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THE MORNING OREGONIAX. THURSDAY, ' FEBRUARY 19, 1914. FANS PAIi EWING; SEALS LOOK GOOD MAT STARS OF PORTLAND AND SPOKANE WHO WILL MEET IN DRARED PITCHER STILL IS HOLD OUT heavyweights on the programme. During Vaughan's stay with the Wash ington club, he always had a great deal of fun wrestling with' Nick Altrock, with Nick always getting the loser's end of the purse. During a series in New York the players went to a boxing show one night to see McGoorty and Moha. The next day in the dressing room the players were discussing the fight of the previous evening. Remembering the number of decisions that Vaughan had secured over him, Altrock in sarcastlo tones remarked: "If I was big as you I would trim Johnson." "Well," replied Jim. "you're Just about McGoorty"s weight, so why worry about Johnson?" Nick was forced to admit that once again Vaughan' had scored a victory over him and it was a victory of brain, not brawn. SPORT SCHEDULES 123-POUND MATCH. FIXED RY SCHOOLS San Francisco Not Satisfied With Weak-Hitting Club for 1914 Season. For Third Season Greenwell, of Wilmington, Is Not Ex pected to Report. Faculty Managers Arrange for Coming Baseball Season to Open April 8. SEE THAT URVE KBYPT01 PITCHING STAFF IS WEAK TRIP TOO LONG, HE SAYS CLUB FIELD TO BE USED rrXsaiHHi.nii 13 Loss of OTerall and Threatened Jump of Iielfield Blow to Del. Henderson and Baum Are ', ' : Reliance of Southerners, BT ROSCOB FAWCETT. BAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 18- (Spe cial.) The letters "P. P. E." may orig inally have stood tor a certain 1915 world's fair, but they have been twisted sadly out of shape by the baseball pub lic here. "Pan Poor Bwlng" seems to be the real Interpretation. And pan ning htm they are. Ask any San Fran ciscan what he thinks of his 1914 Coast ball club and he answers much as the man seeking a new appellation for Una burner: "Call It anything you please, but It etlll remains a cheese." "We haven't a single .300 hitter on the squad," complained one prominent fan today. "And, old-timers like OLeary, of St. Louis, won't help us any. Our club looks the weakest in the league." Howard Not to Blame. A look into the record book -disclosed the truth of this fan's .300 dis sertation, but, in justice to Manager Howard it can be said, that barring pitchers, his team looks practically as strong as any in the league with the exception of Portland. The lack of gunners isn't altogether Del's fault, for had both Overall and Leifield stuck with the Seals, the garrison would have looked good. Benny Henderson appears to be the big figure in the San Francisco base ball horoscope. Fans are watching the ex-Portland twlrler much as a chameleon would a house fly. If Ben sticks to the aqua cart he has a golden opportunity to shine in the headlines. If not well the public isn't to be fooled with much longer. Lei field May Fall In Line Benny is up at Boyes Springs now conditioning, along with Manager How ard and a few others. Cal Ewing has given up all hopes of Overall's return to the fold, but Ewing and other base ball experts believe that "Lefty" Lei field ultimately will cease his Federal flirtations and sign a Seal papyrus. If Liefield returns. San Francisco will have a ball club strong enough to worry any of its rivals. A deal Is on, too, for the purchase of Rube Gardner from Oakland, and this southpaw firstsacker ought to strengthen the Seals If added to the roster. Howard Is a good batter but . Del is 3d years old and cannot hope to hold out forever. Gardner hit .285 for the Oaks last year as against .274 for Howard. At present writing San Francisco lines up as follows, batting averages being appended: t.iarke. catcher 2S2 rtumiai. caicner .244 t-epulveda. catcher vi.-. Howard, first base 24 PownB, second base .1168 C'orhan, shortstop .................... 2H4 O'Leary. third base 2-17 I'Mitwrlght, utility 274 Charles, utility 232 Kchaller. outfield 2S3 Mundorff, outfield ' .2tjU Tohln, outflel d 240 liotran, out-field 255 Henderson and Baum Reliance. Dol's pitching mainstays will be Fan ning, Baum and Liefield, if the Pitts burger returns. In addition he has Henderson, Pernoll and the two young sters, Standridge and Arlett. Willie Hogan, too. will have a last chance to draw breath as a twlrler, for Howard Bays he is through as a flrstclass horti culturalist. They're counting heavily on Hender son and Baum, but, viewing from Its several angles, the pitching cops of the Seals does look timid. According to Cal Ewing. however, Howard has com pleted arrangements with the Cubs for a crack pitcher and an outfielder for the center patch. If Del is lucky he may surprise his critics yet. "The greatest minor league club I ever saw was Joe Cantlllion's Minne apolis champs, a couple of years ago," remarked Manager Howard between trains from Boyes Springs a couple of days back. "And I am patterning after the Millers. He had nothing but old-timers who were Just a trifle slow for the majors, but they knew the game. My Idea is to duplicate this with a few youngsters thrown in for measure and to thus -build for the future. There's not a chance then for the majors to come along and wreck your club." It is only fair to let Howard work out his theory. He took hold Just be fore Spring training one year ago, and, by adding Liefield, Overall, Charles, Schaller, Downs, Johnston and Clarke, finished with a formidable outfit. Now lie has a much stronger foundation to uiaim on ana, in ngnt of his past achievements, Del Is entitled to better fcuppori man the fans are giving him COLOMBIA TO TLAY IirYCOIN tX-'Ifth Game of 1914 Soccer Season to Be Contested at Jefferson Today. The firth soccer game of the 1914 schedule of the Portland Interscholaetic League will be played today, when the Columbia University eleven and the j-incoin iiign team battle on the Jef lerson ingn grounds. The game will biart at i:io clock, and Clibborn, of Aiuitnoman tjiuo, will referee. ' present the Columbia team is leading the league, with two wins and no defeats. Lincoln High players lost the only game they have played this season. The Jefferson High-Portland Acaaeray game, postponed from last week, will be played tomorrow on the Jefferson High grounds. i ne Lincoln-Columbia teams will jine up as lonows: Columbia. Position. Lincoln, i.eonara u Coey Bernhofer R B V.'Buseh Jacubherger ..V...L B...... .. Rouaaellot rt-aoouy v ti a Luckey .u'nn F B Wolverton O Brlea L H B Mills Bilodeau O R B Holt v uiinin . nun ...i jr. . , capt Taunense r.. .vturpny c jr Smith u. jnurpiiy r Ritter Cannon O L V Noff ke CASH PIUZKS TO GO AT TRAP Portland Shooters to Compete for $25 at Kenton Sunday. As an inducement to shooters at the Kenton traps next Sunday, President Metzger, of the Portland Gun Club, will offer a special prize of $5 to the high est point getter in a class yet to be decided. Three cash prizes of $5 have been hung up for classes A. B, C. All told, $25 in cash will go to the winners at the Kenton traps next Sun day. Because of the success of the last merchandise shoot, another similar contest is planned. KEEP FAITH IS RULE Boxers Who Break Promises to . Appear Will Be Punished. SUSPENSION IS PENALTY Amateur Association Takes Precau tions on Eve of Dual lteet of Spokane and Mnltnomah Athletes Tomorrow. In the future the Pacific Northwest Amateur Association will deal severely with boxers who run out of their matches without sufficient reason, af ter agreeing to appear. More than once this Winter a promis ing programme was torn to shreds be cause one or two of the stars failed to appear. Boxers who fail to make an appearance after agreeing to do so will be suspended tor a term of six months. This goes into effect with the Mult nomah-Spokane dual club smoker of tomorrow night. This warninir is not aimer! t thnu who are not in condition to anDear. hut ai atnietes who wait until the last min ute to inform the matchmakers that they cannot appear. The best bout billed for tomorrow night is a match between Thorsness. the Multnomah 135-pounder, and Nor wood, a slashing unattached, which will complete the programme. The dual meet with Snokana will have added zest because three of the Spokane men were the victors last week, when Multnomah sent four of its best to Spokane. Burns and Glahe. wrestlers, and Bll- Hnston, the 125-pound boxer, are the three Interesting personages. uurns made quick work of Joe Brandt at Spokane, but tomorrow night he will be pitted avainst McCarthy, the Mult nomah champion, at 158 pounds. Glahe win meet ciibborn at 123 pounds. The feature match will be between Elllngston and . Montpler, who met at Spokane when Elllngston got the scratch decision. O. A. C. Freshmen Defeat Dallas. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, Corvallis, Feb. 18. (Special.) SPORT-NEWS P AGES have been written regarding the advance of baseball In the last 20 or 30 years. The general tenor is that the game has improved beyond all comparison. That line of talk is brought to an abrupt halt by Manager Clark Griffith, of the Washington Americans. Clark has in past seasons pulled some queer but effective plays. While they were being digested by the fans Griffith was given credit for having discovered something entirely new. After a day or two of meditation some fan discovered that the play In question had all the earmarks-of one he had seen years and years ago. In a recent Inter view Griffith ad mitted as much and declared that the present day teams could still learn a lot by digging up some of the plays that the forerun ners of the game had made. Tom Brown, fa mous old National tiark Griffith. League star, sides with Griffith. "Griff hit the nail on the hoad," de clared Tom. "I played with the Louis ville Colonels in 1894 and we pulled off the same stuff in those days the big league teams are playing today. "Why I can sit in the grandstand now and tell you what the. Nationals are going to do when Griff's team is at bat. One reason why the Washington club has been successful 1b that Griff i pulling old plays that most managers have forgotten, and getting away with them. He is constantly mixing up his attack and has the other fellow con tinually on the anxious seat. "I disagree with Griff in one partlcu lar. I believe that there are more fast players in the game today than back in 1894. but we played just as good ball and used exactly the same plays. Vancouver, B. G, will receive a visit from one of the leading Lacrosse teams of England. The team which comes will play a 10-week schedule. Including all the leading towns from Montreal to Vancouver. Just how much the weaker Bex has to look up to the male will be decided next June when Rose Pitonol and Har- y . -I I... i-, Hii iiiiiii?5! In a fast game played on the Oregon Agricultural College gymnasium floor last night, the local freshman basket ball squad defeated the Dallas High School squad by a score of 23 to 22. Last night's game was the first lost by the high school lads this year. Cres-well 2 5, Harrisburg 24. HARRISBURG. Or., Feb. 18. (Spe cial.) Harrisburg High basketball team lost to Creswell High at Creswell last Saturday night by a score of 24 to 25. The game was slow on account of nearly 50 fouls. Most were for trivial offenses. The Cottage Grove girls' team defeated the Creswell girls team the same evening by a score of 19 to 9. Harrisburg High plays at cottage Grove. February 2S. JUNIORS TAKE MEET GIRLS OF REED COLLEGE HAVE IX. DOOR TRACK EVENTS. Edna Achnon Makes Best Record High Jump, AVhlle Esther Kelly Wins Obstacle Race. In A girls' Indoor track meet was held at Reed College yesterday, the juniors winning with a total of 27 points, the sophomores second with 24 and the freshmen third with 19. In all, about 40 girls took part in the different events. . Edna Acheson, captain of the junior team, made -a- good mark in the high jump, going over the standard at 4 feet, 24 inches, and only stopping because all the other contestants had. been eliminated. The events and winners were as fol lows: , Horizontal bar vault Edna Acheson, junior, first. Basketball throw Dorothy Elliott, freshman, first; Josephine Saunders, freshman, second. Twenty-yard dash Edna Acheson. junior, tirst; Dorothy Coffin, sophomore, second. High jump Edna Acheson, Junior, first; Elsa Gill, Junior, second. Basketball race Sophomore team of eight girls. Standing broad jump Adele Brault, sophomore, first; Estella Launer, sopho. more, second; distance, 6 feet, 6 inches. Medicine ball race Sophomore team first. Relay race Junior team Edna Ache son, Vida Fatland, Elsa Gill and Evelyn Fatland first. An obstacle race was won by Esther Kelly, of the freshman class, but this event, because of unequal conditions for the different participants, was not counted in the shoring. The meet last year was also won by the Juniors. POT POURRI ry Ellontky meet for a $500 side bet. Both are swimming stars who may be ranked among the greatest. The con testants must swim back and forth be tween the Charleston bridge and the Boston light, In the Boston harbor, un til one or the other quits exhausted. V William Larned Is to make a tennis "come-back." The 44-year-old star In tends to play in defense of the Davis cup. The Fitzsimmons of the racquet was still the champion of America at the age cf 40. The annual California championship speedboat contests "on the Sacramento River will have gold nuggets as the sign of victory Instead of cash prizes. However, this is already causing trou ble In the camps of the engineers, who can't see racing for the nuggets but a little ways. Although warned by his doctor ihat he had a weak heart and really could nor. expect to finish in good shaoe. Marry rarmneon won the annual clas sic Marathon of the New York Clubs. Twenty-six fell by the wayside and two were taken to a hospital. A query to a New York paper wishes to know the nationality of Joe McGin nity, of Tacoma. Though there Is no evidence to the contrary, it is rumored that he is not Dutch Pope Pius hopes that baseball will take the place of the Tango. The Tan go here has already taken the place of one sport In America, according to ringside reports of some of today's greatest, xisnc exnioiiions. If a bill to be brought ud In the New York City Council gets the stamp of approval, the children of the slums will piay nail on parks which will be nairi for by a tax on organized baseball wiinin tne city limits Baseball roust have gone through a wonaeriui iransiermatlon this Winter imagine Bonnie Mack giving out in terviews almost every day. He Is an- otner or tne men who are roasting" u. n eoo Aiurpny regarding his hand ling of the Evers matter.. Philadelphia sport writers are aroused over the impositions which have been handed them by persons phoning or leiesrapniiig- m lane news regarding the results of games and fights. They promise to make it so warm for the takers that they win nave no place In sports. Youngster Touted as "Comer" With Speed and Choice Delivery Pre fers to Play Semi-Pro Ball Around Borne Town. . Among McCredie's list of pitchers who have orders to appear at training camp Dy March 1 Is Ernest Greenwell. a left hander drafted from Wilmington, DeL It is very probable that he will be among the absent when that date rolls around. When the draft was signed. Green well was touted as a "comer" with all kinds of speed and a selection of the choicest methods of delivery that was quite startling. That he would have been a star was doubted by few. 1 he fact that he will not be on hand when training season opens is based on the realization that Greenwell was drafted three years ago and has failed to show up at the two previous Spring thaw-outs. The last W. W. McCredle heard of htm he was pitching amateur and semi- pro ball around his home town of Wil mington. He writes to the owners of his reserve contract occasionally but says the Coast Is too far away from home and that he has Absolutely no desire to play ball here. March 1 'is getting near and Eugene Krapp is still among' the "holdouts." The McCredies are not worrying, how ever. "Krapp may be worth that $125 monthly increase which he demands, but if he is it will be the Federals that pay it and not us," said W. W. McCredle last night. The price of "Ivory" will undoubtedly take a tumble before very long, as several of the managers will probably have, a lot to tumble on the market about a month from now. If the steam which Is rising from the C. W. Murphy squabble over Evers con tinues to increase as it has In the past, and Murphy is able to live through It, he will have nothing to fear In after life. , From the other league generals, the fans, the players and newspapers, C. Webb is getting nothing but hot and heavy words. The release of Evers in the face of the five-year contract which he had with Murphy Is -taken up by the Federal League as direct refutation of the sovereignty of the reserve clause. The Feds figure that if Murphy has no more respect than that for the con tract of his own making, how c n he and his clan expect to make a standing against the Federal jumpers with the reserve clause as the base for argu ment? While some of the Portland players have been straggling South single file for some time, the first party will leave Portland tomorrow night on the steamer Bear. The party will consist of Arthur Kores, Floyd Perkins, Gus Fisher, Dave Bancroft and "Doc" Schmieder. The men received their transportation yes terday and expect to reach San Fran Cisco Sunday. After several days of cruising they will go direct to Santa Maria and ex pect to be the first players actually on the ground. Walter McCredle will prob ably leave Sunday night. Irve Higginbotham also expected to leave for California with his fellow players, but when he learned that they were determined on taking the boat the tall twlrler immediately discovered some important business which will keep him here for another week, or at least from making a trip by water. 'Speck" Harkness and "Dad" Meek are still listed among the holdouts. While Harkness expects an early set tlement. Meek is showing no particular concern and Jokingly remarked: 'I guess it is me for the bowling al leys all Summer." Meek recently returned his contract to Berry without his signature. Since then Berry has not even taken the trouble to send a reply to the ex- Northwestern League hit - leading catcher. PITCHER TOZER APPEARS ITT Seal Moundman Says Klepfer Was Going Fine in Valley League. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 18. (Spe cial.) Bill Tozer, clear-eyed and look ing physically fit, arrived today from the South, where he has been playing ball all Winter in the Imperial Valley League. The ex-Angel flinger is count ed on by San Francisco fans to bolster up the pitching staff of the Seals, weakened by the loss of Liefield and Overall. Tozer has not been pitching. He held down an outfield job in the Win ter organization. He says Klepfer, the big pitcher of the Venice club, twirled in remarkable form during the Winter in the Imperial Valley. 'steffens to Coach Carnegie. CHICAGO, Feb. 18. Walter Steffens, star quarterback of the University of Chicago football team in 1907-08, an nounced tonight that he had signed to coach the football team of Carnegie In Btitute at Pittsburg next year. Answer to Query. . A Subscriber:" The Washington High School eleven defeated the Wendell Phillips High School football team, of Chicago, 39 to 0, on Multnomah field, December 28, 1912. Stories About Stars BY BILLY EVANS. B1 IG JIM VAUGHAN. who was with New York and Washington in the American League for a time, and who last year came back strong with the Chicago Cubs, is one of the most powerfully built men in baseball. Vaughan has a physique that would make any champion heavyweight more than envious. Ever since Jack Johnson won the championship from Jim Jeffries, the white race has been trying its very best to produce a "white hope" able to take the . measure of Johnson. numuer of so-called fighters have been shown the public, all of them labeled "white hopes," but It is very possible that Johnson could trounce most of them in the same ring on the same evening. A majority of the ballplayers are fight fans. When playing any city where fighting is permitted,, they can always be seen at the ringside. Of late a boxing programme was not complete unless It had a couple of YAJTKEES TO TKAUT IX TEXAS New Xork Americans to Report at Houston, March 1. NEW YORK, Feb. 18. The New York American League club announced tonight that it had closed a lease for a hotel at Houston, Tex., for the use of the players who will report in that city on March 1 for Spring training. Several of the men will leave here February 26 to be Joined by others in Cincinnati the following day in order to arrive at the camp on schedule time. Players now in Hot Springs will leave there for Texas February 27 in the care of Coach Tom Daly. Manager Chance will have 35 regu lars and recruits In -line when the training season begins. LINCOLN WINS, 57 TQ 16 PORTLAND ACADEMY TEAM LOSES FAST BASKETBALL GAME. Long Shot Feature of Contest That TIe Three Tem tor First Place in InterschoUutlc Leaame. IaterscholMtlo League Basketball. W. L. i.C.I W l T a Lincoln ...8 1 .TfiOlJerterson ..1 2 .883 wlumnrn 8 1 .750IH.111 1 3 .883 Columbia .8 1 .760lPort. Acd'y.O 4 .UOO In a well-played basketball game the Portland Academy quintet lost to Coach Borsleske's Lincoln High team. 67 to 16, in the Portland Academy rvmm slum yesterday. Captain Clerin. of Lincoln, scored 35 points. As a result of this victory the Lincoln High team is uea witn Washington and Columbia University for the leadership of the roruana interscnoiastlc League. A he academy out ud a good, trame. In tne second naif Lincoln scored only 20 points to 12 lor the Academy. In the nrst period the Lincoln team scored at will, making 18 field baskets and one foul, while two fouls and. a field basket fell to the academy. By making 10 field baskets and three fouls for a. total of 35 points. Captain Clerin established a new season's rec ord, in the first half he made 10 baa Kets and' converted one foul, into a point. He made shots from any angle on the floor. In the last 20-minute period he registered half the points made by his team. Every field basket shot by the Port land Academy players bordered on the sensational. Long shots were fea tures. Norman Ross brought the crowd to its teet when he threw a bas ket half the length of the floor. Bozorth. Captain Coe, Wagner, Wilmot and Ted Preble starred for the academy. Every memoer oi tne Lincoln team showed up to aavantage. Coach Borleske. cf Lincoln waa with out the "services of two of his regular players, but the showing made by the substitutes was above the average. Mc Allister and Eckerson, the relief men, eacn scored four field baskets. Referee Lee called four fouls on Lin coln in the first half and two on Port land Academy and in the last period he called eight more on Lincoln and four on the academy. It was one of the cleanest games ever played in the local league. The lineup follows: Lincoln C57). tint Tort Acd'v. Mc Allister ........ K. Wnenrr Captala Clerin ....P. ............. Preble bcKerson C McCUntock Liiiard .......... ..I. ....... .CaDt&ln Coe bchlldknecbt G Bozorth Referee. P. W. Lee: Pollni and Hutchlnes limeueepers; uooawin ana bkene. scorers. Substitution Portland Academy, Wilmot for captain coe, stelwer lor McCUntock, Simmons for Wagner, Koss for Steiwer ana i.ewiH ior i reDie. bcores Lincoln. CSDtaln Clerin 1 ft hu keta and three fouls, McAllister lour bus- Kets, .citerson -iour baskets. Llllara one Basnet. Bcttiiajcnecnt two baskets. Portland Academy, Wagner one basket and two, fouls. Preble two fouls. Bozorth twn baa. kets, Wilmot one backet. Lewis one basket. THOROUGHBRED HORSES SOLD Guy Axworthy, at $2100, Brings Top Price at Ootliatn Auction. NEW YORK. Feb. 18. The mid Winter horse auction at Madison Square Garden was concluded today. The prices averaged a little better than on the opening day. Guy Axworthy, i 12-year-old stallion, by Axworthy-Lll lian Wilkes, and 17 others comprised the consignment from ex-Senator Bai ley s u ainana v arm. Lexington. Ky which brought 111,220, an average of S623. The top price of the day was 12100 paid for Guy Axworthy by H. C. Moody, Lexington, is.y. Gertrude Dillon. years, by Sidney Dillon-Biscari, was bougnt by tne curls NecK Farm. Col man, Va., for $1000, and the same pur chaser got Baroness Evelyn, 7 years, by Baron Review-Virginia Reynolds, for f9U9. The Fatchen-Wilkes i Stock Farm consignment of 18 2-year-olds sold fo J7803. an average of 411. The best price 'in this lot was realized when David Tod. Youngstown, 0 paid J112 for Lady Booker, by Peter the Great, dam TusKegee Chimes, by Liberty Chimes. w. K. Cox, Dover, N. 11. bought Morine, a bay mare, 7 years old by MobeL dam Leetell, for $1500. Another 2-year-old, Peter Potempkln, by Peter tne Great, dam Adioo Dillon from the estate of James Farley, Plattsburgh, N. Y., was bought by W R. Cox for $1600. BOXING BRIEFS EN POWERS, the former Multnomah La Club boxer who turned profession al, left last night for North Bend, where he has a bout slated with Larry Mitchell, of Montana. The bout Is fo 10 rounds with the men to make 13 pounds ringside. This is Powers' first appearance since his jaw was broken late last November. Because of his success In the bout against Sally Salvadore, of Sacramento at San Francisco last week Willie Hoppe is throwing challenges to meet Champion Willie Ritchie In a four rounu aiiair. xnis was tne- first art pearance of Hoppe since his trouble with a toy cannon last July, when the "blooming things went off, taking par of his hand with It, Hoppe after hi sensational showing, says he is in the game to stay this time. . At last Kid Williams has a chanc to get a crack at the featherweight title, for arrangements are being made between Johnny Coulon and the Kid. Sir Edward Carson, who cave $50,000 to the Ulster indemnity fund, bas during the last lew years maua more money at th bar than any other British practitioner. Hii Income lor live years is said to have bee: not less tnan xi&v.ogo. Winged M to Conduct Annual Inter- Scholastlo League Track and Pleld Meet May 23 Cross country Run Is Revived. At the annual meeting of the faculty managers of the various schools of the Portland Interscholastlc League held n tne Multnomah Club yesterday two cnedules and the settlement of the date for the annual track and field meet of the local league were definite ly fixed. The 1914 baseball and foot ball schedules were drawn up and May 23 was chosen for the track meet. The purpose of the meeting was to make arrangements for the coming baseball season, Student managers also were present and after much discussion It was decided to use Multnomah Field for interscholastlc baseball games. juuitnomah Club formerly has ob tained a guarantee on each game for the use of the field, but this vear tha Club has agreed to give the use of the field to the local league at the least possible cost. The admission to the baseball games has been chancred and hereafter all students in good stand- ng in tne athletic association of the schools are entitled to a ticket which admits them to the games free. , Club to Conduct Meet. Multnomah Club aeain will conduct the annual Portland Interscholastlc League track and field meet, Saturday. ixwy 2i, on Muitnomab Field. winners of the various events will receive medals. It is the intention of the committee in charge to award points to the first four contestants to finish in each event. Only three places counted in former meets. After sleeping for two years, the an nual cross-country run has been re vived and will be held this year on March 28. Washington High School is taking the Initiative in the cross-coun- iry run and letters have been sent to the other schools asking for their sun port. All the schools of the league have signified their Intention of contesting in tne cross-country sprint, and al though the course has not been set tied, the finish will be on the Portland Field at East Twelfth and East Davis streets. The first game of the 1914 baseball season will be played April 8, with Portland Academy and Columbia Uni versity opening the season. The first game of Lincoln High School will be against Jefferson High, April 17. This date will also be the "Loud Sock" day or tne west Slders. Portland Academy and Jefferson High will play the last game of the 1914 sea son on May 2D. The annual Lincoln Washington game Is scheduled for May 27. Three Donate Trophies. Three companies have donated tro phies to the winner of the champion ship the Honeyman , Hardware Com pany, Archer-Wiggins and Stall & Dean Company. It may be that the League directors will find a method of distributing the prizes so that one school will not win all. The best batter of the league will receive a leather bat case from the Stall & Dean Company and the catcher with the best fielding average will re ceive a catcher's nn.t. Prizes also are offered for all other positions. The opening game of the 1914 foot ball season will be played October 7, with Columbia University arid the Washington High School as opponents. The last match of the year will be No vcmber 25, when Hill Military Academy and the Portland Academy will furnish the attraction. The annual Lincoln-Washington match will be held November 4. Last year it was the fifth game of the year and the largest crowd that ever watched an Interscholastlc Leagu game in Portland was on hand. Th Lincoln-Columbia game is slated for November 20, the Friday before Thanksgiving day. Joseph A. Hill Chairman. Joseph A. Hill, of the Hill Military Academy, secretary of the board of di rectors of the Portland Interscholastlc league, caiica ine meeting to order and acted as chairman. Following are the faculty managers who were pres ent. James F. Ewing, of Portland Academy; L. D. Roberts, of Lincoln W. A. Fenstermacher, of Washington; Ross E. Hicks, of Hill Military Acad emy; A. R. Bittner, of Jefferson, and Dominic Callicrate, of Columbia unl Versity. The student managers pres ent were: Jake Risley, of Hill Military Academy; Manager Phillips, of Wash ington; Carl Roche, of Jefferson, and William Lee, of Columbia University. Following is the 1914 baseball sched ule: April 8 Portland Academy vs. Columbia, April 15 Washington va Hill. April 17 Lincoln vs. Jefferson. April 22 Portland - Academy vs. Wash lngton. April 24 Lincoln vs. Columbia. April 29 Hill vs. Jefferson. May 1 Lincoln vs. Portland Academy. May 6 Washingtou vs. Columbia. May 8 Lincoln vs. Hill. May 13 Columbia vs. Jefferson. May 15 Hill vs. Portland Academy. May 20 Washington vs. Jefferson. May 22 Columbia vs. HilL May 27 Washington vs. Lincoln. May 29-r-Portland Academy vs. Jefferson. The 1914 football schedule follows: October 7 Columbia vs. Washington. October 9 Jefferson vs. . Hit. October 14 Lincoln vs. Portland Acad emy. October 18 Hill vs. Washington. October 21 Columbia vs. Portland Acad emy. October 23 Jefferson vs. Lincoln. October 28 Columbia vs. Hill. October 30 Jefferson vs. Portland Acad emy. November 4 Lincoln vs. Washington. November 6 Jefferson vs. Columbia. November 11 Washington vs. Portland Academy. November 13 Lincoln vs. Hill. November IS Jefferson vs. Washington, November 20 Lincoln vs. Columbia. November 25 Hill vs. Portland Academy. TOT7CHARD MASTER OX COURT Player W ins Way to Seml-Final Sin gles In Indoor Contest, NEW YORK, Feb. 18. Gustave V Touchard, the playing - through title holder, won his place In the semi final round of the singles today in the National indoor championship lawn ten nis tournament. In the fifth round Touchard, reeling off cross-court shots at a pace that held . Carlton Shafer, his opponent, in cnecK, won at 6-1, 7 with comparative ease. Touchard. bv his victory was paired with Benjamin M. Phillips for the final. At every stage of tne maicn xoucnard was th master of the former Prlnceton-Colum bla star. W. C. Grant and G. C. Shafer, th doubles champions, as well as G. S. trroesoecK ana jaan xj. jicK.ay won their places in the semi-final round the doubles. Grant and Shafer had lit tie trouble in beating L, V, Robinson ts- mnouiUR2i tn tn. v.' vision,; Lens Two Pairs in One Without the Difficulties Come in and sea them at tne home of KRYPTOK lenses and SHUR-ON eye glasses. Thompson Optical Institute, 209-10-11 Corfcett Bldg., 2d Floor, 6th and Morrison. and Gustave G. Grenz, 6-1, 6-2: while Groesbeck and McKay disposed of H. F. Guggenheim and H. A. Williams. 7-5. S. The doubles match which attracted the greatest interest was in the third round. Touchard and William B. Craigln. ' Jr., defeating Karl H. Behr and Bernon S. Prentice, famous Yale-Harvard vet erans, at 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Behr's driving and smashing were spectacular. He lacked steadiness. however, and the pair failed to win. SEATON TURNS OUTLAW PHILADELPHIA PITCHER SIGNS TO PLAY WITH FEDERALS. Salary an Moundman for Brooklyn Will Be $7000, and One Year's Pay la In Advance. CHICAGO, Feb. 18. Thomas Seaton. last year pitcher with the Philadelphia Nationals, signed today to pitch for the Federal League, it was announced from headquarters. Seaton will go to Brook lyn. He said that he had not come to any agreement with President Baker. of the Philadelphia club. Seaton left the Portland team, of the Pacific Coasl League, in 1911, Joining the Philadel phia Nationals. Seaton's salary with the Brooklyn club will be $7000 a year, it was given out, and he was paid one year's salary in advance. Seaton's contract calls for his services for three years. The man ager wanted by Brooklyn Is Jake Stahi, and R. B. Ward, of the Brooklyn Fed erals, will reach Chicago tomorrow to talk personally with him. PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 18. "We will protect our rights to Seaton to the limit," said President Baker, of the. Philadelphia Nationals, when he learned that Seaton had signed with the Federal League. "Seaton as good as signed with us on January 22." NEW YORK. Feb. 18. The New York National League club received today the signed contract of Pitcher Fromme, who, according to report, had been ne gotiating with the Federal League all Winter. Fromme signed for only one year. PITTSFIELD. Mass., Feb. IS. John Collins, outfielder of the Chicago Amer ican League Baseball club, received of fers today from the Chicago and Buf falo Federal League clubs. He refused both, as he has signed for 1914. He left later for the training camp. EVERS W'lLIi PLAY AT SECOND Ex-Manager of Chicago Cubs Holds Conference at Boston. BOSTON, Feb. 18 John J. Evers, ex manager of the Chicago National League club, who was acquired a few days ago by the Boston Nationals, came here tonight from his home in Troy, N. Y. Evers was informed that he would play second base, and that Sweeney,, who was second baseman last season, would be In competition with Deal, a recruit, for the third-base position. This was the statement of Manager Billings, who also said that Sweeney would act, as captain. Stoy and Hill Matched. CHEHALIS, Wash., Feb. 18. (Spe cial.) Archie Stoy, of Chehalis, and Joe Hill, of Tacoma, have been matched for another boxing contest at Morton, Wash., the night of February 28. They will go on for Bix rounds. At thd Eagles' smoker In Chehalis last week the two young boxers fought a draw. BOXING ANDWRESTL1NG. The last interclub smoker this season Spokane Athletic Club vs. M. A. A. C, at the club gymnasium tomorrow night, 8:30 o'clock. Admission. $1; re served seats, $1.50. Tickets on sale at Archer & Wiggins Co.. Honeyman Hardware Co., A. G. Spalding & Bros, and the club office. Adv. Me Silver P 2 ii for KJ.': 25e itii OoJlars Six i En. P Hi Ca. Miters, Ircy. H. T. 0