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' 4 THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. TORTLAND, FEBRUARY 16, 1913. FIGHTS BRING AD PORTLAND AND CANADIAN ATHLETES WHO WILL APPEAR IN HEADLINE BOUTS AT MULTNOMAH CLUB FRIDAY NIGHT. 'HARLEM" fcoMMY MURPHY, TOUGH LIGHTWEIGHT, WOL GAST'S OPPONENT IN WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY BOUT. CANCEL? IS ASKED m nniimin onur in uummu uuui Lightweight Coins Money Un- der Jones' Management in Four Years. Wolgast, . Not Illness, Is Rea Harry B. Smith Predicts Big House, for Wolgast , Murphy Go. son Ascribed by Michigan Fighter Himself. TAFT'S SALARY EXCEEDED COFFROTH MAY BE "GOAT AD FAVORITE IN BETTING WHY DID MANDOT FANS ENGROSSED f ..II-. .. VK0 ' ?::ci:r:'s mi'- W0L6A 240,000 , tow - vv ; - -K ' ' If - , C' i - :M:7' -VlxV. " - " - Cadillac Youth Has Amassed More Than $150,000 In Last 2 Tears. Battling Nelson Orders Unique Rings for Portland Bride. con-that $240,000 in. He BT ROSCOE FAWCETT. When "Cherokee" Tom Jones fided to local sporting writers Ad Wolgast had cleaned up In the four years under his , spake in parables of truth. Wolgast has been a busy little shut- ' ; tlecock in the fisticuff loom since No j vember, 1908. He has fought 47 bat- ; ties of sufficient Importance to be , chiseled Into the records and has bob- Jbed back and fourth across the conti nent Ilka a fugitive verse. Tom Jones sat down in . the Press .Club the other afternoon, and. over a fiteln of amber, rattled off nearly $150, 000 from memory., that the Michigan Assassin had-earned within 24 months. Wolgast has it on President Taft In that respect and In others, for th Cadillac lightweight settled his Mexi can revolution without the formality of delivering an oratorical ultimatum to a flock of white haired wiseacres. Lint Is Fprmldable Omr. Here's the list of Wolgast's earn ings, outside wagers. In 1311 and 1912 1911 February. Knockout Brown Philadelphia. $5500;. March. Knockout Brown. New York. $9189; March. George Memslc. Los Angeles. $9241; March, Antone La Grave. San Francisco. $7500 April. One Round Hogan. New York, $7920: Slay. Frankie Burns. San Fran Cisco. $500: June, three dubs. Grand Rapids. $21u0: July, Owen Moran. San Francisco. $16,114. 1912 May, Willie Ritoliie. San Fran Cisco. $5000: May, Freddie Daniels, St. Joseph. $2a00: May. Yountr Jack O'Brien, Philadelphia. $4500; July, Joe Klvers. los Angeles. $1'0.097: Septem oer. i.ia Black. Grand Rapids. $16 October. Teddy Maloney. Philadelphia, S4uvu; uctoDer. treildy Daniels. Quincy, Z500; November. Joe Mandot, New Orleans. $10,267: November. Willie LUtchie. Daly City. $15,500. The Washington birthday bout San Francisco will net Wolgast $8500 i nil he will likely clean up a few thous iind on wagers if he wins and places us money as lie says lie expects to. In ; n Francisco. Promoter Coffroth has t-lven out Wolgast's purse as $8000. bu .d snowed the writer a telegram from onroin oir-rlng 8a00 and transports i on ior ittu to Mn xranclsco. WolicaM Keeps MotIdk. The ex-lightweight champion has l-itn one of the busiest fighters in mod. n history, and. like ax not. his earn- I: gs In the ring will exceed the har- " -st gleaned by any other gladiator. . je Attell not excepted. Wolgast has l-'Ugnt close to 100 Rattles since enter- ii 5 the ring In 1906. over 90 showing in t.e record books. -The thing for a fighter to do Is to I ep moving." said "the kid." explaln- i. g nis wanderlust. I ve been back j-.-d forth across this country 20 times, 1 guess, since I became prominent In 1'jgilistlc circles. Wuile Ad Wolgast has been monopo I : Ing fistic publicity within the past uek. his rival. Battling Nelson, has i...t been altogether idle. Bat" Haa New Idea. The Dane, as usual. Is out Willi some ti ing new. Slipping cartoons of him st- f and "bride. Miss Faye King, of t -.iriana. irom tne collection amassed by his wife, the Dane entered a Chi cs Jeweler's and engaged him to u.;n out two costly gold rings, the said m. toons, done in gold and studded w.th gems, to loom up like red noses ai a temperance meeting. I'm going to wear the . ring -with tl o cartoon of myself on my right Ur. id." says Mrs. Battler, in a note to the writer (for the rinfej are in tended for her, "and the ring with B.: t's physiognomy on my left hand. c!l-3 to the heart. According to Mrs. Nelson, the Hege ivUch boxer is planning a trip abroad to his home at Copenhagen. Denmark, some time this coming Summer. ' Amateur Athletics. The basketball game between the Ai ileus and Sllverton quintets on Feb iu:iry 22 on the Amicus floor will mark ti a third meeting of the teams. Each m managed to score a victory and should the Amicus players win on Feb ri ory 22 they will lay claim to the Wil Lunette Valley championship. Sllverton defeated Dallas recently and until they in. t defeat they were unbeatable for several years. Both teams are prac t i' :ag hard and a good game is expect ed. v The Portland Academy and Jefferson High School basketball teams, of the Portland Interscholastic League will I'l.-iy their scheduled game tomorrow on !.- Portland Academy floor. The game will start at 3 o clock. The Studebaker baseball team, which i :ide a great showing last year, has o ganized for the coming season. Dr. - kerman. trainer of the Portland Northwestern baseball team, has been igaged to coach the Studebaker nine. l lie following players have already de a arel their Intentions to wear uni "l jrms: Bleeg. Wilson and McAllen, atchers; Maxmeyer, Martin, Wilford snd Gravelle. pitchers. Maxmeyer Is I'irmer Portland Northwestern League I iyer. The following is a list of can didates for fielding positions: Gertz, I'onta. Tauscher, E. Dixon and Irvin. I'-ateman and J. Dixon will hold down tlrst base: Strannahan, second base: K levers, third base. Slgsby, Cummlngs and Schllt will try out for shortstop. The Jewish Boys' Athletic Club will liold its second annual basketball dance tonight and each member of the team will be presented with a sweater bear ing the monogram of the organization. The Jewish boys quintet has made a wonderful 'showing so far this season, having scored 14 straight victories. In the 14 games the Jewish boys scored 417 points against 118 for their oppo nents -'and claim the 140-pound' city basketball championship. The follow ing men will be honored: Louis Gold tnone. Hyman Schwarts. James Gilbert. Morris Weinsteln and Captain Manuel "Welser. The Jewish boys first team will play Its next game with the Mount Angel College on the Jewish boys' floor next Wednesday evening. As a preliminary to the big game the Jewish boys' second team will engage in a game with Co lumbia Park Athletic quintet. 7 . Jm w fA 1 ' ' t i 1 t I - ?i III M flrr. .---; BOUTS ARE LIMITED Fifteen Minutes Allowed Amateur Grapplers. for MULTNOMAH TO KEEP RULE New Law of Athletic Cnlon Will Be Observed at "Winged M' and Vancouver Interclnb Af fair Next Friday. Portland lovers of bright, snappy box ing and wrestling programmes will wit; ness no more 45-minute amateur grap pling contests, which have been pos lble under the Pacific Northwest As sociation rules governing lnterclub competitions. The new Amateur Ath letic Union ruling limits wrestling bouts to 15 minutes, and the new law will be observed in the bouts at the Multnomah Club-Vancouver, B. C, bill of Friday night. Edgar Frank, president of the Pa cific Northwest Association and chair man of the indoor athletics committee of Multnomah Club, received word yes terday from Secretary Sullivan, of the National amateur body, relative to the 15-minute ruling. Sullivan says that no special rules of an organization per mit it to violate the National agree ment, and that when 'a man wrestles more than the specified 15 minutes, he disqualifies himself. ' Frank Give Views. . . "This Is explicit enough, bo the Frl day smoker wrestling bouts will be of 15 minutes length or to one fall, instead of best two in three falls, with three 15-minute . bouts if necessary, says Frank. 'I believe that it's to the best inter ests of wrestling to give the boys more than 15-minute competitions, yet I sup pose the shorter bouts will be liked better by the public Oftentimes a man loses one fall on a fluke and could win under the old rules of three falls. but now a man must take care of him self, for one slip means defeat." The wrestling bouts of Friday night will be at 13a and 158 pounds. Cllbborn F. Montague, of the Winged "M," will tackle Smith, the Vancouver light weight, while AI Hatch, former welter. weight champ, meets McCarthy, the Portland boy who holds the Northwest middleweight title. Barrleau Meets Knowltoa. The headline boxing bouts, Barrieau vs. Knowlton and Williams vs.. Hughes. are attracting much attention, while the four special mitt affairs are al ready the subject of muen argument among the friends, and admirers of the contestants. , ' Frank Barrleau holds the welter weight boxing championship of West- rn Canada, but will make 188 pounds for "l-'ireman" Knowlton. Hughes' is he Canadian 115-pound champ, but In Walter Williams be meets the Psclflc Coast bantam crown-wearer. BASEBALL LEAGUES PLA?tNED Present Activity Indicates Extensrre Interest Hits Season. . More Portland amateur baseball leagues will be formed this year than ever before, judging from the activity noticeable at tills early date. A meet Ing of all managers of amateur base ball teams has been called for March 1, at the Archer & Wiggins store. At this meeting plans for organizing will be discussed. A silver trophy will be presented to every team winning in its league. Organization of a Commercial League is talked about, and judging from the Interest shown by the business men who are to 'take part In this league. It will be effected. The following teams will form the Commercial League should it be definitely . decided upon: Rotary Club, Business Men's Club, Realty Board, Press Club, Ad Club and Board of Trade. v- A league composed of four Portland college teams will be organized, the Dental College, Oregon Law School. College of Pharmacy and the Reed College competing for honors. in addition to the Commercial and Portland College leagues, the follow ing list of, amateur baseball leagues were in the field last year and will compete this season: Twilight, Business College, Railway, Archer & Wiggins. Grammar School, Interscholastic and Bankers' Leagues. Active practice will start soon If the weather permits. Two Soccer Games Today. Two soccer . football games are ' to be played on the Columbus grounds this afternoon, between the Mount Scott and South Portland and the St. Johns and Portland Heights teams, in the Oregon Soccer League struggle. The first game will be the South Portland-Mount Scott contest, beginning at 2 o'clock. Cassell IHvuIges Some "Inside" In formation and Tells What Ad : Had to Say; "Split" With Tom ; Jones Also Is Analyzed. BY JAME3 H. CASSELL. Did Ad. Wolgast double-cross Joe Mandot when he agreed to substitute for the New Orleans, llghtwelgn against Harlem Tommy Murphy at San Francisco on Saturday, or did Mandot and Wolgast conspire to hold up Pro moter Coffroth? . These questions are well worth dls cueslon. for Wolgast, and not illness, caused Mandot to cancel the scheduled bout, with Murphy In Coffroth's Mis slon-street arena. Just across the San Francisco line in San Mateo County. The ex-llghtwelght champion pleaded guilty to this heinous offense against the peace and dignity of the promot ers, admitting that he, and not an at tack of la grippe, was responsible for the cancellation of the Mandot' Murphy scrap. .. Ad evinced no surprise when in formed last week of the sudden Illness of Mandot. although at the time he had received no word from Coffroth regard ing the $6500 offer of substitution. 'Mandot isn't so very sick," declared Ad. after he had scorned the (6500 berth in vitriolic terms. "I'll tell you something," he confided to the writer a moment later. "I'm re- sponslble'Ior Mandot's action. "You see, it s like tuls: We can make more money fighting ten rounds at New Orleans than he can fighting Murphy 20 rounds at San, Francisco. So, we'll fight down there before long. Mandot. wasn't offered very much by Coffroth, as he isn't a very good card in San Francisco. ; "However," after a hesitation of a tew seconds don t say anytmng aooui this now or I'll get In bad with the promoters. I tried that once before in Los Angeles and it hurt." Then followed Ad's demand for $10 000 to fight Murphy, a figure the Michigan Dutchman must have felt was prohibitive, but for Coffroth's fl lemma. But when "Sunshine Jim" tcreed-to 'pay $8500, with part of the training -expenses, or the option of 60 per cent of the gate receipts, Mandot was temporarily forgotten and Ad ac cepted the bout. Now the question is: Will Wolgast square himself with Mandot by pay ing a part of the prospective' fee for the February 22 fight, or hasten from San Francisco to New Orleans to give the Southerner a chance to get a crack at the gate receipts? i The writer cannot but believe that Wolgast and Jones conspired to sep arate with an eye to Influencing 'the wagering on the Murphy fight, and bandoned the scheme when certain plans went awry. If this is not the. correct solution of the problem, then Wolgast decided to forsake Jones, as a too-costly append age, and yielded to a resumption of managerial relations when Jones either consented to act as manager for a les ser percentage than the one-fifth Ad says he gives 'Cherokee Tom, or howed Ad where he could make a bar rel of money out of a trip with the uglllstic all-stars. 'I can make $1500 a week for ten weeks for Wolgast If he beats Murphy," declared Jones when he arrived in Portland. This means $15,000, a sum only exceeded twice in the fights of the Cadillac youth. Two of, the cleverest white heavy weights since the days of Corbett and Fitzsimmons will clash In a New York ring,' if the proposed March 14 battle between Luther McCarty and Bom bardier Wells does not meet with some unexpected setback. T. S. Andrews says that Wells Is about the cleverest big man before the public today, bar none. While admirers of McFarland, Coulon, and other ex ponents of the scientific branch of box- g may deride this. Wells Is unques tionably one of the shiftiest heavies the game has seen for many a day. But that does not provide an alibi for his glass Jaw and general lack of stamina necessary to win and hold a championship. McCarty ' is clever, If reports from- those who saw the Palzer and Flynn fights are to be rated at their face value, and in addition has physique which has not been fully tested as to its assimilative ability. McCarty looks like a certain winner in a 20-round bout, and a favorite over the ten-round route. Easterners are commencing to rate Bud Anderson, the Vancouver, Wash., TOMMY MURPHY, lightweight, among the possibilities of he lightweight division. ' They recog nize the ability of a man who can knock out the rugged Sammy Trott in six rounds, and are looking forward with much .interest to his next ap pearance In the roped square. Lightweights who have their eyes on Ritchie and the title will witness Bud's next affair with considerable trepidation, for another victory chalked up to the credit of the Northwesterner means another tough proposition to dispose of before Ritchie may be ap proached. . 9 4 Tom Jones, manager of Ad Wolgast, takes credit for the matching-of Cy clone Johnny Thompson and Bob Moha at Milwaukee for tomorrow night. Tom was in Chicago when these aspirants for the 175-pound,, or commission weight title opened .negotiations, and. as he has once bandied Johnny, assist ed the duo In getting together. BOXING BRIEFS F Billy Papke, erstwhile "Illinois Thunderbolt," wins two fights in Paris, against Frank Klaus on March and George Carpentler of April 5, he expects to get a 20-round bout at San Francisco or Los Angeles against Eddie McGoorty or Mike Gibbons on July 4. So confident is AI Lippe. Papke's manager, that the once miaaieweignt. champion will defeat Klaus that he expects to bet every cent he can scrape together on his man. L.ippe preaicis that the affair will draw a $20,000 gate. Abe Attell is managing the Forty fourth street Boxing Club at New York. His first bill resulted In the downfall of a fellow Californian, One Round Hogan. Hogan is slipping fast and his opponent Johnny Lore, had no trouble In beating nim in lu rounas, and almost scored a' knockout. Funny thing, this Klaus-Papke fight at Paris. The - Frenchmen will pay their money to see two Germans ham mer each other about the ring, th Germans battling for a French title, Singularly each defeated Carpentler for the title they will struggle for on March 5. tute McFarland for Gans at the last moment. McFarland declined, losing a chance to win the crown. He could have easily outpointed Nelson in 20 rounds. The question: "Will Willie Ritchie's title survive the year?" Is worrying many a lightweight these days. In addition to the "higher ups" new boys of promise are springing up each day . opponent after that fashion. At th San Francisco Sport Writer Recalls Harlem Tommy's Creditable Ring Career Believes Wol gast May Be Declinins. BY HARRY B. SMITH. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15. (Special.) The Wolgast-Murphy match, which will take place next Saturday after noon, is engrossing all of the attention of the local sporting community, and from the interest that Is displayed. there will be a banner house out at Coffrothis Mission street arena. When word came from New Orleans that Mandot was 111 and would therefore ba unable to compete. It looked as If there wesn t much In sight. A total of nine lightweights, none of whom figure very far up in the scale. offered their services, but Coffroth de clared the only man he would think of using was Ad Wolgast. At the outset, as you are well aware. It didn't look as if the match would be consummated. Later, however, the pair reached terms and everything has turned out for the best. We really have a better card than would have been the case with Mandot. Wolgast Is liked here as a fighter because of his aggressiveness and will ingness to work and the last few months the local fans have come t respect the gentlemanly little chap who is to be his opponent. Murphy Will Have Backers. Indeed, there will be not a few wbi will wager their coin that Murphy can in, and among them some astuts Judges of pugilistic form. They will readily agree that Tommy Murphy doesn't seem to like body punches and that Wolgast punishes an Johnny Kilbane alternately lopks like Simon pure hamplon and a second rater. He gave a poor exhibition at Brooklyn last week against Young Driscoll. working on the defensive and keeping away from the wild swings of his novice opponent. Carpentler. the French light-heavy weight or heavyweight, was a feather weight In 1910,-aWd now nas trouDie making 176 pounds. He is in tne cy lone Johnny Thompson class. Tommy McFarland once had a chance to . win the lightweight title, but de clined. according to . Billy Nolan. No lan was afraid that Gans would die in the ring when matched to meet Nel son for the second time at San Fran cisco, so advised McFarland to train for the fight, the plan being to substl LARGEST SURF-BATHING CONTINGENT IN YEARS EXPECTED TO MAKE GEARHART BEACH TRIP SATURDAY ABOARD WATKINS' SPECIAL. - SCENE AT MIDWINTER SPLASH INTO OCEAN. When the Multnomah Club special train pulls out of the North Bank Depot for Gearhart Beach Saturday morning at 10 o'clock it is expected to carry a load of over 158 enthusiasts eager for midwinter surf-bathing thrills. , - Frank B. Watklns, chairman in charge of arrangements, has arranged for an orchestra to accompany the excursionists, and Saturday night will be devoted principally to dancing, although a midnight dip In the cool waters of the Pacific Ocean is also scheduled for the more hardy ones. . - The return trip will be made Sunday night, the special reaching Portland between S and 9 o'clock. Quite a number of the Junketers will remain at the beach resorts for longer visits. ... in the 133-pound division. If Ritchie can stick to the stage long enough and sandwich in a few 10-round bouts,, he should still wear the crown on January 1, 1914. Otherwise the question is open to serious discussion Sob McAllister, the Olympic Club amateur who holds the middleweight and light-heavyweight championships of the Pacific Coast, steadfastly refuses to turn professional. However, when tne ante is raised sufficiently, it s hard to figure how he can remain a holdout. Tom Jones is willing to bet $500 that McFarland and Brltton never meet In the. ring again. He has little regard for the fighting ability of either, and says that Wolgast could whip them on successive nights. Gus Rulan, age 19 years, height six feet two Inches, and weight 175 pounds, is the "white hope" Harry Forbes pre sents to ringdom. Tom Jones watched Rulan work out with Eddie McGoorty and thinks the boy is a comer. Rudolph Unholz is one of the boys In the Nelson and Thompson class of last ing fighters. He is plugging away in the Middle West, winning nearly every bout. Tom Jones deplores the weak hands carrted about by Jess Willard, but Is confident that If some good man meaning Jones took hold of the Kan san, a new heavyweight champion would soon be trotted forth to be ad mired by the public. Notes From Gun Clubs u -JTIL, E. L. Mathews, superintendent of the Kenton trapshootlng grounds. Is able to leave the hospital, where he is now confined, the weekly trapshootlng tournaments of the Port land Gun Club will not be arranged. Mr. Mathews "was repairing the trap arm which carries the bluerock last Wednesday, and when this arm acci dentally sprung open it struck him in the left eye, which caused injuries that required its removal. It will be sev eral weeks before Mr. Mathews will be able to resume his duties. This unfortunate accident will not keep the local trapshooters from hold ing Sunday practice, as the Portland Gun Club has put another man In tem porary charge of the grounds. M. Abraham, governor of the Port- same time, they don't think that Wol gast Is the Wolgast of old and declare that In all probability he will have gone back even since his match wtth Willie Ritchie. There is no question, of course, but that Wolgast will be the favorite. Tom Corbett, who Is well up in such mat ters, has expressed the opinion that Wolgast will be something like a 10 to 7 favorite. Before Ad was toppled over by Ritchie, he would have been an overwhelming favorite against such a man as Harlem Tommy. Now It Is a different story, and you will find there are a lot of San Franciscans who will be at the ringside rooting for the New Yorker. Wolgast May Feel Self Slipping. This training in Portland may be all right so far as Wolgast Is concerned, but you must remember that the Mlch igander has been taking life rather easy of late and that he will need morn strenuous exercise than is ordinarily the case. I Judge from his telegrams, sent to local fistic writers, that Wol gast feels himself slipping, but in bound to bolster up his courage by telling how easily he will dispose of Murphy; Harlem Tommy arrived the llrst or the week. It appears that he failed to get the telegram ordering him to stop off In Chicago to await the outcome of the trouble, and Instead rushed right on through- That happened to be for tunate as matters turned out, because it has given him all the more time In which to get ready. He no sooner reached San Francisco than he went to his training quarters at Billy Shannon's place and started at work. He will do no boxing until the first of the week, however. Murphy Is not concerned because he has Wolgast to meet Instead of- Man dot. On the contrary, he Is delighted at the change. "I think I am playing in luck." he told the writer. "I consider that Wol gast stands next to the champion, and if I can beat him I will have an oppor tunity to meet Willie Ritchie for the title next Fourth of July. As to Wol gast saying that he will knock mc out In 15 rounds, that is all talk. Don't you remember that Frankie Burns was shooting off the same sort of talk be fore we met, and I guess you remember what happened to Burns." Perhaps a little of the dope on what Murphy has done In San Francisco may not be out of the way. His first appearance here was in February, 1910, when he boxed Owen Moran. The little Britisher was going at top speed In those days. For 15 rounds or so, ho kicked Murphy all over the ring. Then the tide turned, and Murphy began to pick up' in the closing rounds, until it looked for a time that Owen would not uhlp to last. Eddie Smith, the Oak land rereree, since ceao. gave mo msm to Murphy, although in the Judgment of many who saw the contest, it might better have been a draw. Murphy's Career Traced. Then Murphy went East, where he didn't do so well. Finally, in October. 1911, he was brought back to San Francisco to meet Packey McFarland. No one gave the New Yorker a look In. They thought It was a cinch that he would be knocked out, and the bet ting was extremely lop-sided. Murphy lost the decision, but his was the bat tle at the end, and he gained as much credit In that match as in any other that he has had here in the West. A little later he boxed a 20-round draw here with One Round Hogon. Then came his famous fight with Abe Attell. the one that caused so much comment because It was claimed Attell tried to eet Murphy to quit. Murpny kicked Attoll around and won the de cision handily enough. His latest contest here was witn Frankie Burns, who has decided that It gave him quite enough of the rinB Frankie didn't last the limit, and his friends had to throw the sponge In the ring to admit defeat. - Now. all this has rTiade the local fight fans respect Murphy more than ever, and there are a lot of them who give him a good chance of whipping Wolgast. from the National Revolver Assocla tion League that the targets on which they are. to shoot off match 10 with Denver have been sent out. Both teams shot early In the season, and the re sult was a tie, each team making a score of 108S. Should the target ar riv today the match will be shot off tomorrow night at the police station. Members of the Portland Revolver . Club are- backing Chief plover In a 10-shot score against any Police Chief of the United States. The local re volver men would like to arrange for a match and would like to hear from any Chief'of Police. ; : The Portland Revolver Club received word yesterday from George Arm strong, member of the crack Olympic Revolver Club, to the effect that the Portland shooters lost match 24 against the California team. The Olympic re volver men made a total average of 1127 against 1093 of the Portland re volver, shots. , The " Portland Revolver Club will shoot its .last match In the National Revolver Association when It shoots Its 25 match against the Boston team. The local men are anxious to win the last shoot, and held a hard - practice Friday evening. PRACTICE WILL START SOON Southern Coast League Teams to Report February 24. LOS ANGELES. Cal., Feb. 16. (Spe- lal.) After a whole week, baseball will occupy the attention of both fans nd players. Active practice for every member of the two Southern Coast League teams will commence February 24, barring rain or accident. The players have been asked to report at that time and most of them are ex pected to be on hand. McMinnvUIe Wins Two Games. MMTNNVILLE, Or.. Feb. 15. (Spe cial.) In a double header played here last night between the first aiid second teams of Pacific University and Mc- Mlnnvllle College, MeMinnvllle won both games. The first team scores were 14 to 11 and the'second team's 20 to 9. MOUNT ANGEL SECOND BEATEN Town Team Administers First De feat of Season to College Boys. MOUNT ANGEL. Or., Feb. 15. (Spe cil.) Mount Angel's Young Men's Club won from the second team of the col lege in an interesting basketball gam here, administering the first defeat th college aggregation has experienced this season. The score was 29 to 22. Duda and Wlndishar carried off hon ors for the town team, while Vaugh was star for the college boys. The town team Is anxious for games with any Junior or high school team In the state. Only three Indians have made good in baseball Sockalexls. Meyers and Bender. Johnson, who tries out with the White Sox this season, aspires to ' enlarge the trio to a quartet.