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TITE MOUSING OREGOXTAIT. TUESDAY, DECE3IBER 26. 1911. 12 A WINGED t SKILL DEFEATS SEATTLE VIEWS OF INCIDENTS IN THIRD ANNUAL CHRISTMAS SWIM, PROMOTER AND WINNER OF EVENT. 17 DARE GRILL III lie i iiuii as a is i. Maajjiisaaiss as i saaaaaassa T T O D A Y '."-a- -'a fY; --- V . v . " . ' Where you The first day of our Annual Lewis Thomas, Winner of 1910 Cup, Is Victor Again and Now Owns Cup. Portland Football Warriors Win in North by Score of Nine to Nothing. ) CI ft CHRIS IAS SWI earance v "NIG"' BORLESKE IS STAR Multnomah Men Have Advantage In Condition. Team Work and Kirk. Ing. bat Individual Play of Op ponents Makes Them Work. BT TtOSOOE FAWTETT. I R.f.rr. 3f qrtnomah-SatM Gm.. SEATTLE. Wash.. Dec. IS. (Special.) Ia a rouah. fierce battle, featured by th remarkable playing of "Nig" Bor leske. former Whitman Collfte phe nom. the Multnomah football tram triumphed over the wonderful assort ment of bone and bulging bleep gath ered together by Tom McDonald, of the Flattie Athletic Club thla Christ maa afternoon on Varsity Field. Score to . The tallies cam mm a touchdown by Shaw In the first quarter and a 35 yard goal by Clarke In the third. Multnomah wan fortunate to win. for although th "Winged I" had the edge In ron.litlon. team work and kick ing, thla superiority was called upon to overcome the numerous obstacles to offense play under the old-style football, to which both squads were forced to reaort. Seattle PI aye Kle Caaekr. With five roachee In harness. Eaklns. Borleske. Bagsbaw. Place and Schlld mlller. and an array of all-star talent that look Ilka a sheet out of Walter Camp's "nlversal choice. Seattle easily bad the1 edg in Individual material. In the last half. too. with McDonald and Brlnker In the lineup, the Queen city clan Is outweighed the Portland boys Ave pounda to the man. The score, therefore, to correctly aura up the comparative) power of the two elevens, should have been about 2 to 0. Multnomah's felicitations with Kris Krlngle were ably Illustrated in the first tally. Five minutes after the start of the frame with the ball on their own 40-ard lino, Seattle) stubbed Ita flxuratlve toe on a tackle drive and when the pigskin waa snapped there waa no one to receive It. Rinehart. for Multnomah, recovered th fumble and tore to within a few yards of the coveted coal, from whence Loft Tackle Shaw, who did valiant work all throuch the game, carried it over on a wide tackle swing on the next play. ireat Rorleeke Oaaaerowa. Portland was likewise fortunate In preventing the double triangle from coring, for on two different occasions the great Borleske wiggled and twisted through to the open Held. Quarterback Rinehart knocking him down once, and out-of-boands favoring the locals on the other near-cataclysm In the third period. Borleske was here, there and everywhere like a runaway locomotive and. as "Hill" liayward remarked after the affray, "he would have made any all-American team had he cast his l"t with Yale. Harvard. Princeton or any other of the Eastern Institutions. It took two. three and some times fur men to stop him. especially in his returns of punts. Wolff and Clarke and finds Hlrkscn and t.'allicratc were the bright particular stara for Multnomah, with VlcsPlace, who once captained Tartmouth to a victory over Harvard. McDonald and Mu.-klcf tone trailing along after Borleske. &ode Brtnkcr also proved a valuable acquisition at nuarter. when he relieve Bagshaw in the second half. Faktas la Oatpaated. The kicking furnished one surprise of the day. Both Wolff and Dud Clarke outpunted Max Kakins. former I'nlver slty of Washington kicking demon, w ho assisted Do Me at his alma mater this FalL Whenever It came Kakins' turn to punt the scarlet and white warriors swarmed dow-n upon htm like honey bees on a hike. Consequently Max was forced to shove his offerings high in the osone for fear of a blocked kick. Kakins showed the" stuff th.it he is made of. though, when h hooted the ball exactly S3 yards down the field from behind his own goal line In a rriata and probably saved hla team a touchdown. Thla waa a climax and Max waa there like a good-natured auto matic elevator. Clarke and Wolff both hoisted the blold In fine form, their" punts averag ing close to 4" yards and that's coins some. But Borleske returns of in, ;o snd sometimes 3 yards somewhat off set the advantage of the toe attack. Multnomah essaed three placements. Clarke coming our with a batting aver age of .to. making one in two at tempts. (iaaar la Roagkw The rame was the roughest and ftereeat-fought battle ever seen In Se attle, say local writers, but waa con spicuously free from wrangling and exhibitions of ill-nature, and despite the atrenuousness of attack and de fense. Dr. Don Palmer, said to be tho greatest all-around athlete ever de veloped by the University of Washing ton, fussed with only two of the athletee for any length of time Ike Powd and Carl Wolff. Dowd went out with a broken toe. while Wolff had to be relieved by Ludlum late In the game owing to the wrenching of an ankle. Borleske was roughly bandied several times but invariably convalesced rapid ly and ripped through with his usual venom. Multnomah will return to Portland tonight to prepare for the return game on New Year's day. It should prove a straggle to the last ditch. The Seattle stara feel confident they ran defeat Multnomah and will work harder than ever. Neary 2000 persons, mostly men. witnessed the game today. The two teams lined up as follows: SesltU A. O. Position. Multnomah A. Tvw.t ilrtT L F lltCi H'ckson Mrt'rtf itftoi I. T t jo; I Shaw Bnvle il.1 LG IITOi Merry T.gtmler- 10 C 21i Cherry Place Jn4 R il Rndicers F&klns ilsS cart. RT 140 CV Rnurk. chlMmlll.r IIUI..DI !.. Calllcrate Pshaw ll5 J capt. Bin. hart Borleeke IT0 I. H JtoekU-stone O501.R H ..4 15 Clarke 1 1T Wolff Smith (!... F tl Hur!hurt Sunstttut -Seattle. Brtnkcr for BKhaw, M-lHna!d for ;mtth: Multnomah. .'.tntth for Wlrkson. vay for shiw, I.udlum for Wolff. Penalties s.etile. 4 yards: 3Ju.tn.omah. 47 erd. Officials Rosco. Ksoett. referee: K. SkeeL umpire; A. K. Allen, head lines man. Areraae welaht Seattle Athlette Club. IM poinds; Multnomah Club, IT pounds. Toledo 10; Newport 0. NEWPORT. Or Dec. 15. f Special. The Newport football team met the To ledo football team In friendly rivalry on the Toledo gridiron today and was defeated by a score of 10 to 0. Toledo will play In Newport next Sunday to defend her title of champion of Lincoln County. ! f ' X : Ji f . .' -s PEA IS VICTOR Sam Langford Loses Decision On Basis of Points. BATTLE GOES 20 ROUNDS llaevicr Man Steps Inlo llnrd Wal lop Karl j la Figlit, but After nard I'ses More Caution His Weight Big; Advantage. SVDNKY. N. S. W.. Tuesday. Pec IS. (Special.) In a fight that waa fea tured by a remarkable display, of science and ring generalship, Sam Mc Vea won a 20-round decision over Sam Langford here today. The outcome of the bout between the two American negroes completely upset advance 'dope." for the brawny Boston "bone crusher waa picked to win Djr an leading fight critics. The superior strength of the victor, and nls seem ingly uncanny ability to ward off the blows of his opponent, largely were responsible for the result. McVea weighed almost 30 pounds more than Langford. Groat significance was attached to today"s fight, inasmuch as both men lay claim to a match with the heavy weight champion. Jack Johnson, and the meeting was supposed to dectdo which woud be his opponenlt. The evenness of the match caused the talk of a return engagement for the near future. The fight. although Interesting enough from a spectator's viewpoint. was practically devoid of, sensational ism. Both men appeareit to be over cautious and there were few ex changes of hard wallops. It was ad mitted that l-ansfonl. considering his weight handicap, put up a remarkable fight and that ho was cleverer pro portionately than bis huskier black brother. In the third round. Langford un coupled one of his celebrated "loop-the-loop" punches, which caught Mc-Vea-falrly on the Jaw. The big man waa dazed momentarily, but quickly re covered McVca replied by flooring Langford. The closing rounds marked some sharp exchanges at close quar ters, but the excellent defense of both men prevented any real damage. Although two negroes are not con sidered an attractive card here, a crowd of S0.000 turned out to watch the ebony-hued men battle. The tight was promoted by Hugh Mcintosh, the man v. ho rtagrd the Johnson-Burns fight here. VAXCOfVEIt DOWNS STANFORD Canadian Rugby Players Overcome Opponents' Lead Win 18 to 8. VANCOUVER. B. C. Dec. 13. Van couver's champion rugby football team won the opening game of the annual series with Stanford I'niverslty today by a score of 1 to S. The visitors started away with a rush and plied up eight points In the first ten minutes of play. Vancouver soon steadied down and before half time was called bad overcome Stanford's lead, the score at tho Interval being to 8 In the local's favor. Play was even in the second half, but the combined rushes of Vancou ver's forwards resulted In the Cana dians crossing the visitors' line for three more tries. Both teams played in brilliant form, but Vancouver had a shade the advan tage In all departments, the forwards outmaneuvering the visiting backs, while the local backs figured In sev eral spectacular passing bouts. Only In the early stages of the game did Stanford have Vancouver's line In dan ger and after the rush of the first 10 minutes it was a more even battle, with the locals displaying the best combination. Vancouver's passing was more accurate and their local forwards always managed to get possession of the ball in scrums. Erb played a -sensational game at fullback for Stanford and Sawers waa Vancouver's star performer. Two more games are scheduled. One will be played next Saturday and the last on New Year's day. RUGBY CVr MATCH DRAWN University of California and Victoria Battle Without Score. VICTORIA. Dec SS. The first match between the University of California and the Victoria Rugby teams for the Cooper-Melth cup. won last year by California, resulted in a drawn game, neither team scoring today. It was a rloae packed game. Nearly all for ward play and hard scrimmaging was the order. In the second half Helne ky. for Victoria, got over the Califor nia line with a spectacular run. but I l .i""5:' .i as--- SST V " 'V -4 s-' :-. J If ' ; - -V - -t-y -fvl Si - ' i ail - rf-A , n . f.. Hff IX ' : J If iV-Vv -'; II r ; 4 l . f , 1 11 ' f 1 hf:.- -fa. .;-vTjK- I I L-- 1 -a.aw-aassT ss. .aw.al -a - ' OuE , vr J- W a sT aw Above, Coateataata Getting Ready to Start; From Left to Right They are V. McDonald, Dr. Pnsina (Bark Vlewl, (os Manknrts, Lewis Thomas, llrary Hnao, Jr J. Gettr. Cheater Wheeler. Kalph Wlthj-eombe, Don Vlrkrrs, Frank Wine, Julius Kahspel and Arthur Allen. ColUster Wheel er Is roochlng Ready to Leap lata the Water Below, Left, Arthur Cavill, Swimming lastroctor of Mnltaomah Clob, Who Originated t hristmas swim a lOfl Right, Lewis Thomas, Winner of Yesterday'a Event and the S. T. Brlttea Trophy. an offside play at the passing made his work ineffective. Eor California Johnny Strode made a fine run in the first half, making about SS yards. In the second half he made a brilliant save, diving on the ball and frustrating a hard dribble which seemed likely to score. The next gsme will be played on Thursday. Tho two teams appear well matched and it is expected the strug gle for the cup will be a hard one. AHRENS ANT O'DONNELL WIS Christmas Bowling Contest's High Score Totals 1290. A. H. Ahrens and Ted O'Donnell won the Christmas "ragtime" bowling con test, which was in progress at the Saratoga alleys all day yesterday, from more than a dozen entries, the high est of the nearest contenders coming barely within 100 pins of them. Tho contest waa for a prize box of cigars, and anyone could roll, provid ing he could find a partner. Each bowl er rolled as often as he wished, but not twice with the same partner. At the end of the day, the five highest scores were: A. II. Ahrens and Ted O'Donnell, 1190: A. R. Ahrens snd F. Ahrens. 1192; Henry and Gua Ahrens, IKS; Butchel and Dean, 1146; McDon ald and Baker. 1147. New Tear's is to be celebrated tvy a 15-game match, which Is to be held on the afternoon of December 31. Wrestling- Bout Mnddled. NEW TORK, Dec 25. A wrestling bout between Zbyszko, tho Polish wrestler, and Ralcevlch, the Italian champion, broke up in a muddle at Madison Square Garden tonight. Most of the 4000 spectators left tho garden thinking the Italian bad won. but the referee. Tora Jenkins, awarded the de cision to Zbyszko. LEST WE FORGET What Former Portland Playera Are Now Doing. No. 52 Martin Murphy. WHEN Jerry Freeman was inca pacitated by the breaking of his ankle in 1904. the Portland club cast about for a suitable first baseman to take his place. Jim McDonald, then empire in the Pacific Coast League, recommended Marty Murphy to the Portland magnates and he was signed for the position. Murphy had been out of the game for several seasons, hav ing joined the rush to Nome in 1900, but he played good ball for Portland. He waa not a showy player and on that account did not make very good with the fans. However, he played the game right and proved a good substitute for Freeman. After leav ing Portland, for he was succeeded on the first sack by Erve Beck, who was switched from second base. Murphy joined the Seattle club as an out fielder. He soon gave up baseball, however, and returned to Alaska. He played a little with clubs in the far North, but decided that mercantile pursuits .were more lucrative than basebalL" At one time he was recommended for an umpire's berth in the Pacific Coast League and stood a chance of getting the Job had he desired it. Murphy alternates between San Fran cisco and Alaska during the seasons, and always calls on the players when games are in progress at the Bay City. - T L. . T.--I- RAIN HINDERS PLAY Multnomah Soccer Team Vic tor Over Oceanics. CLUBMEN TAKE OFFENSE Final Score Is Six Goals to Two. Winners Are Unable to Make First Tally Until 20 Min utes nave Elapsed. Won Drawn .... 1 .... 3 1 .2 0 .... O 0 Lost rvt o 1.000 Nationals Multnomah C'rloksters . Oceanics l 3 4 .7.V) .4M .000 The Multnomah Club assured them selves of second place In the senior soccer league yesterday by a 6-2 vic tory over the Oceanics. who have still to win their first match. The game was not so brilliant as that last Saturday because of the staleness of the "Winged M" players and the rain, which rendered the ball I too slippery to kick or to place. I Play started with the Oceanics two men short, so that they were compelled I to act strictly on the defensive until reinforced 10 minutes later. The club men still continued to do roost of the attacking, but the shooting lacked sting and direction, and with Haefllng playing a safe game in goal, the con test was 20 minutes old before Mult nomah scored. Several breaks away by the mariners spelled danger for the home team, but no score resulted until from a melee in front of goal, the vis itors rushed the ball through for the equalizer. This set-back acted like a tonic on the clubmen, who were soon one up again. They added four more before the final whistle blew, though Just previous to the call of time the Oce anics had added their second. Cameron. Alblnson and Dick in the forward line showed good combination for the winners, while the losers were best served by Lloyd, Haefllng, Angus atid Blchan. The lineup: Multnomah. Position. Oceanics. Giftard O Haefllnr Markle R B BlchaS Dyment L B Leslie Kammoni .......R H B. ...... MacEwen C H B Matthew L K P Cameron O R F Dick I R F Alblnson C F , Williams .........I L F Munro O L F Bllllngton. rafaree. . . Clark M (-Shane Parney Angus , Rogers . . Lloyd . Cound Kllpack St. Louis Soccer Team Wins. ST. LOOS, Dec. 25. St. Louis soccer football players today laid claim to the championship of the United States as the result of the game this afternoon in which the Innisfalls, of St. Louis, defeated the Tacony team, of Philadel phia. S to 1. Experts declared today's contest was the fastest ever played here. 25,000 CHEER ATHLETES D. Vickers, Second In Race, but Two Feet Behind Champion CavlII. Expert, Follows Contestants as Guard Bridges Thronged. Before 25.000 spectators, who lined both the Hawthorne-avenue and Morrison-street bridges as well as wharves on both sides of the river, Lewis Thomas, winner of the 1910 Christmas day swim in the Willamette River, was victorious in this, the third annual aquatic event under the auspices of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club, yesterday morning. The time was 1:06. Thomas won out in a closer con test than any of the previous events, and his victory yesterday gives him permanent ownership of the Stephen T. Britten trophy, contributed as first prize for the Christmas, swim when this event was inaugurated here in 1909. When he placed the cup in com petition Mr. Britten stipulated that It should be won twice before becoming the property of the victor. Phil Patter son, who waa unable to enter the last two swims, as he Is attending an East ern college, won the trophy the first time. 17 Out of 70 Appear. Only 17 of the 70 entries lined up at the signal of Frank E. Watkins, the starter. More than one-fourth of those who had listed themselves as starters failed to appear. Others were on hand, but pleaded injuries or illnesB as excuses. Those who did enter the event furnished an exciting race. Ideal weather conditions prevailed. The sun was shining brightly as the lithe young athletes lined up on a float moored at the Hawthorne bridge as the starting point, and none com plained of cold as all tossed off over coats and bathrobes which covered their swimming Buits preparatory to leaping into the river. At the signal from Starter Watkins' gun, all 17 swimmers took to the water almost in unison;- None held back through fear of the cold water, and once immersed, all started out strongly for tho finish point, 100 yards away. Thomas, Art Allen and Gus Mankurtz pulled slightly ahead, but were soon overhauled by Henry Hanno, Jr., Ches ter and Colllster Wheeler, McMurray, W. McDonald and D. Vickers. of Eu gene, all of whom showed strongly In the use of the "crawl" stroke taught them by Arthur Cavill. Vickers Two Feet Behind. Young Thorrras showed himself to be the steadiest and soon pulled into the lead. While Vickers, Golllster Wheeler and Mankurtz pressed him strongly at the finish, he reached the ropo two feet ahead of Tickers, who was second. Wheeler 'vas close behind Vickers, and Gus Ma;ikurtz came next, leading Arthur A. Allen, who took fifth place by a slight margin. So close were all the contestants at the finish that it was well that the club's officials pro vided a number of judges, otherwise a mlxup might have resulted in plac ing the successful contestants, who came in among the first 10 and shared the prizes for the event. The other five swimmers getting in among the first 10 were J. W. McMurray, Chester Wheeler. W. McDonald, J. Getty - and F. Warnet Warne took third place last year. In making an' exhibition dive from the deck of the Hawthorne Bridge just before the start of the swim, G. W. Schafer injured his side and was unable to enter the contest. He said he was not seriously hurt and left the water without assistance. The trainers and handlers who took charge of the swim mers at the conclusion of the race, ex- .firs t Annual Oe BRASFIELD & PORGES 111 THIRD STREET "Just a Whisper Off of Washington" Beginning today (Tuesday, Dec. 26) we plaeo m snln our entire li.ics of Fall snd Winter Suits, Overcoats. Gabardines and Raincoats at ONE-FOURTH OFF THE REGULAR PRICE. This being our first season in business our stock is fresh and new. You will therefore take no risk in having any old and shop-worn garments palmed off on you. Every suit, every overcoat, every raincoat of this season's make and model. No sale of such genuine importance as this "QUALITY CLOTHES" sale has been brought to your attention for many a day. In the first place, they're Quality Clothes; in the second place, they're bona fide reductions; in the third place, they're One-Fourth. Off regular prices. $30 SUITS, NOW. $25 SUITS, NOW $20 SUITS, NOW. SALE OF STEIN - Suits, Overcoats, full AT i4 OFF Which Church Shall Receive the 2750 Pipe Orcan f Every 25c Ton Spend With li Entitles Yon to a Vote. amlned Schafer and found that he sus tained a bad strain to the muscles of his side Schafer was one of the first to congratulate Thomas on his victory. Day Ideal for Swim. The temperature of the water reg istered 38 degrees while that of the atmosphere was 48 degrees an hour before the swimmers took, to the water. It was easily the finest day of the three Christmases on which the Winter swim has been held. Multnomah Club officials In charge of the swim handled the event ex peditiously and without any notice able delays. The swimmers were ad vertised to start at 11 o'clock, but it was 11:15 o'clock before Starter Wat kins sent them away on the race. This delay 'was caused by the break ing down of one of the launches which was to convey some of the entries to the starting point. As.the swimmers leaped into the water the big flotilla of water craft, including the O.-W. R. & N. Company's steftmer TWoHoc hiartn r n hie- crowd fof excursionists, commenced tooting of whistles, which was maintained un til the swimmers had completed the route. Those aboard the Modoc and smaller craft were kept abreast of the swimmers during the race. Those who watched the swim from the bridges and wharves were not inter fered with by the river craft, the pa trol boat Elidor, the United States Customs launch H. W. Scott, and El wood Wiles' yacht. Sea Wolf, carry ing the officials of the Multnomah Club, keeping the course clear of row boats and other smaller craft. Throughout the race, particularly to ward the finish, the swimmers were urged by their friends in tho great throng. Victor Gases Behind. Lewis Thomas wore a confident smile during the last 25 yards of the swim, and every now and then would dash the water from his eyes and glance behind him to see how close were his nearest rivals, and then strike out faster. After increasing the gap slightly, he slacked his ef forts, then he took another glance and Increased his speed. It was evi dent that he took things' compara tively easy, although Vickers, Man kurtz, Colllster. Wheeler and Allen were pressing him all the time. Vickers, who finished second, is a comparatively new swimmer, as he had not attempted speed swimming until a few months ago. Ralph Withy combe, who finished outside the prize winning 10, was not in the best of shape, and entered the swim simply because he did not want to be rated as a "quitter." He finished among the prizewinners in 1910, when 39 swimmers started. Dr. Pugrna was another entrant yesterday who was not in shape for the race. He had not had any practice and when pitted against the youngsters, who were in cUTclIlC $22.50 $18.75 $15.00 $30 OVEECOATS, NOW $22.50 $25 OVERCOATS, NOW $18.75 $20 OVEECOATS, NOW $15.00 B LOCH u dress On Washington Near Fifth the pink of condition, he was at dis advantage. Julius Knispel, a Social ist orator, made a good showing. He remained in the river some time after the race was over, and furnished con siderable amusement for the lingering- spectators by his antics in swim ming. Cavill Swims Aa Guard. Instructor Cavill, who first pro posed the Christmas Bwim as an an nual event here, accompanied the swimmers, 'but was not a contestant, as it was strictly an amateur event. He swam leisurely behind the swim mers, watching for any who might be attacked by cramp, and varied his course to guard them all. The 17 starters in yesterday's swim finished in the following order: Lewis Thomas, first; D. Vickers, second; Collister Wheeler, third; Gus Man kurtz, fourth: Arthur A. Allen fifth; J. W. McMurray, sixth; Chester Wheeler, seventh; W. McDonald, eighth; J. D. Getty, ninth; Frank Warne, 10th; Henry Hanno, Jr., 11th; George Dabritz. 12th; Ralph Withy combe, 13th; W. Hanebutt, Hth; C. Pabletz, 15th; Dr. Pugrna, 16th; Julius Knispel, 17th. Officials in charge of the race were: Oliver King Jeffery, chairman: Frank E. Watkins, starter; W. J. Petraln, as sistant to starter; Arthur Cavill. di rector; Walter A. Holt, referee; T. Morris Dunne, Elwood Wiles, T. Irv ing Potter, Edgar B. Frank. C C. Car penter, M. B. James, A. B. McAlpin. George 8. Shepherd, Henry MacKen zle, Edward Jeffery and Henry Hanno, Judges; Clayton Fallas and Fred W. Simpson, timers. IOAVA SLAV IS KNOCKED OCT Bud Anderson Wins Decisive Fight at Marshfield. MARSHF1ELD, Or., Dec. 25. (Spe cial.) In the 20-round fight between Earl Henderson, of Muscatine, Iowa, and Bud Anderson, of Vancouver, B. C, held this afternoon, Anderson knocked out Henderson In the eighth round. He was unconscious for several minutes after receiving the deciding blow. In the eight-round preliminary be tween Sing Hosan, the local Chinaman, and Chuck O'Connell, the decision was given to the Chinaman. The fight was largely attended and the main event was a hard fight. Albinas and Mohawks Tie. The championship game in the light weight division of the Archer and Wig gins League, which was played yester day on tho Columbus field between the Mohawks and tho Albina Juniors, end ed without either team scoring. Neith er team came perilously near tho oth er's goal. and Tuxedos 9 Blues and Blacks, Too e Sale 5