to a quarter of a million. Rickard's confidence was justified. x It's doubtful if the "Willard-Demp-sey match made Rickard any money. Willard received $100,000, $1000 less than he had guaranteed both princi pals in the Johnson-Jeffries thing. Now comes Carpentier and -Dempsey.' It's another gamble. The guar antee is so much greater than either that offered in the Johnson-Jeff ries or Willard-Dempsey battles that there is no basis for a computation of the probable gate. Rickard gambled with Johnson and Jeffries; he gambled with Willard and Dempsey but lis greatest gam ble is to come when the American and French champions clash. BASKETBALL PLAY ARRAXGED Conlerence Hoop Season to Get Un der Way January 13. SPOKANE, Wash.. Dec 12. The conference -basketball schedule as an nounced at Saturday's meeting here, follows: January 13, Washington State and Idaho at Pullman: January 14, Washing ton State and Idaho at Moscow; January 15, Oregon Aggies and Multnomah Ath letic club at Portland; January 21, Idaho and Gonzaga at Spokane January 22, "Wash ington and Washington State at Pullman; January 24, Oregon and Idaho at Moscow, Montana and Whitman at Missoula; January 25, Oregon Aggies and Staaford at Cor vallis, Oregon and Washington State at Pullman, Montana and Whitman at Mis soula; January 28, Oregon Aggies and Stanford at Corvallis, Oregon and Wash ington State at Pullman: January 27-28, Idaho and Whitman at Moscow; January 2S-2U. Oregon and California at Berkeley, Washington and Oregon at Seattle; Janu ary 29, Whitman- and Washington State at Pullman; February 4-5, Idaho and Mon tana at Moscow; Oregon Aggies and Ore gon at Corvallis, Montana and Idaho at Moscow; February 3, Washington State and Montana at Pullman; February 4-5. Idaho and' Montana at Moscow, Oregon Aggies and Oregon at Corvallis: February 9, Mon tana and Gonzaga at Spokane; February 11, Idaho and Washington State at Mos cow; February 12, Idaho and Washington State at Pullmun; February 13-16. Wash ington State and Stanford at Pullman; Oregon Aggies and California at Corvallia; February 18-19, Idaho and Oregon Aggies at Corvallis, Willamette and Gonsaga at Spokane. Oregon and California at Eu gene; February 21-22, Willamette and Idaho at Salem; February 26, whitman and Multnomah at Portland1; February 24- 25, Willamette and Whitman at Salem; February 28 and March 1, Washington State and Oregon at Eugene, Oregon Aggies and Washington at Corvallis; March 1-2. Whitman and Idaho at Walla Walla; March 4-5, Idaho and Montana at Missoula, Oregon Aggies and Washington at Seattle, Willamette and-Oregon at Eu gene; March 7-8, Washington ' State and Oregon Aggies at Pullman; March 11-12, Washington and Washington State at Se atle, Oregon and Willamette at'Kugene. On the Alleys. Mercantile League Team Standings. Team W. i.. Pet. Bergman Shoe Co 24 12 .667 Budweiser 21 15 .683 El Koi Tan 21 15 .583 Blumauer-Frank Co 18 20 .444 Webfoot Camp W. O. W 15 21 .417 Standard Oil Co 11 23 .306 Walter Woods had his hook-ball working in great style Tuesday night and piled up a total of 652 pins, thereby boosting his average up to 197, which is high average so far this season. "Buck" Elsasser also had a big night, collecting 614 pins. The old boy had nine strikes in ten frames in his second game, getting high "game with 253. . It is a dull day when Captain Swan son of the Standard Oil team doesn't sign up at least one player. He says he Is going to keep on signing them until he gets five men who will show up regularly on Tuesday nights. Mercantile League Individual Averares. Player Urns. Pins. Ave. Woods 9 1777 197 Nlelson 12 2213 184 Campbell 6 1102 184 Goodwin . 27 4947 183 Merrick 9 380 Banks 33 03117 . 177 Geary S3 6f23 17B Swans..n 33 6X19 179 Bovdston 89 6248 174 Mahorey 8 6l'.'lfl 173 Bisasser 3B 611I.S 172 Chapln 30 6173 171 J. P. Flavin 3 3 6 630 1 71 Orth- 83 5niS t"0 Minims 38 60h2 169 Craig S3 6 SSI 169 F. Roberts 88 005 167 Voelker 33 (1.123 167 Jennings 23 3S28 166 Hooch 3 GH27 165 Metzler SB 6924 165 Sundstrom 18 211GJ 165 Keesey 24 8942 304 Vetsiiurg 33 635. 12 ?aub 38 6793 11 liller 38 2S45 158 Springer 36 66r,8 l&J Hull 36 6651 357 Brown SU 4007 159 B. Miller S3 6124 155 Elliott 36 6354 349 Thyns . . 6 843 141 Bergman 3 417 339 Bamuulson 9 3231 137 High team, three games. Bergman Shoe company. 2728: high team, single game, Bergman Shoe ccmpany, 962; high individ ual, three umes, Muhoney, 654; hlKh in llvidual. single game. Klsasser. 253. AMATEUR BOUTS URGED BOXIXG FOR MEDALS IS OF FERED SAX FRAXCISCO. President of Xon-Professional Body Has Plan to Keep Fight Game in ' Clean Hands. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 12. (Spe cial.) Strictly amateur boxing matches no relation to the four -round game as It existed in San Fran cisco during the last few years is suggested by Sam T. Goodman, presi dent of the Pacific Association of the Amateur Athletic union, in a letter addressed to Chief of Police O'Brien. Goodman believes this Is a move that will do away with whatever vlcious ncss there Is In the boxing game and will at the same time provide the fans with a sport they enjoy. Goodman's suggestion is that the Pacific association is prepared to pro mote bona fide amateur bouts with strict guarantees as to the amateur standing of the contestants and, the word of ' the association that no money but -trophies of no greater value than ,$35, suitably engraved, will be given the contestants. The funds, outside of the running ex penses of such boxing matches, would bo used In the promotion of athletics in general throughout the city and the purchase of more equipment for playgrounds. AL E. Andruss, chairman of the reg istration committee, who Is In accord with Goodman, believes that it would be possible to safeguard the ama teurs. - , The plan would be to Invite entries for a tournament, giving sufficient time In which to scrutinize each ap plicant. This tournament would be run off with say two boxing shows each month until the champions are decided. Similarly a far western champion ship tournament could be arranged and these title-holders then eent east for the national competition. Perfect Bowling Score Rolled. A- Banks, member of the ' M. L. Kline bowling team, rolled a perfect 300 score in competition on a pair of alleys at the Oregon Bowling alleys Saturday night. Banks finished his first game with six 6trikes in a row and started the next with a perfect score. Altogether he made IS straight strikes. This is his second perfect score in the last four years. Roy Snyder rolled a perfect score last month on the Oregon alleys. S. & H. green stamps for cash. Hoiman Fuel Co. Main 353. 560-21. Adv. v" Braiding, embroidery hemstitching. Booth's Morgan bids'. Adv. UIH, Havana THE HART CIGAR CO., - 303.307 l'uie Ht Portland, Oregon. IfiniRiiT? . 3 mm mm TROEH LEADS SHOOTERS VAXCOTJTER, WASH., GT7XXER HEADS FIELD AT TRAPS. Western Star Breaks 8 660 Out of Possible 88 8 0 Targets- in ' Xew York Tourney. NEW YORK, Dec. 12. With an average of .9752, Frank Troeh, ama teur trapshooter of Vancouver, Wash., leads all other shooters of the season on registered targets, the American Trapshooting association announced today. Troeh broke 660 of SsSO tar gets. Fred Harlow of Newark, Ohio, was placed second with .9711. and Mark Arie of Champaign, I1L, winner of the Olympic world's championship at Ant werp, tied for third place with C. A. Gunning of Longmont, Colo. Their average was .9681. Guy Ward, East Alton, HI., led the professionals with an average of .Si2b. Troeh led the field In 1918 and Arie in ll. , 0 TEAMS IX HOOP LEAGUE Northwest Washington High School Circuit Drafts Schedule. CENTRALIA, Wash., Dec. 12. (Special.) A basketball schedule for the Southwest Washington Inter- scholastic league was adopted yester day at a meeting in Ccntralia by the athletic directors of the various schools In the league, including Cen tralia. Chehalls, Hoquiam, Montesano, oiympia, itayroona, south send. Ten ino and Aberdeen. All schools were represented at the meeting with the exception of Hoquiam. Tenino was elected to membership In the league lor tne nrst time. Following Is the league schedule ror tne Centralla team: January 14, Centralia at Tenino: January 22 Olympia at Centralia; ' January 28, centralia at Aberdeen; January 29, Centralia at Hoquiam: February 6 Centralia at Chehalls; February 11, Raymond. at Centralia, February 25, Montesano at Centralia; March 5, soutn liend at Centralia. Rout Is Won on Foul. COTTAGE GROVE. Or., Dec. 12. (Special.) In t.he boxing bill put on nere Friday evening Roy Cederstrom won over Sole Dean in the second round on an unintentional foul. The men were billed to fight ten rouitds. "Kid" Hans and "Knockout" Johnson fought six rounds to a draw. Earl Fullmer got the decision over Erneert Kurree in a four-round bout. A fea ture of the evening was the curtain raiser by two little Gilbert brothers from Leona, who are aged about 8 and 3 0 years. jsfrM lit ttsv.waiu--"- '"i -r sr, 1 1 -mms HEILIG D . WellC 34-Rds Boxing Dec. J Joe- vs. AL UNAN 10 ROl'NDS 10 ' Willie CLAIR SUTHERLAND Roy 8 II OVNDS 8 Sammy GORDON v. BLUE Baby e rounds a Tex VERNON VS GORMAN Eddie e rounds a Freddie LOUGH vs. FUGATE Johnny 4 ROUNDS 4 Ticket Sale Opens Today at Bellia; Theater. G0R1A Charges of Unfairness to Be Investigated. DATE TO BE CLEARED UP Bout Between .Joe Gorman and Al Gruman Declared to Be Attracting: Interest. BT DICK SHARP. As the result of charges made that Chet Mclntyre of Tacoma, who han dles Tiny Herman, had put some sort of preparation on Herman's gloves the night that Tiny fought Sam Lang- ford, which tends to blind one s op ponent, Herman has been taken off of Wednesday night's card at the Heilig theater. The big Astoria Heavy weight will not be permitted to box in Portland until the charges have been disproven, or proven, which ever tne case may De. The Portland boxing commission will hold a meeting this afternoon at which the glove-preparing matter will be taken up fully and an investiga tion made. If It Is found that there Is nothing to it, Herman will be used on the next card here with apologies. If It is proven that Mclntyre did put some sort of dope on Herman s gloves the last occasloni on which the latter fought Langford. he will be forever barred from boxing; here. To make an accusation of that sort Is taking a strong step unless it can be proven. Chet Mclntyre has always been a credit to the boxing game in the northwest and his youngsters have been rated as the. cleanest of scrappers. Mclntyre 13 considered a trainer of the highest ability and is real benefit to the boxers that Be handles' in that he gets them In shape as well as lines them up for bouts. He has been managing and developing boxers for years. Chet made a repu tation for himself as an instructor at the old Seattle Athletic club, where he turned out such boys as Earl Baird, Bobby Harper, Lloyd. Madden, Val Sontag and others. If Mclntyre did stoop to mich a trick as doping his boxers' cloves with sight-impairing preparation he should be meted swift Justice and all of his boxers barred from Portland. Her man was to have fought Earl Ritchie In the ten-round semi-windup of Wednesday night's card. A battle be tween Willie St. Clair and Roy Suth erland has been signed in place of the Herman-Ritchie match. Sutherland made a great showing against Puggy Morton on the last Portland card and has established himself as a great fa vorite, with the Portland boxing fol lowers. The boxing commission will also thresh out the New Year's day card question and clear the decks for ac tion for the next few months. The Joe Gorman-Al Grunan ten round foray, which is the main event for Wednesday night, looks like the real McCoy of the season here up to date. There Is some real local Inter est in the match, which Is always lacking In matches between two out siders. Both boys have a legKn of admirers as the result of their show ings In Portland rings. They are of practically equal in weight, one is a great fighter and a fair boxer, the other is a preat box.r and a fair THREE SELECT SIZES AS A CHRISTMAS TOKEN VERY CHOICE! 1 1920 Studebaker Coupe excellent condition. 1 36 H. P. Pierce -Arrow com pletely rebuilt and painted; head lights on fenders. 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Sam was a heavyweight as far as weight went, but exceedingly 6hort in statue and not the possessor of the reach of the men he had to fight, and Sam has fought the cream of the world'B bat tlers in his day. Sam found a way to overcome what he lacked In natural physical endowments. Gorman Is In the same boat. He Is short and stocky, with short arms and yet has to fight lightweights, men his own weight, who- tower over him in height and reach and yet do not outweigh him a pound. Gorman is proving an apt pupil in his dally workouts with Lang ford and is rounding into great con dition. Al Grunan Is putting- In some hard licks dally with Joe Egan, the Boston middleweight, a mighty smart battler, who has always used his bean In the ring. Ee-an is one of the few men VERY, CHOICE, CIGjAlI For the friend who appreciates a very cigar, we suggest Van Dyck in one three select sises: Victoria , . 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Benjamin and Schuman will meet today and each put up a forfeit guar, anteeing to make 138 pounds ringside. Scbuman's broken hand has mended to such an extent that he can now box In the gymnasium and he does not expect it to bother him in the least in preparing for the fight. Frankle Reagan, Denver light, weight, has sent In a challenge to the winner of the Gorman-Grunan mill. Reagan has fought a number of good boys. Jimmy Darcy, rugged Portland mid dleweight, is slated to return from California this week. Jimmy hit San Francisco just when the dynamite was touched off. His brother, Alex Trambltas and Jack Fahle will con tinue south to Los Angeles, where Alex will fight Bert Colima Decem ber 22. There are more than 1,000,000 house in London. choice of the So.oo $3.6? $7 25 h fL inc JytL y 5