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THE MORNING OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 27, 1913. OFF FOB CALIFORNIA C!P McCredie, Four Players and Two Writers Go to Join Others at Visalia. PLAY TO BEGIN SATURDAY Portland Manager Expects to Have 2S Men In Camp at Start, "With McCormlck, Lindsay and retcrs to Join Squad Later. When the Southern Pacific train pulled out of the Union Depot at 1:30 o'clock this morning Portland saw the last of Pacific Coast League ball play ers until the Beavers return for the opening: of the home season at Vaughn street Park April 15. Manager Mc Credie. four players and two news papermen were passengers on a train which will take them, with two changes, to Visalia, Cal.. the scene of S-"prtng training. The vanguard of the contingent, in the shape of trunks, suits, bats and nther paraphernalia, left Portland at 8:15 o'clock and at 1:30 McCredie. Gu Fisher, Artie Krueger, Walter Doane, Krven HIgglnbotham and Newspaper men Bob Cronln and Lou Kennedy de parted. Beavrra to Vnlt Sacramento. The schedule calls for the arrival of the squad at Sacramento at 9:20 o'clock tomorrow morning. McCredie will take a train for San Francisco but the others will take a 50-minute peck at the home of the Senators and depart at 10:10 o'clock for Fresno. An other change In cars will be effected there, the contingent arriving at Vi salia. If the time tables are indicative of the service, at 5 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. McCredie will loota In at San Fran t ixco baseball headquarters and then take a streetcar for Hay wards to look Into the situation there regarding the final week of Beaver training. He may catch the Owl train out of Oakland and arrive at Visalia tomorrow night, but in any event will reach there 24 hours after his train moves out of Portland. Saturday 23 players, manager, trainer and two newspapermen are expected to be In Visalia and registered at the Pal ace Hotel as members of the Beaver camp. Infielders McCormlck, Lindsay and Peters will report later, McCor mlck about March 5, Lindsay about March 15, and Peters after May 1. HI Wnt Awaits Call. Word was received yesterday that Hi West, the pitcher secured from To ledo, is at 1436 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, and awaits the call for train ing camp duty. Bill James is also in Los Angeles. Catcher Loan took up Ms transportation at Philadelphia on February 22 and Pitcher Stanley start ed from Washington on the same day. Both should greet the few dlrect-from-Portland Beavers at Visalia. Lindsay wrote that he would like to start from bis North Carolina home between March 10 and 15, and McCredie Is likely to give his consent. However, "Mao" hands out the warning that the 1313 cripple Is likely to spend many weeks on the bench if he does not re port with the other infield candidates. "No matter how late some of the boys are we should have more than enough men to play that game at Visalia Sunday afternoon," commented McCredie before swinging; on the train this morning. Roster Numbers 26. For the sake of the unobservlng the ?g-man player roster, showing those who will report at Visalia In March, follows: Pitchers. Hagerman, Krapp, West, James. Hlgginbotham. Carson, Hynes, Krause and Stanley. Catchers Fisher, Berry, Loan and Klordan. Infielders Rodgers. Lindsay. Der rick. McCormlck, Heilman, Marriott and Korea. I Outfielders. Krueger, Chadbourne. Hoane. Fitzgerald, Cunningham and Fortier. The games with Visalia on Sunday and the Chicago White Sox first squad on March 1 at Visalia and March 19 at Visalia. Fresno or Bakersfield are the only exhibition affairs scheduled to date, but the 1913 training period promises to be remembered as the most strenuous In Beaver history from a practice game standpoint. "I would rather give the men two practice games a day than send them out to dawdle around the park, and 1 am sure they feel the same way," says McCredie. "The boys are going to get every chance to work Into shape In practice games. 'All the practice games I can get,' Is my motto." San Joaquin Valley League clubs are expected to furnish most of the diamond opposition for the Beavers during the training period. IA)S ANGELES FTEIDS SOGGY Dillon and Hogan Both Have Work outs, but Venice Squad Is Small. LOS ANGELES. Feb. 26. The Los Angeles and Venice Coast League ball teams began their Spring training sea son today on grounds that were soggy front the recent heavy rain. Twenty-one men. including Pitcher Crabb. Outfielder Maggert and Inflelder Fahey. formerly of the - Philadelphia Americans, showed up in Los Angeles uniforms at Washington Park, where Captain Dillon directed the preliminary loosening up work. Other new men present were "Rube" Ellis, the ex-St. Louis outfielder, and Rogers, a six-foot-four pitcher who was secured from the Texas League. George Metz Itcr. last season's third baseman, and Robert Hewitt, a pitcher obtained from cite Northwestern League, were the only members of the squad who had r.ot reported tonight. The Venice team, has secured the T. M. C A. athletic grounds in Los An KCles for the early Spring work. Only ten men showed up today for the Initial workout under the supervision f Manager Hogan. Harold Elliott and Charles Tonneman. both catchers from the Southern League, were the only new men In uniform. SEXATOUS HOLD WORKOUT With Squad Xow Numbering 19, Gaines Will Begin Monday. MARTSV1LLE. Cal.. Feb. 26. (Spe cial.) Two fast workouts today gave the Wolves their first real training since they pitched camp here. Batting practice with a little fielding and base running thrown In made up the fare of which the Sacramento ballplayers partook for close to three hours. Out fielder Swain and Pitchers Lively and huUs reported today, bringing the squad up to IS men. The batting and fielding practice, with the pitchers getting their work outs by putting them over to the bat ters, will be In order for the next three days; Sunday will be a day of rest for BEAVERS F0E1EEE PORTLAND PITCHER WHO WILL COACH "AGGIE" BASEBALL MEN. ff- J , ft:- . 1 " ' the sauad. and Monday will see the be ginning of practice games between two teams of the squad In preparation for the first pre-season game with Santa Clara a week from Saturday. MITZE ALREADY OPTIMISTIC Oakland Players All Look Good in Early Season Workouts. LIVERMORE, Cal., Feb. 26. (Spe cial.) Everything seems to be work ing In the Oaks' favor, even to the weather, which has been Ideal since they arrived In camp. The boys had the best practice of the week today. and Manager Mltze is fairly overflow ing with enthusiasm over the work of his tossers, and thinks he has the best aggregation of ballplayers In the mi nor league under his wing. There does not seem to be a bloomer in the bunch. The way It looks now, tMe hottest fight will be for first station and one of the outfield positions. Ness, the New Bedford first baseman, who was a valuable man In the New Eng land League last year, was out In uni form for the first time today. Ness s 6 feet 1 Inch and weighs 180 pounds. There was a light practice this fore noon, but the boys put in a trying afternoon. There were 23 players on the field and every one had a chance to show Manager Mitze what he could do. Manager Mltze lined up two com plete Infields and gave them good workouts. Klllllay has signed his contract and will report tomorrow. Jack Cook and President Leavltt will also be here to morrow. . SEALS FALL rXTO KOCTIXE Howard Will Get Kinks Ont of His Men Before Games Are Started. SEALS TRAINING CAMP, Boyes, Springs,. Cal., Feb. 26. (Special.) Thanks to the guiding hand of Del Howard, the Seals have fallen Into the routine of getting into shape in the easiest kind of fashion. Today, for the first time, the San Francisco ballplay ers were put through their paces both morning and afternoon and although they did not spend more than three hours on the ball field, it was a case of hard work as long as they were in uniform. Not until next Saturday will there be a semblance of a game. Although there are almost men enough who have re ported already to commence the famil iar sessions between the Yannigans and the Regulars, Howard Is in no hurry tor that sort of thing and prefers to workout sore arms and muscles first. When the games do start they will be kept up with a session every afternoon. Four more men reported today. 50 BOWLERS WILIi COMPETE City Championship Tournament to Open Saturday Mght. Nearly 60 of the best bowlers of Portland are expected to enter the city championship tourney which will open the Oregon Bowling Alleys Saturday night. Thirty have already signed for the competition. An entrance fee of 5 a man Is to be charged, with the money divided SO, 30 and 20 per cent to the three highest men. Five games will be rolled by each entrant, the matches starting on four alleys at 8 o'clock. On Sunday two special matches will be staged, Al Arena meeting Charles Kruse and Gus Ahrens tackling Tom O'Donnell. The men will roll nve games for total pins. On Monday. Wednesday and Friday nights of next week a "knockout" tourney will be staged. Ten games are to be rolled, with the low man dropping out after each game. Ten men will start Monday night, with three games to be rolled. Four men will compete In the finals Friday night. A. Mundsen, of Rainier, has promised to bring a team to Portland for the Oregon state tournament of March 24- 29. while other out-of-town- bowlers are evincing much Interest In the first annual alley gathering In Portland. Albany to Have Twilight League. ALBANY. Or.. Feb. 26. (Special.) Plans are under way for the organiza tion of a twilight baseball league In Albany this Summer. It Is planned to have a league of about four teams of amateur players and have games two or three evenings each week, beginning after business hours. Such leagues have been formed here in former years and have resulted In series of Interest ing games. J I . , . f i T IS 'Aggies" Take on Pendleton Man for Ten Weeks. MORALS ARE CONSIDERED When Team Is Turned Out Texan Expected to Join Pitching Staff of Colts or Another Team In Northwestern League. Jesse T. Garrett, last year's man ager of ' the Pendleton club of the Western Tri-State League, and pitcher for four years on Portland teams, will coach the Oregon "Aggies" this sea son. Garrett will commence a 10 weeks contract with Oregon Agricul tural College on Saturday. Garrett was elected yesterday by the Athletic Board of Control at the Corvallls .institution, the members ac cepting a proposition submitted by Garrett on February L He will rank among the best paid college baseball coaches in the West. It will not be the first college coach ing experience for Jesse as he pro duced four western - Texas champions in live years when tutoring the John Tarlton College nine at Steph ensvllle, Texas, the Institution from which he was graduated. Garrett started his professional baseball career at Dallas, Texas, In 1906. McCredie drafted hftn for the Beavers In the Fall of 1907, and he pitched for the Coasters during 1908, 09, '10. In 1911 he Joined Nick Wil liams' Portland Colts and last year managed the Pendleton team. "One reason why Garrett was named coach of our boys for the coming sea son is that he is a clean-cut, moral chap. Just the type of man we wish to come in contact with our athletes," said Dr. J. E. Stewart. "Aggie" ath letic director, over the telephone yes terday. "He Is a quiet fellow, doesn't drink, smoke or chew, and in addition knows baseball and how to handle col lege players." Dr. Stewart, who coached baseball last season, will devote his attention to the track squad this season. With Dr. Stewart at the meeting, which re sulted in the selection of Garrett, were Leroy McKenzle and S. W. Richard son, representing the students, and Dean Cordley, representing the faculty. When Garrett ends his coaching work for the season he will either ac cept a position in Portland or Join the pitching start of the Colts or some other Northwestern League club. SPORTING SPARKS ffm NEVER saw the time when labor 1 could control capital." was "Pop" Anson's comment on the base ball players' organization. "How ever." he said, "the organization should do much good." . They say that the question of ex pense money had much to do with the change in San Francisco management. Reldy was scheduled to go to the Mil waukee meeting of the minors, but asked for $1000 to cover all expenses. This was turned down by Ewlng and Bill went back to Cleveland in a peeved state of mind. Joe Mandot has taken his place among the more advanced boxers. He has "canned" his former manager, Cole ,nan, and Is now hobnobbing with Tommy Walsh. V Cunningham played left field and Norton first base In a game at San Francisco Sunday between the Wie lands and Oakland. Krause pitched for the winners, holding Oakland to five hits. Olson and Peckinpaugh, former Port land infielders, are elated for sub In flelder Jobs on the Cleveland staff this season, with Olson promised plenty of work. Buddy Ryan is also on the extra list. "Iron Man" Miller, the San Francisco hurler, who goes back to the White Sox, may not pitch this season. He is Just recovering from an attack of diph theria and will not be In condition to work for several months at least, Oscar Jones, the former San Fran cisco pitching veteran, defeated a squad of Los Angeles players at Lemoore, Cal., not long ago, the oldtlmer pitch ing one of his greatest games and win ning 6-4 in 11 Innings. . There Is talk of figuring baserun ntng averages next season, keeping a record of the number of attempted steals and figuring the percentage of success. The San Francisco Chronicle of last Sunday published an account of the Dan Kelly record-breaking sprint at Spokane as seen by Jack King. Jack went Into details explaining how Kelly did not run 100 yards in 9 3-6 seconds. GARRET COACH KRAUSE DECLARED J SHAPE TO BEGIN Portland's New Southpaw Is Reported to Be in High Favor With Fans. EARLY RECORD IS CITED Denerit Sunday for Claire Patterson, Who Is Critically 111 With: Tu berculosis, Said to Have Netted Oaks $1500. " Br roscoe: fawcett. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 26. (Spe cial.) Harry Krause. Portland's new southpaw twirling addition, wm ao. He is in shape to begin the season tomorrow, and will need only light work at Vi3alia. Krause pitched six innings in a benefit game for Claire Patterson at Oakland Sunday against the Coast champions, and, while he was touched 'up for four safe swats, netting five tallies, he rallied down the stretch and Lowenberg's pickups de feated the Oaks, 6 to 5, in ten innings. Krause is a big young fellow with an easy swing, and all the Coast leaguers who have batted against hjm believe that he will prove a star at traction. Cy Parkin pitched part of the game for the Oaks Sunday, and the megaphone vocalist praised Krause highly. The remaTkable first-season record of Tesreau,- of the New York Giants, last year has been touted far and wide as a world's record. But, be It known that Krause Is the original debutante. and he has the dope to show it. Krause achieved the unique distinction, back in 1909, of winning every one of the first ten games he pitched for the Philadelphia Americans, including three victories over the champion .De troit team, the Tigers scoring but one run in the three games. In the ten successive victories Krause was scored on only four times, six belnc shutouts. Ills first defeat was by St. Louis after a desperate 11- innlng battle. The complete recora oi Krause's run of victories is as fol lows: Mav 8 Defeated Washington 1 to O, Burns, Hughes and Smith pitching. Three hits. May 17 Defeated Chicago 1 to 0, ,with Scott pitching. Five hits. May 29 Defeated Boston 6 to 2, Arellanea and Ryan pitching. Four hits. June 1 Defeated Boston 1 to 0, Ryan pitching. 6!x hits. June lo ipieaieu ucireii o iu Willett and Suggs pitching. Six hits. June 23 Defeated Washington 3 to 0, Smith pitching. Six hits. .Tn 2ft Defeated Boston 3 to 0. Ryan and Burchell pitching. Five hits. July 2 Defeated .boston 1 to u, wooo pitching. Four hits. July 8 Defeated Detroit 3 to 1, Willett pitching. Six hits. July 11 Defeated Detroit 7 to 1. Mullin and Klllian pitching. Four hits. Krause seems to have excellent con trol, but says he has been troubled with his arm the past two or three seasons. He thinks the Coast weather will help him out. The benefit ball game Sunday be tween Lowenberg's pickups and the Oaks netted $1600 for Claire Patterson, the Oak outfielder. Patterson is lying at the point of death on the MoJave desert in Southern California, suffer ing from tuberculosis. Besides Krause, two otner roruana Dlavers were in the pickup batting order, Cunningham, left field, and Norton, first base, cunningnam pool ed one chance in the field, and, as lead off man, Becured one blngle In five times up, as did Norton, tfotn are highly touted youngsters. "Hap" Smith is tired , of the North west, and will likely not report to Nick Williams in the Spring. He had a talk with Cal Ewlng at San Jose the other day, and as a Tesult will show up at Boyes Springs with the Seals. Ewine has not signed him, DUt it omitn as the mighty wallop he claims, he rill be retained as utility outrieiaer. Ralph Willis. Vancouver pitcher, came in by boat from Seattle a few days back, bound ostensibly for the Southern League, where ne win en deavor to hook on. Seventeen Pacific Coast League play ers came in on Comiskey's White Sox SDeclal from Chicago Sunday, but not one Portland star was numbered on the roster. The Beavers report a week later than other Coast clubs, and for this reason the Sox special was not patronized. "Rowdy" Elliott, Happy Hogan's new Southern League backstop, was one of the Sox special arrivals. If he is the rowdy his press agents paint nim he certainly belles his looks, for he is a stocky, quiet-appearing chap. , COLUMBUS BOWLERS ACTIVE League WltliFour Teams Starts Play With Colts Gaining Lead. Th All-fttara and Colts bowling teams were victors in the first matches n via fniumhffM rMnh hnvllnp leasrue which closes April 24. There are four teams in the league composed of the club members, and a trophy has been iut up tor me winner. Th. PnHfl TvinHn a rlffl.T1 IVMO Of ihm s-amna with the Do Littles, and the All-Stars managed to take two nut if thr frnm the iRusv Bees. To morrow night the All-Stars will meet the Colts, wniie xne tra uiu una Busy Bees will engage in a game. BELIEF IS NEW YORK TRACKS WILL BE REOPEXED. , Statement of Jockey Club About Flans for Coming Season Re garded as Significant. xttttw vnntr VK 5fl From the 1 l u I , x vxv t Insued after meetings of the stewards of the Jockey Club and officials of several racing as sociations, the impression prevails among racing men tnai inn puweia iua.i. govern horse racing In this vicinity have about decided to open some of the metropolitan tracks the coming season. The way is nell to nave Deen pavcu . UAK .jidnn hv a pprpnt r.ourt de cision holding oral betting not unlaw ful, thereby exempting directors of racing associations irom nammy iUi betting in tnis iorm. all fhA raHnr nsHfietatloTIS were not represented, no definite con clusion was announcea as to wuouiw racing would be resumed. That such l !... 1 no hnWAVAf nnld hA 13 IUO lil LUl LiV.l, ..V..W.W., Inferred from the statement made after the meeting, "that owing xo ine greai reduction in the number of horses racing and the definite programme an nounced by the Virginia and Maryland associations, which already have se cured approval from the Jockey Club, this Spring's meetings will not be con flicted with." In a statement issued by the stewards they declared that the Jackey Club is onlv a. Himervisorv body and does not control the business policy of any of the racing associations. It Is not in its nrovlnce to say whether there shall be racing, it w.as pointed out, but should any of the associations aeciae to open their courses, the Jockey Club controls the manner in which such racing will be conducted. August Belmont presided at the meet ing of the Jockey Club stewards. F. K. Sturgis was elected vice-chairman in the place of the late James R. Keene, and H. K. Napp was elected secretary and treasurer, the offices formerly held by V. K. Sturgis. CLASS D LEAGUE ORGANIZED SouUicm California Circuit to Have 4 CInbs and 5 Games a AVeek. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26. Special.) Organization of the Southern Califor nia Baseball League was effected at a meeting of the interested parties in Los Angeles last night. Formal ap plication for protection under the Na tional agreement was made last Sat urday and the application is being in vestigated now by Al Baum, president of the Coast League, acting for the National association. Four cities will make up the circuit for this year, San Diego, San Bernar dino, Pasadena and Long Beach, and the league will have a class D rating. Season of about five months will be played, starting about May 1, the schedule not having been worked out defintlely as yet. It Is planned to piay live games a week, including a Sun day double-header. Th.a league, like the Class C league already started, will receive many men not yet ready for the Coast leagues from which the Coast leaguers can draft men. Parks have been secured in San Diego and San Bernardino, and 'he directors were at Long Beach this afternoon looking over the available sitf" there. They will visit Pasadena tomorrow afternoon for the samo piir- POS'J GOLUMBEA IS WALLOPED LIXOOLX HIGH CINCHES SECOND PLACE IX LEAGUE. School Teamwork Results in Score of 44 to 19 Against Loose Play of Opponents. W. L. P-C; W. L- P.C. Washing'n 4 0 lOOOfjefferson. . 2 8 .400 Lincoln... 4 1 .S00MIU 1 3 .250 Columbia. 8 2 .UOOIPortland. . 0 S .000 The Lincoln High School basketball quintet closed its 1913 Portland inter scholastic schedule by cinching second place honors yesterday when it de feated the Columbia University five 44 to 19 on the Y. M. C. A. floor. The feature of the game was the ac curate passing of the entire Lincoln team and the sensational basket shoot ing of Cudlipp, forward for the vic torious five. He shot seven field bas kets, and a majority of them were dif ficult. Columbia played a loose game and disappointed its followers by Its poor showing. The players failed to guard their men and failed to pass with any accuracy. Gage at guard and Dudley at center played a superb game for Lincoln and each player managed to throw five field baskets. C. Larsen, the star Columbia forward, played up to his past per formances and proved the main point getter of his team. He shot five bas kets and did a great deal of passing to the other players. J. Larson a.t guard was the only other player on the Columbia team to score. He shot two baskets. The game was free from roughness and was clean, save for a few excusable fouls. The following is the lineup: Lincoln. Position. Columbia. Lewis F C. Larsen Cudlipp F Malone Dudley C Carroll Gage O Phelan Clerin ..Q J. Larson Summary: Carroll five fouls, C. Larsen five baskets, J. Larson two baskets, Lewis two baskets and four fouls, Cudlipp seven baskets, Dudley five baskets. Gage four bas kets and Clerin two baskets. BERRY KEEPS WIRE HOT EX-SEAL CATCHER DICKERIXG YET WITH COLTS. Xick Amazed at Message When Be lief Is Backstop Had Already Closed With Beavers. Claude Berry, the ex-Seal catcher who has accepted terms with the Bea vers, Is lavish in his expenditure of money for telegraphic tolls and appar ently much befuddled over his "do you want me?" campaign. Yesterday after noon Nick Williams received a tele gram from Berry, the catcher sending word from Maricopa, Cal., that he will give Nick a definite answer Friday or Saturday regarding the signing of a Colt contract. Nick was much surprised to receive the message from the catcher already counted on the Beaver roll and is anxiously awaiting developments. He would like to have Berry for the Colts and could not smother his chagrin when the receiver passed up the North western League club for the longer season of the Beavers. Danny Shay, former Kansas City manager, is to have a club in the Union Association, according to advices Nick Williams, has received from Rocky Mountain friends. Shay was a pros pective owner of the Tacoma franchise last season, but the deal fell through and Watklns secured the club. Nick .Williams leaves Sunday night for California. He will inspect quar ters at Santa Rosa, where his Colts re port for training on March 17, and then go to San Francisco for a few days' visit with relatives. Then he goes to Visalia to watch the Beavers and back up to Santa Rosa with several recruits In tow. The new uniforms of the Beavers, white for home and blue for the road, are sidetracked in the snow up in Montana. SILVERTOX 5 TO MEET DALLAS Special Trains Will Carry Fans to Coming Contest. DALLAS,' Or., Feb. 26. (Special.) Next Saturday night the local Company G, Oregon National Guard basketball champions, will meet the Silverton Commercial Club team here. In a game at Silverton three weeks ago the Silverton quintet administered to the Dallas team the first defeat of three years, the score being 22-20. A special train carrying 250 Silverton enthusiasts, together with the Homer Davenport Band of Silverton, ' will come to Dallas. ' Special trains will also be run from Falls City and Independence. It is ex pected that a crowd of at least 800 will witness the game BOUTS TO BE III HAY Dates for Northwest Boxing and Wrestling Are Set. WINGED 'W HAS SIX TITLES Knowlton, Franske and McCarthy Are Only Winners of Last Year Xow Representing Multnomah. Indoor Meet Cancelled. The 1913 Pacific Northwest Associa tion boxing and wrestling champion ships will be staged at Seattle on May 9 and 10. Edgar E. Frank, president of the association and indoor athletics chairman of Multnomah Amateur Ath letic Club, received word to this effect yesterday from William Inglis, of the Seattle Athletic Club. Multnomah Club probably will be represented at the. big annual cham pionships by a squad of ten athletes, five boxers and five wrestlers. The city championship tourney, which is sched uled for late April, will decide who many, of the representatives are to be. Multnomah, Haa Six Titles. Multnomah Club won six of 13 cham pionships at the meeting held In Port land last Spring and a number of these men will defend their titles at Seattle. The champions of last year were: Box ing 105-pound, Davies, of James Bay, A. C. Victoria; 115-pound, McNeil, Co lumbus Club, Portland; 125-pound, Rothus, Seattle Athletic Club; 135 pound, Knowlton, Multnomah Club; 145-pound, Kreiger, Columbus Club, Portland; 158-pound, Miebus, Multno mah Club; heavyweight, O'Donnell, Multnomah Club. Wrestling 115 pound, Glahe, Spokane A. C; 125-pound, Japanese, of Tacoma; 135-pound, Franske, Multnomah Club; 145-pound, Hatch, Vancouver A. C; 158-pound, Mc Carthy, Multnomah Club; heavyweight, Daviscourt, Multnomah Club. Of these champions Miebus is now a light heavyweight, O'Donnell is a pro fessional and Daviscourt is not in Portland. This leaves Knowlton in the 135-pound boxing class, Franske, lightweight wrestler, and McCarthy, middleweight wrestler, as prospective Multnomah Club defenders of their honors. Many Athletes Available. The following are the athletes avail able at Multnomah Club at present: Boxing 108-pound, Belmont; 115 pound, Williams; 125-pound, Powers; 135-pound, Knowlton, Gay, Schmeer; light heavyweight, Miebus; heavy weight, Miebus. Wrestling 125-pound, Victor Cllbborn; 135-pound, Oliver Clib born, Montague, Franske; 145-pound, Bohoskey; 158-pound, McCarthy, Bradt; light heavyweight. Day. Seattle has named 135-pound wres tling and 116-pound boxing for the March 21 interclub programme with Multnomah Club, making 135-pound and 145-pound wrestling and 115-pound and light heavyweight boxing com prising the bill at Seattle. Cllbborn or Montague, 135-pound wrestler; Bo hoskey, 145-pound wrestler; Williams, 115-pound boxing, and Miebus, light heavyweight boxing, comprise the winged "M" squad for the Invasion of Seattle. Indoor Meet Canceled. Word has also been received froia Seattle that the annual Pacific North west Association indoor track and field ..-v i i fnr Atarch 14. has been canceled. No definite reason for this is given. . The cancellation cuts a meet rrom the Multnomah Club schedule. To date the meets are: Columbia University, April 12; dual meet with University of Oregon at Eugene, April 26; dual meet with Oregon Agricultural College on April 19 or May 3 and Pacific Northwest Association championships In Portland, which may develop into the Pacific Coast championships, for June 14. TASK OF PICKTXG CREW HARD University of Washington Has Two Eights or Equal Merit. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, Feb. 26. (Special.) Hiram C. Connibear is already showing anxiety raioHvA tn his future choice of crew men selected to meet Stanford Univers ity and the University or cainornia in April on the Oakland estuary. So even ly matfhprt are the two first 'varsity crews that he expects to find It diffi cult to cull out eight men to go to the Golden Gate meet. The veteran coach Is now in the heat of the season with all his material in use. The two crews are or a parity ana in races held nightly on Lake Washing ton, both eights are showing unusual strength and form at this season of the training period. Disappointment nas Deen expressea in the freshman crews. Much will have tn t srrnmnlishod. accordine to Coach Connibear, if the first year eight comes to the standard or otner crews woeu the races take place. POLO TEAM HUNTS XEW STARS Southern California Sends Ont Call for Men to Beat Hawalians. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26. (Special.) The "C. Q. D." sign has been flung to the polo world by the Southern Cali fornia players, and as a result three of the most noted polo players in the East have arrived or are on their way to prevent the laurels of the Pacific Coast from being carried over to Hawaii. The Hawaiian team, which came to play in the Invitation games in the south, has proved Itself to be so strong that defeat Is an utter stranger to its members. The fast Canadian team, the Boise cowboys, the Ooronado cracks and lastly the Pasadena champions were mowed down In order. As the Pacific Coast tournament be-B-inu March 2. It was decided to en gage some Eastern experts to play the Hawailans, in a last aesperaie euon to defeat the "Provincial" team. Ac cordingly Malcolm Stevenson, substi tute on Harry Payne Whitney's world's champions, and Perry Beadleson, of the Cooperstown Polo team, ootn or new York, were appealea to and are now at San Diego with rheir famous polo Liaiaiuuu tit ZZT2 l srelr" ' l ' We would like an opportunity to tell you of Portland business houses who Installed- one White Truck to prove our claims. They found their business grew as they could deliver economically to distant parts of the city. Now they are operating; more and larger White Trucks and making- more money. Let us tell you how It will do the same for TOUR business. Located in the business district for your convenience. The White E. W. .Hill. Morr. Cigarettes The World's oldest high-grade Turkish cigarettes. "THE LITTLE BROWN BOX" Philip Morris & Co., Ltd. New Ttrk, Ltnitn, Msntreai, Cstrt The Excelsior Motorcycle Carried off all the honors in the HILL CLIMBING CONTEST Feb. 23. It already holds the World's Record in speed from one to 100 miles. Nuf Ced. For sale by the 86 Sixth St. 110 Third St. pontes. Freddie McLoughlln, Chicago, acknowledged the best player In the Middle West, Is on the way here and these three, with Major Colin Ross, will form the Coronado team that is to meet the Hawaiians. PULLMAH FIVE BEATEH OHEGOX DOW-NTS COVFEREXCI5 IEADERS, 19 TO 17. Eugene Basketball Men Make Hard Uphill Fight and Win In fcast 20 Seconds Sims Is Star. UNIVKR.SIT Y OF OREGON. Eugene, Feb. 26. (Special.) Oregon defeated Washington State College, leader in the race for the conference basketball championship, by a score of 19 to 17 tonight. The game was one of the closest ever seen on the local floor and a superb exhibition of bulldog tenacity by the winners. Sims, the Oregon captain and guard, virtually won the game for his team by scoring 15 out of Its 19 points. He threw five goals from play and five from foul line. His forward, Bohler. a.i.ar.H n lone basket, stamping Sims as the greatest guard in the con ference. Oregon won after an uphill fight, i.oliin. h visitors until within 20 seconds of the end of the game. At this point Sims tied tne score wnn a foul throw and almost immediately wnib .AnnnH in tne wlnnln? basket. The score at the end of the first half was 7 to 3 in favor of the northerners. An unusual ieature oi " that nnnA of the four forwards used by Hayward scored a point. Walk er shooting Bis DasKei aner no been transferred from forward to cen ... HhA.irh hrealciner Into the score sheet but once. Walker put up a re markable fight throughout the game. Anderson, Sampson and Lawry i. fnr the Pullman five. The same teams meet again tomorrow night. The summary: nr a r OrCKon. Kohio.. ' f F.' Walker. Rice Anderson (8) F Boylen. Brooks Putnam C bievenron w Walker (2) . n RlmH flfi uuhi y v ....... w. .......... - Sampson (5) O Bradshavr Rcferee Jamison. Cincinnati. Miller Huggins and six players of the St. Louis National League baseball club, left here for Co lumbus. Ga.. for Spring training. The remainder of the team' will report at the training grounds Company 69 Seventh Street. v VH0LESAIZ ar. iwo . RETAIL ttUDsoastil What Is No. 10? -