THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 18, 1914.
CODY TELLS
HOW
TO SAVE
Multnomah Instructor Ex
plains Handling Distressed
Person in Water.
TOWING ON BACK IS EASY
Ke.-.ii.cliatioii Possible After Victim
Has Dccn Vndcr Surface Half
an Hour Above All Do Not
Quit, Advises Kspert.
vvhile this in not the time of the
year when drownings and water acci
dents are most frequent, it is a good
season to learn to prevent accidents
ana to acquire resuscitatory informa
tion.
itecoras or tales or accidents on
water in the Summer often end with
the plaint that the rescuer was forced
to struggle loose from the victim to
keep from drowning.
J. C Cody. . Bwimminsr instructor .of
Multnomah Club, by virtue of having
a record of 41 lives saved in one Sum
mer, is well qualified to talk on th
subject of saving life. Cody saved that
number of lives while instructor of the
Kansas City bathing pavilion. Cody
says:
'In approaching a drowning person
come up from the rear. That will stop
him from getting any dangerous hold
on the rescuer. Place the left arm
around the neck, under the chin, with
the left hand resting on the right
shoulder of the victim.
Victim Towed on Back.
"In this manner the man in distress
can be towed In on his back, allowing
the rescuer to swim the side stroke
without any trouble or Interference
with the legs.
"Try to quiet the person in distress.
If necessary choke him a bit with the
strangle hold. When he finds that he
is not going under, it becomes easy
to tow him quite-a distance. The hold
can then be released and the towing
done by means of the clothes at the
back of the neck.
"If the man is overcome or uncon
scious when pulled ashore, place him
flat on his stomach. Straddle the body,
placing both hands under the dla
phram and raise the middle of the
body, pressing on the stomach a few
seconds to rid the body of the excess
water.
"Then turn the -patient on his back,
and pull out the tongue. This can be
held with a dry handkerchief.
"An unconscious drowning person's
Jaws naturally try to close and a pieoe
of wood the size of a chair rung will
serve to keep them open. This must
be done, for in the majority of cases
the jaws will lock if not watched, and
can only be opened with difficulty.
Ite.tiNcltnf lent Work Dpmcrlbed.
"Then start the work of resuscita
tion. Bring the arms to the side of
the body and raise them up and over
the head. Then back to the first posi
tion through a horizontal movement.
"This should be done 12 or 14 times
a minute. This should be kept up in
definitely. Don't give up hope. When
the arms are at the side of the body,
press gently but firmly upward on the
lower ribs.
"While this is going on, have assist
ants chafe the ankles and lower limbs
to restore circulation. Send for a doc
tor. That should be attended to first
of all.
"Above all. don't quit. Persons have
been revived after being under water
the greater part of half an hour. That,
of course, is unusual, but there is al
ways a chancn of bringing back life."
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STI DESITS LKARV OF WILLAMETTE
UNIVERSITY BASKET QUINTET.
Five lit Shot to Pieces by Students
Leaving; College, Bat Contest
tor Places Are Strong
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, Salem,
Or., Jan. 17 (Special.) That the Wil
lamette University basketball team will
be far weaker than for several seasons
past is the edict of the studenva and
others who have watched the five in Its
practices for the last two weeks. But
one man. Homan, who played last year
is certain to play this, although Tall
man may get into the game after re
covering from a severe Injury Incurred
last December. Hepp. the star guard
of last year, left college, failing to
graduate. Young, the other -guard, has
entered Wesleyan University, Middle
town. Conn. The loss of these two
men leaves the-guard positions to be
filled by new material. Ffaff. the cen
ter of a year ago, is in college, but
work prevents him from reporting,
leaving another position vacant. Drake!
last season's substitute guard, who
would have been a great assistance to
the team this season, has left college
and gone into business.
At present the lineup consists of Ho
man, forward, and last season's cap
tain, who is one of the strongest all
around athletes ever representing AVil
lamette. and who a few days ago was
elected to a Rhodes scholarship at Ox
ford, and Shisler. a Harrisburg lad.
Rowland, fullback on the varsity foot
ball team, and Flegel, right end in
football, are at present a little ahead
In the race for guards, with Gates, a
varsity baseball man. crowding each
hard for a place. Adams, a freshman
from Idaho, and Carson, a Salem High
School product, are the leading candi
dates for center. With the exception
of Homan none of the more prominent
present candidates are at all certain
of their places and dark horses may
develop within a few weeks, replacing
them.
The first game of the season w-111 be
played with Multnomah Club team in
Portland Saturday evening. January 24.
A return game with the club men will
be played here later. The University of
Oregon team will be met in Salem, as
will be the University of Washington
five from Seattle, along with several
local teams.
Always in the past the basketball
season has been prolonged Into the
Spring weather and has interfered with
track and baseball work so as to pre
vent early work in these lines. This
year the basketball season will close
in February and not be extended over
Into March, which, three seasons out
of the past four, has been a splendid
month for outdoor work.
LARSON'S BLANKET IS VN'IQCK
Graduate Manager of Idaho Athletics
Achieves Rare Honor.
MOSCOW. Idaho. Jan. 17. (Special.)
Prominently displayed in a show
window here is the red Athletic Asso
ciation blanket of Gus I. Larson, the
popular graduate manager of athletics
DROWN
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at the university. Mr. Larson's blan
ket has a unique interest, in that ii
bears more stars than any other Idaht
blanket has ever had or can have again.
Each year the Athletic Association
buys blankets for those seniors who
have won their varsity I's during three
years of their college course in any
one branch of athletics. For the win
ning of each letter a star is placed
upon the blanket. Orange Indicates
football; slate, track; preen, basketball
blue, baseball. The stars are arranged
in an arc 12 inches above the center
of the great "I" which occupies the
middle of - the blanket. If a man
elected captain he receives an addi
tional star of the color proper to the
sport in which he received his cap
taincy. and it is placed in the center
of the great "I.
Mr. Larson's career as an athlete
came before the days of the four-year
conference rule. He played in inter
collegiate games seven years in all
During his first year in the prepara
tory school he was merely a substi
tute. but the next two years he was
on the regular varsity team and won
I's both in track and in football. He
also won them in both sports each
year of his college course. His record
of 40 feet and 11 inches in the shotput
has never been equaled here. The 12
stars on his blanket form not an arc,
but a complete circle, a distinction
which no future blanket can have.
CREW GALL THIS WEEK
COM BEAR, AT WASHINGTON, SEES
STRONG VARSITY EIGHT.
Material Available In Abundant and
Promlxlnit;, and Seattle Support and
Confidence Increase!.
UNIVERSITY OP WASHINGTON, Se
attle, Jan. 17. (Special.) Despite the
fact that the University of Washing
ton's first varsity crew will not meet
any Western college in "a regatta for
mere than four months Coach Hiram
Connibear will next week Issue his
initial call for veterans to compete for
seats on the 1914 eight.
Unusually promising oondltions face
the Washington varsity. This is be
cause Connibear will not suffer by the
loss of many veterans. Competition
promises this year to be far keener.
owing to the increased interest at
this university, and owing, too, to
the fact that the Seattle busi
ness interests and those support
ing Coach Connibear have voluntarily
come forward in his support, to send
the varsity East to compete again on
the Poughkeepsie course.
The fact that the Washington eight
made such a favorable showing last
year has given the crew supporters
confidence.
Among the 1913 crews expected to
be out when the call is issued are ex-
Captain Ed Taylor, ex-Captain Harold
Waller, Max Walske, chosen last year
as one of the ail-American crew; Ed
ward and Elmer Leader, Wilson Lee
and Henry Zimmerman. Competition for
the position will be unusually keen
with eight varsity men in the race.
Connibear is especially pleased with
the proEpects of a strong freshman
crew. For the past two months he has
hed four full crews rn action.
The coach Is looking forward to the
completion of the Lake Washington
canal, which will give him, probably.
the best course in the country. ,
Stories About Stars
BY BILLY EVANS.
In his day Nick Altrock w-as one of
the greatest southpaws in the business.
Pitchers with more stuff there were
many, but few pitchers could win with
the consistency of Altrock. Nick: al
ways pitched with his head as well as
his arm. He had a heart of " oak. and
motion to first base that kept the
runner hugging the bag so closely that
n was next to Impossible to steal on
him. To sum It all up, Altrock knew
how to pitch Pitchers with all kinds
of stuff often fail, simply because they
don't know how to pitch.
lo the average fan of today. Altrock
means nothing as a player. Nick to
him is purely some amusement with
antics on the coaching lines, and his
comedy style of playing first base.
They regard Altrock purely In the light
of a baseball comedian. The public, of
course, cannot be blamed for such an
opinion, for it is only in the comedy
oles now that Nick shows to advan
tage. Manaager Griffith, however, car
ries Altrock for more than his coaching
ability. There is no denying the fact
that he aided much in the develonment
of Joe Boehllng, the sensational young
southpaw. He has also been of much
value in taking the rough edges off the
other young pitchers.
Altrock during his entire career has
always been a good fellow. He has
perhaps been his worst enemy. Always
willing to lend aid, always a free
spender, always enjoying life, Nick
found it a very easy matter to get rid
of his bank roll. There are some play
ers who, if they had made as much
money as Nick, wouldn't need worry.
but Nick will never rival any of the
great capitalists. ' Perhaps nothing bet
ter illustrates this point than a remark
I heard Altrock make last Summer-
Jack Egan and I were strolling down
Pennsylvania avenue in Washington.
v e bumped into Nick, who ioineri n
After walking a few blocks we halted
in front of a fortune-telling place. A
fat greasy woman attired in a dress of
a million colors, for two bits agreed to
ten your ruture by reading your palm.
oeuer arop in, Nick, and have hr
tell you your futu re.' suggested Rpnn
Nothing doing. Jack." reDlied Nick
'My future is behind me." That re
mark made a deep impression on me.
I recalled the days when Altrock was
the Idol of the South Side fans in Chi
cago, of the day he beat Mordecai
Brown in the opening duel of the 190
world's series. Nick was probably
thinking of the same thing, when, in
tones touched with sadness, he re
marked. "My future is behind me."
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Bowling Congress Put Ahead
One Week Is Report.
PORTLAND JV1AKES READY
Local Association Prepares to Han
dle Several Hundred Entries and
.More Home Contestants Are
Wanted by Leaders.
The Northwest Bowline- Con Prp.n
tournament has been shifted nhnH ,
week, according to an unofficial re
port, and there is little doubt now
that the week of bowling to he silii
by the special meeting Tuesday night
will be April 6 to 11, Instead of April
11 to 15.
Just what this will mean to Port
land bowlers is best shown in that
the association is preparing to handle
BO five-man teams, 80 doubles and
160 bowlers In the singles. The ma
jority of these men will be from cities
of the Northwest, and in this connec
tion the best brand of entertainment
that Portland bowlers can extend the
visitors is generous representation on
the entry list.
The Portland association is trying to
secure more entries from the business
houses and commercial concerns of the
City of Portland. It is good advertis
ing for the firms and means a lot to
the bowlers, usually employes of the
firms.
In speaking of the congress, Diad
Meek, bat king of ihe Northwestern
Baseball League and incidentally a
leading bowler, says:
"The various social and fraternal
organizations should and undoubtedly
will take part in the bowling. Almost
every lodge and club has some excel
lent bowlers and should have a team
in the congress.
"The teams will be composed of
some of the city's best men and
women. Those entered, will be bank
ers, doctors, lawyers, other profes
sional men and employes of the com
mercial houses."
The games wrfl be rolled on the
Oregon alleys, recently Installed, and
enough new balls and pins will be
furnished to give .the bowlers the
best and most convenient surround
ings in which to seek new records
and some of the prize money.
The lighting system on the Oregon
alleys is being improved. That inter
est will, not be slack is shown in the
fact that the Vancouver, B. C. Bowl
ing Association will have five five
man teams entered in the Portland con
gress. On Friday night Wedell surprised the
gallery when h rolled a score of 286
in 10 straight strikes. This was the
highest score" of . the month on the
Saratoga alleys.
In the Saratoga ragtime contest
which-closes tonight. O'Donnell and
Al Arens seem to be the winners, with
a total of 1229. Chitry and Meek are
second, with 1212, and Raymond and
Wood are third, with 1210. -
Eighty-six teams have so far tried
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their hand at making the high score.
Last night a delegation swooped down
on the skl4s at the last moment, and
the winners may be other than the
above when the smoke clears from the
tracks.
The Saratoga alleys are now being
managed by A. E. Francis, who for
the past two years has been an active
follower and participant in the game
around Portland. He is hailed as a
good fellow, and is popular with the
knights of the ten-pin.
Next Sunday the Oregon alleys will
stage a marathon bowling contest, in
which any number of two-man teams
may enter.
The first ball will be rolled 12
noon by one of the contestants. The
total pins will count. The entrance
fee will probably be $5 a team. When
the first man of the team gets tired
the second takes his place and so on.
One of the duo is al-niays bowling.
This will continue until midnight, and
total' pins will determine the winner.
A drop-out elimination contest will
be started this week. A ragtime duck
pin contest Is another event for which
bowlers can prepare themselves.
The Imperial alleys on the East Side
are turning out some good bowlers,
and this region will be represented by
an able body in the coming tournament.
BATTING I'lfiCHT'.S ARE GIVEN
American Association Pitchers of
Today Compared Vitli 1902.
Are American Association pitchers of
today a better brand than those who
pitched in 1902, the league's initial
season?
A glance over the "flggers" shows
that the highest team batting each year
is gradually diminishing, - although
twlrlers in "Prexy" Chivlngton's league
had a poor season in 1911. That year
the Millers, pennant winners, ham
mered the choice offerings of all -twiners
for a team average of .301. Al
though Joe Cantillon's warriors won
the pennant again the following sea
son, their batting lamps were not so
well polished and dropped in team bat
ting for an average of .281, losing 20
points.
In the season just closed, and the
Brewers winning pennant, and for a
great time leading the league for nigh
est batting honors, fell down in - the
closing days of.the race and were
beaten by SU Paul, second division fin
ishers. This same St. Paul bunch ap
pears to have a gang of good swatters
on the team at all times. Four times
the Saints have held highest batting
honors. Louisville and Minneapolis
have each held It three times.
Judging from this, then, batting is
not the only important essential for a
team winning pennants. The follow
ing are the figures of the highest team
batting by years in the American As
sociation: lf02 Louisville ' 2n,
1003 St. Paul -28l
JS04 Louisville ; 2S4
lOO.- St. Paul issy
1908 Louisville "in
1H0T Toledo ...'.'..'-27a
190R St. Paul
264
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, .272
301
. .. . .281
- - .287
1909 Columbus .
1910 Minneapolis
lttll Minneapolis
1912 Minneapolis
1813 St. Paul ...
." Oregon Postmasters Appointed.
OREQONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Jan. 17. Three Oregon post
masters were appointed today as fol
lows: Robert J. France, Fish Lake.
Linn County, new office: Miss Maud
Nail, Odessa, vice Junie Currs. resigned;
Will J. Gallenkamp. Viewpoint, vice
B. .C. Hach, resigned.
OFFICES OF THREE PORTLAND
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Dr. G. J. Sweetland, Jr., Has
Retrospective Vision.
SPORTSMANSHIP IS LIKED
Conference Football of Past Year
Put to Sleep Finally and Pre
liminary Ola noes Towards
1914 Year Are Made.
BY IR. Ii. J. SWEETLAND. JR.
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, Salem,
Or., Jan. 17. (Special.) The football
season that went into retirement Jan
uary 1, when the Multnomah Athletic
Club team administered a decisive de
feat to the State University of Idaho
team, was a pleasing one to the follow
ers of the game in the Northwest. No
fatalities or serious injuries marred
the game among the colleges and, best
of all. the standard of play and sports
manship exhibited by the different
teams was of the order to elicit admi
ration from the most exacting.
The University of Washington won
again the Northwest College Confer
ence championship from the other in
stitutions comprising it, consisting of
the State Universities of Idaho and
Oregon, the Agricultural Colleges of
Oregon, at Corvallis. and Washington,
at Pullman, with Whitman College, at
Walla Walla. The going was not easy
for the Seattle team and had it pos
sessed just a little bit less strength and
its opponents a little more the results
would have been different. At the
opening of the season, and even later,
the writer was one of those who picked
the University of Oregon team to win
the conference title over all others.
Two Reasons Help.
Washington won and won because
of two reasons, and there two reasons
alone, namely, because the Seattle team
knows the rudiments of straight call
it old-fashioned football, or what-ever-you-please
football and this term
means a great deal - more than many
believe. In all-around defensive play.
In blocking, charging, tackling and
in every man- doing some real work on
every play, the Seattle eleven is strong.
Then the other reason for the winning
of the northern eleven is the fact that
this team has mastered the use of the
forward pass to the extent that when
ever hard pressed this play is unlim
bered and effectually used.
The University of Oregon had. a
strong team with a heavy lot of line
men, a wonderful punter, place-ktcker
and passer in Fenton. With a back
field made up of Parsons, Malarkey,
Bryant and 'Cornell, four of the best
and fastest backs the writer has ever
seen on the same team, an ideal com
bination for the new open game, at
the same time possessing great plung
ing power, the Eugene team was a
powerful one. Oregon had in Captain
Bradshaw at end .a splendid player
and one of the cleanest sportsmen the
writer has ever seen work In the
Northwest or elsewhere.
With a strong - lot of linemen left
over and with a veteran backfleld and
a coach better acquainted with his
men, the writer believes that next year
will be the best in the history of the
University of Oregon from the stand
point of football and is the writer's
first choice for conference champion
in the 1914 race.
The Oregon Agricultural College had
a most satisfactory season. Of course
the Aggies lost to -Washington, ao did
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all the rest, and the writer has never
been able to understand this Washing
ton score. After this game, surrround
ed with a team loyal to their coach
and imbued with a spirit of loyalty
for their Institution. O. A. C. finished
the remainder of the season without a
defeat and for the first time in years
was undefeated by the State University
team. The Agricultural College has
every reason to be proud of its team
and the coaching of Dr. Stewart. The
other Northwest teams, Washington
University included, need to look out
for ttie Aggies the coming Fall.
The State University of Idaho had a
successful season. They always do
when they win the game over Wash
ington State, which means most of all
to them. The team seemed to gather
strength as the season advanced and
were truly formidable at the close. On
New Year's day in their game with
Multnomah. Idaho played high-grade
football, doing what no other college
team has been able to do this year
against the club men. and that is to
score on the Portland team upon their
own grounds. It now looks as if the
University of Idaho should be excep
tionally strong next season.
The Washington State College team
seemed to have another off year, and
while heavy and strong, did not pull
together from the standpoint of team
play enough to defeat any of the con
ference teams with the exception of
Whitman. However, the prospects for
a better team next year at - Pullman
are bright and Washington State is
sure of being stronger.
WThitman fought well in an uphill
struggle, having little good material
to select a team from, and, as is espe
cially the case with the smaller insti
tutions, cannot except to turn out a
team of strength each year. Whitman,
however, is always a factor to be
reckoned, with in conference circles
and may any year come through, de
feating the best.
Dow Walker Prabcd.
In reviewing the work of the season
the writer has been greatly Impressed
with the al-d given college athletics in
the Northwest by Dow Walker, the
splendid sportsman and superintendent
of the Multnomah Athletic Club. Mr.
Walker's interest in athletics and his
strong stand for the best in games and
contests has greatly aided this section
in keeping sports on a high plane.
The work of the officials handling the
football games has, in general, been
goon. The one mistake that is the
most evident Is the tendency of some
interested in football willingly to offer
to make martyrs of themselves and
the game by trying to officiate In
contests without the proper amount
of recent experience in this line. In
order to officiate efficiently training
is needed just as badly as upon the
part of the player, although in differ
ent lines. In order to handle games
well obtain officials who are in train
ing and working In games two or
three times a week throughout the sea
son and they will handle the game so
as to help it.
In closing this brief review of the
season's work In football the one
thing that has most impressed itself
upon the writer's mind, after visits to
Eugene and Corvallis, is the splendid
spirit of love and loyalty to their team
and institution manifested by the stu
dent body at these places. Now the En
velopment of this spiTlt within college
halls at the time of college contests
will, I believe, be a lasting factor in
after years in loyalty to the support of
law and good citizenship long after
the winner is forgotten. This. I be-
nve, is a vital factor not to be over-
looked in
athletics.
relation to intercollegiate
SCOTTS TO MEET BEAVERS
Championship of Oregon League May
Be Settled Today.
The second soccer game of the
Mount Scott-Beavers series will be
played today on the Mount Scott
grounds. At the iirst meeting Mount
Scott won, 6 to u, and should the
team win today Mount Scott will be
declared the 1914 champions of the
Oregon Soccer League. The match will
start at 2:30 P. M.
Both teams have changed their line
ups since the last meeting, and the
strength of the Beavers cannot be es
timated, as the team has not been able
to do much practicing. If the Bea
vers win the game, the final contest
will not be played for some time, as
the Mount Scott eleven will play the
Columbia University squad on the uni
versity campus next Sunday, and the
following Sunday it is probable Lincoln
High will play Mount Scott.
Following Is the prospective lineup
for tomorrow:
Mount Scott. Position. Beavers.
Rankin G Riiey
Duncan R B Cameron
R. Robson L, B Lassen
Morris R H B Dunran
Bryce C H B Bloor
Kinsr I. Tl R West
Graham O R P FarKUCH
Young- I R F Pawrie
Weston C F Alblnson
Stewart I L F Lind
J. Roson O L F tl. Gray
Subutitute.6 W. t,ray and W. Wright.
"Bluebeard"' Sentenced to Death.
FRANKFORT - ON - MAIN. Germany,
Jan. 17. Sentence of death was pro
nounced here today on Carl Honf. a
local druggist, nicknamed the Blue
beard of Germany, on a charge of mur
dering his first wife and attempting
to murder four other persons, includ
ing two of his children and his second
and third wives, in order to obtain
their insurance.
COMMODORK OF OREGON
YACHT rLI B RECEIVES AP
POINTMENT OF YACHTING
COMMISSIONERS TO PANAMA-PACIFIC
KX PO
SITION. Dr. Jack M. Vates. ,
Dr. Jack M. Yates, a member
of the Oregon Yacht Club and
the Portland Motor Boat Club,
was honored last week when he
received the elaborately en
graved papers of commission to
the post of yachting commission
io post or yacnting commission-
of the State of Oregon for the f
mama - Pacific International t
xpositlon. Just whether or not t
ortland will have a boat In the I
er of the State of Oregon for the
Pa
Portl
1915 12-meter races Is still un- I
decided, but if Dr. Yates can in-
fluence any of the present build-
ers to change the plans of their J
boats enough to enter the class.
Portland will be represented.
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Billiard Wizard Who Aspires
to Reclaim Title Has Re
incarnation Theory.
FLASH RECENTLY SHOWN
Cue Artist Who Tew Xights Ago W on
From Demarest, 400 to 143, in Six
Innings Believes He Embodies
Ives' and. Schaefer's Spirit.
CHICAGO, Jan. 17. (Special.)
George Sutton's secret is out. He let
it out himself one night last week,
during a spell of intense enthusiasm
caused a half hour before through a
splendid victory over hie townsman,
Calvin Demarest. Sutton had just fin
ished beating Demarest by the de
cisive score of 400 to 143 in an exhibi
tion match of 18:2 balkline billiards
at the Hamilton Club. The veteran
had run out the game in six Innings
for an average of a fraction better
than 66. He had scored 131 from the
bank, come back with 77, and gone
out with 137 unfinished. It was mas
ter billiards, sure enough and at the
conclusion of the game the club mem
bers who had looked on and marveled
at the wizardy of the great player
flocked to his side.
"How do you account for your sud
den return to form. Mr. Sutton?"
asked a middle-aged enthusiast who
had seen Sutton set the world's record
average of 100 flat against Hoppe in
a tournament at New York yearB ago
and who had since seen Hoppe trim
him several times when George's ef
forts were well nigh pathetic compared
with his work of bygone days.
Sutton a Theorist.
Sutton is a theorist. Every year he
has a theory which, if It materializes,
is going to bring him back to his old
form and make him champion of the
world once more. Last year it was
the Ives mushroom tip he was usinK.
the year before it was something else!
and each time the theory was exploded.
But listen to hi3 latest and most as
tonishing theory:
It Is that he is the reincarnation of
those dead idols of the game Jacob
Schaefer and Frank. (Napoleon) Ives.
Sutton did not answer his questioner
in the words used herein. He did not
actually say that he was the reincar
nation of Schaefer and Ives, but he
did say. by way of explanation, that
the game he was playing now was
practically a combination of the best
billiards of the late heroes coupled
with his own, which was more perfect
than either.
And when his questioner suggested
that he was then realiy the reincar
nation of Schaefer and Ives. Sutton
nodded in the affirmative. And to say
that he plaj'ed as if he were just what
he imagines he is, draws it mildly, for
such billiards as the veteran put up
against Demarest. the latter a former
champion, in this particular exhibi
tion, has not been seen in Chicago in
many years.
Veteran' Work Avouuerful.
Sutton had the speed of the tHi.le
gauped to a nicety. This delioa-y of
touch was like that of the famous
Wizard Schaefer and his drivinw and
manipulation of the dead ball, strong
and accurate, like that of Tves. II in
method was his own and it is better
than that employed by either Schaefer
or Ives in their palmy days. His gather
shots, draws and masses were perfect
and he played the line nurse with a
deftness of precision that made his
audience stare in amazement.
Confidence stands out these days in
every stroke of Sutton's cue. This is
due to his new theory. The Schaefer
Ives combination "stuff" came to him
one afternoon about two months ago
while practicing quietly in his own
room, he declares, and he says he has
succeeded in maintaining It ever since.
Now the fans throughout the coun
try will know why Sutton has been
camping persisently on Hoppe's trail
for several weeks past, the veteran
offering to wager Willie anything from
chalk to Confederate money in order
to get the champion to play. His plead
ings have been answered, too. as Hoppe
has agreed to play him a lSOO-point
match at 18:2 balkline for stakes of
J2000 in Chicago on the nights of Feb
ruary 23, 24 and 25. The Hamilton Club
will stage the match and it will be
played In a publlo hall, so that all the
fans may get a chance to see it.
Chicago A. A- Loses Rii? Matrh.
The Chicago Athletic Association was
anxious to secure the match, which Is
to be the most pretentious contest be
tween two great players here since
Schaefer and Ives met In their various
matches at old Central Music Hall more
than 20 years ago, but had the ( A. A.
landed the prize the public would have
been excluded and neither Hoppe nor
Sutton would agree to such an ar
rangement. So much for them.
Already is the great match the chief
topic of conversation among billiard
fans and it is safe to say they will play
to a crowded house. The game is in a
healthy state here, as was shown bv
the excellent attendance at the recent
De Oro-Morin three-cushion champion
ship contest which De Oro, playing one
of the finest matches of his long and
honorable career, won by the one-sided
score of 150 to 113.
Regardless of the longer contest
later, Hoppe and Sutton will meet at
Hotel Astor, New York, on the night
of February 3 in a 500-polnt match for
the world's 18:2 balkline crown. Sut
ton is confident he will win the em
blem, but pins more faith to the three
nights" battle.
Price-Fixing Case Appealed.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 17. The Wal
tham Watch Company appealed to the
Supreme Court today from the de
cision of the New York ederal courts,
which held that its contract fixing the
re-sale prices of watches by retailers
violated the Sherman law.
Bennie Allen
World's Pocket Billiard (Pool)
Champion
vs.
Henry Solomon
Pacific Northwest Champion
TUES. AND WED., JAN 20-21.
McCredie's Billiard Palace
Second Floor of the Yeon Bldsr.
Admission Free
SUTTON'S
IS OUT