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TTTE MORXIXO OT?EOONTAT4 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1912. BROWN EXPECTS TO LAND AT Owner of Vancouver Baseball Club Expresses Confi dence in Result. PORTLAND BALL PARK SEEN British Columbia Magnate Eipi Admiration for r Grandstand and Takes Xolt tor One lis Intend to Build. BT KOSCOE rAWCTTT. Robert r. Brown, wearer of the gonfalon grin, magnate and man of affairs, waa in Portland yesterday for a aqalnt at the Daw ball park. Brown twin tha Vancouver Club, In tha Northwestern Latfii. and waa an routa acroaa tha th parallel from Iong- Beach. CaL. where ha worked tha "bit and run" and "squeeae" play on aand fleaa Innumerable during th past Winter. "My, what a awell layout you haTe!" ejaculated tha moulder of the buddLnn athletes, aa be frased enraptured otter the aceae of bulldtna- oporatlona at Recreation Park. Brown flmires on erecting a model park himself next Kali In tha British Columbia metrop olis, so he Inspected every detail. Old Tlsm Recalled. By a rather peculiar coincidence the Vancouver mojrul played his first frame of ball on the Pacific Coast with the Portland team. 11 years ajro, and tha srandntand recently torn down was then In about the same unfinished ha;v the present plant Is In. Brown ay he never will forpret that first 1t in Portland, lie and Joe Tinker drifted la together from the Helena Club, of the Montana Slate League, on the ruins of which tha Northwestern Iviu bad Its berth that season. "Jerk Grim was runnlnr the club, end he tried to stick us T6 cents for or locker keys." said the ruddy-haired boss. "Joe and I Immediately resolved ourselves Into a walking delegation and went on strike. Of course wa won out. No mixleni shower-bath appli ances then. A hose attached to a cold water faucet did the work, and the men bad to stand In the corner and take the ablution through the nozsle." Between "eyesful" Brown found time to say that he bellevee Vancouver will acaln ramp In close proximity to the Class B pennant, but that Spokane, heat tie and Portland all look like ftrong rontendera lila team prao-tt.-aliy will be Intact from 1911. Blinker will ba missing from the outfield, but Brown's agreement with the Philadel phia Nationals calls for Dode'a return, thould ha fall by tha wayside, Jimmy Harrison, bought by Pittsburg, has been turned over to Evansvllle. in the Central League. Klppert la tha chief addition. Waiver BaaJaewa Placaaaed. The visitor laughed when asked the whyfor of Ma recent request for nearly a dosen waivers on such men as Kmll Frlik. Ell Catea. Charley K wain, "Lefty" Oervala and others. He T-olnted out that ha didn't have to let any of them go, even If tha waivers were caught up by any team, but he rouldn't get It through his cranium why Victoria hadn't even offered tha :t0 waiver price for Frlek. Oatea and others In tha batch. , Last Spring Brown asked waivers on George EngeL kept him. though no clubs refused, and than George came through and proved tha most con ilstent pitcher In tha league l think my club will ba stronger than in 111." aald Brown, answering a query by President McCredle. of the Portland club. "1 have picked op a oung outfielder named Demagglo, from Loa Angeles, whom I look to make s ood, and then I have Ed Klppert. for merly of Spokane, purchased from Philadelphia. Klpeert la Praised. "To my mind Klppert la tha greatest all-around garden romper ever turned out by the Northwestern League, with the possible exception of Vincent .'ampbell. of tha Aberdeens. traded last week by Pittsburg to Boston for Mike ronl!n- He doesn't hit like Ham Hyatt, but Is a swell player. Cohn. of Spokane, asserts I worked a smooth t-l.-k tn getting him. but he has no kick coming. Ha sold him to the ma tors and then I bought him. He must have been satisfied with the deal or ha wouldn't have let hlra go." After hoofing down the outfleld for Portland tn HOI. Brown organised a league in Eastern Oregon and finally wound up at Aberdeen aa boss of tha "Biack Cats." In three years with the Grays Ha r bo rites ha finished second, first and third, then went to Spokane and finished second, copping the bunt ing last season. First Gassea Data Set. Walter McCredle. of the Beavers, an nounced last night that the first game on- the 1511 Spring training schedule would be played Sunday, March 10, at Santa Maria, against tha Santa Maria club. Walter received a letter from Frank Jensee. one of the California boosters. In which Jensee warned him to beware of a young hurler now doing mound duty for tha Marians. In a game played tha day tha epistle passed the censorship of the pretty sten ozrspher this young phenom struck out 15 men. allowed two bits and won his game by a score of 4 to S. Manager McCredle likewise received a communication from hla St. Paul pitching addition. Harry Stelger. "I am well pleased with the transfer to Portland and am confident of hav ing a good season." penned tha ax Aroerlcan southpaw from Detroit. Vf-h, where ba la familiarly known as "Helnle-V M array Secead Catcher. Tommy Murray. Portland backstop traded to St. Paul for Stelger, again will have to ba satisfied with a second catchershlp. for, according to St. Paul papers, Kelley la angling for "one tried and true man who can do the thinking fr the club and steady down young pitchers." to quota the Pioneer Press I'lspatch. Keller haa three men on Ms receiving staSf already Murray, a Virginia League youngster named Block and Tragrassor, another raw re cruit. Murray seems go have tough lurk In hla efforts to land a first catcher's berth. -The short-gatted gent thought his pathway cleared last season when Klsher went to Cleveland, but the sen sational upsprlnglng of "Red" Kuhn. t'.e Fresno cardinal top. put Murray In the eclipse again. Callahan la Off for Warn. riUCAOO. Feb. 13. Manager Calla han, of the Chicago Americans, depart ed today for Waco. Tex., accompanied by Pitchers Bens and Mogrldge. Within a week other members of the club will leave, aboard a special train, for tha club a new training camp In Texas. J I ST. PAUL BOXES IS RAPIDLY ASSERTING CLAIMS TO WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP. i I n v MIKE MATCH STILL GOES Abe Attell Will Meet Tommy Murphy as Scheduled. PROMOTER STANDING PAT K-Feather weight Champion Holler ing That lie Got Worst of De cision at Vernon Harbored Fear Coffroth Might Pike. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. I J. (Spe cial.) Jimmy Coffroth stands pat on tha Abe Attell-Harletn Tommy Murpny 10-round match for Saturday afternoon, March . Abe. bereft of hla title by tha Ter- dlct In the South, but still possessed of a good pair of lungs, haa atarted the bad decision controversy. Alien al leges that there are "reasonable grounds for doubt" as to tha action of Heferee Charlie Eyton, and he la backed by no less a person than James J. Jeff ries, who avers that the very worat Abe should have had waa a draw. It Is all water on the wheel of tha aunshlna promoter, who has wired At tell that tha bout still goes ana to hurry back to San Francisco as soon as possible. , That Abe was In some doubt as to whether Coffroth proposed to use him. In view of the defeat at Vernon, la evidenced by a dispatch to Coffroth urging that tha Murphy match ba not called off. Unquestionably ha went still further, for there la no doubt but that it was at hla request Jeffries penned the wire to Coffroth also urg ing that Attell be given the chance to rehabilitate himself. '! am willing to go through." said Coffroth, "as I said even before these telerrama came and sow lt'a up to Jim Buckley" "l our re tha promoter, aald Mur phy's manager, and the match was clinched once more. SPOKAXE HAS W.VE HOLDOUT Thornton Can Stay In California, Sara Cohn, If He Desires. SPOKANE. Wash, Feb. S3. (Spe cial.) Spokane dropped In line with many of tha other clubs In tha country today, when President Cohn found that a holdout was on the Indians list. Thornton, the first sacker secured from the Coast league. Is the one who Is not willing to sign the contract offered him by Cohn. Thornton has let Cohn know that he will not sign the contract of fered him, and asked for more money and a new paper. Cohn notified tha Callfornlan that unless ha was willing to algn for tha figure named In the original contract that ba could stay In California. Cohn haa secured Gulsto from Oak land to play tha first sack for the In diana thla year. Gulsto la a college boy from California.. Cohn arrived home from Walla Walla thta morning, where he closed all ne gotiations for the Spring training sea son In the Garden City. Cohn closed with Waltaburg for the first training game, which Is to be plsyed March 12. KJLBA-Xn THKOVGH WITH ABE New Champion Saya He'll Not Give Attell Another Chance. LOS ANGELES. CaL, Feb. iJ. With his left eye discolored from tha ef fects of the 'goat tactics of Abe Attell at Vernon yesterday. Johnny Kllbsne. the new featherweight champion, ap peared downtown today. The cut In flicted by the conquered champion in the liith ronnd was the only mark tha Cleveland fighter received In tha bat tle yesterday. "Attell says ha wants another chance: will you give It to him?" Kllbane waa asked. "I don't think he deserves It. the new champion answered, "after the foul way he fought yesteiay. Besides, the public knows Attell would stand no chance with me. and that would hurt the gate." Promoter Tom McCarey, taking his I' - -, ' 2 t - i 7 GIBBOMI. cue from the remarks of Kllbane, de clared that there was little likelihood of Attell entering tha Vernon ring again. Kllbane haa accepted a theatrical en gagement and has changed his plans of soon going home to Cleveland. He said today he would remain on the Coast for some time and rest. The two negroes who were wounded yesterday by bullets from policemen's pistols during the rush on the Vernon gate, were reported today to be In no -danger. No arrests have been made. NORTHWEST TRACK MEN FAST F. E. Allen, or Eugene, and Two Seattle Athletes Run for South. UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. Char lottesville, Feb. 23. (Special.) Five of the 21 track athletes making the Vir ginia team that won the opening Inter collegiate Indoor meet at Washington, February 24 and March t, respectively, are men from the Paciflo Northwest. These are Philip Holcomb. of Seattle, In the relay and sprints; H. Cochran, of Seattle, in tha polevault and high Jump; F. S. Allen, of Eugene, Or., In the mile and two mile; Walters of Denver, in the aprlnta and high Jump, and Toole of Missoula, Mont., In the relay and aprlnta Another prominent athlete from Se attle la "Bob" Ulli. who la playing on the basketball team, now holding the championship of tba South Atlantic slates, and aervlng as its assistant manager. Gill is also a track man and will resume his place on the team at the close of the basketball season. Cochran and Allen have taken prom Inent parts In wrestling during the Winter, both having won the prelim inaries In deciding the college cham pionships In their respective weights. In tha final matches, however, held February 17, both lost the enviable UUea tn the third fall. 8 00-YARD RCV RECORD MADE John O. Miller, Olympic Club, Does It In 1:18 Minntes. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 2$. John O. Miller, of the Snn Francisco Olymplo Club, broke the Pacific Coast record for the tOO-yard run at the Indoor athletls meet held here tonight. His time was one minute IS seconds. Elliott P. Craig, also of the Olympic Club, waa second. Tonight's receipts will be used to help defray the expenses of the Ameri can team at the Olympic games in Stockholm next June. Miller is be lieved to be almost certain of obtain ing a place on the American team. The record lowered by Miller had been held bv Andy Glarner, of San Francisco, with 1:68. A new Indoor record for the 75-yard low hurdles was established by Smith son of Los Angeles. The time waa 1-6 seconds, tba world's outdoor record for tha distance. Brief Sporting Notes. Bralley Glsh, famous Washington sprinter, is coaching the track team at Georgetown University. Replying to a charge made by St. Louis, baseball heads that Class AA moguls had decreed a limit of 1750 on purchased players, an Eastern writer asks If this might not be only a local condition. Few of the St. Louis regu lars are worth much In excess of that figure. " A Japanese pitcher haa been recom mended to Nick Williams, now in San Francisco, and the Portland Northwest ern manager Is looking him up. Robert Brown, of the Vancouver club, conferred with President Fielder Jones, of tha Northwestern League, yesterday over transportation matters. The expense of moving from city to city la pro rated amongst the clubs. Neblnger, lnflelder last season with Sacramento. Portland, and then Oak land, has been sold by Manager Sharps to tha Troy club of tba New York State League. Neblnger was with the Bos ton Red Sox last Spring. President Dugdale. of the Seattle club, has notliied Catcher Danny Shea to try to make a trade for himself, and Danny is trying to land with the Sioux City bunch In the Western League. Jack King won close to SI 50 taking the short end of the Attell-KUbane boxing match In Los Angeles. At the Columbus Club smoker on Thursday night. Walter McCredle, one of the Judges, was Introduced by An nouncer Shocklry as "Manager of the champion Beavera of 110. 1911 and 11J-" GIBBOUS iOCS OUT WILLIE LEWIS St. Paul Lad Drops Opponent in Second of Scheduled Jen-Round Bout. NEW YORKER IN BAD WAY Loser Xearly Goes Out In First and Is Wobbly When Minnesota Welterweight Rains Punches That Put End to Match. NEW YORK. Feb. 23. Mike Gibbons, of Ft. Paul, knocked ouT Willie Lewis, of New Tork, In the second round of a scheduled ten-round bout here tonight. It was the St. Paul welterweight's sec ond defeat of Lewis within two months. Tha knockout blow was a. right to the chin, administered when Lewis was wobbly from previous punishment. Gibbons In the first round sent four rights and four lefts to Lewis' head, staggering him. Lewis fought wildly, but his opponent ducked and blocked his blows. Lewis then landed two good rights to Gibbons' face, but a right to the Jaw In return dropped him to the -mat for the count of nine. Just as he arose, the bell rang. Lewis came up weak In the second, and Gibbons let go a tornado of rights and lefts, staggering the New Yorker. A short left and a hard right to the chin decided the battle. WHITE HOPE" FATALLY HCKT Willis Elder, of Kan Diego, Injured In Auto Accident. SAN DIEGO. CaL. Feb. 23. Willis E. Elder, a "white hope." who Is being backed by G. M. Anderson, a million aire movlng-plcture operator. Is be lieved to be fatally Injured as the re sult of an automobile accident near Oceanside late today. Fred Bogan, Elder's trainer, and P. T. Rooney. who were in the car at the time, also were injured. The Injured were brought here on a train and are now In a hospital. Physicians in at tendance say they cannot determine yet whether Elder will recover. The lnjurea man cannot talk and.it ennnnt ho learned whether their auto- I mobile overturned or waa struck by a train. The crowd waa en route from Los Angeles. CHAMPION FINKE WINNING Harold McCormlck, of Chicago, De feated In Racquet Play. B08TON, Feb. 23. By winning his morning match with H. F. McCormlck. of Chicago, today, Reginald Flnke, of New York, the present champion, will defend his title In the final round of the National racquet championship. Mc Cormlck gave Flnke a hard battle, but tha champion's steadiness and brilliant playing gave him the victory, three games to one. tha scores being 15-12, 6-15. 15-, 17-14. In the other match of tha aeml-flnal J. Gordon Douglas, of New York, de feated G. A. Thorne, of Chicago, in straight games, 18-13, 15-S. 15-4. Flnke and Douglas will play for the championship tomorrow. DEATH FOLLOWS PRIZEFIGHT Blood Clots on Brain Fatal to Joe Ketchel, of Chicago. CHICAGO, Feb. 23 Joe Ketchel. the prizefighter who collapsed after a re cent bout with Billy Walters at the United States Naval Training School near Waukegan. died today. Walters was arrested pending Investigation by the Coroner. Ketchel. whose real name was Kara arowskU owed hla death to three blood clota on his brain. They resulted from a ruptured artery. According to Naval Surgeon Fields, Ketchel did not receive the Injury during the bout at the train ing school, as the clots apparently had been In existence previously. It Is said Ketchel was knocked out by a severe blow on the temple In the fight with Mike Mahoney at Appleton, Wis., six weeks agu. KXACS MATCHED WITn DILLON Conqueror of Petroskcy Bothered by Recently Infected Hand. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 23. Frank l Tlltt.).... nMill.ar.lffft whn defeated "Satlor" Petroskey In a on- sidea contest nere ycnii-niaj , um uccm maicnea u y i luiuin v Jack Dillon, of Indianapolis next montn, mouga i na cim l uai.c u been fixed. The defeat of Abe Attell by Johnny Kllbane In Los Angeles yesterday will nai lnicricia " " " . . . .... Tommy Murphy bout here on March 9, Cotrrotn. saia. Klaus Is displaying a swollen right hand today as his excuse for not mak ing a short fight of It yesterday. The hand was recently affected by blood poisoning and became extremely tender during the fight. HAYWARD TREATS . DEBATERS Oregon Athletic Trainer Pnts Man In Shape to Meet Utah. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene. Feb. 23. (Special.) "This is tha first time In my life that I have ever treat ed a 'varsity debater for 'charley horse' In preparing for an Intercollegiate en counter," remarked Trainer William L. Hayward today, as ho wrapped rubber bandages tightly around the Injured knee of Peter C Croekatt. colleague on the university debating team that la to argue "The Judicial Recall" against a team from the University of Utah to night. While In the gymnasium one after noon last week Croekatt sustained an accident to his knee which later devel oped Into water-on-the-kneo. MURPHY ADVOCATES CHANGE Cub Magnate Wonld Keep Veterans Home and Send Recruits Away. CHICAGO, Feb. 23. President C. W. Murphy, of the Chicago National Base ball Club, says that In the future he will advocate a general change In the Soring training methods. He says he believes It would be better for the vet erans of the teams to do their prelim inary work at home, and send only recruits to southern tranlng fields. In this way, be says, tha managers I could pick the "gems," whereas, ac cording to present methods, they oft entimes are overlooked because of the training fields being overrun with tal-1 ant. , SPOKANE TEAS! IS IN LEAD Gilroy and Garner Make High Score at Howling Congress. LOS ANGELES. Feb. S3. H. Gilroy and E. Garner, of Spokane, Wash, to night took the lead In the men's dou bles at the Western Bowling Congress by rolling 1184. displacing Shave and Thorpe, of San Francisco, who had held the lead with 1173. Today's scores: Men's doubles Gllroj- and Garner, Spo kane. 11S4; Taylor and Ballard. Los Angeles. 1171; Young and Alonzo, Los Angeles, 1118; Seaman and Tripp. Spokane, 10S: Tate and Nye. Vancouver, 104; Piatt and Werta, Los Angeles. 1084; Hawkins and Shaffer. Los Angeles, 1079; McFarland and Hodge. Van couver, 1072; Shaffer and Sciple. Los An geles. 1009: Henlng and Thotnpkina. Los Angeles. 1046: Qoyette and Bunn, Los An geles, 1040: Blrnle and Carson, Calgary. 1'Klrt; Van Dvks and Meyer. Ppokane. 1031: McC'ord and Howard, Los Angeles. 1020: Gil man and Jenkins. Los Angeles. 1O20: Bowser and Patrick. Calgary, 1O20: Schachtmayer and Raymond, Portland, 1019; Lockhart and Orant, Vancouver, 1017; McDonald and Mc Kay, Portland, 1011; Sweeney and Campbell, Vancouver, 1000: Harvey and Redeker, Van couver, H49; Osterhandt and Ball. Port land, 057: Hennlng and Brown, Calgary, 843; Burton and McMillan, Los Angeles, 874. Men's singles C. Meiers. Los Angeles, 603; F. Raymond. Portland. 5S0: H. Lockhart, Vancouver, r.72; U. Carson, Calgary. 671: B. Garner, Spokane, B5.1; Bowser. Calgary. 54S; C. Roop, Loa Angeles, 548; G. Meyer, Los Angeles, 546; H. Harvey, Vancouver. 545; A. Grant. Vancouver, 64-4; L. Tripp. Spokane, 643: K. Campbell, Vancouver. MO; A. Pat rick. Calgary. 630: B. McFarland. Vancouver, 537; C- Seaman. Spokane, 629; C. Ball. Port land. 628: J. Glrnle, Calgary, 623: J. Mc Donald, Portland. 623: C Meyers. Loa An geles, SIT; R. E. Decker, Vancouver, 618: r . , . 1 HI.:- l.n.l.n... K11 Sweeney, Vancouver, 607; Foreman. Los Angeles. 46; J. Ksne, l.os Angeles. 491: H. Gilroy. Spokane, 48: Osterhandt, Portland. 47S; M. Holge, Vancouver. 473; W. Tate, Vancouver, 4i9; W. Stormer. Los Angeles, 444. PACIFIC TO ARRANGE MEET High and Grammar Schools In Wash ington County to Compete. PACIFIC UNIVERSITY. Forest Grove, Or Feb. 23. (Special.) A new fea ture in athletic circles at Pacific Uni versity will be introduced April 7, when the high schools and grammar grades of the county will be repre sented at a Washington County track meet to be held under the direction of the athletic committee of Pacific b Last year a county meet was held here and proved such an attraction tnat at a recent meeting of the professors of the various county schools it was dlcided to give the affair annually. The Pacific University cinder path is the best place in the county for such a meet. Gold and silver medals will be awarded to the winners of first and second places, respectively, in each event. A silver cup will also be glyen to the school team winning the highest number of points, as well as a pennant for the winning relay team. The high school events will be: 60 yard dash, 100-yard dash, 220-yard dash, 880-yard run, mile run, snot put, low hurdles, discus, pole vault, high Jump, broad Jump and 440-yard dash. The grammar school events will be: High Jump, broad Jump, 60-yard dash and 100-yard dash. The schools to be represented are: Hillsboro, DUley, Gas ton, Cornelius. Banks, Centerville and Forest Grove. SIX-TEAM LEAGUE PROBABLE Aberdeen and Olympia Will Join Washington State Organization. CENTRALIA, Wash.. Feb. 23. (Spe cial.) The ' committee appointed to make a canvass of the principal cities in Southwest Washington relative to making a six-team circuit of the State League returned to Centralia last night. I The committee reported It prac. tlcally assured that Aberdeen and Olympia will have teams in the league. At a meeting to be held In Centralia next week, two other cities probably will be admitted. Preparations for starting the season have almost been completed. Centralia merchants having subscribed sufficient money to support the team. A letter was received to day from Phil Nadeau. the Centralia outfielder Injured last year, asking for a berth as umpire in the reorganized State League. Amateur Athletics. Hood River High School basketball team was defeated yesterday afternoon at tha Jefferson High gymnasium, 30 to 15, by Jefferson High. The latter team started the game with practically Its second lineup, but when the total was only 12 to 10 at the end of the first half the regular team was put In the field. The Holladay Club,, which has Just passed Its third successful season, this Spring will have a baseball team. Al though the teams It has turned out shone on the football field, baseball has been neglected. A meeting was held last night at which the style of suits was adopted. a James Campion, pitcher and first baseman on the Jefferson High base ball team of 1911. was unanimously elected captain for the season 1912. George Keep, the man chosen for this position last Spring, graduated from school and did not return for a post graduate course as was expected. Cam pion Is a good leader, and a good base ball player. Pacific Gives Up Baseball. PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, Forest Grove, Or., Feb. 23. (Special.) As a result of a student body meeting today it was decided that baseball could not be sup ported on an equal footing with track sports. Efforts will be concentrated on track work, but there will ba no Intercollegiate- baseball. Baseball was given a trial here last year and though a first-class team was put out and con siderable Interest backed the sport, a deficit waa Incurred. Fterrln New Football Captain. PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, Forest Grove, Or.. Feb. 23. (Special.) Holman B. Ferrln has been elected captain of the football squad of Pacific University for the coming year. Earl L. House has been chosen football manager for 1912-13. Both men are Juniors, and prominent in school circles. Ferrin Is the son of President Ferrln. He is a leader in athletics. He Is also captain of the track team for the season Just opening. - Pendleton 2 7, La Grande 19. LA GRANDE, Or., Feb. 23. (Special.) Pendleton High defeated La Grande tonight at basketball. 27 to 19. The contest was sensational and brilliant with long-shot baskets and team work. La Grande led in the latter department, and tha visitors in the former. OhehalU Defeats) Aberdeen. CHEHALI9, Wash, Feb. 23. (Spe cial.) Chehalis High School basketball team defeated Aberdeen here by a score of 27 to 14. Chehalis has won a ma jority of Its games this season, having established a new record for athletics the past season. Corbett and II ta to Box. DETROIT, Feb. 23 Bob Fitzslm- rnons and James Corbett probably will best." V . Cordially Invites Your INSPECTION of advance Spring displays in fine imported and domestic W tJS. All patterns as SEE WINDOW DISPLAY WE SPECIALIZE IN FINE MADE - TO - ORDER SHIRTS face each other tonight in a padded ring. The two former heavyweight champions, both playing at local the aters this week, are expected to box two rounds as the headline feature of a benefit card for Dave Rollo, at Wind sor, Ont. Rollo. a former Detroit pu gilist, is seriously 111 In Colorado. Cottage Grove to Play Dallas. COTTAGE GROVE. Or., Feb! 23. (Special.) The last basketball game that the local high school team will play at homo this season will take place Saturday evening, when the Dal las High School team will be here. FRANCHISE MEETING SET COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER CAR GRANTS MARCH 4. Prompt Opening of East Glisan and East Seventeenth Streets Asked by Delegations. Franchises for the Portland, Light & Power Company may be acted upon by the street committee of the City Coun cil at 9:30 A. M., March 4, one week from next Monday, when a special meeting will be held to adjust condi tions with regard to the proposed open ing of East Glisan and East Seven teenth streets. If City Attorney Grant can present his views of the proposed franchises that soon, the committee will act. F. L Fuller, vice-president of the company, appeared before the commit tee yesterday afternoon and asked to have minor amendments inserted in some of the franchises, and the com mittee decided to try and get through with the entire subject at the special meeting named. , A great deal of interest centers in the proposed opening of the two streets named and large delegations were present from both sections at the meet ing yesterday afternoon. The largest number attended from Sellwood and adjacent territory, relative to the pro posed opening of East Seventeenth street from Insley avenue to the Ladd tract. A. N. Wills, ex-Councilman, was pres ent with a committee of 15 from the Sellwood 'Board of Trade to protest against any delay with regard to the opening of East Seventeenth street. He said he introduced the resolution when in the Council four years ago; that four sets' of viewers have been over the ground and submitted their reports and that there is no use in discharging the present set and employing a new one. He suggested that a special meeting be called, at which both sides could be heard and an effort made to eliminate the objections of those who are remon strating against the proposed assess ments. This suggestion was acted upon. . OUTLOOK IN CHINA DARK Importer and Exporter of Lumber Says Business Will Be Dull. "The business outlook In China is not bright and may not be for several years," said Emll Schulze, managing director of the China Import & Export Lumber Company, of Shanghai, and of the firm of King & Schulze, of Hoko date, at the Multnomah Hotel. 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