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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN," PORTLAND, DECEMBER 26, 1909. JEFFBIES-GOTCH MAY SHOW HERE Berger and Dr. Roller Also on Theatrical List for the ' ; Northwest. "BIG FOUR" COMING SOON VViliam Morris, Independent Vaude ville Magnate, Secured Sporting Stars AVben He Signed Jeffries, Berger, Gotch and Roller. BT W. J. PETJUI.V. James J. Jeffries. Sam Berger. Frank Gotch and Dr. B. F. Roller, comprising the big four boxing and wrestlnig troupe which Is now touring- the West for William Morris, the independent theatrical manager, probably will ap pear in Portland In the near future. The big fellowa are booked for Seattle on January 15 or thereabouts, and al though they are not officially an nounced to appear here, it is not likely that they will pass through Portland without showing- at least one night. Information received here by a friend of Mrs. Roller is that the quartet will show here about the middle of January. Mrs. Roller will be here short ly after Christmas and remain until the arrival of the former Seattle phy sician. James J. Jeffries is naturally the stel lar attraction. The disputed point as to his condition will serve to increase the attendance of those who wish to see ,for themselves. Jeffries announced some time ago that lie intended visiting Belknap Springs, a favorite hunting-ground, a few miles out of Roseburg in the Cas cade Mountains. Jeffries formerly vis ited the springs every years, and If he comes to the Northwest on this tour he may arrange for the performance of some of his training work here next Spring. Cy Myrlck. formerly of Port land but now a resident of Los An geles, usually accompanies Jeff on these, trips, and was Instrumental In Intro-' duclng the big fellow to that "hunter's paradise." In appearing wlthBerger, Gotch and Roller, Jeffries Is performing his part of an agreement entered into a year ago with William Morris. Jeffries' act Includes a short sparring exhibition with Sam Berger, while the remainder is devoted to monologue and gymna sium work. Jeffries occupies the stage half an hour. Frank Gotch and Dr. Roller, who do the wrestling, do not appear together often on the mat. As a rule Roller Is called upon to take on all comers for 16 minutes or less, as he agrees to throw any grappler. aside from Gotch and one or two others, in that time. He sometimes meets Gotch In an exhibi tion bout, and sometimes the former Seattle man boxes with Berger, for he has not yet given up the Idea of em bracing: the ring Instead of the mat gamo. Governor Cutler, of Utah, has an nounced positively that the Jeffries Johnson world's championship battle will not take place in Salt Lake City and not in the State of Utah, which has caused Tex Rlckard to change his announcement , to the extent that San Francisco and not Salt Lake will get the big fight. Every one but Tex seemed to take this view from the start, but Tex had to "Jolly" his Mormon City backers to a certain extent anyway, hence his premature announcement of Salt Iake as the scene. . Billy Papke, the middleweight boxer. Is going to gay Paree .for a session with the boxers now congregated at the French capital. Billy thinks that Sam McVey, Joe Jeannette and the rest of the fistic gentry gathered there are cleaning up too much easy money, and Billy expects to cut into the game him self. Billy also prides himself on his good looks and thinks he ought to cap ture Paris by storm. If dusky Sam McVey can do It, it looks like a pipe for the white boy. . Tommy Burns and Bob Fitzalramons have hooked up for a barnstorming trip through Australia and are reported as "coining money." Old Bob is still a warm favorite in the Antipodes, and Bnrns continues to enjoy public ap proval, despite his defeat at the hands of Johnson. The two ex-champs, one a real one and the other "almost," should succeed in enticing the "bobs" from Australian vest pockets easily. 'RtBE' MCKXAME STICKS Waddell Tells How He Achieved Fame Jn Oil City. "I got my nickname of 'Rube In Franklin. Pa., in 1S8. tKe first year I played professional ball," said G. Ed ward Waddell the other day. "I had pitched a morning game at Oil City and shut the team out, 8 to 0. In the afternoon both teams returned to Franklin for another game. The man intending to pitch for us got drunk, so I went In again. In the second in ning, with the score 2 to 1 against us, a line ball hit me In the forehead and knocked me unconscious for about five mlnues. "I was sore and Insisted on pitching out the game. We beat them. 10 to 2, and they did not get another man to first, while I made two home runs, two double baggers and a single. That night the manager of the Oil City club met me on the street and said: 'You're a regular robber; no one but a "rube" could recover from an accident like that and finish the game." That fas tened the nickname to me, and It has tuck." Longest Launch Race Proposed. The longest race, 1400 nautical miles, fvtr attempted by power boats from Philadelphia to Havana. Is being ar ranged between the Philadelphia Fachtsmen's Club and the Havana Yacht Club. It Is to be open to power craft measuring not more than 100 feet and not leas than 60 feet over all. FRENCH RACING PROMISING Track Sport Rids Fair to Be More Extensive Than Ever. CHICAGO, Dec, 25. The season of light harness racing on -the French tracks this year promises to be more xtenslve and of a much higher class than ever before. From now until the middle of February the trotters will hold full sway, for the steeplechase races are ended and under national laws no more running or steeplechase racing Is permissible until the middle ef February. Trotting under government supervi sion has become a popular sport and has been brought to the front as a money-getting source for the republic and a panacea for all the strikes and rumors of strikes among owners of thoroughbreds. The trotting sport was Inaugurated years ago on the sands of Cherbourg as a special attraction for visitors, but now has spread through out France, and is sure to gain greatly In popularity in the next two months, when a number of well-known Amer ican -trainers are booked to appear in the contests. The Trotting society, founded under the empire, has removed its headquar ters from Caen, In the midst of those rich pasture lands in the old province of Normandy, and settled down In Paris, taking under its wing the old racecourse at Vlncennes and extending its operations to the organization of the so-called legitimate sport at St. Cloud. There will be racing at Vlncennes every Thursday and Sunday until the new year, when every Tuesday, Thurs day, and Sunday there will be racing within the confines of Paris itself. There will be. in addition, 24 trotting meetings at Vlncennes from the last of December to mid-February, which shows how really popular the sport must be to support so many meetings. PATSHEEDY WAS HONEST OLD-TIME MAX-OF-WORLD PAID HIS DEBTS. International Renown Gained by Sheedy Who Was Instrumental In Securing Painting's Return. In last Sunday's Issue of the Chicago Tribune John ' Kelly contributes an article on the late Pat Sheedy, one of the sportsmen of the old school, whose record Is more or less familiar to "turf and sport followers all over the world. The following excerpts from Kelly's letter will be of interest: "In the passing of Pat Sheedy in New York a few days ago the sporting world lost a man than whom none was squarer. "For 30 years he was a gambler a good part of the time in Chicago but the last decade of his eventful career was spent In the peaceful pursuit of buying and selling paintings. "Strange to say. he was as successful in the world of art as he was in run ning a gambling house. He scoured Europe for old masterpieces, which he sold at a big profit to American mil lionaires. As an art critic it was said of him that he knew the value of paint ings better than most men engaged in the business. "But it is as a gambler and sport ing man that Sheedy's fame will last Early in life he became a devotee of the green table, and he followed the "profession" with varying success. Ha has been worth $50,000 one day and 'broke' the next. "But to be broke financially did not mean that Pat Sheedy was down and out. He could borrow more money on his word, it is said by no less an au thority than 'Billy Plnkerton, than most men could on their bond. "There Is some doubt as to Sheedy's birthplace. Some say he was born In Ireland, and others declare he was a native of Hartford, Conn. "If he was born in the Emerald Isle he came to America at. an early age, for he was apprenticed to the harness and saddlery trade In Hartford when he was a lad of 14. Patrick Sullivan, of Chicago Heights, was his foreman, and he says he never had a more adept workman at the bench than Sheedy, who was christened Patrick Francis. "One of the interesting incidents In Sheedy's life in Chicago was his effort to procure the acquittal of Jere Dunn, who In the early '80s killed Jimmy Ellott. Dunn was a gambler, Eliott a prizefighter. There had been bad blood between them for some time, and on the day of the murder they met in 'Appetite Bill' Langdon's resort, known as the Tivoli, at 114 Dearborn street, across from Sheedy's gambling house. "After a challenge and scuffle Elli ott attempted to strike Dunn with an uplifted chair. Dunn shot and killed him. "The best legal talent In the city was engaged by Sheedy for the defense of Dunn. The story goes that he lost $20,000 at faro trying to win the amount of the atorney's" fee. Condon & Doll kept a gambling house at 125 Clark street in those days, and It Is said that Sheedy's loss gave them a start In the business. Sheedy stuck by Dunn and the latter was acquitted on the ground of self-defense. "Early in John L. Sullivan's career as a pugilist, he was under the manage ment of Sheedy, who took him to Eng land. Sullivan was on one of his "tan trums" in Chicago soon after Sheedy became his manager, and he started to clean out the gambling house of which Pat was keeper. Sheeds snatched a revolver from a buffet drawer and the "big fellow" was made to quit the first time In his life that he had 'laid down." "Eddie Guerln, the Chicago thief who escaped from Devil's isle a few years ago, procured his freedom through money that Pat Sheedy carried to France. Aceording to the records of the penal colony where Guerln was serving a life sentence for robbery he is 'dead.' That was the report made to the prefect of the Paris police after his escape. "Sheedy one time left Chicago owing close to $17,000, but one year after ward he sent the amount to William A. Plnkerton, the head of the detective agency, with a list of creditors and Instructions to pay them off with com pound interest. He had made a stake In Europe and thus squared his ac counts. "I'm one of the men that Billy Pln kerton sent for when he got the check for $17,000 from Sheedy," said William O'Rourke, better known as "Kidney Bill," a cabman. "The first two years of the Garfield racetrack I 'drawed' Sheedy and his wife from the Sherman House, where they lived, to the track. He was the best customer I ever had in the 43 years I've been on the street, and, say, I want to tell you that his wife was one of the nicest little wo men that ever stood' In shoe leather. Pat Sheedy paid me hundreds of dol lars for 'drawing him. "When he left Chicago he owed me $7 and I had forgotten all about It. One day Billy Plnkerton sent for me to come and see him. He says to me, 'Kidney,' says he. 'how much does Pat Sheedy owe you?' "Not a dollar. says I. "We're square." You see. I didn't know what he was driving at. "Pinkerton takes a paper out of his desk and he says, "Kidney," says he, 'Pat owed you $7. Now what do you want to lie about It for? I'm going to pay you because he sent me the mon ey." "He counted out the $7 and I took it. Do you know what I'd like -to do now that Pat Sheedy has cashed ln7 I'd like to spend that $7 for a bunch of -flowers to put on his grave. He was & square man." , Sheedy gained international fame by being instrumental in securing the re turn of the ' famous Gainsborough painting stolen from the Agnew gal leries by Adam Worth and his gang. Sheedy knew Worth, and through his agency and the co-operation of Pin kerton, the painting was returned for $15,000. J. Pierpont Morgan later pur chased It tor $250,000.- GIRLS' BASKETBALL TEAMS REPRESENTING THE . PORTLAND SOCIAL TURN VEREIN AND THE CATHOLIC YOUNG MEN'S CLUB. ' ill t - - . r i , ' Jit tc . . - -r-iSK$ III t - ft . m s ,K ' - -1 V x it - . : r m ' . - , : . - - - ; - -. J - """ - " - 1 . far V virt'it -,:J - TURN VEREIN Front row, left to right Lorraine Mahoney, substitute; Virginia Feubrooa, captain and center; Gilberts) Allehutr, rijrht guard. Back Row Sarah 51 o ran. left guard; Hazel Peters, right forward; Professor Gens, coach; Lorretta Dnm phrey, left forward; Agnes Houck, subestitute. C. V. 51. C. Left to Right Hilda Flebucb, right guard: Anna Winter, right forward; Marie Lang, substitute; Itreys Gard ner, substitute: Katherlne Erdner, left forward: Jennie Winter, left guard: Ethel O'Brien, captain and center. The teum shown in the cuts will play their first game January S In the Turnvereln gymnasium, at Fourth and Yamhill streets The Portland Social Turnvereln and the Catholic Toung Men's Club are the only athletic organizations in the city having organ ized girls' basketball teams this Winter. The teams in both of these institutions are coached by Professor Richard Gens physical director of the Turner. Beside the teams shown la the accompanying cuts, there are In both of the institutions basketball teams composed of older girls. Professor Gens considers basketball one ot the beet means, of all around athletic development for the young women and he in tends. Instructing them thoroughly In the points of the game. Professor Gens was desirous of forming a league of girls" teams with the Turner and C. T. M. C. teams and others from such institutions as the T. W. C. A. and the Multnomah Club, but has been unable to carry out hia Idea because the latter organizations have no girls' teams which, play outside games. Basketball Is used largely as aj means of exercise among the women In both the T. W. C. A. and the Multnomah Club, but there are no organized teams. At some ot the preparatory schools In the city, there are girls' class basketball teams, and some of them even have star' first teams, but so far the principals have not given t-helr consent to the organization of a girl's interecholastic basketball league nor to allowing the girls to play any outside games at all. So far as the girls themselves are concerned, most of them are anxious to play outside of their own schools, but they have been unable to persuade the principals and some of the parents to their way of thinking. ABERDEEN HAS PLAN Offer to Take Portland Fran chise May Be Made. PUBLIC MEETING CALLED Gift to Uoquiam Would Insure Big Attendance at Harbor Games. Canvass 'Shows Townfolk Favor Scheme. ABERDEEN. Wash., Deo. 25. (Spe cial.) At a meeting of the Aberdeen Baseball Association directors, at which many enthusiastic fans were present. It was decided to offer to clear up the base ball situation in this league by taking over the Portland Northwestern fran chise and presenting- it to HoquiarrH thus giving the Harbor two teams ia the league. The rivalry between Aberdeen and Ho quiam in sports would result in record breaking attendance whenever the two teams played on the Harbor. Hoquiam people are enthusiastically in favor of the scheme and declare that the money to support the team will be forthcoming at once if the plan is adopted. Aberdeen fans want to keep a team in the league and they want the Northwestern to re main intact and not submit to the dicta tion of the California men. That this end may be accomplished It 'has been decided to offer to take over the Port land franchise. for the purpose of canvassing the sit uation thoroughly. President Macfarlane has called a meeting of the citizens in r ' it'" r ft terested at the City Hall for Monday night. In a circular letter to baseball fans of the city Mr. Macfarlane says: "A meeting of subscribers toward the support of the Aberdeen baseball club during the past three seasons and all others interested - in the continuance of Aberdeen's membership In the North western League will be held at the City Council chambers Monday evening. At this meeting a complete stateonent of the transactions of the past seaison will be submitted by the directors and the ques tion of puttingsa team in the field for the season of 1910 will be anally decided and the method of financing the club will also be determined. "Other questions of more importance and bearing directly on the advisability of our retaining our franchise regard less of our ability to finance a team, will be submitted for discussion and de cision. Owing to the present uncertainty as to the membership of the league next season this question is a vital one and should be thoroughly discussed by a full attendance." AMERICAN" ATHLETES EXCEL English Beaten at Baseball and Track Athletics, Not Cricket. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Dec? 25. Wistar Johnson, a Rhodes scholarship holder from Oregon, WTltes to friends here that American athletes In Oxford Uni versity. England, have beaten the Britons in track work and In baseball, but that the English training so far has defeated the representatives of America in cricket and other Engli&h games. During the last season the American baseball team, composed of Rhodes scholars, went to London and defeated the English nines there by large scores. The Americans find that English pitchers are not difficult to hit. Johnson is a graduate of the Univer sity of Oregon, and Was handball cham pion, a basketball player and a member of the football squad while at Eugene. Cleveland Gives Toledo Players. CLEVELAND. Dec. 25. Cleveland Is to let Toledo have fix players," the men to be presented oeing Catcher Grover Land, Outfielder Millsr and Pitchers Robinson, Kent, Otis and Baokottd, t t ,-w-sr as - - 3u 0L0FIEL0 IS FIRST Auto-Racer Sets New Coast Record for Mile. WORLD TIME IN FIVE MILES Winner's Fastest Lap Ia Made In Competition With Ben Kerscher, ' and Is Won by Less Than Wheel Length. LOS ANGELES. Dec 25. Barney Old field, driving a Benz, broke the Coast record for one mile on a circular track by two seconds at Ascot Park today and established a new world's record for five miles in competition. Both records were made In the five mile race, with Ben Kerscher driving; a Darracq. The time In this race was 4 minutes. 85 seconds, and Oldfleld's fastest mile, 61 2-5 seconds, was done In the final lap of the race, which was won by less than a wheel length. Previous to the five-mile race, Old field broke the track record of 53 3-5 seconds, made by Hugie Hughes. Old field's time was 52 8-5 seconds. His fast mile in the race with Kerscher, in which the world record was broken, is within four-fifths of a second of the world circular track record held by DePalma. The only accident of the day was that which befell Fred Shaw, driver of the Knox, who was injured while cranking the Darracq. and he was out of the races. 1, m lv 1 1 V VI o Iff . A - K 1 . .. . . :. ... - ... : -j ' J el 4 1 Sly ' I A m -v . .. -"V-.:. S3 SSSsSifj- I SI "" - Jx IV TEAMS ARE READY FOR BASKETBALL Squads Thinned and Coaches Making Final Search for Weak Spots. PRACTICE IS CONTINUED Last Year's Cellar Champions Mak ing Good Start This Season. Preliminary Games Show Good Material Being Developed. With the exception of "Washington High School, all the lnterscholastic basketball squads have been thinned and the members of the teams, with substitutes, have been picked. Prac tice games are now being played by all the teams and the coaches are busy trying to discover weak spots in the line-ups. , ; The teams will continue practicing during the holidays, so that they will be ready by the time school opers again to begin on the finishing touches that will put them in shape for the lnterscholastio contests which beglr. on January 26 with a ganie between Portland Academy and Lincoln High 'tJegins AVell. Present Indications are that Portland Academy, which landed in the cellar last season, will make a strong bid for the league championship this season. In a practice game recently the P. A.s were victorious over the .strong Allen Prep, team, the score being 29 to 17. The Hawthorne Presbyterian Church team was also defeated by P. A. last week 24 to 20. In a fast game with the Newberg High School last Wednes day night, Portland Academy was de feated 24 to 33. In this game, how ever, the Academics put up fully as good a game as the High School and their defeat probably was due to the fact they were not used to the floor and the low celling. The stars of the game were Norris, playing right for ward, and Runyaa, at center. Run yan was (he center of the crack Lin coln High team last year. He Is more than six feet tall and gets the ball every time on the toss up. The Newberg team excelled In pass ing and the P. A. boys showed they have Considerable room for improve ment In this department- Two mem bers of the Newberg team, the Larken brothers, were members of the all state lnterscholastic team last season. On January 14, P. A. will play New berg a return game in the Portland Academy gymnasium. The members of the Portland Acad emy 1910 team are as follows: Center, Milton Runyan; right forward and cap tain. Kenneth Norris; left forward and manager. Earl Cobb; right guard, Theodore Edwards; left guard, Fred Smith; subs, Staley and Bean. The team averages about 145 pounds in weight. Kletyer is satisfactory as a coach. ' The members of the Columbia Uni versity . team, their positions and weights, are as follows,; William Coch ran, forward. 145 pounds; Fitzgerald, guard, 150 pounds; Woodrun, guard, 135 pounds; Dukes Reed, center, 150 pounds; William Kelleher, guard, 143 pounds; Joseph Clancey, forward, 125 pounds; William McAllen, forward, 119 pounds. Callicrate is coaching the boys. Clancey will not b'e allowed to play In the lnterscholastic games because he already has competed in lnter scholastic athletics the allowed length of time. In outside games and on the trips, however, he probably will play In McAllen's place. Fitzgerald, Woodrum, Clancey and McAllen were members of last year's team, and Cochran was a member of the Gonzago College team, the lnter scholastic champion of the Northwest. Columbia Defeats C. X, M. C. In a game last week, Columbia de feated the C. Y. M. C team 40 to 33 with Cochran and Fitzgerald out of the game. Sometime this week a game will be played between Columbia and the Christian Brothers College team. The championship of the lnter scholastic League was awarded to Columbia University last season by the lnterscholastic athletic committee, af ter a tie with Lincoln 'High for first place. The award was made because after an agreement to play a post sea son game for the championship, Lin coln High did not fulfill the contract. Last season Lincoln beat Columbia in one game. Columbia beat H. M. A., H. M. A. beat Lincoln and Hill lost to the Allen Preps. At Washington High School the team has not been organized, although the squad has been out for practice. This is being carried on in Ringler's gym nasium and the first team will be picked immediately after the holidays. There is a lot of strong material in the squad. Feustermacher Is coaching the team. Eleven men have been selected by Coach Lee for the Lincoln High School squad. They are as follows: Benz, Venstrand, Rice. Olcott, Carlander, Vesper (manager), Peterson, Welch (captain), Boyle, Daly and Toomey. All of these men will be trained for the first team, so that there will be two sets of equally strong players. Practice Making Perfect. The boys are practicing three times a week In the snacirmv "V tut r a gymnasium, and are rounding rapidly Amu o.u ttBsicgauun mat ougnt to win games. They played a good game aerainst the "Y fur f 1 A ! , . cently, when they were defeated 31 to waco iiee predicts .that his charges will come as near winning the game as any of the other lnterscholastic Professor Ringler has a promising aggregation In his Allen Prep. School team. The Allen team lines up as follows: Center, Hart-; forwards. Shaver and Compton; guards. Hays and E. Smyth; substitute. Burgard. The team will play its next game with the Christian Brothers College. tomorrow night at Ringler's gym. A hard game is expect ed and the boys are doing special work in preparation. Next Wednesday evening the Allen team will meet a team of former Allen stars. Some of these stars are playing on college teams and consequently are expected to put up a good game. Some of the "grads" who probably will play In the game are: Broughton, Hughes, Bates, Stewart, Dahl and Herbert Bar bur. . TAXCOT7VER BEATS CALIFORNIA Berkeley Sqnad Loses First Game of Rugby, 3 to 0. VANCOUVER. B. C, Dec.- 25. Van couver today won the first of the series of three Rugby games to be played here, defeating the team from Berkeley, 8 to 0. The game was one of the most exciting ever played here. Neither side had scored up to the last minute of play when McLorg dashed over with a try and won the game for the local team. Although the California players suc cessfully held the Vancouver men un til the last minute they were unable to make a strong showing on the offensive and never had a chance to score. The game was witnessed by a large crowd. BASEBALL IS f CALLED TRUST Players Are Slaves for Life, Jimmy Callahan Believes. Jimmy Callahan, the Chicago semi professional star, while here recently, talked of another major league wfth John Kling and hlmseLf behind it. In cidentally Jimmy talks interestingly of baseball slavery. '.'Baseball." said Callahan, "Is the fin est little trust in the world. Its play ers are slaves, lust as were the re- demptioners who mortgaged their lives to escape British rule. "It is this knowledge which caused Kling and I to organize teams which may be the nucleus of a third major league. Baseball Is a commercial mo nopoly, and Kling has been blacklisted contrary to common and statutory law. "If you think baseball as now con ducted isn't a trust, glance over these arbitrary laws: "The game shall be owned and con trolled by the trust for profit. "Players must enter voluntary servi tude for the term of their 'baseball lives. "No rival organization of private cap italists, clubs owned by cities, or co operative teams, shall exist in compe tition with trust clubs. "All players shall be bought and sold in the baseball market as trust chat tefs. "Defiance of this rule by anyone shall rally members of the trust to war against the rebellious." GRANEY MAY BE REFEREE OXE OF FIVE JDES PTJLLTXG FOR . JOB AT BIG FIGHT. "Great John L." Also Candidate and There Are Others Graney's Chance Looks Good. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 25. Five men have been mentioned as candi dates for the Job to referee the Jeffries-Johnson fight, but none of them seems to have a corner on the position. The men . mentioned are Charley White, of New York; John L. Sullivan, ex-heavyweight champion; Eddie Graney and Jack Welsh, of this city, and Eddie Smith, of Oakland. Wnile they all declare that they are not seeking the job they are using every Influence to land the Jobk There is J1000 in it for the third man In the ring and the prestige it will gain for him is- also worth many dollars. Despite the fact that Graney said he was through with the fight after he failed to land the match, It Is known that he Is leaving no stone unturned to get the Job of referee. He has spoken to Jeffries, Johnson, Berger and any one who may have some authority to land the job. Gra ney is close to Rickard and the latter favors the horseshoer. However, It has always been the rule in big fights that the principals decided who was to referee. Graney stands well with Jeffries and Johnson and has a good chance. Graney has been barred in San Francisco as a referee for the past couple of years on account of the Indict ments which were held against him for having bribed the Supervisors to obtain fight permits. Now that Heney has been beaten at the, polls Graney will be restored to good standing. Jack Welsh, who has refereed most of the big fights here during the past two years. Is a close friend of Johnson and Little and he will be a hot favorite for the job. While he claims that be is mak ing no fight for the position, he Is work ing his wires through some Chicago peo ple who are close to the principals. Graney has refereed all of Jeffries" Im portant fights here, with the exception of his fight with Ruhlin. at which the late Harry Corbett officiated. Graney refereed the Britt-Nelson fight and many other great battles. ALL-STARS ARE COMING SEATTLE TO SENT) TEAMS FOR NEW YEAR'S GAME. Multnomah Clnb Eleven Is Practic ing Daily, and Team-Work Has Been Perfected. George McMillan, manager of the Mult nomah Amateur Athletic Club football eleven, received a telegram late last night from Tom McDonald, at Seattle, which states that definite arrangements have been made for the All-Star Seattle team to come to Portland on New Year's and play the M. A. A. C. team. The Multnomah men are practicing every night in expectation of a hard game with the Sound City stars. The Multnomah men are In the pink of con dition and their team work is much nearer perfection than it was in the earlier games. The Seattle boys may not be so strong on team work, but the In dividual playing of the stars is expected to be A-l at least. The club had expected to bring Wash ington Stato College here for a holiday date, but the team found it impossible to ;ome because of he necessity of keep ing In training for so long a period, and declined. The final decision of the Seattle players has filled the want. Tom McDonald, the former University of Washington star, announced that he ! would organize a team of stars from ex- conege players or tne iNortnwest to meet the Multnomah team on New Year's and Manager McMillan accepted the proposal. Captain Latourette, of the club eleven, has had his men out during the past week, and says they are in the best pos sible condition, although they were out of the game several weeks after the last contest. WUIV1AIM IIM bULU nOBBERY Brooklyn Burglars Blow Safe and Secure $1000 In Cash. NEW YORK, Dec. 25. Burglars, with the aid of nltro-glycerine, a man and a woman, blew open the safe of Was serman "Bros., clothing dealers, in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, early today, obtained nearly $1000 in cash and valuable Jewelry and made a clean getaway. Suits of clothes were piled upon the safe to deaden the noise of the explo sion, while a well-dressed woman ac complice passed up and down the side walk to warn the robbers of approach ing pedestrians.