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THE ST7DAT OREGOXTAX, PORTLAND. FEBRUARY 12, 1911. .3 CORBETT STANDS BY CARL mis Writer Says Oklahoma Fight er Never Would Be Guilty of Faking Bouts. REFORM IN RULES URGED I 'Nile expert Mm Where the tiame Ha Deteriorated In Boston anil New York and Ex plain Cause. HV JIVIVI J. itJBKKTl. BALTIMORE. Md.. Feb. U--(Special -leavywelht Champion Johns'iej would hare us believe there la no rauee for worry on hla j-t over tha occaalonal ood showlns; by on of the puRlltslu: hnp- ari that there la little darker if Ma l.-.l.it hla (trip on lha till for a Inns; lima to rome. rtlll Jack muat Ktva tr.a matter considerable thought. f-r ha recently haa let out a roar -that that Oklahoma marvel. Carl Morrla. la a faker and that ha wlna Ma ftshts per "arrangement." Tha rharnplon alo alleajee a proposition wa made hl own prnt-re. Walter Monahan, l.iv down" t Murru. Fnm what I have heard of the you man from j.ul.a (I believe that's tha Kaiue of in'. town. and I am personally a-.iualnt.-d with several of hla closest frieil ai wrll wisher. It 111 be ad nublf tor Jhe I'Niny champion to keep at f.r tor aa ible from lha man , - lrru Morris la aftT one mtn n iui:i!!9ri, hl friends claim, and that man la tha hjmplon. tie would not CJct to an lninniptu ralxup with lir n.gro In tl.a lca.t. and par t'rularlr now that tha provocation la nn crr.l VETERAN BASEBALL PITCHER CONFIDENT OF ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL SEASON. . 'It inc I a ( .am -i.ii iiiisi am m nami i - f , ' - i ' , - ; . ". : t . ' . - . . ", - ' x ' ; I - . .V . - i . . jt" 1 . " ' j t; ' . . - - !. J: ' ". ,-' " ' ": ' r ', mar ."a m .aana am n-kalain,! i i i a I r li i 'n i mt i UE.1 TO t. "CT" TOtSG, OF CLEVELAND. ; orrU n the Square. that will make perfect In aoy calling, and hovna; U t.o exception to tha rule. Amw all wj read In tha Antic coi umta theae i'&ya la an appeal from onf'tii or c'Iut to cut out the dead')" kldnev punch. A month ( tha oil punch waa d-ng bualneaa rlKht alor.g bu. n i a word of complaint waa heard until ;he FnKllah aport critics bad ta an ud tha aauject and recommendod t!iat the ot.iti tlonable blow be pruned do not conldr Morrla atu-h a I fr..m ;n. ruUa. rh.imp aa to mkr the prpolt.m that ,tl a wa. , ltere )t wouii prove Johnson chr a In tl- Indlrtment. and nJ ,,.,, olow. wm4 nol -Howad. from what hla frlnd who have known ( h.t , drlivt.-red by nine out of ten l im .in.e rhl!.th.o.l I'll Hi" Carl l, ho Mtmp. Ha uae. Wa tea It only not tha aort who would atoop to auch n riinchel ma i t,s m,, tenda to prolong nerhvil. at thia ilntr of hla career, that onjectl irable feature of enodorn r at io tim for that matter. Krom ( b.,xrs txtj'b-i.ona. In the old daya all ac-ounta ho I. a pri-tty amart there wua a b ow called the klduy yourgatrr. ..lucal.d and level headed , punch 1'iat waa delivered In open box end wjti'd realtxa that ovarturea of lnv and waa rot only a clever and tMa km I on hla part would put an awful dent Into hla quickly earned rputattn. Morrie haa done everythlnc aakrd of hlsi to date, and in every Instance baa won hia fucht.with a knorkout. True, tha only man he licked who ever poa eaaed a rrp" maa Marvin Hart, and that gentleman haa been "ail In" for aeveral yeare. A man who waa at the rtnl-1e telle me that Marvin waa la bad ahape and could not give a ood aeeount of hlmaelf. Hart waa a ood nian not o long ago. and haa a d in over Johnaun to hie credit. Jack Di be waa rDtei in mat ncnt. out a. Irnrlflc aampi of tha manly art. but aa t ' a j nr. I, aa any in the book. Ilowtver aa (.orite luaarni aaya. "That blow tj ro longer uaed or even un.l"" atooj b any boxer now In tha rlnit." Aaka for ItevtMon of Code. The rule permltttnjt hitting with one hand free when the opponent la holding ortnga the prearnt alyle of kidney punch within the lawa of the game, and If It la the dealre to eliminate what la ronatdered an undesirable feature of boxing It will be neceaeary to revlaes mat aection of the rode. There la noth ing clever or denude about tha blow RECORD 15 AVERAGE Cy Young Wins Seven Games, Loses Ten Last Year. POOR TEAM BACKS HIM two hits and no runs. On tha other band, Detroit gathered three runs on eight btta. Boston opposed Cy July . andrthe vet eran was knocked out of the box in the second inning. Cleveland ultimately win ning the irame. 4 to 1 Five days later he stacked up against Ford once more ami lost. 4 to I. Cleveland making only four bits to nine for New Tork. July 10 he beat Washington with Eclellng and Groom pitching, a to J, and the Athletics. with Plank working-. July 2S, the spore belr.B 4 to i Washington made- seven hits off him and Philadelphia 8. Then he went along with three more victories, making it five In a row. He downed St. Loiila, with Lake pitch ing. 3 to l, July 30; New York, with Warhop on tha alab. C to K. Auguat 4. and Washlncton. 7 to 1. Auguat 9. New fork hit him hard, but not with men on hasten, while Washington found him hut six times. Then came a defeat, the Athletics winning from him. 5 to 2. Au gust U. In 10 innings, Moraan holding Clevelsnd to erven hits, wrffle the Ath letics got eight off Cy. Cleveland beat Washington, with Brisling snd Groom pitching, sgaln August a. cy retiring in the seventh Inning, one run behind. Cy met a Waterloo August 30, when he faced Ford again. As usual, the Naps did but little with Ford, making only three hits. At that Cy did not do so poorly that day. holding the Yankees to eight hits and four rum three errors being made behind mm. In hla final chnm plonnMp game he was taken out against the Tigers In the second Inning, the De t rotter a making three runs on five hits In those two rounds. Summers pitched for Detroit. MEETINGS TO BE YEARLY Christian Endeavor Society Amends Constitution Vacancies Filled. ASHLAND. Or., Feb. ll.-lSpecia!.) The second day's season of the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor has been a busy one. Exercises of the day commenced with a sunrise prayer meeting at tha Preabyterlan Church at 7 A. VI. Praise service, conferences, re ports of conferences' and an addrepa by F'aul C. Brown, of tl)e California State League, were part of the- morning pro gramme. At a business session this afternoon It was voted to amend the constitution to hold the convention annually Instead of biennially. " Commencing with the new year officers will be elected an nually. G. Kveret Baker, of Portland, was elected president of the league, to suc ceed Rev. T. B. Grlswold, who has re signed, and Miss E. M. Nelson, of Port land, was elected secretary, vice Miss Mildred Frost, resigned. The president was elected delegate to the National convention, which meets in Atlantic City. N. J., In October. A reception and banquet was tendered visitors this evening st the Armory by Ashland City Union. Members of the convention will occupy local pulpits to morrow. that's what thry all say when they j and It Is brought Into play only In clinches. When the men hug and hold and slam at ach others back with lha free hand the exhibition can hardly be dl unified by the name of boxing. Also great deal of damage can be dona In 10 rounds of clinching and kidney slamming, and aometlmra It developa that the blowa leave disastrous after effects and for that reason alone should be barred from glove contests. While the movement la on foot to rid the sport of unsportsmanlike fra lures, why atop at tha kidney punch? la the up-to-date boxers box of tricks there are many llttla atunts that ran hardly be aald to be legitimate under the Queenabury or straight rules. Ke tore any action Is taken In tha mat ter or paring me rules it would be a splendid Idea for the reformers to ap point a committee to visit New York City and look the game over. Philadel phia and Itoaton should not be over looked, either. lo.e. f.r-n It Hart waa not in tna oeat of condition when he met Morrla. hla rxprrtxnr and knowledge of the game houid have carried him through ten rounda or mre against an ordinary novice, but Carl handed the Kentuek tao a goot ticking In three rounds, mhlch would t to prove that he can fight a little bit. One Mauagrr Is Knoag h. Several Oklahoma admirers of Mor. n. recently waited upon me and re n lot'J that I consider a proposition ( take charge of the boy. and went ao far as to arrange fr Morris to call npon me. Wliea t dlacovered that the voiine man already had algned up. as i:1 1,11 players put It. and waa the proud poaseaaor of a full fledifed man- t who probably never had seen a h"Xln gtove. I Informed the well-manin- grntU-men that there waa no nrrj for a corference. f am much In earnest In my hunt for likely aspirant for heavyweight hon ors, and would be willing to give up a year or more of my lime to help develop the right material If It should happen along, but I have to paaa up t1 managers. There Is enough work attached to t'ie handling of a pupil without excess baggage In the person of a boy manager. However. I don't mtnd saying that If I were m charge of Morris I would go ahead slowly wnen It came to tna matchmaking. The boy knows prac tically nothing of the science of box ing, and would be the rankest kind of a sucker In the hands of a really clever man Just at the present time. A sys tematic course of training for a year or two would be mr plan, with an oc casional tryout against one of the sec ond raters. Morris Is young and has a long carter ahead of him If properly handled provided the right sort of stuff Is In btm. KIs soeeess will de pend upon himself. All the training and boxing Instruction will not make a champion unless the proper material Is there to work on. Method of Procedure O. K. I note where a millionaire oil man has taken an interest In Carl and pur chased t.ie contract from manager num ber one. Tfie new backer has ar ranged to build and eulp a gymna sium for Ms charge and to enllet com petent teachers. Ttiat a the right way to begin, and If Mr. oilman will take a word of advice from one who haa been througt the mill he will cut out tie Tghta tor the present, and espe cially that ore contemplated with Al Kaufzano. The latter would be too much, tor Morris at this stage, and a defeat might not do the youngster any good. Great care should be exercised la ths selection ef aa Instructor, and whoever Kales Violated In (Allium. A week or two spent In keeping tab on Manhattanltea In thalr display of the art ought to convince the most skeptical tnat the best Interests of the sport are threatened by more than the kidney punch. A few other stunts could wisely be tut out of the repertory of th average Gotham pugilist. When two of these "goaf boxers, as Charley White has named them, get together, the spectator Is likely to discover many new wrinkles that he never dreamed of before. Butting la one of the favorite meth ods In use, and an effective way of beating an opponent It Is, too. If the referee stsnds for It. And wrestling Is Introduced these days In fsct. one will see more of the grapplrrs' art In an up-to-date boxing contest lo little old New York than st a tournament of the mat experts. By all means let the men higher up get together and do some thing for tha good of the game. Per sonally, I am satisfied with the rules as a whole. The point Is to see they are enforced, and then the cause of complaint would be removed. Referees should be chosen from men who have learned the rules and have the courage lo force the boxers to live up to them, as Is done In the various boxing clubs across the Atlantic. Says Itrferee Wag Wrong. Take for example the Attel-KIIbane decision or rather the lark of de rision on the referee's part. While not at the ringside I have read arcounta of the bout In which the featherweight champion sustained a broken shoulder. As I understand the affa'r Kllhana deliberately wrealled Attel to the floor and fell heavily upon him. If auch was the case, why was not Ktlbane , Immediately disqualified and the de rision given to AbeT And over In is plared In charge should be given full ana cvn-.pieia s-nnoriiy. There should ; Roaton Jimmy Gardner and Frank - vnw w-i - vi training- quarters and bis word law. There ar a few good men In the market, but only a few. mesa men who know bow to rondl'.ton properly a boxer and super Intend ths boxing Instruction as we.L I'y a't means do not neglect the box In lrsaona. Jrffrlea thought all he had to do to jet rl-at for Jot ns.n was lo get the .,r handled In tha Eastern cities. . nl, reterees or Judges msv be men Klaus met and from newspaper ac counts and also private advices Gard ner won all he way. Yet the rereree called the bout a draw. borne day. perhapa In the distant future, professional boxlns; exhibi tions will be conducted under the su pervision of a sort of governing board similar to the way ths amateur bouts The who Veteran I'ltchcr Declared to Have .Vvompllslied an Much as Any PiU-her in Similar Position. Continuous Work Good. CLEVELAND. O.. Feb. II. When Cy Young's record for 1910 Is dissected with rare It Is seen that the veteran did not do so badly cn the slab last year and that It docs not alwaye pay to go by records. Cy won seven games and lost 10. It Is not record to boast of. but when It la considered that the veteran did all bis pitching with a poor team behind him. it Is almost a wonder that he waa able to win seven gsmes. Then again, he was almost Invariably forced to pitch against the star fllngers of the league, particularly against pitch ers who proved to be very effective against Cleveland. In four of the 10 games he lost the Nsps failed to score behind him. Wll lett. Ford. Frank Pmlth and gcott were the whitewash spresders. Three times Cy wnt against Ford. It Is needless to say that any pitcher Cleveland had would have met ' the ssme fste. as Cleveland made only II hits and two runs In three contests. In another game the Naps made only two hits off lull Donovan. Twice the veteran went against Lake, ft. Louli' best pitcher, he getting away with a victory and a draw. He also drew such formidable opponents as Ed Walsh. Walter John son, Cy Morgan. Eddie Summers, Char ley gmtth. Eddie Plank. Warhop and Irving Young. His only sott snapa were RaV. of t- Louis, once and Rels ling, of Wsshlngton. twice. It seems to have been an Idea of Mc- Gulrs's thst Cy can work only once every week or ten daya to be effective. That Idea has been exploded by the fact that Cy did his best work last year when he was used every five days. Starting in on June ZI he pitched often. working- 11 games between that date and Auguat 20. Of the It games, he won seven and lost five games, being taken out of one game finally won by Cleveland, the pitcher who finished get tin ir credit for t. e victory. That record also shows that Cy does his best work In hot weather, and it might pay McGuIre to save the veteran during the cold riprlng days and spring; him when the sun begin to shine with more vigor. Cy did not pitch after September 6. nd consequently did not have the ad vantage of working In turn with the strong batting aggregation that Cleve land bad In the field during 'he last few weeka of the campaign. In fact, he was not called upon again until the Cincinnati series, when he had been off the rubber for a month. The veteran a first appearance on the alab was April Zl. he being opposed to Detroit with Wlllett In the box. The Naps were shut out by tha Titers, while the latter gathered five runs Young. They made eight hits off hi Eight days later the Naps played Chi cago, and it was Cy s luck to have his team again whitewashed. Not much chance to win either of those two gsmes when u s own team could not score even one run. LEAGUE COUNTS ON WOMAN Local Option rjlo-on for Spokane In Spring, Is Plan. PPOKANE. Wash.. Feb. 11. (Special.) "We will call a local option election for Spokane this Spring, If the Legis lature turns down tha county local option bill," declares L. R. Horton. superintendent of the Washington Anti- Saloon League. "The counties In which there are no big cities desire the pas sage of the local option law. The bill exempts cities of the first class, so 1 rannot aee any reason why Spokane legislators should oppose It- Under the new charter we cun call a local option election In Spokane any time we desire, it Is only nacevmry to get 10UO sign j tures. The bill will pass the Senate by a two-to-one vote. If the Spokane Representatives defeat the county local option bill, and thereby put us out of business In the state at large, there will be absolutely nothing that we can do but make the big fight in the City of Spokane or quit business altogether. "We are convinced that on a plain wet or dry vote In the City of Spo kane, at least CO per cent of the women would vote dry. and that Spokane would co dry." ' yy H 3 I 'M it IxMSiSi i -jj 1 1 ill ill mi Hill II lllfiii i f 53 ! IK! 1 1 I'll' I a,, ' afiS" m K3 Mill PiR FRONT FOOT Average Price Of lots, comparing in character and location, with beautiful LAUKELHURST in the fol lowing respective cities : Dayton, 0., pop. 116,577; Denver, Colo., pop. 213.3S1; Kansas City. Mo., pop. 24S.3S1; In dianapolis, Ind., pop. 224,320; Jersey City, pop. 2ti7,779; Memphis, pop. 175.0U0; Minneapolis, pop. 310,000; Milwaukee, pop. 373, 857; Newark, N. J., pop. 347,469; New Orleans, pop. 339.075; Oakland, Cal., pop. 150,196; Omaha, pop. 124,096; Providence, pop. 224.326; -Seattle, pop. 237,381; St. Paul, pop. 215,744; Spokane, pop. 104.402; Tacoma, pop. 83,743; Washington, D. C, pop. 331,069; Los Angeles. pop. 319,198. These figures were all reported to Laurelhurst Co. by, or at the rertuest of the Chamber of Commerce or the Board of Trade in each of the above-named cities. THE PRICE OF LOTS IN LAURELHURST $ 1 8 to $50 PER FRONT FOOT With the great amount of railroad building and development in Oregon, it will only be a short time when the price of LAURELHURST lots wiH equal the average price of cities above named. FIGURE YOUR PROSPECTIVE PROFITS AND BUY NOW ON OUR LIBERAL DISCOUNT PLAN IN S. E. QUARTER. l'OVo and 15 Off Of Our Average Price of $34 Per Front Foot LOCATION Right in the center of the best East Side residence district. Is reached by the East Ankeny, Rose City Park and Montavilla carlines. Best car service in the city. PRICES' and TERMS Lots 50x100 at $900 up. Teems: 10 pet- cent down, 2 per cent per month. R3 ca ES E3 m ca ia f3 C3 S3 C3 13 ca ci cat -tSJI Hi ESI m c-i E3 kri Es K3 11 E3 O ca IE -1 lea MORE JUDGES NOT LIKELY Bar Association Told That Bills Are in Mar to Bo Defeated. The District Judge bill la dead, one new Judge may possibly be secured for Multnomah County and there seems little likelihood of additional Supreme Court Justices. This waa the pur port of a report made last night be fore several members of the Multno mah Bar Association by E. S. J. McAll ister. Mr. McAllister, In conjunction with W. M. Davis, made a careful In vestigation of the legislative outlook and that was given as the verdict. The proposed repeal of the title In surance bill was also reported -upon as In a bad way. Mr. McAllister said he was advised that the bill was be ing; held in the legislative committee of the Senate by Senator Malarkey. The secretary waa instructed to write each member of the Multnomah delega tion respecting; the measure. In an ef fort to get It out of the committee for a vote. 2Il MEAD & MURPHY, Sales Agents nR202Jra Telephones Main 1503, A 1515 S3Q5!IS tZ3 E3 C5 Cat BUNDY IS WINNER California Tennis Champion, McLaughlin, Defeated. PLAY IS STOPPED BY RAIN Men's Singles In Finals for Coronado Challenge Cup Prove lo Be Past, ilia Sntton Wins Prom Sister, Mrs. Brnoe. MISSING HUSBAND IS FOUND Cy's Lurk Changes. training cunn.t.-J principally ef road work and hill e'lmbiDa; and the heavUr Ht the eame token referees who will est be forced to take orders for others hlaher In authority. That, fricoda. will be the mlllenlum. Refsrrlnc aaln to Abe AttcU It la to be hoped that the featherweight champion's Injury Is not so serious as to necessitate his permanent retire. the I ment from pugilism. Before the accl- have qualified for their positions ... ...... u,t. iiimi. i aa uwi- i pull, tor tlielr Jobs. ,i iv, u tare or naen. arauea Je!T Tfce cleverness would come back to him durlos; the tight, he contended. Ke made a great mistake, aa he must realise uow. rtrenrtJj and rhyslqne There. Here is a nw man who h streaeth and phyale-je. With these point .a hla fjver I bars is m chance t.ial ha may some day light bis way throuiga tna serund raters and loom up as a worthy challenser for chsmplin il!p honors, ard wltii the great prom ise of ability '. at he haa shown to date he iWd ha taushc svtrntiflc nolata vf the imt. i'ratlKa is the only system i tna goods. dent occurred Abe had been boxing at his bast form and It looksd as If ha bad a long time to relsn as the champion of his class. Attel ( the marvel of tha ring and while he haa made many enemies, aa all successful men mus even his most ardent knockers had to a1n.lt the Utile Hebrew could deliver Lurk started to smile on Cy May 4. when he went against the Browns st lt. Louis. Still he could not win. He escsped with a tie game, however, the contest going 14 rounda. tils next ap pearance aa that rainy Memorial day forenoon, when the hlte Sox opposed the Naps on a slippery field, luck fallrd to break with the Napen and Cleveland loot. I to I Walsh pitching for Chtcae-o. He failed to pitch good ball asalnst Washington June 4. being knocked out of the box In the seventh Inning, losing to .iniy tnree runs. However, were scored off him. the others belns? col. lected Off his aucceaaora.' Then h . nd i ent acalnst New York mlfli d.-ii Ford on the s!sb. The Naps were blanked with only five hits, while the Ysnkefa made but alx off the veteran. June n Cy scored his first victory, beatlr.g the WMte tox 1 to S in IS In nines. . Irving Young being hat pitching sdnrsary. He tried Ma lurk against the White Mux June li also and failed to re peat. Not very surprising, however, aa the Nsps were ehut out with only six hits, while the Pox managed to make their eight safatlea count for four runs. He took down Ms second victory June besting the liroana with Ksy and Bailey on the slab, the score being to e. hla only shutout of the yesr. He was nest sent aalr Detroit, with Bill Dono. van pitching. July 4. Ionovan was feel ing good that day and held the .Nafi to Henry Connolly Is WItb friends In Albina, Is lU-port. Henry Connolly. 249 Kast Third street Nortn, reported missing; a few nights ago. Is not missing at all or rather he la mlHtnff from home, htit Im off still in Portland, safe and sound. Of Im. ' fleer Hawlcy. sent by Captain of de tectives Moore to investigate Mrs. Con nolly's story, ascertained that her hus band Is with friends in Albina and that he does not propose to return home un til relatives of. his wife, who have proved objectionable to him, have left his residence. Mrs. Connolly made another vlxit to the police station last night and told Captain Bailey that she was sure her husband had met with foul play as hla habits were exemplary and he was de voted to bis family. . C. G. MURPHY WINS CHASE Victory Is Second for Rider and Ills Famous MonnU Chester G. Murphy, mounted on Ore gon Kid, won the closed paper chase of the Portland Hunt Club yesterday. The ride was through a new territory and over a well-selected route found by the hares, Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Cronln. This Is the second consecutive victory by Mr. Murphy and the famous Hunt Club mount. Oregon Kid. About a dozen rldera went through. After the finish the club provided refreshments at the new clubhouse at Garden Home. The course selected was in tho vicinity of the clubhouse and was about eight miles long. Man Hurt Boarding Car. In aa ttempt to board a moving: car st Second and Washington streets, K- Johnson. of 100 Union avenue, fell at ht. Injuring bis right blp Johnson, of 10 7:T,o last nigh A severely. v niRi CI.. Keb. 1L (Special.) Tom Bundy defeated Maurice McLaughlin, the California champion, in me unaia vi I man's xinirlea in three fast sets at the Coronado challenge cup representing the tennis champlorjship lor tne v-oro- nado annual tournument. ine meet closed abruptly this afternoon on account of a heavy rain which started before the finals of the mixed doubles and the men's doubles had been played. On account of the absence or eooq wo men players May Sutton had a walkover for the women a single cnampioiianip, which she won from her eister Mrs. B. O. Bruce. She was also pairea nu Mace against Mrs. Bruce and Sinsabaugh for the finals In the mixed doubles. The contest between Bunay ana aic- LauKhlln was spectacular. The large crowd cheered both players. Because of his consistent play of championsmp iorm the first three days of tourna ment Bundy was the favorite with a ma jority of the spectators. Following- are the results of the games so far played when Interrupted by rain: Men's singles. nnslE Bundy beat Mc Laughlin. 6-4. 10-8. Women's singles, finals May Sutton ha Mrs. B. O. Bruce, o-l, 6-u. Men's doubles, semi-finals McLaughlin and Bundy beat Bacon and Young, 6-6. 6-4. Mixed doubles, semifinals Mrs. Bruce and Sinsabaueh beat Mrs. Harvey and Wavne. 6-2. 6-3. May Sutton and Mace beat Miss Sherk and Young. 6-2. FEBRUARY SWIM IS PLANNED Many Who Missed December Outing Expect to Go This Month. According to the present plans of the swimming committee of the Multno mah Amateur Athletic Club, an excur sion to Gearhart Park and Clatsop Beach will be held Saturday. February 5. when more than 150 swimmers are expected to go to Seaside for an out ing. Frank E. Watklns, chairman of the swimming committee, is engaged in making up a list of persons who have signified their intention of making- the trip, and he has already listed more than 40 swimmers. The event will be simi lar to the contests held at Gearhart on December 11 last and a great deal of Interest Is being shown In the com ing excursion. Many who were .unable to accompany the excursionists In De cember are now anxious to go, and spe cial arrangements are being- made to accommodate a large party. In addition to swimming events In the big tank at Gearhart, special surf bathing is being planned. CAMPAIGN FOR FVXDS STARTS Motor-Boat CInb Needs $300 0 to Build Xew Quarters. Hoping to get $3000 with which to build a new cluniiouse, memoers or tne Port land Motor-Boat Club are to begin a week's subscription campaign tomorrow morning. Subscriptions may be made with the solicitors, at the clubhouse, or be sent to George J. Kelly. ex-Commodore, lund agent for the Portland Kail- way, Light & Power Company, city. Plans drawn by J. F. Kable. the club architect, provide for the two-story club house to be built on the club property, on the east bank of the Willamette at the foot of Ellsworth street. The club already has enough money to begin ac tlvo construction, but still needs J3U0O and has decided to make a public appeal. The Portland Motor-Boat Club is three years old and has about 123 menbers. Of the 450 motor-boats on the Willamette River at Portland, more than 100 run under the auspices of the club. The club has done much for Portland in free entertainment, and partly because of that fact has decided to seek public sup port in getting their new home. Because the club has no property to bond, motey could not be secured by means of a bond Issue. The club property Is leased from the Portland Railway. Light & Power Company. The present clubhouse 'consists of an old houseboat, much too small and uncomfortable for clubrooms. The local motor-boat club plans to hold S. Frye, ex-Mayor Hiram Gill's law partner, was arraigned in the Superior Court today charged with assisting Clarence J. Gerald, a saloonkeeper, to escape from the custody of a Deputy Sheriff on election day. Frye pleaded not guilty. Gerald, who figured promi nently in the recent Investigation of city affairs by a Council committee, was arrested for keeping his saloon open during election hours. He Is a close, personal and political friend of Gill. Alleged Bad Check Passer Caught, HOOD RIVER. Or., Feb. 11. (Spe clal.) J. P. Renshaw, said to bo a resi dent of Wasco, was arrested and brought back from Mosler today for passing a fraudulent check for $10 on the Bragg Mercantile Company. The check was drawn on the Wasco Ware house Bank at Wasco. While endeav oring to convince the Bragg Company that there must be some mistake In the transaction word was received hv rela- muny rei'iug regaiias in iiib locai naruur , phone from The Dalles that Renshaiy this year, among which will probably be the Pacific Coast motor-boat champion ship races In Rose Festival week. This will attract many people to the city, it Is believed. Explaining that the club has absolutely no means of raising funds, except from the membership dues; that its races and regattas are held openly and free to the public, all the members of the club will go forth Monday morning soliciting funds for a new clubhouse. If the necessary amount of money Is secured the new clubhouse will be one of the prettiest homes on the river. It will be of the bunpralow type. was wanted there for cashing a bad check for $25. He was locked up and will be held for the grand jury. Gill's Law Partner rreslcd. FEATTLR. Wash.. Feb. 11. Herman Committee Invites Public. STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or., Feb. 11. (Special.) House committee on rail ways and transportation will hold a public hearing during the noon hour Monday, when the Malarkey and Fouts public utilities commission bills will be considered. Friends and opponents of the two measures are Invited to appear before the committee and present their arguments. New Tork City has nlKhtly more theater attendants than any other city In the world. M OFe and Less POWER SPEED COMFORT RELIABILITY FIRST COST DEPRECIATION UPKEEP TROUBLE VELIE 40 TOURING CAR, Fully Equipped, $2100-Portland Let Us Submit Facts and Figures, Compiled by Unbiased Authority. Of Great Interest Regardless of Final Selection John Deere Plow Co. 88 Washington St Portland. Corner: 2 Blocks North 2 Blocks South of Washington $14,500 $13,500 Full Lot 3 Blocks to Washington $6500 13th near Market 48500 (oldschmidt's gency 253 ' Washington cor. 3d.