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TnURSDAT, DECE3IBER 21. 1911.
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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.
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"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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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