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14 MOTORTRUCKS COMPETE IN RUN White Car First With 5-Ton Load Over a Course of Fifty-six Miles. ROADS ALONG ROUTE SOFT Man; Auto Make Kino Showing In TeM Franklin Machine Takes Trophy In Light IH-llvcry 'Wagon Clarification. Fourteen motor truck, representing; the world's leading makes, competed In a reliability run last Saturday, over a it-mlle course. Eleven of them fin ished the race. Owing- to the unusuaHy aoft condition of the roads, and tha routins; of the trucks over the Trout dale bill, the showing is a gratifying commentary on the progress of per fecting the automobile for commercial use. Th judges, J. B. Yeon, Lawrence' Therkelson and Ben Trenkman required three dys to sum up the results and make the awards Intelligently. The White Gas truck, driven by Stine. was the only one to finish carrying a five-ton load, and In view of the fact that It carried Its great load over the entire course ar a cost of l.J cents a ton mile. It was given first place In class A. and awarded the trophy. In the liBht delivery wagon class the Franklin truck was awarded first place. The runner-up in the respective divi sions were the Kelly and tile Buick. The Franklin prise-winner In the llcht delivery wagon class, was the only truck In the contest that was able to make the Trout'lale hill without chains. The Packards. which finished fifth and sixth, suffered more than an Genual share of hard luck: the one driv en by Sayre sliding off Into the ditch on the Slough Road, and the other, driven by Uuerln. being caught behind the Kissel Kar when the latter was de layed. The White truck driven by Bender finished .01 behind the winning White time. Bender Is an amateur of CO days' experience. His car bad been In service for some time prior to the rare, having covered of 20.000 miles ending the evening before the day of the contest. Bender had not been in formed that it was necessary to reach the noon and evening controls at speci fied times and be was peanallxed for overtime at the rate of 30 cents an hour. Otherwise he had a perfect score, not having to make any repairs or adjustments or loading any water during the entire run. The Kelly and Ciramm trucks gave excellent demon strations In the heavyweight class. Among the little trucks to reach the noon control on time were the Schaat. Buick. Franklin. Samson and Stoddard Dayton delivery wagons, and reached the city again by 2:20 o'clock. The Grimm was the first of the heavy trucks to get back, the Kelly next and the last one reached the end of the course at about 7 o'clock. The winning White truck Is on ex hibition at the White garage at Sixth and Madison streets, and the Franklin, driven by Schmalhouscn. winner of the delivery wagon contest, is on exhibi tion at the Menzles-DuBois garage. Seventh and Davis streets. Three per fect road scores were made In the light weight class and one In the heavy weight class. CATCHER FAB. HULL KIDD'ER" Duke "Tuts One Over" on rw- Found Acquaintance. Duke Farrell. who used to catch for the Giants and then for Brooklyn, was always a great hand at kidding those "friends" who. having seen a ballplayer on the field, persist In claiming ac quaintance with him. He got hold of a fine specimen one day on a train go ing East. This man. evidently a travel ing man. dropped down beside Farrell and remarked: -This is Mr. Farrell. Isn't It? I met you" etc.. etc. Duke stood for It. as be had nothing to do and plenty of time In which to do It. The traveler evidently had a Itght hearsay knowledge of baseball and a dim recollection of certain play ers who once were famous. I don't get to see much ball now adays,' he remarked. "But In the old days, when you were a youngster, I was a grat crank." He added a great deal to show what a liberal patron of the game ba was. Then he remarked: "By the way. what became of my old friend. Al Spalding?" Farrell. with convincing and Impas sive face, replied: "Oh Al didn't do well. He failed In business a couple of times and Is now Irlvlng an express wagon In San Fran Si.co." "I'm sorry." said the "old friend." "He was a good fellow. And what be came of Johnny Ward?" "Johnny owns a livery stable In Ho fcoken." lied Farrell. "And Dicky Johnson?" "Well. Johnson was hanged out West for killing some man In a train hold up." lied Farrell cheerfully. "And what ever became of my old friend. Bill Taylor old Bollkky Bill?" "Bolllcky Is a millionaire." said Far rell. never changing an eyelash. "Is that so?" said the surprised "chum." "Tes." replied Farrell. "For a time he was In bad luck. He couldn't get steady work at his trade you know be was an Ivory painter." "Yea." assented the man. "I recall It well. I have some of his work at home now." "He got way down on his lurk, and finally found a job dlKglns post holes for a farmer In West Virginia. He had been digging holes only about a week wen one day he struck oil. and It made him a millionaire. He la a Standard Oil director now." The drummer never said a word, but there waa a pained expression on his fare as he arose and walked Into the shed. TEAM WORK BEING IMPROVED Mnltnoraah Basketball Squad Prac tirlns With New Vigor. Imbued with the old Multnomah fight ing spirit, the members of the basketball squad are assembling for practice with additional vigor, and will endeavor to perfect team work, which baa notice ably been abstnt this season. The Individual play le good. Signal practice will be indulged in on Monday night, the Washington High quintet will play another practice game Wednesday, and oo Thursday Columbia will visit the Portland Academy gymnasium and op pose tie clubmen In practice. "Many disadvantage have crept Into the cir cle." said Manager Mackle yesterday. "Last Summer's fire destroyed the club premises, and deprived the boys of a gymnasium to which tbey were accus tomed. Environment Is a factor in bas ketball. Tbia Winter we aro quartered In a gym. that Is strange to the boyc but they are becoming acquainted. "Multnomah has representation In the City League, but an age limit laid down by the league has deprived us of Bert Allen. V.. Young and Charles Barton. This has a tendency to divide the squad, and hurts team play. We originally In tended to play the secondary team In the league, but as some of the other clubs had older men than our Inter mediates, we decided to permit eligible , i. K..ut.rl under our seniors nu . V . . colors to engage In the fray; therefore Intermediates ana senior .. .v...--the club honors." Multnomah Is desirous of meeting the Spartans In a championship outside of the league, and this match, if arrang?d. should be Interesting. Negotiations are now on. Baseball league Is Proposed. NORTH TAKIMA. Wash.. Jan. 28. There Is a movement here to form a semi-professional baseball league with Walla Walla, Pendleton, Pasco and Lewiston. . WRESTLING IS AGED ART! IT WAS PRACTICED WHEN SIEN WORK FIG LEAVES. Greeks Obtained Their Knowledge From Egyptians, as Fig ures on Tombs Prove. Wrestling Is as old as the hills. In the days when men lived In caves, clothed themselves with fig leaves In Summer, girded their loins and limbs with skins of fur In Winter, wrestling was part of their mode of fighting, whea hands were the only weapons used In warfare or the chase, when physical strength was the dominant de structive force. Its birth as an art waa In the days of antiquity handed down to us In poetry and legeqd by tho bards of those hoary days. That the changes wrought In the mode of life during the long cycle of years to the present day have not In jured that art: that It exists practi cally as It waa in the dim, uncertain ages of the past, softened and mel lowed since, perhaps. In some of the ruae essentials. Is made manifest by tne records which have stood all these years mocking the attempts of the old millstone of man's handicraft. Father Time, to efface them. In the temple tombs of Benl Hasan, located near the banks of the Nile, hewn In stone, wrestlers are depicted in various positions, exemplifying all th holds and falls that the modern ex ponents of wrestling now use In their bouts. In tombs Nos. 1 and 17 the figures of the wrestlers represent near ly 450 positions. It would seem from this thai the Egyptians were masters ot the art of wrestling and that the present day athlete scarcely deviates from the methods employed by men In this sport when the earth was young and Egypt was the head, legs and torso of civilization. It waa from the Egyptians that the Greeks obtained their knowledge of wrestling. The futures In the Benl Hasan tombs prove this. The Greeks were the greatest fighters of those days, and It was but natural that they adopted sports as a means to develop their physical condition. Hence It was that .at their games held at Olympia and ' elsewhere at stated Intervals wrestling- was part of the programme. At these gamea the champions of the friendly nations met In rivalry. There waa great glory attached to a victory. The successful competitor was treated like a hero, lila return to his native land and his entry into his home city was made the occasion for a triumph ant procession. He was the hero of the day of tne hour. The Olympic games their revival dates from 7Ji B. C. were held every four yeass at Olympia In Ells. They were started as a religious festival in honor of Jupiter, but the games, like the play, soon became the thing, and the people soon lost sight of the solem nity and sanctity attached to the meet tug's and assembled there just to see the sport. - VANCOUVER AFTER RAGE YACHT CLCB WANTS COAST MOTOR-BOAT CHAMPIONSHIPS, Organization Plans to Have Contest in June or July and Permanent Course Is Laid. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Jan. IS. (Spe cial.) With the object of having the 111 Pacific Coast motor boat cham pionship race In Vancouver'a harbor, as It was In 110. the Vancouver Yacht Club has taken steps to bring this about. It Is planned to hold the re gatta here during the annual state con vention of the Spanish-American War Veterans, which Is to be here this Sum mer. In June or July. This action was decided by the club at its regular meeting last night. The course has been surveyed and marked out and will be kept permanent. Tha Vancouver Yacht Club awarded silver cups and prises to the amount of $1000 at the regatta last Summer. The Yacht Club has decided to give a dance on St. Valentine's day. Febru ary 14. in the hall In the Grand Thea ter building. The following committee has been appointed to make all ar rangements: C C. Turlay. Guy Ben nett. George Nellsen. J. G. Winters. C 1. Hayes. J. L. Page, L. S. Carter and C. A. Bancroft. ROWING ASSOCIATION ELECTS Van Duzer Is Chairman Annual Regatta Dated for May 23. NEW TORK. Jan. IS. At the annual meeting of the American Rowing Asso ciation here today the following were elected officers: Chairman. Dr. IT S. Van Duzer. New Tork; secretary. I). R. Wood. Philadel phia. The annual regatta will be held at Philadelphia on Saturday. May 25. over a course of one mile and 650 yards. The special lnter-club race, for which 1( crews entered last year, will be open only to club crews It is hoped to have a larger entry list than last year. For tbe Intercollegiate, i . 1 I nHJ ,1 I - 1 have already entered. Harvard and Yale are expected to follow soon, and it Is expected that possibly Princeton may send a crew for tbe time. Che.os Champion Still Leads. NEW TORK. Jsn. 28. Frank J. Mar shall, the United Wales rhera champion, defeated Cbarleo Jaffe today In the sev enth round of the masters tournament here and passed to the head of the lixt. lesdlnr Oscar Chajee of Chicago, by half a polnf OLD DAYS RECALLED Buddy Ryan Tells Story of How Groom Wanted to Quit. . OTE JOHNSON TURNS TIDE That Reminds McCrcdlo of Trick Played by Larry Schlafley and Jakte AH on Mike Mitchell, of Portland's 1905 Team. During a fanning bee the other day Walter McCredle and Buddy Ryan were buzzing over the former days of the Pacific Coast League, and the name of Bobby Groom came up, which re minded Buddy of the time Bobby was PROSPECTIVE POSITIONS. PORTLAND. SEATTLE. TACOMA VICTORIA. VANCOUVER. SPOKANE. Catchers Harris Shea Byrnes Hemenway K,?Jdan Koran ton Burcb Le Brand O'Connor I Da.hwood gnfith Hasty T. Baker Halm S Kratzburg Pitchers Bolce Fkeels Anni. KrrlcVson Clatlin - OleiK-ke Fisher Gaddy f'ole Jensen J10"., ilarrett Trucher Schmutz w. Psvls Collins Hensllnr Rlnomfleld .Iof Hall Marshall ' Kntrel Fltzwater Madden Hlnkle MrCammant Lane Buckels ?L,""sh,. Wright Zarkert Gceliaa Tonncson MrQuarrle Cornelius Yates Dickinson Hlckey Leveqoe Frown White ' First base Williams Weed Mott Man"."'00 streJb Nordyke Second baa. Anderson LaTrd'" Bockenfleld Nor.ick James C.rtwrlBht Peters - Akin - , Million fi. Flanagan Grav Third base Mundor Woodruff Coleman RlgKs Melnke Reanes Raymond Martin ' Shortstop Mensor McKuno McFadden Roddick Scuarnweber Lindsay ' Outn.ld Ort ' g.t J-Davis Frisk Fpoas j aJaton Basrey Slovens Adams tE Mlll-S crufl?ank ,'nrh Householder Cockwood Thompson WatkKs Warren Grosan Dickinson going to quit baseball because McCre dle jerked him out of the box at a crit ical period of a game In Sau Francisco. "Groom had Just broke into the league," aald Buddy, "and he was a most sensitive fellow. One day we were playing San Francisco, and we had them 4 to 1 In the sixth inning, when Groom became a trifle wild, and Mac jerked him after he had filled the bases with none out. Bobby did not like it and be threw off his glove angrily and walked to the bench mad as a wet hen. "He finally picked up his glove, and. angrily shouting to McCredle, 'I'm through with your blamed old club, and I'm going home,' started for the clubhouse. "In the meantime the relief pitcher had retired the Seals with only two runs, and the game went along to the first half of the ninth when the score was a tie at 4 all. "We got the bases full and Ote John son up, when Groom ambled dejectedly out of the clubhouse, carrying his lit tle grip with all of Ills baseball togs and stuff in it. He got about as far aa third base when Ote landed on one for one of those long triples of his, and Bobby forgot all about quitting the club and going home, for he threw his cap. grip and everything in the air and yelled. 'Come on you Swede boy. It's good for three." Anyway we won the game and Bobby never said an other word about going home, but the sight of that long lanky chap tossing NEWSPAPERMAN IS NOW EASTERN LEAGUE'S HEAD E. G. Barrows, Who Succeeds Pat Powers, Started Career as Scribe at Des Moines, la, and "Drifted" Into Baseball Profession. NEW TORK. Jan. 28. (Special.) E. G. Barrows nas been made head of the Eastern League, to succeed Pat Powers. He Is 13 yeara old and a native of Springfield. I1L He went first into newspaper work at Des Moines, la., then he came East and engaged In newspaper, hotel and theatrical work In Pittsburg. After that he went into baseball, beginning with the manage ment of the Wheeling. W. Va.. club. He afterward managed the clubs of Pater son. N. J-: Montreal. Toronto. Detroit and Indianapolis. He succeeds Pat Powers, who Is the organizer of tns Kastern League and who has been for many years at the head of It. MeMInnvillo Team Wins. NEWBERO, Or.. Jan. 21 (Special) McMtnnvllle College defeated Pacific College in a fast game of basketball here last night, with a score of 33 to 13. Pacific took the lead-In the first half, which ended 14 to 12 In favor of the home team. In the last half, how ever, one of the Pacific men vas ln- his hat and grip into the air and wav ing his long arms and dancing a war dance at the same time Is ono I won't forget In a long time." This yarn reminded McCredle of Mike Mitchell, when the present Cincinnati star was playing first base for Port land In 1905. "When playing first base Mitchell used to dread low-thrown balls, and every time somebody winged one at his shins he would make the air blue In that vicinity for several minutes." said McCredle. "Jake Atz and Larry Schlafly were playing shortstop and second base for my team that year, and they evidently got wise to Mitch's dis like, for low ones, as they continually tossed the ball at his shoes in the prac tices, and . kept it up despite the fre quent cussing- of the big fellow. "However, one day Mike, In picking up one of these low tosses, hurt a finger, which so enraged him that he sallied over toward second base on the run and with Are in his eyes. Schla fley and Atz had been laughing at him when he dug the ball out of the dirt, but when they caught that look In Mike's eye, they knew he was wise, and . both of them beat 11 in amerent airec tlons. If either of them ever showed that speed on the paths they would still be In the big leagues, but you can bet that after that, while they es caped a beating at the time, they kept their throws up afterwards, for all the players In the league respected Mitch- LINE - CP OF SOUTHWESTERN LEAGUE ell's prowess with his .dukes, and Schlafley and Atz were among his greatest admirers." Amateurs Can't Get Scholarships. NEW YORK. Jan. 28. Tha proposition of the Harvard and Booton Athletic As sociation joint games committee to give a $250 Harvard scholarship as a prize to the winning relay team in the class race at Its' games in Boston on Febru ary 23 has met wUh opposition from the A. A, U. authorities here. - The Intention was to have the class represented by the winning team vote as to what member of the class waa to re ceive the scholarship. Each team will consist of from 15 to 20 runners. The New York office of the A. A. U. has called the attention of the Boston committee to the fact that the prise limit In competitions governed by the A. A. U. rules Is 35. and the award of a $2Go scholarship would result in the dis qualification of everyone concerned. Donlln 'Out of Game lor Good. NEW YORK. -Jan. 28. Mike Donlln is through with baseball for good and all. His declaration to that effect, which ap pears today, was drawn forth by Fred Tenney's recent attempts to bring' the former New York player back to the dia mond as a member of V Boston Nation als. Donlin and his actress wife, Mabel Hltc. are in vaudeville. Jured and McMtnnvllle began piling up a big score, winning out easily at the end. " 11 l 11 GAME REAL ASSET Plea Made for Business-Like Handling of Question. COVERS CAN BE STOCKED Willamette Valley Naturally Well Adapted to Rearing of Grouse, Pheasants and Quail, and Protection Is Easy. JENNINGS LODGE. Or.. Jan. 28. (To the Editor.) I am the owner of 30 hens. Since I learned to handle this flock in the right way. I find tbey are good producers and can be counted on for a small but steady inoome. If CLUBS IN 1911 I should kill off my birds indiscrim inately and pay no attention to the improvement of the stock, and if I should trust for the increase entirely on a few hens that happened to steal away and nest In the orchard or barn yard. I should be called a mighty poor farmer. That Is Just what the state has been doing with Its wild birds. That is Just what our system of game protection has been doing ever since Oregon started; killing off continually year by year and trusting to luck for a future crop of game birds. If Oregon had a system that would keep Its fields and streams even mod erately stocked with game, It would mean a clear cash Income of several million dollars to the state. We have Just this much to learn. The matter of keeping our covers stocked with upland game birds is not a djfflcult proposition, but like anything else. It must be handled on a scientific basis and In a business-like manner. The Willamette Valley Is naturally so well adapted to the rearing of grouse, pheasants and quail that if the sim plest methods were kept in mind and carried out. the complaint could not be so often made that birds are get ting scarcer and scarcer. Young Need Protection. Nature provides for grouse, pheas ants and quail to rear large families. The one essential feature in securing an abundance of upland birds Is ade quate protection while they are nest ing and rearing young. If we were to begin today and protect even a small proportion of our birds,' the in crease would be enough to satisfy any hunter. The state can never save its game birds from disappearing until certain areas are set aside where these birds can have a fair chance of rear ing their young up to the age when they are old enough to care for them selves. The Oregon Audubon Society has been advocating a move to allow Gov ernor West to set aside land about state Institutions to serve as game refuges or retreats. If this were pos sible, the birds could be protected In these places and the increase would spread out to other sections of the country. A bill was drawn up and presented to the Legislature with this Idea In view. It also provided that under the direction of the State Game Warden birds might be protected on private lands If the owners of these lands were in thorough accord twlth the movement. Game Growing Scarcer. The objection raised against this bill according to yesterday s Oregonlan was that "the Game Warden In recommend ing the creation of these refuges might trespass too much on the privileges now enjoyed by sportsmen." I defy any person to present an argument that beats this for shortsightedness. I think no one will question the fact that game Is growing scarcer year by year. The reasons for this are clear. The change in conditions that has re moved underbrush and groves, drained marshes and swamps and made farms far up In the mountains, has destroyed nesting places of upland birds and water fowl and has penetrated the haunts of all -our big game animals. These changes, with the improvement of arms, the modern means of con veyance and the increase of hunters, cannot help but drive our wild birds and animals to the verge of extinction. It Is unwise longer to permit bunting without some natural or artificial pro pagation of game birds. The time has come when there should be some effectual education In the mat ter of game protection. Our system of game protection Is lax, out-of-date and Insufficient. When I say system, I do not offer a single word against the officials in charge. The present system has created a bad feeling in. different farming communities. . There is abso lutely no respect for game laws in many sections. Farmers who Bhould be the best protectors of game are often the worst violators of the law. To some extent a certain class of city gunners have caused this feeling to grow more and more Intense. The game birds about a farm are to a cer tain extent the natural resources of the farmer. If handled in the right way, our farmers can easily make money by protecting upland birds amd charging for shooting privileges Just as the owners of duck lakes do. If a dozen enterprising farmers in the Wil lamette Valla- wish to make a good steady Income, let them start In raising China pheasants and handling them as many people handle a flock of chick ens. It has been proved by people in many states that this is not a difficult huefnea hut with a little attention and care, a good income is assured. One thing is absolutely true in game protection. We cannot make game abundant merely by the passing of laws any more than we can make peo ple good by the most Involved legal Bystem. Every time our Legislature meets, we have a mass of new game laws. The same questions are up again and again and at the end of each session we have more laws and less game. The making of good game laws Is a science. The proper protection and propagation of game is a question that needs study. Today we have legislators from every section of the state hand ing laws that are conflicting with our present code and entirely inadequate from the wild bird and animal stand point. Many of these men do not study game conditions. They are listening to the demands of hunters from their own counties, which is perfectly right from one standpoint, yet the laws should be made from the standpoint ot t.ne wnoie state ana noi uum section. The trouble today is our game code is so cut to pieces every two years that it is almost Impossible to get a law that Is not full of loop-holes and It Is a hard matter to keep a good effective law on our .statutes. A bill has been introduced both in the House and the Senate to establish a Fish and Game Commission. At present the State Game Warden is ap pointed by the Governor and this has always been regarded as a political po sition. The Master Fish Warden, on the other hand. Is appointed by a Board composed of the Governor. Secretary of State and State Treasurer. The new plan of having a board of five mem bers, one of whom shall be the presi dent of the Oregon Agricultural Col lege. Is a move that is necessary In this state. This bill provides that four members of the board, no more than two of whom shall be of the same po litical party, shall be appointed from different sections of the state and the term of office shall be four years. The change of one member each year on this board will prevent any radical change In policy. There is to be no salary attached to these positions, but each member of the board is allowed a per diem of $5 for attending board meet ings, provided this amount does not ex ceed $100 per yeaf, and the members are also given necessary traveling ex penses to and from meetings. Commission Plan Favored. The members of this board are to ho appointed by the Governor and to be selected from business men to repre sent different portions of the state who have the interest of fish and game pro tection at heart, and they are to be In no way connected with salmon canning interests or any business that might prevent them from acting unselfishly for the good of the state. This board is to make the appointments- of Master Fish Warden and State Game Warden and to supervise the spending of all funds in connection with fish and game protection. The purpose of this bill is to take the matter of fish and game protection out of politics and put it on a scientific and business-like basis. In future this commission will be able to co-operate with the Legislature and act In an advisory way toward all laws that may arise concerning fish and game protection. We have had some complaint against the establishment of more commissions in Oregon, yet experience shows that this is the best method of procedure. The funds for the protection of fish and game are largely secured from li cense money. Hunters are taxed for shooting privileges and fishermen are taxed for catching fish. This money should be handled in a business-like way by men who have the interest of these things at heart, and It should be separated as far as possible from poli tics. WILLIAM L FINLEY. LEAGUERS WILL -PLAY STAR'S OF DLAMOXD WILL BE IX IXDOOR COXTESTl "Buddy" Ryan Has Team of Fast Men to Play Spaldings Today in Armory--Botn Sides Confident. The Armory, Tenth and Couch streets, will be the scene this afternoon of an indoor baseball game whica Is attract ing attention throughout the city, for "Buddy" Ryan has gathered together a team of Pacific Coast and other league players, who are to engage the A. G. Spalding team, champions of the In door League, for the title. With Ryan, the popular center fielder of the champion Portland Beavers of 1910, will be Gregg, Casey, Ort, Rapps, Steen, Fisher and Mensor, of that team; Jimmy Adams, of the Northwestern League; Al Lerch, one of the Trl-City League stars; F. Toomey, the former Columbia University star, and -Speck" Harkness, of the Cleveland American League team. All of the leaguers have been prac ticing hard of late, for the Indoor game IS decidedly different from the outdoor Btyle. as a large, soft ball Is used, and the bat resembles the handle of a broomstick. One particular feature is that the pitcher In the Indoor contest Is com pelled to pitch every thrown ball with an underhand delivery, as his pitching hand must not be above tho jip when he tosses to the batsman. No gloves are used in the indoor game, and nei ther can a baserunnor start to steal until after the ball has reached tne catcher. In the Indoor game the same number of players are used, but Instead of a center fielder, there are two shortstops and the second baseman plays directly upon or a trifle in the rear of that bag. As Ryan, Fisher, Gregg. Happs, Ort, Lerch. Steen and Casey have had con siderable experience at the indoor game, the Beavers ought to put up a good contest against the Spaldings. The latter team Is confident of Its al.il lty to beat the Beavers because of the expert pitching of Henderson, who will officiate for the Spaldiiifes, and who is rated as one of the best Indoor base ball pitchers In the Northwest. H9 will be opposed to Vean Gregg, the big southpaw, but Greg is no slouch at the indoor game himself. He says if Rube Waddell can fan out 2 men in a game, he can do it, too, and is going after Waddell's record In the game this afternoon. The game will start at 2:30 o'clock and will be followed by a regular In door League game between two teams in that association. The Beavers and the Spaldings will llaeup as follows: n. v.ri Position. A. (I RnnMtnr. Gus Fisher C R. Beagle Ciwotr P. Eddie ilenaor LS .. Jimmy Adams RS ... Bill Rapps IB ... ..Pembroke . ... Mag6 lii.ltn . W. BeaKla Bill Steen 3B Tauerh?r Buddy Ryan LP Cooley Al Lerch RF McHale JOCKEY SERIOUSLY HURT Horse Jumps Fence and Falls on Rider In Tampa Races. TAMPA. Fla., Jan. 28. John A. Bur ton is at his home near the racetrack here in a critical condition as the result of a fall sustained In the running of the fourth race this afternoon. He has a fractured skull and is otill unconscious. Burton was riding Dr. Abingdon in the 2-year-old race when his mount Jumped the fence and fell. His chances of re covery are slight. BETTER GAME LAW IS STATE'S HEED Counties of Oregon Are Dis criminated Against, Declare Sportsmen. PROTECTION NOT ADEQUATE 1 Portland Huntor Kills Ducks In Washington, but Is Arrested and Fined When Ho Ships Them Into Multnomah. BY W. J. PETBAIN. The Legislature Is wrestling with several amendments to the game laws. If portions of all of them aro passed, this state will have a set of game laws that will constitute a complex puzzle. Game legislation seems to be handi capped because of the circumstance that legislators endeavor to please their constituents, regardless of the needs of the state at large. Sportsmen declare that the state is sadly in need of a concise comprehen sive law applicable to the entire state, to be framed by sportsmen who have some knowledge of tho habits of the game to be protected. Sportsmen in some counties assert that in their section they do not get good shooting, or good fishing until early or late in the season. It would not do to bar one county from shoot ing ducks or catching fish when a neighboring county is accorded the privilege. This bears out , the assertion that a uniform game law should be enacted. The extant game laws prohibit the shooting of ducks in Multnomah and other counties and allow them to be shot In Washington and one or two other counties. If climatic conditions make It necessary for the Washington County hunters to shoot later In the season than those of Multnomah tl.e same seasons should be applicable to both communities. Here is an instance of the fallacy of this law. A Portland hunter Journeyed to .Washington County last week and had a successful shoot. lie shipped the birds into Portland and was ar rested and fined for the offense. If a man shoots ducks in Washing ton County, where it is legal to do so. he should be allowed to eat them in Multnomah or any other county. This is but a sample of the im practicable game laws now on the statutes of this state, and the number Is likely to increase if the numerous game bills now before the Legislature are given any consideration. Uniform game laws do not exist in Oregon, Washington and California. Only a few days ago a resolution - to appoint a committee from the Oregon Legislature to confer with those of California and Washington relative to the enacting of uniform laws in all three states was defeated. No doubt the Oregon legislators killed the bill because of the expense likely to be Involved to send this committee to Washington and California, but if such were the reason the legislators forgot that over 150,000 annually i3 poured into the game protection fund by tho sportsmen of Oregon through the collection of hunting and fishing licenses, and some of this money could have been used to advantage In the effort to further proper legislation. The various game protective associa tions throughout the state should get together on a suitable bill and present it before the Legislature and demand Its passage without amendment. SPORTING BREVITIES PRANK BATES ARCHER, the south paw pitcher, drafted by Portland from Davenport, wrote McCredle such a nice letter that the Portland man ager wrote him to fill in his own terms in the contract mailed the youngster. Archer touched a warm spot in Mac's heart and he did not resort to flattery either. Roger Peckinpaugh and Jack Bradley were given the option of playing with Portland or trying out with Cleveland, and both of them Immediately an nexed their signatures to Portland con tracts in the office of President Som ers, of the Cleveland Club, to whom McCredle submitted the Portland con tracts for these players. There is a telegram at the office of the sporting editor of The Oregonlan for Jimmy Reagan, the lightweight pugilist, which contains a flattering offer from Salt Lake City. If Reagan will call or send his address he will receive the message. . Louis Wolff, of San Francisco, gen eral manager for the A. G. Spalding Company on the Pacific Coast, passed through Portland en route to Seattle yesterday. Wolff says that McCredle has secured the prize young pitcher of California in Fred Arlett. Accord ing to Wolff, Arlett won 25 out of 28 games pitched last season. A San Francisco dopester sent out a story to the effect that the general public would like to see a return match between Jeffries and Johnson. The Bay City oracle on fisticuffs might be right, but the good old G. P. will hes Itats a long time before coughing up 50 bones per to see a repetition of tha Reno affair. Ban Johnson must be taking a census of the American league ball tossers, for circulars issued from his office re quire the players to answer the fol lowing questions: Name? Address? Position? Date of birth? Place of birth? What year did you start play ing professional ball and with what club? What other clubs have you played with, what year, and how long? Right or left handed batsman? a 'Ostler Joe Sugden. the veteran catcher who has acted as receiver for the Vancouver Club of the Northwest ern League for the past two seasons, has purchased an interest In the New castle Club, of the Ohio-Pennsylvania League. This probably means that the veteran will not be with Bob Brown this season. Walter McCredle will leave Wednes day night for Seattle where he will at tend the meeting of the Northwestern League to be held there Thursday. At this meeting the schedule for the com ing season will be adopted, and other matters of importance to the baseball magnates will be transacted. W. W. McCredle has submitted a schedule and others have been drafted by Dugdale, George Schreeder and Joe Conn,, and the matter of selecting one suitable tc all clubs will occupy the greater pari of the session.