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PROMISED OVER ELECTION OF HEAD OF NATIONALS.
IF WARD'S
HARMONY QUARTETTE
Heydler, Losing, Cincinnati
and Pittsburg Will Join
American League.
Mucklestone and Eakins Will
Play With Washington
Next Season.
ROBISON'S VOTE HAS SAY
SCHEDULE IS ARRANGED
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Hermann to Quit National Rather
Than Accept Murphy's Man as
President Ten-Team Sys
tem Plan Wanted.
C1XCIXNATI, O., Pec. 12. (Special.)
With the election of John M. Ward or
John Heydler to the presidency of the
National League this week win be set
tled the question which has been heavy
on the minds of Presidents Herrmann
-and Dreyfuss for several months. If
Ward is elected these two men say
they will take. Cincinnati" and ritts
burg: out of the National League and
put them in the American league.
That they have only a slight chance
of electing Heydler is certain and upon
Stanley Roblson. of St. Ixuis. rests the
responsibility. The way Robison -otes
will tell the whole story. If It is for
Herrmann, T"reyfuss and Dovery all
will be lovely; if for the other side the
National Leapue will he a six-club cir
cuit next year, according to Herrmann.
President Herrmann recently re
counted his fisrht with Murphy and its
results to a Cincinnati friend and told
him that he will quit the National
teairoe if Murphy lands Ward as presi
dent. The plan is to make the American
League a ten-club circuit for the first
year and later to weed out Detroit and
Washington, Rlvlnp Detroit to the
American Association and Washington
to one of the Eastern or Southern
lea srues.
President Johnson, of the American
IeaRue. knows the situation and has
jrone over it carefully with Herrmann
and Dreyfuss several times. That
Herrmann wanted to get Murphy out
of organized baseball is also known
here, though Herrmann naturally
would say nothing whatever about the
deal.
JOHNSOX IS AGAIXST WARD
He Will Oppose Him as Chief of
Nationals at Klcction.
CHICAGO, Dec. 12. Ban E. Johnson,
president of the American League; Charles
A. Conilskey, president of the Chicago
American Club, and Joe Cantlllon. former
manager of the Washington Americans,
left today to attend the baseball meetings
at New York.
Before his departure Johnson said that
he was unalterably opposed to the elec
tion of John M. Ward aa president of the
National Lngue and that he would do
everything he could to prevent it.
Cantlllon said he would make a fight for
vindication at the American League meet
ing. He said he was not a traitor to the
league and lie would make a fight for his
rights. He added that he would Insist
upon an investigation of charges of signal
tipping against the New York Americans
by the Washington team last Summer. He
announced that he would manage the Min
neapolis American Association team, of
which he was part owner a year ago.
GOTHAM IS BASEBALL MECCA
Several Meetings to Be Held In New
York During Week.
NEW YORK. Dec. 12. A cycle of
baseball meetings will begin here to
morrow. The National Commission will
meet first to decide on the ease of
Pitcher Torey. now of the Cincinnati
reserve list, but claimed by the Spring
field club of the Three-I League. Tues
day the National League will have its
annual meeting and on Wednesday the
American League will open its sessions.
Many club owners, managers, play
ers and umpires are here. National
League magnates say luelr meetings
will be harmonious, but. their state
ments do not (coincide with opinions
of others. All the club owners have
reached the city except Stanley Rob
inson, of St. Louis: Horace Foprel, of
Philadelphia, and John Dovey, of Bos
ton. Pueblo Western Sold.
PUKBLO, Colo., Dec. 12. A deal was
practically made today for the trans
fer of the Pueblo Western League base
ball franohisje. Directors retused to
give the name of the purchaser, but it
Is known that if this deal is made, the
club will go to St. Josepn, Mo.
iIRIS TO PLAY BASKETBALL
Catholic Club and Social Tnrn Vc-
reln Meet Saturday.
Basketball among the girls will be a
feature in at least two of the athletic
organizations of Portland during the
icoming season of Winter sports.
Girl teams are being organized at the.
(Catholic Young Men's Club and at the
Social Turn Vereln, and these teams will
laicet for the first game of the season
next Saturday night at the Catholic Club
'.gymnasium. The game probably will not
ibe public, but that has not been decided.
The Multnomah Club formerly bad an
organized girls' basketball team, but for
.'the paet two years has had none. The
IV. W. C. A. has no organized teams,
ithe girls simply being allowed to pick
Teams at random and play games after
the class periods. No girls' team has
(been organized yet this Winter by Pro
cessor RIngler on the East Side.
Most of the schools of the city have
; girls' class basketball teams but no or
jganlzed first teams to play outside games,
jit is the opinion of many that an lnter
cholastic girls' basketball league should
ibe formed among the various prepara
tory schools, and it is thought the girls,
i if given a chance, would take up the
Suggestion with enthusiasm.
GREEK WILLING, $500 WORTH
O'Connell to Train Down to 140 for
Match Worth While.
Peter Buzokos last night announced that
he would deposit a side bet of $500 with
ithe sporting editor of The Oregonian to
day for a return match with Eddie O'Con
nell, and as the latter already has J30 as
a portion of that sum to bind such a
match, the two grapplers probably will
elgn articles today.
Buzukos at first wanted to wrestle
O'Connell for J100 a side, but as he stipu
lates that the Multnomah Club instructor
must weigh 140 pounds, O'Connell did not
think it worth while to train hard for
that amount, and named $500 as the figure
at which he would meet the -Greek. Bu
xukos' announcement last night indicates
that the two will meet shortly.
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SPILLS MAR RACE
Two Seriously Injured in Six
Hour Run at Ascot.
STEARNS CAR IS VICTOR
Last May's Record Broken One
Machine Upturns Thrice Men in
Sunset Anto Badly Hurt.
Buick Withdraws.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 12. In the six
hour auto race at Ascot Park today,
which was marred by numerous acci
dents to cars and serious injuries to two
participants, the Stearns, driven by
Zoules, won, the distance made being 296
milea. This establishes a new Coast rec
erd for six hours, the former record of
2CT miles having been made by a Kissell
car at Ascot Park last May!
The Pullman,, driven by George Kuse
man, was second with 251 miles, and the
Buick third with 249 miles. The Buick
led until the sixth hour, and then with
drew on account of a breakdown. In the
53d mile the Apperson Jack Rabbit, with
Harris Hanshue at the wheel, turned
over three timep on a sharp turn, smash
ing the motor, but neither Hanshue nor
hi mechanician was injured. The Cadil
lac overturned at the same spot a few
minutes later. The mechanician was
slightly injured.
The Sunset was the next to go over,
and in this spill the collarbone of DTiver
Leonard McLarty was broken and the
mechanician miffered a broken leg and
probable internal injuries. He is In a
critical condition.
TRACEY ARRANGES TOURNEY
Columbia Club to Be Scene of Fast
Bouts December 2 0.
Tommy Tracey announces that he'
will hold an amateur boxing tourney
at his Columbia Club next Monday
night, December 20, when Dan O xsrien,
of the Camolic Young Men's v-iub, will
meet Bud Anderson, of Tracey's Club,
in a return match. Last week these
boys met at the Bast Side Club, and
the referee gave a hairline decision
to O'Brien, though the bout really
should have been a draw, according
to the spectators.
O'Brien, immediately after that bout.
Informed Tracey that he would be glad
to meet Anderson again if Tracey
would stage a smoker, so Tommy laid
his plans accoramgly. At me Colum
bia Club's smoker there will appear
several otner of the prominent ama
teurs of the city, and a first-class card
is assured.
Ace Clement. Tommy Tracey's clever
middleweight, may be matehed with
Patrolman Mike Lillla, of the Police
Department Athletic, Association, who
is rated as one of the best amateur
boxers in the city.
BRIGADE QUINTET VICTOR
Hawthorne Presbyterians Lose Game
by Score of 2 3 to 10.
Officers of the United Boys' Brigade
of America, Oregon division, defeated
the crack second team of the Haw
thorne Presbyterian Church Saturday
night in the Sunnyslde gymnasium by
the score of 28 to 10.
The brigade played in fine form, the
guards, Hamlin and Fowler, in partic
ular crowning themselves with glory
by their brilliant work In blocking sev
eral star plays of the Hawthorne team.
Woolley and Harmon, playing for
ward for the Boys' Brigade, practically
had the field to themselves. Hamlin,
who was guarding, made almost as
many points as the forwards.
Starr was a strong player for Haw
thorne. Had it not been for his guard
ing the officers would have rolled up
a much larger score. The line-up:
O. B. S. Position. Hawthorne.
Woolley R F L Korea
Harmon LFR Goodall
Drown C Richards
Fowler R G L Starr
Hamllue LOR Hamlin
Umpire, H. C. Krum.
WRESTLERS READY FOR MATCH
Smith's Friends See Chance With
Toe-Hold Barred.
Everything is in readiness for tonight's
wrestling match in Merrill's Hall, be
tween Strangler Smith, the stevedore
champion, and Eddie O'Connell, the Mult
nomah Club instructor and welterweight
champion of the world. The wrestlers
have signed to grapple to a finish best
two falls out of three, strangle hold and
toe hold barred. The doors will be thrown
open at 7:30 o'clock and at 8:30 the pre
liminary will be called. The principles
will got to the mat about 9 o'clock.
On the men's last meeting Smith's
shoulders did not touch the canvas. He
succumbed to a terrific pressure put upon
his knee and ankle by means of the toe
hold. He tried hard to shake himself
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loose, but after suffering 15 minutes con
cluded to give up. Smith has always con
tended that it was the toe hold alone
that defeated hiin. '
O'Connell's work with the Multnomah
amateur wrestlers and his road work has
placed him in excellent condition. While
he may not be as fast as he was last year
his backers tire firm in the belief that
he is SmitVs master and that what oc
curred that October night a year ago, will
be repeated tonight.
NEWLY ELECTED CAPTAIN
OK WASHINGTON HIGH
SCHOOL 101O TRACK
TEAM.
Fred Barne
Fred Barber wast elected cap
tain of the 1910 Washington
High School track team Friday.
Barber has had three years' ex
perience in. track work and has
one more year at the High
School. His events are the half
mile and quarter-mile races. He
has a record of 2:02 1-5 for the
half, made in the intersCholastlc
meet last Spring. In this meet
he also ran , the quarter in
:64 1-5.
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Faculty or Graduate Managership
Plan Finds More Faror With
College Men Zednlck Is
Pleased With Prospect.
Victor Zedniali, graduate manager of
athletics at the University of Washing
ton, who was in Portland Saturday and
returned to Seattle last night, said while
here that MelvTTle Mucklestone and
Clarence Eakins. the two star players of
the University of Washington football
team, would be with that eleven again
next season. According to Zednlck. thera
is an erroneous impression relative to
the eligibility of these men. He asserted
that each man was entitled to play and
would play with the Washington Uni
versity next season.
"Both these men have been with Wash
ington only two seasons." said Zedpick
last night, "and under the four-year
rule each is entitled to one more season,
for they played only one year each with
the North Dakota University before en
tering Washington. I wish to make hts
statement now so that there shall be no
future disputes about the eligibility of
these players, as well as to correct the
erroneous report being circulated to the
effect that they are ineligible."
Zednick Is Satisfied.
Manager Zednick expressed himself as
delighted with the prospects for a suc
cessful baseball season during the coming
Summer, and said that while Washington
gets fewer games than each of the other
five members of the Northwestern con
ference, he is satisfied and believes that
Washington will have as good a chance
at the championship honors as the other
teams.
Referring to the expeditious manner In
which the representatives of the con
ference teams arranged the baseball
schedule, college men regard it as re
grettable that , all of the intercollegiate
schedules of sports cannot be arranged
similarly. The failure of the institutions
to arrange their athletic calendars at
the eame time for the whole year is due
to the prevalence of Individual manage
ment of each branch of sport by a dif
ferent student, whereas In the graduate
management one man is empowered to
act in all branches. Had the University
of Oregon, University of Idaho and Whit
man College employed the graduate man
agership plan Saturday's meeting could
have arranged the football, track, tennis,
wrestling and all other Intercollegiate
meetings at the same time the baseball
schedule was arranged. Managers Zed
nick, of Washington: Jones, of Washing
ton State College, and Angell, of Oregon
Agricultural College, enjoy that privilege.
Better Method - Favored.
B. D. Angell, who was elected president
of the baseball conference, is an ardent
worker on behalf of either the faculty or
graduate managership of all branches of
athletics, and it wasthroueh his en
deavors that the baseball conference was
arranged. That it has accomplished a
much needed improvement Is believed, for
instead of waiting until March or April
for the various managers to open cor
respondence in order to arrange inter
collegiate games on the diamond, all that
has been done and the only thing re
maining is to secure the Indorsement of
the faculty of each institution, which is
always required anyway, and to play the
game as the dates arrive.
"I think the time is not far distant
when all the Northwestern conference
colleges will adopt the individual man
agership idea," said Professor Angell last
night, "and I believe it is the most suc
cessful method of handling college sports.
The idea seems to be becoming popular
with the different Institutions rapidly for
half of the conference teams now have
adopted this method. These are Wash
ington State College. University of Wash
ington and O. A. C."
BLACK CATS' MANAGER BACK
Rowland Says He Has Pennant
Winner for Next Season.
ABERDEEN. Wash.. ' Dec. 12. (Spe
cial.) Manager C. F. Rowland, of the
Aberdeen Black Cats, has returned from
his business? trip in the East, where he
rubbed elbows with the higher-ups in
baseball. At present he contents him
self with saying that he "picked some
good ones and a pennant winner for next
season."
It Is estimated that not counting the
several thousand dollars realized on the
sale of "Bud" Pernoll and Vincent Camp
bell at the close of last season, the local
club will need v in the neighborhood of
JTO00 additional. A meeting will be held
in the near future and collection of
the money will be put in the hands of a
committee of representative business
men.
BASKETBALL TEAM FORMED
Christian Brothers Business College
. Ready for Games.
The Christian Brothers' Business
College basketball team has been or
ganized for the coming season and the
following will comprise the team:
Center, Kennefick; forwards, Hughes
and Brlnkerhoff; guards, Van Hommis
sen, Winters, Elvers, Nehl, Sauvain.
Sabin is manager of the team. .
Captain of the team .will be elected
this week.
Dallas Leads at Basketball.
ALBANY. Or., Dec. 12. (Special.)
At the end of the first week's playing
in the International Basketball
League, an organization composed of
Willamette Valley educational institu
tions, the standing of the teams is as
follows:
, ,, ... ,. Won. Lost. p. C.
Dallas College a 1.000
Philomath College 1 i.noo
Pacific College 1 500
Albany CoIIobo 0 I .000
McMlnnvllle College n t ooo
Chemawa Indian School 0 1 .000
Pacific College Wins From Albany.
ALBANY, Or., Dec. 12. (Special.)
Pacific College, of Newberg, won from
Albany College in a basketball game
in the Alco Club gymnasium last even
ing, 26 to 19. The visitors led from the
start and the first half ended 17 to 9.
In the second half Albany made the
most points, but couldn't overborne the
lead.
Ma rtsh field Eleven Defeats Coqulile.
MARSHFIELD. Or.. Dec. 12. (Spe
cial.) The Marshfield football team de
feated Coauille today at North Bead. 16
to '
Mrs. May Dearborn
Soprano
Mr. J. Ross
Tenor.
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FOUR OF PORTLAND'S GREATEST SINGERS
vVho will appear tonight, the 13th, in a 13 -selection programme at
MORGAN-ATCHLEY'S GRAND OPENING
In yesterday's Oregonian Mr. Fargo was named as the baritone, and
Mr. Monteith as Bass, of this popular musical organization. The error
was due to a misunderstood telephone message in the composing-room,
where type machines make much noise, but the error occurred on the 12th,
not the 13th. THE 13TH IS THEIR LUCKY DAY.
SWIM COURSE filAY ALTER
CURRENT IX RIVER, LIKELY TO
CAUSE CHANGE ON CHRISTMAS.
Multnomah's Swimming Instructor
Finds Conditions May Result in
Making Contest Easier.
Professor "Turns" Cavlll, the Multno
mah swimming Instructor, who Is han
dling the arrangements for the Christ-nias-day
swim, visited the waterfront
yesterday and has decided that if the
current is running as swift as yester
day the course of the swim will not
be across the river, but from the Mor
rison to thx! Burnade-street bridges.
This decision was reached by Cavill
because some of the amateur swim
mers, in making the attempt, may have
difficulty in breasting the swift cur
rent, and in the event that such a cur
rent Is prevalent Christmas morning,
the beginners will - have a better
chance at the prizes by swimming with
the current down stream.
Yesterday a five-mile current wan
running, and Cavill states that he,
himself, would have difficulty in
breasting tne river from one given
point to another unless a long sweep
was used.
Two handsome gold medals contrib
uted by Stephen T. Britten, donor of
the first-prize cup for the men. have
been added to the trophies for the,
swim, while George Bannon, of Ban
non & Co., an East Side firm, has do
nated a handsome lady's bag or
satchel, whic.i will be engraved with
the winner's initials, as second prize
for the women who compete.
DENNIS , WINS AT BILLIARDS
Multnomah Club Members Engage
in Tournament.
A half dozen interesting and well
contested billiard matches were played
Saturday night at the Multnomah Club
In the annual handicap tournament be
ing held there.
The feature of the evening was the
work of William Dennis in a match with
A. Morris in the first class. Dennis won
the match by the score of 125 to 29, and
finished with a run of 23 points. O. Ker
rigan also put up a good exhibition when
he.defeated Wljliam B. Streetor, 125-93.
The scores were as follows:
Fifth class O. R. Knifiht 45 to H. R.
Butler 38.
First class O. R. Kerrigan C1"0) beat F.
L. Ranks 175), 100 to 50
Fifth class C R. Monson 45 to L. H.
Hughes 43.
Fifth class--G. It. Knight 45 to C. R.
Mcnson 4.
First class O. Kerrigan (100) beat Wil
liam B. Streeter (125). 125 to US.
First class A. Morris 125 to William
Morris 29.
SUNNYSIDE BEATS PILGRIMS
Albina Players Not in Expected
Form for Second Game.
The Pilgrims, of Albina, were defeated
by the team representing Sunnyside in a
whirlwind game of basketball in the lat
ter's gymnasium Saturday evening by the
overwhelming score of 35 to 15.
This was only the second game for the
Pilgrims, and they did not play in the
form expected. Sunnyside captured the
ball In the first half minute of play, and
before four minutes were over they had
scored eight points to their opponents'
one.
Al Shipley, playing left forward, threw
six baskets for Sunnyside. Verne Ship
ley, playing the other forward, rolled up
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IS peints. Rittenoir, playing center, did
effective work, getting the ball almost
every time.
O. Fowler and Case, holding down the
guarding positions, helped to keep their
opponents' score down to a minimum.
Williams and Daly were the star players
for the Pilgrim team. The line-up was as
follows:
Funnyslde. ' Toeitlon. Pilgrims.
V. Fhlply R PL Daly
Al Shipley L F R Williams
O. Rittenoir C Thompson
Fowler RGL McKalsom
K. Case L.GR Young
CORNELL ADVOCATES REFORM
University Faculty Wants Changes
in Football Game.
ITHACA, N. V., Dec. 12. The Cornell
University faculty Saturday adopted a
resolution advocating- reform In foot
ball. The resolution says:
"With a view of securing greater
safety of life and limb and higher
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For good and sufficient reasons, best known to ourselves, we have
joncluded to dispose of 150 pianos, at a small margin above factory
;ost. This, as you wili realize, comes at an opportune time, as it
helps in a large way to solve the Christmas problem. We can as
sure you that if j'ou are in the market for a piano, you cannot
afford to overlook this great opportunity to secure a .high-grade
piano at a low price. For the convenience of those who cannot
:all during the day the store will be open evenings. You will find
pianos ranging from $168 up, and all sold on our easy payment plan.
Hovenden-Soule Piano Co.
106 Fifth Street, next to Perkins Hotel.
WRESTLING
Eddie O'Connell
Merrill's Hall Seventh and Oak Sts.
Monday Evening, Dec. 13
Reserved Seats, $1.50. General, $1.00.
Tickets on sale at Schiller's Cigar Stores and Cadwell's.
Lulu Dahl-Miller
Contralto
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Mr. John Claire Monteith
Baritone.
standards of honor and fair-play, it is
the insistent opinion of this faculty that
the continuance of football as a game
for undergraduates depends upon an
effective revision and enforcement of
the rules regulating the game."
HAYES AGAIN" EASY WINNER
Marathon Hero Defeats Jimmy Fitz
gerald on Ocean Shore Tracks.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12 Johnny
Hayes, Marathon hero at the Olympic
games at London, was an eas victor
in- a Marathon race held today, defeat
ing Jimmy Fitzgerald, the Canadian
runner, by three laps on the Ocean
Shore track and Connelly, of this city,
by a mile.
W nen Hayes" time was first computed
at 2:6:54. It was believed he had set
a new world's record for the classic,
race. It was determined later, how
ever, that the circular course run was
more than a mile short of the full dis
tance. One Hundred and Fifty
Pianos
To Be Sacrificed in Price
Now Is Your Opportunity
vs. Strangler Smith