TITE MOKNIXG OREGON1AW, TUESDAY, JATTARY 9, 1912.
1
FRARY 10
UMPIRE
If! MAJOR LEAGUE
Lynch Notifies' Spokane Man
to Hold Himself Ready to
Handle Indicator.
OFFER BY JONES REFUSED
Baum. We will have to adopt the
schedule and seJect an official ball for
the league. Unless Cal Ewlnx has
something to be taken up. predicated
on the meeting of the National com
mission, which he attended last week,
I do not know of any business to come
before th leasee."
t
Tommy Shrehan Iads In Race for
Victor La Managership With Lou
Nordjke and Iuoky Holmes
Presslnc Him Closely.
SPOKLA.N'5. Wash, Jan. I (Special.)
Ralph Ffary. klng-pla of all the um
pires that have ever shown In this
neck of the woods, will wear a Na
tional League uniform nest year.
A telegram from Thomas J. I-rnoh.
president of the senior major league
organisation, came tonight notifying
I"rary to prepare himself to report for
duty next Spring.
"It Is not generally understood, but
J-rncb did not release me last Fall."
aid Frary tonight. "An accident to
rr.y leg took me to the hospital and I
was not lrr condition to work for some
time. Bob Em!le came back, on duty
and I.ynch's staff was filled up by the
time I was ready to work again.
Lynch has lost his star old veteran.
J'ar.k O Par. who will manage the Cln-r.na-.l
club this year, and it is not very
likely Fmslle will be back again, .so
there will be two vacancies to fill.
A few nights before Lynch's tele
gram came Frary signed a contract
with W. B. Lucas to work again In the
Vnlon Association, with the proviso
that If a call from "Lynch came. Lucas
would relea.e Frary at once to report
to The big league.
"Test, Jones offered me a Northwest
ern contract." admitted Frary -tonight.
"But Lucas offer was better in cash
and he wis also agreeable to the quick
release clause.
Reports from Victoria Indicate that
in the three-cornered race for the
managership. Tommy Sheehan, captain
cf the Portland Coast champions of
111. leads by a' nose; Lou , Nordyke,
Fpokane first baseman, second by
neck, and Ducky Holmes, recently re
Instated to organised ball, third. Nor
dyke flatly refuses to accept Wattelef
offer, which Is less money for manager'
ial responsibility than Lou got here
last year as a player. .Lou says he will
have to be satisfied on salary this yea
or will quit.
Cobn counted over today IS pitchers
be had already slcrted. including only
four members of his 1911 staff. Willis.
Fchwenk. Kraft and Engebetson. He
hss Barney Joy. may get I'aul Strand
back. Cochrane, a big West Virginian
George Houck. brother of last years
promising youngster: Soldier Mauser.
of San Francisco, and a doxen young
sters.
SKI CLUB WILL HEAR TALK
David Honey-nan Will Give Pointers
to T. M. C. A. Organization.
Members of the newly-organized Ski
Club of the Portland Toung Men's
Christian Association will listen to an
Informal address by David Honeyman
tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. Mr. Hon
eyman Is an expert on skis and will
give association athletes some pointers
for the trip they are to take next
month.
All the members of the T. M. C A.
Ski Club are novices, including A. M.
Grllly, the physical director, who will
have charge of the trip. They plan to
leave Portland on February S. going
the first day to Rhododendron, on the
road to Mount Hood. How much far-
COAST LEAGUE TO
DISCUSS NEW BALL
Lively Sphere May Give Way to
Old Solid Rubber Heart
Horsehide.
PRXSIDEXT HOLT WILL NOT
RCW FOR RE-ELECTION AT
311 LTXOJIAH CU B.
JOXKK XAVER TWO CMPIRES
Moran anil Toman to Handle) Xortb-
wcMcrn League Indicators.
Fielder Jones, president of the North
western League, yesterday received
end approved the signed contracts of
Tr'mplres Augustine Moran, better
known In baseball circles as "Augle
e rwl James Toman, and announced that
these men would be two of his In
dicator handlers during the coming
reason. The Identity of the third
Northwestern League arbiter Is with
held by President Jones for the reason
that It Is doubtful If either of two men
he has under consideration will serve
In that capacity.
Augle Moran Is' one of the best-
known umpires In the country. He off!
elated for several years In the Na
tional . League, and has also been i
successful arbiter In the American As
soclatton Kastern and Southern
leagues. Tie Is an old-time acquaint
ance of Jones, and the new president
cf the Northwestern League Imme
diately offered Moran a poettlon when
he was chosen president of that or
ganisation. Moran's acceptance is
quite pleasing to Jones, who Is figuring
rn placing only first-class officials In
charge of the games In the North
western League.
Jimmy Toman is another capable
rfTlctaL He worked In the Pacific Coast
league during the season of 1910. but
displeased Cal Ewlng and Danny Long
somehow, and was allowed to drift
elsewhere In 1911. He signed with
President Lucas In the I'nlon Associa
tion, where Mr. Lucas ssys he made
good. Toman la the only one of the
three officials selected by Dugdale.
when he was acting as president of
The Northwestern League previous to
the election of Jones, who has been
retained by the latter.
HERO LEAVES FOR SPOKAVE
Has
Light Hearyweliflit Wrctlrr
Chance to Meet Zbyszko.
John Berg, conqueror of Demetral the
Greek grsprler. left Portland, the scene
of Ms recent triumph. Inst night for
Spokane. Kails City promoters tele
graphed Berg last night that they still
have In mind a visit from Zbyszko. the
ro. and that they wanted him to go
aa-alnst the 2 10-pounder.
Zbyszko wrestle Jess Westergard in
Palt Lake City tomorrow night and
double, ba'k East Immediately, so there
. seems slight posslbUity of his return
ing to the Pacific Northwest unless the
rams dies out along the Atlantia
Slope and Middle West.
Zhyszko recently tossed Westergaard
with ease at Buffalo, but since then the
pair met at Knoxville, Tenn., and
"Vesterjraard held him off a full hour
r.d had the Pole in a dangerous po
sition when time was called.
Perg Is earnestly praying that
TVderson. tl.e btg Dane, visit this sec
tion of the country, for he Is desirous
of standing up for the honor of Sweden
gainst the Dane.
Walter A. Holt.
Walter A. Holt, president of the
Multnomah Amateur Athletic
Club, one of the six members of
the board whose terms expire
February 13. will not be a candl
date for re-election. Mr. Holt
made the announcement yester
day. It Is understood, too. ttiat
James F. Ewlng. ex - president
and director, now serving his
fourth year, will not permit his
name to be posted by the nom
inating committee, whloh will
make Its report the latter part of
the month.
The retiring directors are Presi
dent Holt, George S, Simons, J. M.
Ambrose. Dr. George Alnslee,
Colin Dyment and J. F. Ewlng.
BONUS TO BE DEMANDED
ther they will travel on the four days
they are to be gone depends on circum
stances. About ten will go. Including
Trafton Dye, president of the Mount
Hood Hikers Club, who was Instrumen
tal In forming the Ski Club, At night
there will be talks around the camp-
fire by business men In the party. Only
Y. M. C A. members will be Included In
the party and the cost of the trip Is
estimated at 113 each. Elijah Cole
man, the Mount Hood guide, will pilot
the expedition.
M CJ. HAS CONTEST
Sport Writers Deplore Prospect of
Flynn-Johnson Match Davis Of
fers to Trade Granejv Dem
etral In San Francisco.
BY ROSCOB FAWCETT.
With the exception of the schedule,
sanctioning, one of the most Important
matters to be taken up by the Paclflo
Coast League magnates on Friday
at Los Angeles will be the choice of
an official ball. Walter McCredie. Port
land manager. Is heartily in favor of
a switch and a warm battle is expected
between the two rival "interests that
raised the fuss at the last National
league meeting In New Torki the
Spaldlngs and Goldsmiths of Cincinnati.
In the National League case the
former concern was forced to put up
a cash bonus of J500.000 with a further
guarantee to furnish all the balls used
by the eight clubs for a period of 20
years.
The Coast League, however, gets no
cash bonus, but Instead each of the
six clubs is allotted five balls for every
scheduled home game. Portland used
nearly 80 dozen balls last Bummer so
the donations amounted to hardly one
half of the total utilized. McCredie
says the invading company Is willing
to do better than that, ao some torrid
bidding may be expected.
The ball used In the National. Ameri
can and Coast circuits last year al
leged to have been the cause of the
great Increase In batting possesses a
cork-centered rubber core, while the
new sphere which was adopted and
used In the Western League In 1911
'has the old-time solid rubber heart.
"No, I don't think the cork center
had anything to do with the jump In
batting statistics," declared Manager
McCredie when this angle was broached."
"I know It seems stranga. that the
statistics should advance so harmo
niously In all the leagues, but the
pitchers seemed to have a bad year
all over the country.
Take the Coast League for example.
In 1910 nearly a dozen twlrlers had
great seasons Nagle. Henley, Lively,
Krapp. Steen, Gregg. Moser, "Miller.
Hltt and Carson, while hardly one-hal
that number were consistent low-hit
men last year. Los Angeles didn't have
a man; neither did San Francisco, while
Byram of Sacramento was touched
pretty hard' at times. I think the only
consistent hurlers of the year were
Castleton and Stewart of Vernon, Steen
and Seaton of Portland. Abies of Oak
land and possibly Byram of the Senators,"
1 National Leag-ue and American Asso
elation days, when "Handsome Dan'
was wont to crack the ball with the
greatest degree of regularity. Dugdale
figured that this player would slip
over a score or so of base hits, then
much needed by the Portland team.
Lally ambled Into Portland through
ly confident of his ability to knock
the cover off the ball any time such
a gladsome stunt would be most ap
preciated by the fans, but the ex-big
league rence-nuster round the goin
much harder than he expected. Coast
twlrlers had Dan's "goat" from th
start. He played about 20 games for
Dugdale, getting about two hits In
that time.
This proved "sufficiency" for Dug
dale and he forthwith dropped Lally,
along with others. Dugdale had
habit of releasing the Importing play
ers by excursion crowds Instead of one
at a time.
After leaving Portland Lally's de
cline was fast and furious. He was ou
of the game entirely within a year. He
tried to regain hts lost prestige In th
South Atlantic League In 1905, but h
was unable to make good there, and
Anally quit the game. A few years
later he tried umpiring, but was
failure and Is now among the down
and outs. His last whereabouts was In
Butte In 1908,- but since then he has
not been heard of by Portland fans.
FOUR-ROUND GAME HURT
SAX
FRAXCISCO TO ENFORCE
AMATEUR RULINGS.
Payment of Money Prizes or Permit
ting- Others Tlian Card Holders to
Box Xot to Be Allowed."
ATHLETIC SIEET WILL
OX FEBRCARV 91.
CLOSE
Field and Track Events Are to Be
neld Every Wednesday and In
terest Is Keen.
MEETIXfi ( IS PERFTXCTORV
Itanm Says Schedule and Ball Are
Only Thing to Be Settled.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. I. Headed by
President Allen T. Baum. the around-the-bay
delegation of Pacific Coast
League magnates will leave on Thurs
day night for Los Angelea to attend
The physical department of th T.
M. C. A. will hold an athletlo content
for members of the High School class.
beginning January 17 and closing Feb
ruary 11.
The events In the competition will
consist of high Jump, broad Jump, pole
vault, shot put, 100-yard dash. 220
yard daah, quarter and half mile runs.
and two events to be decided. The
contests will be every Wednesday,
starting at S P. M.
Points are soored as follows: High
Jump, i tor each Inch over three feet
six Inches: broad Jump, 2 for each Inch
over 12 feet: e-ole vault, 1 for each
one-half Inch over five feet 10 Inches:
hot put. for each foot over 18 feet
100-yard dash, 5 for each one-fifth sec
ond under 15 seconds; 220-yard dash
for each one-fifth second under 3a
seconds: 440-yard run, 1 for each one
fifth second under 80 seconds; 880-yard
run. 8 for each second under three
minutes 10 seconds.
By this method all those who have
felt the utter hopelessness of gaining
even third place will be encouraged
to persevere, as the winner will be the
one with the greatest number of points.
in tee nautical section a series of
"panel swims" are being held. The
names of all those who make or break
records at any distance are put up on
panel, which will be hung at the
ank.
These series have been going on for
three weeks now. about li in all tak
ing part. At present the boys about
14 years old are making a better com
parative showing than the seniors; in
fact Mr. Smith considers he has a
couple of excellent youngsters over
the 40 and 0-yard course.
Tonight at 8 o'clock David T. Hon
eyman will give a lecture to the elub
on the delights of ski-lng. after which
all the details of the club's outing up
Mount Hood will be settled, the start
being set for February 8, with the
return three days later.
Three basketball games are down
for decision today: Lincoln versus
Early Birds: Cubs versus High 8. 8.,
and Secret versus BUikens. Christian
Brothers' Business College team will
meet Lincoln High tomorrow and the
following day the following games are
scheduled: Blllkens versus Sellwood;
Cubs versus Washington High and
Brownies versus Hustlers' Bible Club.
Fencers to Compete.
NEW YORK. Jan. 8. The annual In
tercollegiate fencing championships will
be held In New Tork this year, probably
on March iv-sa. li is announced
the adjourned annual meeting of the j through the Intercollegiate Association
. wanuary n. i ne that an effort Is being made to provide
party leaving here will Include Presl- funds for sending teams of fencers from
dent Baum. Ed M. Walter, of Oakland: West Point and Annapolis to particl-
rrana -i. isn. ci ran r rancisco. and ..... in th Olvmole a-ames. The move-
Metropolis, Nev.. msy be a reaf me
tropolis some day but It Is hardly more
than a pin prick on a siding right now,
for although several days have elapsed
since the first rumor that Johnson and '
Flynn might mingle the mitts on
Nevada soil few persons know anything
more about either Metropolis or Wind
ward except that they exist.
As a matter of fact local Southern
Paclflo officials have never even heard
of the little tank town, which Is said
to be squatted on an Espee branch
connecting at Wells In Elko Countv,
seven miles west of the Utah-Nevada
line. The town has a scattered popu
lation of about 800 souls, and. say
tclegraphlo accounts, was constructed
by the Paclflo Reclamation Company as
a distributing point for a rich farming
district.
Just how the alleged promoters
figure on enticing 831.000 worth of
boxing fans out to this remote oasis
on the desert Is a mystery but It Is
more than likely that the first an
nouncements were made with a view to
attracting other offers from more cen
trally located cities. If this surmise is
correct Curley has been sadly disap
pointed, for Instead strenuous oppos
tlon to the match has developed in all
sections of the country.
"Such a bout would be the worst
thing In the world so far as San Fran
Cisco Is concerned and. Indeed, gen
erally speaking, from the standpoint
of boxing." declares Harry Smith In the
San Francisco Chronicle. "It Is a one
sided affair, as has been repeatedly
pointed out. pugilism Is altogether too
weak at the present moment to survive
another heavyweight farce and that is
Just what would happen."
Harry Davis, new manager of the
Cleveland Naps, hss offered to trade
Outfielder Jack Graney and the Chi
cago News uses this as an indication
that the 1911 Nap ou -field. Jackson.
Birmingham and Qraney. will give way
to a new trio, in ltnz Jackson. Blrm
Ingham and Buddy Ryan.
Demetral. the Greek wrestler who
was beaten by John Berg recently at
tne Armory, is in nan Francisco with
the Interesting excuse that the mat
here was so small that he couldn't get
out of Berg's way. San Francisco Is
not very keen for the mat game as at
tested by comparing space In the
papers two Inches for wrestling and
from two to six columns for boxing.
Silk O'Longhlln. well-known mafor
League umpire, has been appointed
boxing Inspector for the western half
of New Tork State under the Frawley
law.
Harry Wolverton framed a good one
on New Tork writers who had' been
pestering him to death. Harry told
them he was off for Oakland and then
slipped over quietly to his home In
Philadelphia, where he waa discovered a
fortnight later trying to trade Jack
Knight. Chase's understudy, for Eddie
Alnsmlth. Several columns of dope
went to waste.
Kansas City newspapers are still
fuming over the reported trade of Jack
Love for Chester Chadbourne. of Port
land. As announced here some time
ago no deal will be made.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 8. That the
boxing game under the Incoming city
administration will encounter difficul
ties is evidenced by a statement made
today by Oscar Hicks, chairman of the
police committee, to which all applica
tions for permits will naturally be re
ferred.
There has been no denying that for
the last two years, and even long be
fore that, professionals have compet
ed In the four round division of the
.game, and that they have received
large sums occasionally as high as
$600 for their services. By degrees
the amateur game has become an lm
portant factor, with weekly shows and
packed houses at Dreamland Rink. To
deprive these clubs of the privileges
of using professionals and of paying the
fighters the money that Is demanded
will mean practically the shutting oft
of the game.
The Olympics Club could, say twice a
year, give amateur boxing- contests
that would have a large amount of In
terest, but the various four-round
clubs, as they exist at the present time,
might as well shut up shop.
The original ordinance, adopted In
January. 1903, requires that for ama
teur bouts the contestants must have
registration cards, signed by the Pa
cific Association. For a time this con
dition was lived up to, but it was short
ly Ignored, and was practically a dead
lettec law until two years ago, when
the officials of the Pacific Association
insisted upon the four -round clubs
living up to the letter of the law.
The committee continued to call such
contests "amateur exhibitions." and-did
not disturb the provision that the prin
cipals must not contend for a reward
In money or anything of value except a
medal or trophy not exceeding in
value $15.
Notwithstanding that it is a well
known fact that professional boxers
have been paid money for their work
and. In many cases, large amounts.
An amateur boxing or sparring ex
hibition within the meaning xt the
ordinance Is one In which the princi
pals do not contend for a reward or
wager In money, or any other thing of
value except a medal or trophy not
exceeding In value JIB. and it is de
clared the new administration will en
force the law to the letter.
Goldendale 2 8, Stevenson 0.
GOLDENDALE. Wash., Jan. 8.
(Special.) Goldendale defeated Stev
enson, 28 to 6, In the first basketball
game played In the Mid-Columbia
League at Goldendale. The Mid-Columbia
League Is composed of the high
schools of Stevenson, White Salmon,
Hood River and Goldendale.
FOGEL-DOOI ROW
IS ALL "FRAME-UP"
Ball-Player Is "Winter Actor"
and Needed Advertising,
So Started Quarrel.
COBB LIKES VEAN GREGG
Detroit Star ' Picks ex-Portland
Pitcher as One of SO Best Ball
Players in Country Foul
Rule Is Most Essential.
AMATEUR ATHLETICS
DVANTAGE of the Ice on the Co
lumbia Slough was taken by the
students of Jefferson High School when
school was dismissed yesterday. A
party of about 100 went out to have a
quiet game of "shinny." The opposing
sides were the Jefferson High, led by
George Iveepo, and the Woodlawn In
vinclbles, lead by Otis Love. Who
won the game is not known, as It
lasted almost all day and no one kept
score. i he scene of action was on
Moore's Lake, which Is about three
miles long and one mile wide The
wind swept down from ihe east and
kept the Ice fairly clear of snow, even
though all the other ponds upon which
skating took place yesterday were
snowed over. The Ice was thick and
only one accident was recored. One
boy slipped off a board stretched
across one of the small creeks. He
escaped with a ducking.
Allen Fleming Is the only entrant
who has signed for the six-day Mara
thon, which is to take place at the Y.
M. C. A. beginning January 29. Other
entries are expected. Kurtz, one of the
best men In the New Tear s cross-city
run. probably will enter for the long
run. The total course will be about
12 miles.
CHINESE ASKS FOR AID
Klamath Falls Reel dent Jailed
China by Imperialists.
LEST WE FORGET
What Former Portland Players An
Now Doing.
No. 66 Dan Lally.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Jan. $. (Spe
cial.) George Pan prefers liberty in
Klamath Falls to confinement In a Jail
In China. He is a former Chinese rest
dent of this city, who went to China
about a year ago for a visit. He be
came Involved In the rebellion in China
In some manner and was put In Jail
by the Imperialists.
Pan Immediately wrote to his friend.
J.t. G. Wllklns. First Ward Councilman,
asking Mr. Wllklns to furnish bis bond
In the amount of $2000, to get him out
of Jail, in order that he might return
to America before the expiration of his
passport. As yet arrangements for a
surety have not been made.
Pan lived In thlsscity for many years.
He had a family In China. He conducted
a restaurant here and was successful
In real estate operations. He owns a
block In the residence part of Fort
Klamath and ' Is estimated to be
worth $15,000.
Charles Graham, of Sacramento. Wal
ter McCredie. of Portland, and J. Cal
Ewlng are expected to arrive In the
southern metropolis, where they will
Join hands with Henry Berry and Hap
Hogan. of the Los Angeles and Vernon
clubs respectively.
"There are only two questions to be
brought up for settlement at the meet-
lng. as far as I know." said President
ment has the approval of Secretary of
War Stimaon and the Secretary of the
Navy. .
XUW MODEL VICTOR-VICTROLAS
115. $:S. $10. $50. $75. $100. $150 and
$300. Sold on easy payments by The
Wiley B. Allen Co oorner Seventh and
Morrison Eta,
MONO the "has beens" Imported by
D. E. Dugdale In 1904 to take the
places of some of his baseball talent
believed by him Ao be playing Indif
ferently, waa Dan Lally.
At that time Lally was a Simon-pure,
dyed-in-the-wool, sure-enough "has
,heen.M but he had been one of the
greatest players In the game a few
years previous to Joining "Dug's' misfit
Portland arrfirreratlon. "Duar" evldentlv ! relatives live.
J thought he was sUU the Lally of old Coos Bay.
Brother and Sister Reunited.
MARSHFTELD. o.. Jan. 8. (Spe
cial.) After nearly 50 years' separa
tion. William H. Alender. of Eastern
Oregon, came to Coos Bay and waa
l-etti'.ued with his half-sister. Mrs. H. H.
Blake, who Uvea with her husband at
Allegany, In this county. Mr. Alender
has been In the mining district about
Baker, and decided to come to a
part of the state where some of his
Ho expects to remain on
One of the numerous growls that stir
up the National League every week or
so has been settled, and ithe principals
now are sitting back and having a
hearty laugh at the expense of the
baseball writers. The Fogel-Dooin
scrap kept the baseball public on edge
for several weeks. Now it has turned
out that the whole thing was a "frame
up." and the work of Dooin's press
agent.
For several weeks Manager Dooin
and President Fogel have been calling
each other names that would not look
well In print, or anywhere else. The
quarrel aroused country-wide atten
tion, and the odd part of it Is that
neither Dooin or Fogel were at fault.
1 ne fertile brain of the press agent
started everything. Dooin Is a Win
ter actor. He needed advertising. The
most likely thing was to start an im
aginary row with his boss. The P. A.
suggested it.
"Sure! said Doom. "Go to it. Horace
will understand."
He got busy. Within 24 hours Fogel
came back with a red-hot reply to the
press agent yarn. Then Dooin got hot,
and went back at Fogel. By that time
it got to be a real thing.
Dooin recently wrote these facts to
a friend In Philadelphia, who explained
the whole thing to Fogel. That started
the dove of peace butting in.
Veil, by golly!" said Horace.
thought that red-head was in earnest.
Vy didn't he tell me yet It was only a
press agent yarn and I'd a stood for It?
I thought he waa after my scalp."
m m
It s rather tough on the veterans,
the men who have performed nobly,
but who have passed the zenith of
their careers, to hear the never-ceas
lng cry for younger ball players. Age
must give way to youth In the National
pastime as in everything else.
Each year marks the passing of an
other coterie of aged ones who have
passed their baseball prime. The lat
est to draw the "has-been" tag is Kid
E.lDerneM, one of the hardest players
and most conscientious men who ever
graced the big leagues.
Fans nEed to wall and rave at Elber-
field. Yet they admired him. All the
world loves a fighter, a man who is
always out to win. Elberfield knew
nothing else. He thought only of vic-
ory. Never In his long career could
it be said that he did not fight to
In. no matter how great the odds
were against his team.
Elberfield made baseball history
when he was a member of the star
Infield of the New York Americans.
coached by Clark Griffith. Later he
was traded to Washington, where he
has been for the past few years. The
Id Yankee was slowing up and with
the advent of a new manager he drew
the blue slip.
Although forced to release Elber
field, Griffith's policy being to build
p a team or youngsters, the wilv ex
uincmnatian paid t-loerneid a rare
compliment when he declared that if
'Kid was ten years younger he would
trade him for no player on earth.
Speaking of "has-beens," the South
Athletic League pulled an original one
at its recent annual meeting when Its
directors passed a resolution barring
"pitchers and catchers- who have
played in ten games in higher class
leagues and In the case of other play
ers, 20 games." Men who have that
unfortunate record cannot be carried
on the payrolls of the organization.
A friend of Freddie Welsh advances
several caifses for the boxer's ordi
nary showing against Willie Ritchie at
Vernon last month. One reason why
the Englishman didn't have his cus
tomary speed and dash when he drew
a blank against the San Francisco boy
is that he tried the "water cure" to
build up his weight. Freddie found
that he couldn't move around as lively
as he used to after he consumed sev
eral gallons of water a day for a
couple of weeks.
There never was a "fall down" yet
but that excuses foolish and other
wise, were not Invented to get the
fighter out of It.
Tyus Cobb believes that Vean Gregg
is one of the leading players of the
American, eague. Cobb's selection of
the 20 best ball players in the Junior
major organization are representatives
of all the clubs excepting St. Louis.
That club comes in for honorable men
tion, however, in the person of Bobby
Wallace. Equal honors are given the
world s champions and Detroit, each
being given five men.
Here are the 20:
Walsh. Chicago; Gregg, Cleveland;
Lord, Chicago; Sullivan, Chicago; "Don
ovan, Detroit: Johnson, Washington;
Chase, New York: Lajole, Cleveland;
Crawford. Detrott; Collins. Philadel
phia; Stanage. Detroit; Jackson, Cleve
land; Milan, Washington: Speaker, Bos
ton: Bush. Detroit; Coombs, Philadel
phia; Thomas, Philadelphia: Baksr.
Philadelphia; Mlllln. Detroit.
"Should tne major leagues be fool
ish enough to do away with the foul
strike rule, as John M. Ward suggest
ed, baseball will go back 20 years,"
Is the way one prominent Eastern
basebajl writer looks upon the sug
gestion of the new president of the
Boston Nationals.
BURKHART TRIAL ON TODAY
Vancouver Policeman Charged With
Killing; Soldier.
VANCOUVER, Wash- Jan. 8. (Spe
cial.) Superior Court of Clark County,
presided over by Judge McMaster, will
convene tomorrow. The first case
called is the State of Washington
against Roy L. Burkhart, charged with
manslaughter. Burkhart shot and
killed Harry L. Lewellyn. of Company
A. First Infantry, September 20. 1911.
when he attempted to get away after
being arrested for an alleged misde
meanor. LeWellyn had his hands hand
cuffed when shot-
Burkhart will be defended by R. C.
Sugg. City Attorney; R. H. Back.
Charles W. Hall and W. E. Yates. Fred
W. Tempes. County Attorney, will be
assisted by the firm of Miller, Crass
Wilkinson, which Arm has been re
tained by the soldiers at the barracks.
Ther are nearly a doxen other crim-
afe Place
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lnal cases to he tried, the most Im
portant, perhaps, being that of the
State against W. F. Guernsey, charged
with obtaining money under false pre
tenses. After the criminal docket, civil
cases will be tried, so this session of
the court will not be over until about
February 10.
CAMPAIGN INFULL SWING
Fight for Commission Rnle at Boise
In Charge of Committee of 50.
BOISE. Idaho, Dec 8. (Special.)
The campaign for a commission form
of government for Boise has been
placed in the hands of a committee of
60 representative men in this city, to
gether with leaders among the women
voters. The Progressive League of
Boise has officially turned the fight for
the new government over the citizens.
The date set for the election is Feb
ruary 23 and for the next month some
of the most prominent speakers ad
vocating the commission plan will
be In Boise.
Irrespective of the possibility of the
commission plan going into effect in
this city the present administration la
going ahead with public improvements
and this week let a $600,000 contract
for the paving of 1$ miles of street,
in the original townsite.
Grants Pass Levy 87 Mills.
GRANTS PASS, Or., Jan. 8. (Spe
cial.) The County Court has fixed the
tax levy at 18 mills, which added to
the 10-mill city tax and 9 mills for
school purposes, gives a total levy of
87 mills. The Increase In levy is caused
by the state's levy being much higher
than last year.
Vancouver Schools Reopen.
VANCOUVER, Wash, Jan. 8. (Spe
cial.) All schools in the city reopened
today, after being closed since Decem
ber 19, on account of scarlet fever.
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Because Old Clarke Bourbon is made by
the largest distillers in tne world, Clarke Bros. &
Co., Peoria, III.
JT Because k is nude from Perfect No. 1 Cora and
small grain, using enough small grain to bring ont
the flavors of the corn. It is made in a throe cham
bered stifl, and is carefully aged in wood for at least
five years. This is the only correct method to
distill real whiskey.
f Old Clarke is bottled in bond 100 proof,
under the supervision of the U. S. Government.
The label over the cork shows it is five years old.
J Try Old Clarke Bourbon one time, ita
quality and flavor will invite you to use it
permanently.
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BLUMATJEE & HOCH,
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nounced with the New
Fear is the New Oap on
the quality beer mark
ing the passing of the
troublesome beer opener.
Quarts (1.75 per dosen:
Pints S1.90 per ease of two
dozen. Delivered everywhere.
Bottles exchanged. Phone your
dealer or g-rooer or
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