Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, December 21, 1911, Image 8

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Newspaper Page Text-I TnURSDAT, DECE3IBER 21. 1911. 8 t - FRANCHISE ISSUE AT MEETING McCredie Leaves for Seattle to Attend Northwestern ' League Session. BIG SHAKEUP IS EXPECTED tValla Walla ,. Admittance and fcchrecdrr Max Hut to Ylrld Plar Bill Men Visits Haunt ed Houm Sea ton In South. W. W. yirCrH. prelJnt ef the Portland baseball rlub. In both the Pa rlrtc rot and Nnrtim entern la;'ie. accompanied by hie nephew. Walter H. McCredie. manager of the Champion BTr of the Class A leaa-ue. left yesterday mornlna- to attend the North west Leaane meetlna- in Seattle today. The meeting will be an exciting one In some respects, aa Joe Conn, the Spo kane magnate, la said to be advocat ing rhe admlsMon of Walla Walla Into th leaa-ue. which probably means the drnpptns; of ejther Tacoma or Victoria. The Portland msg-nates have not Ieflnitlr epreel thmelres on thla ecore. and It la believed that President McCredie wilt take no definite atand In the matter until h haa thorona-hly trreettgated the rondltiona at Walla Walla. A for the report that he expects to be financially Interested In the Ta coma club, there Is no truth In the rnmor. Prior to his leaving- for the meetlnir. he denied the report and a. red that he was Interested In one c!iih that was a lser and did not care to take a chance on another such propo sition. Besides. It Is not altogether certain that Ueorfre fchreeder. owner of the Tacoma franchise. Is anxious to sell. Schreeder had been reported on several occasions a wllllna; to sell out. but has not done so when offers have been made to him. Tacoma ought to prove a arood base ball tom-n. and perhaps It would be come tn If a man who would be able to devote his entire time and atten tion to the a-ame at that place would a-et hold of the franchise. tchreder has several business enterprises In Tacoma and has been unable to devnta the rei'ilred time to the frame, which I probaMr responsible for the rumor that he wished to sell out. Bill Steen. the leaning twlrler of the Pacific ''oast league last season, as serts that he la not superstitious, but. never'heless. he Is averse to frequentlna bnunted houses, and several of his friends p'oved thla effectually the oihr nla-ht. BUI tells the story him self, and It runs as follows: "fin Barnes Height near Ft. Vin cent's Hospital Is a deserted house which has been unoccupied for years: In fart it has not been occupied since I was built, and the bunch told mc that several suicides had taken place within, and offered to bet me that I would not aro Into the house and flash a light out of all the windows. "I took fhe bet and we went to the scene together Sunday night about In o'clock. The proposition was that I climb up the winding pathway on the hill leading to the house, while my friends r-mained below and watched for the lights. Well. 1 got about half war up the hill and heard the most blood-curdling series of groans, which sent a shiver of fear through me. and vou ran bet that I beat it down that i.ill some fast. I had forgotten all about the fact that the hospital waa onlv a few yards away, for I was too busv making my getaway. Neither I'utshaw nor Maggart ever had anything on me the way I tora down that hill, and when I reached the bunch they wanted to know what was the matter. "r!dn"t you hear the groans? I stked. and then they Informed me that the groans I had heard were from a bariiy-lnj'ired patient at the hospital, and then 1 remembered that the hos pital was close by. I was kidded some, vou can bet. but I offered to go back . if any of the bunch would accompany me. One of the fellowa volunteered, and we went hark ami explored the cellar. We had to drop eight feet to get Into thla place, and did not feel any too comfortable while there, but we carried out what wa agreed to do. but never agatn for me. Too nany noises there to make a fellow feel sura of himself, and besides a Jap hanged himself there only a few flsvs ago.' "Big Six" told the varn ouite serlous- Iv. but was decidedly emphatic In his arsertion that he would never do It stain And he saya he Is not super stitious, fhrietmas Is coming and Hill might be fond of a few black tat, opals and the like. Tom Seaton. the Beaver twlrler who Is slated for a berth with the Phila delphia Nationals next season. Is rest ire up at Los Angeles. He has. seetn Inelv. taken the advice of Manager MrCredle and Trainer 8chmleder and null pitching In the Winter League In order to save himself for the strenuous tk of making good with the Phill ies.' Seaton should have no trouble tn landing a berth with the big fel lows, providing he Is used Judiciously and not overtaxed too early In the season. Arttc Krueger has concluded his hunting trip near Orient. Wash., and Is now taking life easy on hl brother-in-law's ranch near Colfax. Wash. The big "Putrhman" protests against his being sold to the Mobile club In the Southern l-eague. He aas It means a big cut tn his salary, and also that he prefers to play on the Pacific Coast. e "The application of Perle Casey, the former ReHVer second baseman, for a Job as umpire makes about SO men who sint similsr Jobs with the Coast League for next season." says the San Krsnctsco Bulletin. "McCredie haa Indorsed the Cssey srpllcstlon and It Is now op to Presi dent Paum. "'1 have applications from every section of the country.' satd President Paum. 'But 1 am not going to make any aorolntmenta outside of the three I would retain until after the holi days. Then I will start work on that proposition. I haven't even communi cated with the men who were with n iaj-t year, although I expect all three of them will be with the league. There has been some talk that McOreevy would not remo back, but from all I know he will. I understand from a friend of his that McOreevy Intends purchasing some property In Oregon this coming year and making his home permanently on the Paciflc Coast.' tV!l.l..MF.TTK DRIBS 1XDIAXS Basketball lWe Win by Score of IS to 1 ft Colle--1an Play Well. WMXAMFTTTB OfTVTERSTTT. Salem. TAGOMA Or I to. to. (Special.) The basket- ball season waa opened "for Willam ette University thla afternoon by a game with the Chemawa Indian Train ing School team. The collegians had the better of the game, winning out by a score of 45 to 15. Thla was the first rame played on the new Willamette floor, and was witnessed by a large crowd of spec tators. The contest waa marked by flashes of brilliant team play In which both aggregations showed splendid form, but this stellar work waa not continuous. Both teams, however, played very good ball for so early In the season. Kor Willamette the entire team was strong. Individually, but Mclntyre and McK.e excelled in point-getting, while defensively Schramm. Mlnton, Gibson and Homan did commendable work. Kor Chemawa, Clems and Downie played the best game. Points scored were: For Willam ette Mclntyre, forward, 11 baskets: McRae. renter, five; Schramm, guard. two: tiibson. guard, one: Homan. for ward, one. and two foul baskets. For Chemawa Clems, forward, one field basket and three foul baskets: Dow nie. forward, three field baskets, two foul baskets: Powers, center, one field basket: Lynch, guard. Talbot guard. Referee, Ka. University of Oregon: umpire. Moon, Chemawa: time of halves. 20 minutes: timekeepers. Fran cis, Willamette: Pc helper. Chemawa. SCHREEDEiTSELLS OUT TACOMA MAGNATE THROUGH WITH BASEBALL. Interest In Club Turned Over to A. E. Rothcmirl for Ili.poaI City Won Itl Keep Game. TACOMA. Wash, Pec 20. (Special.) A. K. Kothermel. secretary of the Ta coma Baseball Club, says that George M. Schreeder. controlling owner and president of that club, has turned the entire club over to Rothermel to be disposed of Immediately, as Schreeder announces that he is through with baseball. F. H. Knowlton. of Freemont. Neb., has been after the Tacoma franchise for some time and it la now said that he will take Schreeder's holdings an.l conduct that club in the Northwestern league next season. In the meantime Kothermel will represent the club at the Seattle meeting or tne league ic morrow and will oppose any effort on the part of the magnates to transfer the franchise to Walla Walla or any other place. Negotiations for the change of own ership have been under way for some time and yesterday afternoon the deal was closed. Whether or not Tacoma mill be retained In the league will re main with the directors. Several of the friends of Walla Walla, led by Joe Conn, president of the Spokane club, will be present to urge the Inclusion of the Garden City, but it Is expected that Tirana will have friends in court os well. It. K. Dugdale. of Seattle, his as sured Secretary Kothermel that he will oppose the transferring of the Tacoma club to any other place and It Is be lieved here that W. W. McCredie. of Portland. l also favorable to the re tention of Tacoma In the circuit, which will result In a tie vote In the event that Cohn can muster the votes of Vic toria and Vancouver In favor of Walla Walla. Local baseball fans are murh Inter ested In the outcome of the situation. Tha'ellminatlon of baseball would make Tacoma dead in Summer as far aa sports are concerned and every effort will be used to retain the Northwest ern League, franchise. Tacoma " been a good baseball town for trfany years and at one time supported one of the best rlube In the history of the Pacific Coast. There Is no reason why It should not do this again, students of the situation declare, and with a good club In the field, which can make a fair showing In the race for the pen nant, there Is no reason w-hy the club should not prove to be a paying Invest ment. SOCCER GAME IS DRAW VERXOX EVEXS SCORE OX KERXS JVST BEFORE EXO. Control Hard Fought With Defense Strong by Both Team. Off-Side Play 1-oees Score. Kerns and Vernon met on the Colum bus Field yesterday In the Grammar S-hool Soccer League, when Vernon Just managed to make a draw of It in the last Ave minutes of the game. From the kick-off Kerns took the ball down the field. Kilgore putting tha final touch to a pretty passing move ment with a tow shot, but although they continued to press during the greater portion of the nret half, they did not score again till Wllllama ob tained the ball from an opposing bark, tricked a couple of men and sent in a shot which had the goal-keeper beaten, onlv to be siven offside. . After crossing over the Vernons were seen to greater advantage. They mo nopolised the play much In the same style aa their opponenta had done pre viously. The Kerns backs aat up such a sturdy defense, however, that they managed to keep out the hefty forwards UU a minute before the final whistle, when Manary slipped through to score the enuallier. The line-up: ic.ma Position. Veraen. o.r. o 'iray ii7 KB SmKli MrAitama !? Graham Fanblen Barnett . HHR Framen CUB Hailstt LHH l.embke ORK Hutchinson Williams IRF -amrb.il vvtnge "F. B.alr Hnl . ll-f If'"' Hn LF Oroom, Referee. McMueen. Rogers. In goal, played a line game for Kerns, one save from a penalty kirk being a particularly fine effort. The backs, too, were sound both in kicking and tackling, while Kilgore and Williams made a good right wing. e Vernon's backa were by no meana sound and were- slow In comparison wlh their rivals, though the center half was one of the best men on the fir Id. Grooms and his partner on the left wing were conspicuous on several occasions for smart work, while Hutch inson showed a sood turn of speed on the right. . For the benefit of the grammar school boys, the offside rule Is given below, with one or two explanations. A player Is offside If there are not three players (of which the goalkeeper may be one) In front of him when the bail waa last kicked, unless either an opponent last kicked the ball or he re ceived a backward pass. For Instance. A runs up the Beld. gets past all but one. and passes back to B. who Is then onslde: If he had passed forward. B would have been offside. Another case: A sends In a shot, which the goal keeper kicks out to B. who had no one else in front of him. B la not off side, because an opponent last kicked the ball. KECK GOMES TO KICK Multnomah Club Gets Great Aggie Football Man. LINEUP. FOR GAME IS OUT Sweetland, of Willamette "IV' S"B Doble's Team Best In Northwest and Could Defeat Anything In This Section. Multnomah Club will have three of the greatest kickers in the country in the barkfleld for the Christmas and New Years' games with the Seattle clubmen, for Keck, famous Oregon Aggie fullback, telephoned to Dow Walker from Salem yesterday saying he would be on hand Saturday for practice. Clarke. Wolff and Keck prob ably will alternate with boot work'. The winged M squad probably will be still further augmented by the ad dition of Captain May. of the Oregon Aggies, a former clubman, who Is ex pected to fill In at guard. His home In In Portlnad and he Is expected here In a day or two and may make the trip to Seattle on Chrlstmaa day. The Multnomah squad is out every night from 7:30 to 10 under the arc lights on Multnomah Field drilling for the formidable eleven In the North. "Bill" Hayward. veteran Oregon train er, la looking after the conditioning and assisting In the coaching. "Bill" says that a large number of Port land enthusiasts will avail themselves of the $7. in return rate to Seattle to accempany the team. The Seattle clubmen are dally going through a hard drill, too. Nearly all the men have been In great shape all Kail. McDonald Is physical director at the Athletic Club, so Is in perfect trim: Borleske and Kaklns have been out In suits for two months roschlng: "Polly" Grimm, the wrestler, of course needs no conditioning, while Warren Grimm and Mucklestone have been playing all Fall for the University of Washington. The lineup of the teams with the weights will look something like this: Mullnomah. I'oslilon. Seattle A. . Hlcksun ilbOl . . . . LER . . ( 1." Schllamlller Shaw ilixii t.TK US.-.I Kaklns Berrv (17ii) LGB.... C-'Ikii McDonald rherrr (-.'I? (l'J.'. Tcgmt-ler Rodger. (ltU) RUL (ISO) Boyle Mav IS.-.) O Kourke ln . . . KTl. t205)"Polly" Orlmm Calttcrale H.il l.u.llum (Kill BF.I (ISM W. Orlmm Rlnehart (140) JB CIO..! Brlnker l!ark lls.'il I. Hit (1.'I Borleske. Wolff (lS RHl... lloi Mu. k!"lon liurlburl M70 (-'ooi Jay timlth I Keck (l)5 K (175) Vic Placa Schlldnilller. famous Dartmouth All American star, saya that Max Kaklns la one of the greatest kickers he has even seen and the Northerners are not at all fearful of comparisons with Portland In the punting line. Dr. Sweetland. coach at Willamette I'nlverslty. was asked to name an All Northwestern football team for the Willamette Collegian and he chose the entire Washington University team. "It was an 11 -man affair and. 1 believe, could defeat any picked eleven In the Northwest." Fays the veteran tutor. lt looks to an outsider that If Dobte re mains at Washington about three or four of the next championships will re main at Seattle.' Dr. Sweetland takes little stock in the stories of Doble running his team from the sidelines. e e Ralph Capron. the sensation.nl Min nesota University quarterback, is train ing for the lno-yard dash for the American Olympic team. He will enter the trials at Chicago In May. He Is reported to be able to run the century In 10 flat. Two years ago Capron came west for the Amateur Athletic Union gamea at Seattle during the fair and was expected to do great things. He trained with the Seattle clubmen, hut did not even get a place In the trials. Still he may have Improved wonderfully since then. e e According to the Seattle Post-Intel-llgencer. Jack Leon is again turning his hand to the boxing game and la billed to meet Oscar Mortimer, the Seattle colored heavyweight at Fdmonds on Saturday night. The Seattle paper also avers 4hat Leon Is to box wltn "Den ver Ed" Martin either In Salt Lake or in Pan Francisco during February. "Leon Is anxious to get a crack at Martin in the ring Instead of on the mat." adds -the Northern acribe. "He Is still sore at the way the negro acted In the ring at Tacoma a few nights ago. when he resorted to box ing tactics." see Jlmmle Manning, a Portland welter weight. Is now In Los Angeles, figur ing out ways nnd means of livelihood In the squared circle. De Witt Van Court, of the Times, says he looks mora like a middleweight than a welter, "but." adds Van Court, "he beat Dan ny O'Brien, a clever pupil of Tommy Tracer's: then went to Klamath Kails and beat Kid McClellan anu withal Is a very likely-looking chap." LEST WE FORGET What Farmer Portlaad Players Are New Doing. No. 47. Erva Beck. WHEN Erve Beck first joined the Portland team of 104 be started like he Intended to become the demon hitter of the organisation. Hla special ty waa long drives on the order of Ote Johnson of later years, and. in a sense, these two resembled each other in ac tions and physique. Before coming to Portland Beck had played with Cincinnati. Brooklyn and Chicago In the National League, and when he came West he was slipping, as he had enjoyed a major league ca reer for several years prior to being released to the Memphis team of the Southern League, from whence he came to Portland., During his sojourn In Portland he waa known as "Home. Run" Berk, but toward the end of the season he fell off hitting the ball when he fell off the "water wagon." The latter part of that season Waiter McCredie. with the as sistance of his uncle. W. W. McCredie. secured a big interest in the Portland club, ah J among the first players re leased was Beck. From Portland Beck went to his home town In Cincinnati and then signed w-lth the Southern League, where he was quite popular. In 1906 he fell from the third-story window of a hotel In Little Rock and was so se verely Injured that he was unable to play baseball any more. He Is now conducting a saloon in Cincinnati. SCHEDl I.E.WILL BE ADJUSTED American and National League ' Committee to Confer. CHICAGO. Dec. 10. Magnates of the two big baseball leaguea are busy with thrlr plans for the New York meeting. ; at which the playing schedule for next season will be arranged. President Ban Johnson, of the American League, said that ha had a letter from President Barney Dreyfuss, of the Pittsburg National League Club regarding the making of schedules and the committees ap pointed by the two leagues for the pur pose would meet in New York between Christmas and New Tear. Johnson and Robert McRoy, secre tary of the Boston American League team. will act for the American League, and Dreyfuss. Garry Herrmann, president of the National Commission, and Secretary Heydler, for the National League. President Johnson said that the schedule would be the same as in the past. The rules committee of each league will meet in New York at the same time. President Johnson yesterday appoint ed Manager James Callahan, of the Chicago American Club, as one of the three members of the committee for the league. He said a manager and umpire and a club owner would be on the committee. Johnson announced that he would appoint Umpire Thomas Connolly, but said he did not know yet who the magnate would be. BROWX GIVEN" PECISIOX OVER FRITZ HOLLAND. "Knockout" Haa Better of Ten Ronnd Go, Knocking His Op ponent to Floor Thrice. OAKLAND. Dec. 10. Chicago (Knock out) Brown was given the decision to night over Frits. Holland, of Spokane, at the end of their ten-round bout here. The decision was given by Referee Jack Welsh and waa unquestionably rendered as a result of. the action In the sixth round In which the Chlcago an. flooring Holland with a whirl wind right, sent his man to the mat three times. The punches left Holland In a groggy condition, but" In splta of that he boxed remarkably well for the balance of the Journey and some of the spectators thought It should have been declared a draw. Holland probably never fought a gamer battle In his life and he was urged on In the closing rounds be cause it waa the only possible chance for him to win or get as good aa a draw. He stood up and Blugged with the Illinois chap but it did not do him anv good. On points Holland came back strong enough to take a lead In the ninth and more than held his opponent in the loth, hut It did not count as against the knockdowns. Virtually all of Brown's real work was centered In tUat sixth round, up to which time he had been scored against In every one of the three minnte sessions. In that round he started a right swing almost from the floor and landed It flush to the point of Holland's Jaw. The Spokane boy dropped but quickly stood on his feet. Another right hand swing again sent Holland down, this time for the count of eight. A third time he was half knocked down and half wrestled to the floor. It left him In a daxed condition and so groggy that he started for the wrong corner. Sllverton to Play Dallas. SILVERTON. Or.. Dec. 20. (Special.) What gives promise of being tha swiftest game of basketball ever pulled off In this city Is scheduled to take place on Christmas night. December S, between the Dallas team and the Sil verton Athletic Club. The former has never been beaten. A short time ago they played the Chemawa team at Dal las and defeated them with Just a little less proportion than the Sllverton boys Hd In this city. The Sllverton boys have not been defeated thus tar curing me season and they are playing better ball than aver before. Last Friday evening they won an easy victory over the Ba racca Club of Salem. Webster and Germain Matched. SALT LAKE CITY. Dec. 20. Danny Webster, of Los Angeles, and "Chalkle" Germain have been matched to fight 15 rounds here December 25. They will meet at the featherweight limit. Kl McCoy Knocks Out Croxon. PARIS. Dec. 20. Kid McCoy. the American pugilist, tonight knocked out Harry Croxon. an English fighter. In the third round. , RUFF-NECKSWEATERS. Large stock In all colora. Just ar rived for the holiday trade. Archer A Wigglna Co, Sixth and Oak. Pianos Rented SS Monthly. Kohler Chase. 175 Washington st. Only a Few Days Left in Which to Buy Are Showing Their Appreciation of Our New Store and Well-Selected Stock LUNCH BASKETS AND KITS make very acceptable gifts Robes, Gloves, Hats and Caps, Auto Trunks, Coats, Shields, Speedometers, Flashlights, Thermos Bottles and Cases everything for the automobilist-Bicycles and Motorcyles-Reach Athletic Goods - Air Rifles B ALLOU & WRIGHT Stein Blocb Suits and Overcoats, and all our Bath Robes, House Coats and Silk Pajamas also at 20 discount. Hundreds of other things, including: ' Gentlemen's Jewelry Sets, consisting of pin, cuff buttons and studs, - in plush case, 60c to $8. Tie, Handkerchief and Hose Sets to match, in nice box, 60c to $3.50. Hats, $3.00 to $10.00. Opera Hats and Hat Boxes. Umbrellas and Walking Sticks, $1.50 to $10.00. PORTLAND THROUGH TOURIST AND STANDARD SLEEPERS PORTLAND TO CHICAGO IN 72 HOURS NO CHANGE OF CARS BEST OF SERVICE LEAVES DAILY 7:00 P. M. Two other good trains. THE 0REG0NIAN For " Spokane, St. Paul, Minneapolis and -intermediate points GREAT NORTHERN COAST LINE SERVICE For Tacoma, Seattle, Everett, Bellingham and Vancouver, B. C. International Limited leaves'daily 10:00 A. M. The owl leaves daily 5:00 P. M. Shore Line Express leaves daily 12:15 Midnight All trains from North Bank Station, Eleventh and Hoyt Sts. Tickets, Sleep ing and Parlor Car reservations at City Ticket Office, 122 3d St. and at Depot. H. DICKSON, C. P. & T. A., Portland W. A. ROSS, A. G. P. 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