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THE MORNING OEEGOXUX. FRIDAY. JANUARY 31, 191' M'GREDIE- THINKS OAKS CANT REPEAT Mitze Believed to Have Done Little to Strengthen Team, ' Never Rated High. HI WEST SIGNS CONTRACT Big Toledo Pitcher. With Fine Bee ord for Seven Years, Satisfied With Beaver Terms Makeup of Staff Especially Good. BT ROPCOE rAWCOT. VP around the northern swing of the raciflo Coast circuit the impression is gaining ground that the Oakland champions of 1912 will not repeat this i-ear W. W. McCredle. president of ihe Portland club and a pretty fair prognosticates doe. not hlnk champs will finish above third, while numerous other experts agree with him and express the view that they were "lucky" pennant winners last season. , . Waller McCredle. manager of the Beavera and a three-time pennant winner, declares Oakland will saol miss the services of Bud Sharpe. who managed them to their only pennant in history. He Is one of those who are scratching their bald pates otiiaaically and wondering how the Oaks copped the bunting at all. "I can t understand It." Insists Wal ler "In real strength both Vernon and Los Angeles had them shaded. They're still pretty strong, but will sadly miss Bud Sharpe at the flrst sack Fatterson In the-outfield, too. was a better man than Schirm. se cured from Buffalo. Further. I don t expect to see Hetllng have another year as good as 1913 as long as he is in baseball." The bO-calW experts along the sport Klalto figure that the Oak wir,rV went away over their beads in 11S. Thev cite the fact that Malarkey and Klllilav were both released by Inter national League teams, only to come out here and bum up the circuit. Par kin Is another who is not expected to come through in 1913 fashion. Manager Mltxo will bo managing his first hall club and. while the same was true of Sharpe in 112. Buddy had more experience to bark up his movements and. perhaps, a more incisive tempera-nirn- One odd feature of the coming campaign is that Mlue will have aligned against him his old boss. Har rv Wolverton. at Sacramento. Wolver ton has always been sweet on Mitae and tried to get him back at New York with him when Sweeny held out last Spring. No new pitchers have been tacked to the roster by Mitie since taking the reins- Apparently he is content to start the year with the new man. Schirm. in the outfield. Ness, a New Bedford. B league recruit, for ftrst and another B leaguer. Becker, secured from Portsmouth, for outfield duty. III West, the ex-Toledo and Cleve land pitcher, returned his signed 1913 lontract to Portland yesterday, emi nently satisfied with the terms. He is Wintering at Toledo and he and his wife will leave within a few days for Los Angeles. The big fellow stands six feet in his socks and has been in Cleveland's pos session since 1905 and. as he has had several trials in the American League, evidently they rate him almost up to major standards. He Is said to be one of the most gentlemanly ballplay ers In the business. Hi Is 27 years old. Last year he won nine and lost six at Toledo and. when traded to Nash ville for Walker, won seven and lost three, giving him a season's mark of 16 wins and nine defeats. ' The complete statistical story of McCredles 1913 pitching staff makes Interesting reading. It shows that he has a pitching corps much more for midable than most fans realize. The figures speak volumes: W. U P C. S O. B.B. W.P. It. Illgxlnbot'm 1U II .613 135 73 13 131 ll.Kerman ..I 1" 15 145 12 JT West 1 Jame. 17 13 .5B7 112 3 ! Krapp 2 .2 2- J' ?..n :::.:i2 it .522 m s S : an 1 ey 13 . .-- - - - Ilynes 19 -T04 12S 42 ' The Oakland management Is getting a touch of the championship spirit that raised so much trouble between rtapps and the Portland management. Bert Coy. rlghtfield southpaw. Is a holdout In Los Angeles. He admits that the Oaks raised his salary, but wants more. The McCredles experienced great dif ficulty in swinging their athletes into line last year, after two pennants, but the documents are rolling in as freely as bills around the flrst of the month tnl Winter. Mlque Fisher, former Tacoma and Sacramento Coast manager, came up from California on the same train with Tom Tracey the other night. The Australian caught him in a reminiscent mood. although ordinarily Mique doesn't like to talk about money. It is Just as easy to touch him for a fiver as It Is to calk the seams of an ocean liner with hot butter and a shoe maker's awl. Til never forget the Oriental trip I ftnanced a few years ago," confided the genial Mlque, who. If there is anything In a name, should have, dropped the "que" portion long ago. "I had Nick Williams. Hlldebrand. Jack Bliss and all that bunch of ball stars. In one game we played at Canton we had 150.000 people Inside, and. as the gateman had been Instructed to accept Chinese money, it required the combined efforts of the entire team to IMe the money up to the hotel. A spe cial staff of accountants was busy all night totaling it up and in the morn ing we discovered that we had $46.15." That's the same game Hlldebrand teils about. Hildy tried to make away with 15 cents to buy a beer for a Japanese geisha girl, hut found he couldn't carry It. W. W. McCredle is figuring on importing chink money to be used as season passes this year. Skating Hurdle Record Broken. SAKANAC LAKE. N. T- Jan. SO. In the international amateur champion ships skated here today Edmund Hor ton. of Saranae Lake, set a world's record in the 120-yard hurdle event of S3 i-i seconds. Robert McLean, of Chicago, retained his title of champion In the mile ami two-mile events. A feature of the carnival programme to day was an exhibition Jump over 12 barrels, a distance of 25 feet. 7 inches. Ijy Howard Lamy. professional cham pion Jumper. Snix Itlfleiiien to Compete. WASHINGTON. Jan. 30. Switzerland will send a rifle team to the interna- . -. Dami ft In TlOnai miKDCS 1 VBUif . . - September, notwithstanding a report to . . . "'v... .-. Rifle An. inivrfl iwii ' i me- .. .. ....... rociation of America. Word also has been receiver tnai rrme -team. Owing to the fact that Canada's .inles for its local matches will con flict with the International contests, that country will not compete for the NEW OAKLAND MANAGER WHO WILL HAVE HAEJ) TIME . MOLDING CHAMPIONS INTO COAST REPEATERS IN 1913. I K . S 4 HOM'9 MIT7.K. SHERIFF IS ELUDED Cockfights Staged in Gresham Barn at Early Dawn. 100 SPORTS SEE BATTLES Policemen Trail Party to City Wmlts Where Jurisdiction Ends Van couver Fowls. Imported From Philippines, Win Money. n-i.i. !. tiri riairmed firmly down on boxing, wrestling and other forms - .,i.i.ti. ratinn. cock-f Ishting, Ui ttllllcuv ' w ' a popular sport of several decades ago, was revived by Vancouver iu am fans early last Sunday morning, a group of nearly 100 sports "slipping one over" on Sheriff Word and his dep uties by staging a series of rooster scraps In a Gresham barn. s . i. n ,.io r. a nf the consplr- ators Gresham. and not a spot within the Portlana city ui". as tho scene of the fowl battles. In the early hours of Sunday morning a policeman ran across on. i r . . . ...tnmAh ps in tne Snr;:rn parTVf the city. Curious ... VAh fi -was in that to leam wuj -" , section at such an early - hour; Mr. Cop approached me tov.iii"s query: "Where are you going Thirty-five volcea answered: 10 a basketball game at Gresham." But two unruly cocks, tired of con finement "butted" Into the con'f"4- HOU Willi Ing on a noisy "talkfest" in an un- p v aia t liiarnm- known tongue, to flture of the "basketball fans Convinced that no basketball game was on the schedule of the 35, two mo torcycle police escorted the auto to the city limits, where their Jurisdic tion ended. lanterns, imiiwui.. . fierce fighting and heavy betting fea tured the eariy-morninB jjh. . . - ...oi.oH winninsr sev- Wlta inu , .n.u - eral hundred dollars on champions ... . 1 lmnnPA f TdTTl the Sulci to nave uctru ,..ih'-'- - - Philippines by soldiers now quartered at Vancouver Barracks. lowing the Oregon state championship tourney. Portland made a better offer for the Coast blue rock feature and several members of the Interstate Association, the hodv which governs the sectional shoots, promised that this city should have tre affair In 1913. A switch in delegates shifted the shoot to Sacra mento, hut in recognition of Portland's offer the tournament committee voted to help finance a special shoot in this city , President Culllson and the officers of the Portland Gun Club have made no plans for the July shoot, but it will be open to blue rock enthusiasts from all parts of the country, with big cash prizes. The date will not conflict with tho Sacramento shoot, which will mean that many of tho scatter-gun cracks will enter both events. Portland lost the 1913 Pacific Coast handicap because of the $2000 cash guarantee for prizes, according to ad vices from the Kast. The offer was l JIG mOKl Biirduinn ' ' ' shoot on the Coast, but many members objected to the establishing of such a high-priced precedent, fearing that fu ture meets might suffer In comparison. LINCOLN ELEVEN BEATEN JEFTERSOX SOCCER TEAM PLAYS SUPERB BALL. CHUFF TO JOIN COLT EX-BKAVER PITCHER SAYS HIS ARM IS IX GOOD SUATE. Xick Williams Arranges Exhibition Game With Weonas for April 13, Before Start of Season. . . -ur -a nitched for the fcrnrsi mi.... ' - i Aaw..x thmA or four sea- sons ago. will get a tryout with i Nick Williams- toils ni --- not accompany the boya to Spring training camp, but wlU work his arm Into shape at nia nomo . i -y reporting when the Colts come north for tho opening of the campaign. Callff waa a decidedly promising . . . a when he was With rigni-nii i " . McCredle. but became disgruntled and went to Aberdeen. He no sooner land. ed In the ortnwestern n"B" w-.. than he injured his arm and was re leased. He went to Fresno, oi inn California outlaw wwut, " able to pitch and droppped out of league ball. "Callff tells me mat nis arm i m .hun now and that he wants a chance to 'come back."' reports Man ager Nick. He won t go wnn u i the training camp, oui win icui v ..t w u. - miirhtv ffood Ditcher once and is still a young chap, so may make a valuable member of the ataff." I. .n-anowl u t" a m A U i I 'l 1 1 llllttUlB iiua ' the Weonas for the initial appearance Ot tS l . U 1 1 3 H l .ubiiii- " . park on April 13. The squad will atop in Fortland for that Sunday and then go to Spokane for the opening of the season. Jess Garrett, last year's Pendetlon manager, will be on the mound for the Weonas In me exniDiuun 0.1113, mm a number of Pendleton players in the lineup. SPECIAIj SHOOT TO BE STAGED Interstate Association of Gun Clubs to Aid Big Meet in Porttand. Although Portland is not to be the scene of the Pacific Coast handicap trap shoot next Summer, the Interstate As sociation awarding the shoot to Sacra mento, a big special shoot, financed oy the association, is scheduled for the Kenton traps in July. Immediately 101 Kenin, Burgard, Kyle and Glbbs Are Stars for East Side Squad, lasers Without Best . Player. Sunerh textn work bv the Jefferson rrio-H Kohnni soccer football team brought an easy 4-to-0 victory over the Lincoln High eleven yesterday after noon on the Jefferson field. The Jef ferson victory places the team at the rnn r.t th. inniriip. with three points, and the Washington aggregation sec ond, with two points. The East Side team started off with a rush and after five minutes, of plav irnin .TefTerson's Inside left forward. shot the ball In front of Lincoln's goal to Gibbs, playing Inside right lorwaro, and a quick kick by the latter gave the Jefferson team its flrst point. Kyle scored the next point with ease and In the last half of tho game, when tne ti 1 . a tinrvtee flfl-ht. he scored the only goal made in the half. Burgard played a great game 101 Jefferson team ami he. also scored a 1 .nj Piiscallnt for the gUAI. ' ' " -. "l -- - " . i -. , . . ... clmn-Ml un well. T . t tl - coin played without tne services 01 us star goalkeeper, Pauley, ine lineup.. t t .1. Tnff.r.nn miiii'ii'i ' Farley Goal Curry Crf,r RB Brosy Rlelev LB lessen ..-11... If 11 1; R V Vnunr Vounc V.C nil.;! De I"Hns! Steelo i.bHP JJaiiey Goodwin OBK Murphy . 1 n k . . r:ihbn 11 1 ' I . I 1 ......................... - . i' v . nnrsard l.lnklator".'.".'.'.".'.".'i i.F.V K'".!n Boelimer " ' Tlm of halves. 45 minutes: referee, B1I-Hncton. CXBS TO BE PUT OX HOXOR Murphy Says Players AVill Xot Be Permitted to Drink. :m..mi , Jan- ....... . .. Chicago National League club will be put on tnetr nonor not to un uui.i.s the coming season. President Charles .1- 11 1. ..tri rnriav This was in explanation of his failure to put a temperance clause in tne conirama c sent out after having announced be would follow that course. "My position regarding drinking is unchanged." he said. "There is no necessity for a drinking clause how- ....... Th.r. la none In the Plttshurg contracts, but the rule is enforced." Now that everybody is aomg 11. jt 1. .. ...I. tnrinv tn .Tames Thorpe and asked him to Join the Chicago National League team. BIG MEET OFFERED FOR FESTIVAL WEEK Pacific Coast Track Games for This Year. May Be Held in Portland. STAR ATHLETES AVAILABLE BIRTHDAY CONOR. TTXATIONS. George Bonha. George V. Bonhaa. the star runner, who Is popularly known as the "dis tance kins." was born In Boston, January 31, 18S2- Bonhag has had a most notabla career In athletics since he won his first National championship In the two-mile event In 1004. At present he holds the records from four miles to ten miles, tioth Indoor and outdoor, with the single exception of the indoor mark at ten miles. He was the first mem tier of the American team to finish in the 5000-meter race at Stockholm last Summer. At the Olympic meet in Athens In I90 he won the 1300 meter walk, after falling to score la the runs. What is probably Bon hsc's best record Is his 0:15 1-5 for tiro miles on an indoor track. Ha also holds the world's record of S:n." 1-5 for 3000 meters. Since lie announced his retirement last Fall aeTeral leading collerea hare soualit Bonhag's services as an athletlo coach. Olympic Club Promises to Send Medley of Champions Here if Local Club Will Help Bear Expense of Southerners. Fortland may secure the 1!13 Pa cific Coast track and field champion ships of the Amateur Athletic Union this Summer. Peter Gearhardr, the veteran San Francisco sprinter, who dictates the outdoor policies of the Olympic Club, promised last night to bring his entire delegations of stars to Tortland during the Kose Festival In June for an all-Coast meet, if the local committees would pay one-half the expenses. "I know I can secure the co-opera-tlou of Los Angeles and other South ern cities." said Mr. Gearhardt at the Portland Hotel last night "I haven't talked with T. M. Dunne, of the Mult nomah Club, yet, having just arrived in Portland, but I am sure he will warmly welcomo the suggestion and swing Seattle and other Northern clubs into line. "If staged between June 9-14, the week of the Rose Festival, on -Mult nomah Field, with such world-renowned athletes as .Ralph Kose, Forrest Smith son, George Horlne. Fred Kelly, Martin Hawkins. Walter McClure. Sam Bellah Snedlgar, Beeson, Richards, Jack Nel son. Con Walsh and others In attend ance. I'm sure it would draw a huge crowd and be a howling success. ' Dunne Favors Big Even.' "The Coast track and field meet proposition certainly looks good to me, said T. Morris Dunne, outdoor athletic chairman of Multnomah Club and secre tary of the Pacific Northwest Associa tion. "The thing for us to do now la to get the Rose Festival management to as sist us In bringing the Callfornians up here for a combination meet of the Pacific Athletic Association and the! Pacific Northwest Association. Thlsj would-make one of the biggest meets! In the history of the Coast. J "Of course. If wo pledge ourselves to I defray half of the expenses of the Olympic Club team we would have to offer the same inducements to the other California athletes. But the meet would be a huge success both from an ath letic and financial standpoint, and well worth the expenditure of the transpor tation money for the Southerners." Chance Small for College Event. The San Francisco visitor, who trav els through the Northwest for a tailors' trimming house, does not think Port land has much chance to secure the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate meet, as the University of California and Stan ford University do not look kindly upon spending so much money in mak ing the long jaunt up here. That leaves the Pacific Northwest championships of the Amateur Athlet ic Union the one big track event on the local programme. This is the meet that Gearhardt proposes to. broaden into a Pacific Coast championship event. Astoria played host to the Coast event two years ago. Walla Walla gets the Northwestern college championships May 31, and, as school lets out in most of the colleges the following week, all these athletes would be eligible for the Pacific Coast championships if held here during Festival week. The Olympic Club, of San Francisco, will hold the annual indoor champion ships on February 21 in the Auditor ium, and It Is possible that the North west will be represented by either Wlndnagle or McClure, the Oregon dis tance runners, and perhaps both Bel lah and Hawkins, of Multnomah, If Bellah recovers from his smallpox at tack. Oregon Man to Be Sent South. "In Kugene the other day I told Bill Hayward that I would pay the expenses of one of his eracK distance runners, said Mr. Gearhardt. "I expect to con fer with Mr. Hawkins tomorrow. "We are trying now -to have Forrest Smfthson. the former Tortland hurdler. reinstated, and, as Kelly, the Olympic champion, of Los Angeles, Is coming up. we hope to see this great trio of stars. Kelly, smittison ana nawKins, In action in the 60 and 75 yard sticks. "I have written to Alva Richards, the Olympic champion high Jumper, of the University of Utah, to enter, as he Is In our-lurlsdictlon. and Leland fctan ford Scott, former world's champion pole vaulter. mar also enter, as he de sires to do a come bacK and again set a world's mark. His record was beaten twice last Summer, first by Gardner anil then by Marc Wright. Con Walsh will be entered from Seattle against Donovan in the 66-pound weight for weight." The Olympic Club team Is exception ally -strong this year, boasting the following cracas: oprinra, i-eiuu. Best. Sncdigar. Hardy, Gates; hurdles, Beeson. Morris: high lump, Horine, Beeson: pole, Scott. Miller; discus. Kendricks; weights. Rose, Donovan; distance runs. Vlught and Millard and others. Gearhardt has announced his retirement from the track and will not don the spikes again if Nelson shows up to old form. FIGHT IS OFFERED COTJIrON" Bantamweight Champion May Meet Winner of Campi -Williams Go. riuTfifin tan 3ft Tnm McCarev. of Los Angeles, has telegraphed Johnny Coulon. daniamweignt cnmnpiun ui mo world, an offer to meet the winner of the Eddie Campi-"Kid" Williams bout, which will be held at Vernon, CaL, Feb ruary 12. McCarey suggested March , 1 ..nt.Hv. riate fnr the contest. and said he would present a diamond belt In addition to a purse 10 iue win ner. Coulon has not answered the tele gram, but probably will do so tomor row. He wants to be sure he is In good shape before entering the contest. 11, 1. ka 111 fnr several weeks. Be fore meeting the winner Coulon desires to fight three or four of the lesser lights. To Bobby Gresham. who once beat Johnny when both were amateurs, the champion has promised the first short bout. The champion thinks Williams will defeat CampL Although Coulon has . ramnl. h i boxed Wil- UC 1 II IW"6" ' " ' 1, in.rn,imi draw in New York. and has great respect for the latter's ability. Amateur Athletics. ' "When the Columbia University bas . . . .1. Woh1ne'tnn at 3 Ketoau xeoiu nice - - -- o'clock this afternoon on tho Wash ington floor I expect inu uui.c. .... . . ,f a hrd fitht against team w tiu. . - ... my men, and should the W ashington team win an easy vuumi -... greatly surprised." Bald Dr. Fenster IMPORTED MINIATURES I Each Package Has One Every Sweetheart Wants One When You See Them Your Eyes Won't I Behave. P.S.250 Suhjtct, 1 MJIJIA 1 tnr f JuFzM' WHAT HE SAID SHE said: "Oh, you poor boy! I forgot to bring you some cigarettes from abroad." But HE said: "Sweetest of girls, never again. Don't you know the cigarette center of the world has moved to this country? Haven't you heard of the ENCHANTED CIGARETTE? Has nobody told you about Zubelda? MILD- Vrfglrfft -mild macher, of the 1312 champions. "Yes- tnwl't v T .lit rilV TTIPTl through light signal practice and they are in shape to put up a good game." Neither team has lost a jame. The Washington quintet won its lirst game against the Portland Academy and the Columbia team defeated the Jefferson five. The ticket sale is large and a big crowd of basketball enthusiasts will be on hand to witness the strug gle. . tvi- Teirnrann Kieh basketball team in th v. iVf. c A. Dormitory auintet Friday evening on the Y. M. C. A. floor. ml, cilanJ Afoslomv ttnA Lincoln postponed soccer football game may be Dlayed next monaay on me jenci- son field. Manager Goodwin, of the high team, will arrange lor an ap pointment with Coach Mackie. of the academy eleven, for the playing of the game on. Monday if possible. ti-im: oi,,ia t.itinin n.ll-star basketball team defeated Tom Greer's Lincoln basKet-tossers, j m the Lincoln floor yesterday morning. Schllt, Goodwin and Tuerck starred for the victors, while Rlsley and Greer played well for the losers. in., cniiimhti. Timr hasketball team would like to arrange for games with any local team whose average 13 auuui 150 pounds. uames can uo u"6 by calling up the Columbus Club. t.. ( r,t un 11 nntnr thA Sun- nyside basketball team defeated the All-Stars, 14 to 13. last weaiitsuiw night, on the Sunnyside floor. a m.iiino- final nrmneemeiits lor a trip through Southern Oregon for his basketball team, uoacn uuiicon-c the Lincoln squad, overlooked the in . ovioiIiiIa which calls for WiBiiiumuiiv . , . ti a game between the Jefferson and Lin coln quintets for feoruary 1, au mo trip will not be made. The Lincoln team was to have left next Monday for Roseburg and return the folowlng Sat urday. The Christian Brothers" gymnasium will be the scene of two fast basket- 1 11 . m.. tnniirh. The ColumbUS Club and the Christian Brothers' first team will play the scheduled City Bas ketball League game ana tne in,A -nrlll ntar 4hn Christian LULL nuiuici f 'j Brothers' second team. The first game will start at a o cioca. BITRKELI TO BE SOLD NORTH Hogan Announces Probable Drop ping of Pitcher Dolly Gray. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 30. (Special.) r-. 1 .. caii mi n 11 lian he.en holding down third base for the Tigers for the last few seasons, will find a resting place In the Northwestern League, acr cording to tiap rtogan. "Burrell is willing and even anxious to go to the Northwestern." said Hogan today. "Both Vancouver and Spokane are after him. I have telegraphed both clubs, asking their terms, and the one that makes the best bid will get him." Dolly Gray, one of the left-hand pitchers of the Vernon baseball club, probably will be dropped from the Tiger team this year. Gray's worst fault In the eyes of Hogan and other Coast League magnates is that he heaves the ball from his left side in stead of the right. Gray has had a varied career on the mound. He formerly played with the Los Angeles team until he was graduated to the majors and twirled for Washington. it. Ahlglniul h V VpTTI OTI T TOTTl 1 1 tl v. ao " ' 1 " 1 . - Washington and appeared with the Tigers last year, dui um noi nave a good season. THORPE IS NOT FREE AGENT Indian Athlete on Reserve List of Fajetteville, N. C, Olnb. CHICAGO. Jan. 30. Managers of baseball teams who have been tele graphing and writing James Thorpe, the Indian athlete, for his terms now ... h.irln all HVPT Heaill. 11HI U . . ... ' ' . . Thorpe, it was announced today by President Ban jonnson. 01 tne nuieu can League, is not a free agent, but Is under contract with the Fayettevllle, N C club. Tnerefore It will be neces sary to negotiate for his release through the owner of that club. John- 1 t-viis information in a Don icL-dni. . - telegram from Farrell of the National Association. . Thorpe signed a contract in 1910 with . , 1 uai.1 V r flur. at Sla a month. Later he was transferred to Fayetteville and reserved Dy mat emu. Han Ion Knocks Out Delancy. CENTRALIA, Wash," 'Jan. 29. (Spe cial.) George Hanlon. a Centralia box er. knocked out Frank Delaney before the local "W Club last night, in the eighth round of what was scheduled to be a ten-ro.und affair. In the fast preliminary'. Harry Munson knocked out Young Cole in three rounds. Windsor Leaves Grand Circuit. CLEVELAND, Ohio. Jan. 50. Notice of the withdrawal of the Windsor, Ont., track from the grand circuit was received today fcy Secretary Kline. The grand circuit will open this year at Cleveland. July 7 to 12. Instead of June 30 at Windsor and will be composed of 13 clubs Instead of 13. I SPORTING SPARKS NEW YORK may have a second edition of Johnny Evers on the Giant squad. McGraw has decided to give a trial to a younger brother of the Chicago manager. Young Evers Is an inflelder, 23 years old, and has played considerable semi-professional ball around Troy, N. Y. William "Lefty" James, who pitched one game for Cleveland against St. Louis last Fall, has been released again r. TaIuHii fiiih. The remaining southpaws are Gregg, Mitchell, Cullop and Wilson. Boxing Commissioner O'Nell, of the New York State Commission, is a firm believer in decisions. He says that had New York permitted decisions, Mike Gibbons would likely have ex tended himself against McGoorty. As It is the fight goes down in the records as a no-declslon contest. Decisions prevent stalling and also increase the popularity of boxing with the fans. Pacific Coast League fans will see IV. nr. in nmnlrea this Knrlnir. Phyle. Held and Bush. McCarthy, Finney and either Newhouse or Casey are tne nuiu- overs. President Baum was iorcea 10 make many switches last Fall, some of nhn rlrnnn(1 n 11 1 being Mc- Greevy, Mertes, Knell and Townsend. . . Walter Nagle, of Los Angeles, had his eye on the. Angel first sack to supplant Dillon until Pop went out and bought Dr. Gill from the Ameri can Association. Nagle had been play ing the Infield in the Winter league and had the initial sack nicely sub jugated when Gill broke up his hopes. Walter evidently realizes that his pitching days are numbered. Jess Garrett has been mentioned as possible coach of the Oregon Agricul tural College baseball team, but has received no offer from the Agglcs as yet. Walter McCredie says Jim Corbett used to get terribly peeved during hie first base days in the old Western Association, when the Des Moines In fielders threw the ball at him with more than ordinary velocity. "Kid" Mohler played second base and had Ik... nhgninlnn niisrlllst on Ills neck most of the time. Corbett was paid about 50 per cent ot tne gate receipts for appearing in uniform, and McCredle says he was a pretty good first baseman. - AN EDUCATED NATION There Are Very Few Illiterates In the mited States. Philadelphia Inquirer. Eliminating the newly-arrived immi grants and that portion of the negro race still In Intellectual darkness, there Is scarcely any illiteracy In this country worth mentioning. Even Including the above two classes, only 4 per cent of those between 10 and 14 years of age in this country are unable to read or write, a decrease of 3 per cent in ten years. ne ..nr.. thuRfl ffcures do not in clude a very considerable number of persons of mature age wno are unuic to read or write, but such are not ex pected to overcome their deficiencies save in a few scattering Instances. The important factor In illiteracy is children . Mv.Ani or Tt la the rlslnor venera tion which must be protected from ignorance. In most of the states where lmml- , BA41A Hiirntlnn Is ComDUlSOry. Even that spur is not needed, for it is well known tnat most immisnuu only too glad to allow their children to secure tne aavaniageo umi n"-'" i ,k.i. i i i it i thin considera tion alone which moves many to seek our shores. In the South conditions are slowly improving, but the increased literacy of the negroes is more wrousu i" own efforts than through state aid. In most Southern States an unfair distri bution is made of school funds. In some Instances taxes collected from negroes are used for white schools. Al though this Is unjust, although South ern States are laggards In aU that per tains to education, the very fact that there are obstacles in the path leads? many to surmount mem uj ...,, ... aiviuuai enonn. j nv ,ri,v...v. . - credit of the negroes, even if It Is AJ . us,,... t.. i, uniiihum commonwealths.! . . - i. ......... i . u ti H mnm an vi e lire un u ii, ...i.i. educated Nation. We ought to become much wiser. Doubtless we are, though occasionally there come periods! i i l..l HlalilrhfinrAfil Of popular nnyrriuiiih'ini .......... . . v .. . i Tl.. .mm t TV WhlCIl excite pesHMiiiaui. Is all rignt, even n il. hwhs" al blunders. THRIFT IN EMERALD ISLE Good Showing for tho People oj Ireland. Consul George E. Chamberlain, Cork, (Queenstown.) The report for the first six months of 1912 on banking and railway statis .... - t i.i ohnwn that the deposits HUB m J..-.i - - I in Joint-stock banks amounted on ju.. 30 last to $381,050,108. the highest! . T r.f miVilr.fi thfir iSl amount ior juu --- m i ,i in 472.S7S in excess of that 1CV.UI.I, ...... T I for the corresponding month In 1S1IJ The amount namea is J ... - . .., atVit nil h'. i ft 499, 8UZ uovernmem m j accounts in the BanK oi ireiaim. Ti,..-. ma an increase ot iz,4.isi i ..limntwl Amount in the post- . ! hanks in Ireland at the end of June this year as compared with . j I -1ft 1-1 4l.a the corresponding penoa in x", f0i -rior.nsit beinir $67,955,411 and $65 629,224, respectively, -jtuhico 111 If H Dill l n n -.i-T crease f 1204.393. The total amount In the postollice ana banks in June. 1912, was J"-60.3:"5, a compared with 172.072,865 in 1911, an . I e sun. The increase in the six montns enucu u u.. - , $355,254 over the average increase fori the last 20 lian-yeariy ) The average bank note circulation of the six banks of issue of Inland was $36,980,633, as compared with .!,- . - , . DamA ncrinrl In 1911. an increase ot $267,757. There was also an increase ot $2,710,640 in deposits and "... ii n tv. Irish ioint-stock Casn uttittin-no - , banks, as compared with the half year ended Dec.eniDcr lasi. tne irmii mi i nnj - - -m in 1? weeks the receipts exceeded tnsf for the corresponains . - . n . . , i ,inA lr.ili. thn rflA year juli, " cepits fell below those for the 'orr,- pondlns penoos, wnu mu .In), (nr the 26 weeks tne wmi lui-i-M'." amounted to $10,169,728. an increase of ,03.010 S i-uiiif". received In the lirst six months of the . ..... 1 previous ami. i A Lost Dos In the West. I Lipplneott's. ' While traveling through the WeaU , i .... 1. 1 n ri,,- anH Imma1 a mail lost . i.".w "' " ; .t. dlately proceeded to the office of the, Hustler's Review In the town where hei was stopping. Wintering; .muii, ...j .u .Jim,.' "I've lost a dog- saiu lu mi j . , . i I'd like to have you Insert this ad fori """Seventy-five dollars" reward for thJ return of a French bull dog answering tn the name of Darwin. Last seen onl xrni.il I .... I. ..M IhJ "We're Just goin- to press, i.. 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