Tire MORXTXG OEEGOXIAN, MONDAY, DECEMBER ' 21. 1914.
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BUDDY RYAN WILL
BE LOST BY TRADE
'McCredie's Beaver Aggrega
tion Due for Most Com
plete Shakeup.
INFIELD IS ENTIRELY NEW
Bobby Davis, Utility Man, Sole Sur
vivor of Numerous Changes.
Xew Catcher, Pitchers and
Outfielder Are Needed.
' BY ROSCOB FAWCETT.
Buddy Ryan will not bo a member
of the Portland Coast wague cnam
ions next year. Walt McCredle has
issued no specific bulletins, but ti
bo. In official circles it is said au
thoritatively that Big Mac has en
gineered a trade for his erstwhile
famous slugger and that same is fast
nearinsr consummation.
If this information proves true it
will round out one of the most complete
ehakeups ever ' given the Portland
champs.
Manager Mac nourishes a pet theory
; that ball fans like vaudeville patrons
prefer to see new faces on the team
from time to time. True to his be
liefs Mac has already bulletined eight
f his championship regulars for newer
oastures. and. if Ryan is Included in
the party, the shakeup will Include nine
and possibly ten.
Talk about Connie Mack scrambling
his four-time champions. Connie's not
in it with Walt McCredie. Walt has
been makine chop suey out of his
j champions every Winter. He has made
more changes within the past four
years than all the other Coast man
agers together, and has won three pen
' nants in four years.
Getting back to the 1914 Winter
shuffle, here's the list of those who
will not be back next Spring:
Catcher Yantz, traded to "Venice for
itcher Smith.
Catcher Branegan, sold to Spokane.
Itcher Evans, to be traded.
fitcher West, to be traded or sold.
lirst Baseman Derrick, to be traded.
hcond Baseman Rodgers, Sold to
.eland.
Iiortstop Bancroft, sold to Philadel-
Natlonals.
third Baseman Korea, drafted, by
iv York Giants.
f utfielder Ryan, to be traded.
iiJitcher Eastley and one or two
hier subordinates will also do ticK-
led, but the above marks the mor
ality among the regular members of
ie 1914 pennant winners.
In other words, McCredle will have
o develop an entirely new xnneia
Hobby Davis, utility man, is the sole
survivor and he will have to add a
new catcher, a -pitcher or two and at
least one outfielder.
Beat that if you can, Mister Cor
nelius McGiUicuddy.
.
No more, will Roy Hitt, alias Hippo,
Venice southpaw slab artist, list to
the circean charms of Federal League
tempters.
A few days ago Roy was muttering
" that Venice had never done anything
for Mm and that he had a good notion
to accept Stovall'a offer with the Kan
sas City Feds.
Happy Hogan Immediately Jumped a
' rattler bound for the red-hot Imperial
Valley and mollified the fat veteran's
peeve with a new contract. At least
Hap must have pacified said peeve,
lor Hitt has changed his tune.
"Hogan is surely one prince," rhap
sodized Prince Hippo, after their dis
cussion about next year's ducats. "He
" is one of the best managers In the
business, and he looks after' his men.
Said Mr. Hogan in return:
"Hitt is one fine fellow. He is one
of the greatest pitchers in the country,
end is loyal to his club."
So tranquility reigns over the mutual
admiration trenches once again, and
Southpaw Hitt will be back among us
in 1915.
AH this silence from Los Angeles re
garding the status of Manager Dillon
has not been without a motive. The
d'-iroud is no,w lifted and it reveals that
there isn't a chance for the shifting of
3 'el Howard from the Seals. The new
owner, Tom Darmody, intends to re
tain. Dillon unless he is able to hook
ip with some good playing manager.
What Darmody wants is a manager
&ble to hold a regular position and act
in a dual capacity as manager and
- flayer. Such an arrangement would
hop about $150 to $250 off the monthly
" alary roll. and. in these parlous days
of war taxes and such, that much
inoney isn't to be sniffed at.
Darmody admits that he offered the
job to Ivan Olson the other day, but
he staggered when he learned the sal
ary Cincinnati would have to fork over
to this modern Croesus. Ivan draws
down about as much money as the en
tire Los Angeles ball club.
Darmody had a deal on with another
major league player but it fell through.
Frank Dillon isn't the moBt popular
fellow around the circuit because of
his taciturnity, but he knows baseball
find will start next Spring with a real
pennant contender.
Experimenting with playing mana
gers hasn't proved an enjoyable pas-
time in Coast League circles the past
few years, and, before the season is
out, Darmody may be wishing he had
retained Dillon another season at least.
Bill Fisher, flashy first sacker, may
ne back with the Venice Tigers next
Spring, vice Babe Borton, who recently
maneuvered an Annette Kellerman flop
to the St Louis Federals.
Bill flashed across the Coast League
-' liorizon in 1910 like a meteor and for
two months was a popular idol. Then
lie began to falter at bat and In two
months was a dilapidated image, nrst
benched, and then shipped to Tacoma.
Bill got so angry one day in Port
land during a Tacoma-Colt game that
he fired the ball up into the bleachers
and hit an Innocent spectator on the
" iunny bone. If his fellow-players
hadn't escorted him down town in a
' . big van guarded by an array of bats,
he would have been mobbed.
Anyway, Bill lasted only one season
at Tacoma and later he bobbed up at
: Louisville and at Denver. Last year at
Denver he batted .292 and led every
. league In the country In home run
? " 22 circuit swats, to be exact, caromed
on" the Fisher bludgeon.
w . Fisher was always a wonderful
: fielder and Hogan may decide to ex
, periment with him, for Bill apparently
- has remedied his batting faults.
j'aVASHXXOTOX TO FINANCE SUIT
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; sibility in Case Feds Fight.
; COFFEY VILLE, Kan., Dec. 20. The
7 Washington American League Club has
t agreed to assume the responsibility in
t ' any legal fight that may arise as the
T 1 result of the breaking or -waiter John
! ' Bon's Federal League contract.
' This was the assertion made by the
' nltcher upon his arrival here tonight.
. when he confirmed the announcement
that he had signed a contract with
Washington, for a term of three rears.
FORMER ALBANY COLLEGE STAB CHOSEN .CAPTAIN OP
MULTNOMAH CLUB FOOTBALL ELEVEN FOB 1915.
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BIG BOUT WILL DRAW
Welsh-McFarland Tussle Ex
pected to Be Popular.
BUD ANDERSON IN WALLACE
Hatch Between Jimmy Clahhy and
Mike Gibbons In New Orleans
Heralded as Likely to Set
tle Middleweight Title. ,
Although It is conceded that the box
ing bout betweten Packy McFarland
and Freddie Welsh next month in New
York if they do meet will be nothing
more than a "get-the-coln" conteit. it
will be safe to plunge a few nickels on
the tip that they will "get me cnauso.
Welsh and McFarland are two boxers
whom the public will pay good cash to
see scrap, because they have met three
times before and have put up simbius
good bouts each time.
The first meeting was in Milwaukee,
February 21. 1908. In that encounter
k .tWarfl battler was given the
decision over the Britisher in 10 rounds.
The other two meetings nave re
sulted In draws. On July . 1908,
Packy and Freddie fought 25 rounds
to a draw at Vernon. Cal., and did not
meet again until May 30, 1910, when
they went 20 rounds In London to a
draw.
There is practically no chance of
either fighter gaining anything by the
meeting but a fattening of the bank
roll. .Packy does not stand a chance
to wrest the'ttle from Freddie and
Freddie will gain no glory by wallop
ing Packy. The fight will be a 10
round no-de!s'on affair and the box
ers will weigh in at 136 pounds at 3
o'clock the day of the contest. This
will give Packy the advantage in
weight as he will enter the ring peril
ously near the welterweight limit. 142
pounds.
Bud Anderson! the Vancouver welter
weight, is confident of winning from
Frank Barrieau at 1 Wallace, Idaho.
Christmas day, according to a letter
received yesterday from Bud, written
at Wallace where he Is now preparing
for the battle.
After the bout, which Is to be ten
rounds. Bud will have- his dogs sent to
Pendleton, where he will go next to
meet Sammy Good New Year's. He In
tends doing a little hunting as part of
his training for the bout with tood.
Anderson says the snow in me
streets of Wallace has rrozen so naro.
that the youngsters skate around town
on ice skates.
It is now almost an assured fact
that 1914 will not see a middleweight
chamnion that can claim the title on
his merits. Although Jimmy Clabby is
considered by many as the titleholderf
Mike Gibbons has stepped up the lad
der far enough to be crowding Clabby
for the position at the top.
Word comes from New Orleans that
a match between theee two Is a fixture
In that city in February. The result
will settle the championship and give
the world once more a middleweight
with a rightful claim to the title.
Having found that his broken arm is
well once more. Ad Wolgast is busy
again hurling challenges rjght and left.
George Chaney, the Baltimore feath
erweight, must soon be recognized as
a contender for Johnny Kilbane's title.
The Baltimore boy has scored over
dozen knockouts during 1914.
"Young" Shugrue has prospered since
his return from Australia. In the three
fights since his return he has made
$3548.
John L. Sullivan recently purchased
back the belt that was given him by
the citizens of Boston in 1883 following
his victory over Paddy Ryan for the
heavyweight championship.
The belt has been in various hands
eince John L. first possessed it. The
old gladiator was forced to part with
it on numerous occasions when his
funds gave out.
He bought it back for . $4000 after
selling it for $2000.
FRESHMAN TEAM VICTORIOUS
All Other Classes Defeated In Bas
ketball Round Robin.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
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Corvallis, Dec. 20. (Special.) The ln
terclass basketball tourney resulted
this year in an unbroken string of vic
tories tfor the freshmen five. They
played three games, meeting each of
the other clas teams in a round-robin
schedule. Their closest fight was with
the junior representation, which finally
lost to them by a 19-20 score after ope
of the best and fastest exhibitions of
class ball ever seen on the local floor.
This game was followed up four days
later with a 19-12 victory over the
seniors.
BOXING BOUTS. ARE ARRANGED
Card for Multnomah-Spokane Meet
Partially Arranged.
The inter-club card that . will be
staged in Spokane January 8, between
the Multnomah Club and the Spokane
Athletic Club has been completed, with
the exception of the wrestlers to be
sent with the Winged M contingent.
The boxing card will be as follows:
135 pounds Vincent Monpier, Mult
nomah, versus Walter Wall, Spokane.
125 pnunds Frank Huelat, Multno
mah, versus Fritz Ellingston, Spokane.
115 pounds Ralph Underwood, Mult.
soman, versus Billy Nelson, Spokane.
McVeagh Wins From Wills.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 20. Sam Mc
Veagh, negro heavyweight, won a de
cision over Harry Wills, another negro.
in a 20-round bout here today. .
MOTS' SMOKER TONIGHT
ARMORY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
TO Alt 1ST BENEFIT EVENT.
Boots Will Be Staged In Big Armory
Hall to Swell Christmas Fond for
Portland's Poor and Needy.
The big Armory hall will be turned
over to the Muts tonight who, with the
assistance of the Armory Athletic As
sociation, will hold a big smoker, the
proceeds of which will go to help swell
the Mut Christmas funds. Portland's
poor and needy will receive benefit of
every dollar that Is taken in by the
Muts.
Not only will those who attend be
assisting a worthy cause, but they also
will see some bouts that will be well
worth attending.
Manager Hansen, of the Armory Club
who has put on some splendid cards at
the Armory in the past, will have
charge of staging the bouts. The
matches will be for the championship
of the Third Regiment, and expry com
pany will be represented in the meet.
Bight or 10 lively bouts will make up
the card. The boys have been working
hard for the meet and the boxing fans
will get a chance to see a number of
Armory boxers make weir first appear
ance in the ring.
Some of Oregon's best citizen-sol
diers and some of the best boys in the
local fistic game will appear. Among
the well-known boxers of the city who
are members of the different companies
are Jimmy Moscow, Jack Wegner,
Harry Hansen, Arthur Cronqulst, Julius
Hyberg, Walter Sommerville, Art Kep-
pinger, Albert Dessinger, Jim Driscoll,
Fred Reynolds, "Smiley" Owens, Bert
Fliestinger and others.
The card, with two more bouts to be
added, reads as follows:
116 pounds Reynolds, Company C,
vs. Sax, Company E.
125 pounds Oliver Colander, Battery
A, vs. Lawrence Lorenze. Company C.
120 pounds Driscoll, Company C, vs.
Owens, Company F.
125 pounds B. Hansen, Company C,
vs. Blllle Cox, Company B.
125 pounds Jimmy Moscow, Com
pany F. vs. H. Weller, Company C.
145 pounds Hyberg, Company D, vs.
Dessinger, Company H.
145 pounds Sommerville, Company
C, vs. Fliestinger, Company H.
158 pounds Keppinger, Company C,
vs. R. Godan, Troop A.
135 pounds H. Hansen, Company A,
vs. Jack Wagner, Company H.
Koseburg Beats SuUierlin.
ROSEBURG. Or.. Dec 20. (Special.)
In a slow and uninteresting game of
basketball played here Friday night,
the Roseburg Athletic Club defeated
the Sutherlin Athletic Club by 68 to 8.
The game was one-sided from the
start, and at no time did the visitors
have a chance of winning.
Illinois Bars Hammer Throw.
BLOOMINGTON, 111.. Dec. 19. Declar
ing the hammer throw too dangerous
for collegiate athletics, the Illinois In
tercollegiate Athletic Association to
day decided to substitute the javelin
throw lor this event In future meet.
RUPERT WILL LEAD
CLUB'S 1915 TEAM
New Captain Announces That
Tactics Will ' Be Changed
and Open Game Tried.
EXPERIENCE IS LENGTHY
Starting With Dallas Sigh School In
19(H), "Red" Starred Xor Four
Years at Albany College and
Is In First Rank.
Clvde "Red" Rupert, football, base
ball and pinochle expert, yesterday was
elected cantain of the Multnomah Club
gridiron squad for 1915. Thirteen
t 1 t : hiiBlri0fl turned UD at the
club and Clyde was chosen on the first?
ballot, which showed: ituperi, nmo
Patsv O'Rourke. three, and
aBnn- T'h 1 1 brook one.
Those present were: Francis. Donald
son, Rader, Rupert, strieoig. rnuoroon,
Keck, Day, Taylor. Rogers, utiourM,
nniiAir nnri HsLrsrreaves.
"it will be mv ambition to make the
club team play open football next Fall,"
remarked Captain-elect itupen aner
the ballots had been counted. "They
say that the club 'wins solely by beef
and that our games are slow and unin
teresting. "It Is going to take hard practice,
but I believe that we can outplay the
colleges at their own open game. I in
tend to try, anyway, and 1 tninn nexi
Fall the fans will find the club shoot
incr forward nasses and circling the
ends like a bunch of giddy youngsters
Service Given Five Years.
Th new caDtaln of the club has
played five years on various Winged
"M" teams and has maue an enviauie
na.mA for himself.
He Brained his school experience witn
the Dallas (Tex.) iilgn team in isuu.
The next Tear his parents moved to
Portland and the auburn-thatched youth
entered Albany1 College and played
Quarter and tackle during 1901, 1902
inns nnrl 1904.
in those davs Albany College boasted
a galaxy of stars such as the school
has never had since. Sam Dolan was
one of Rupert's teammates. Albany
beat the Oregon Aggies three succes
slve years and tied Oregon three years,
loRincr a 4-0 erame the fourth.
Rupert Joined the Muitnoman umo
colors in 1905 and played quarter in
1905 and 1906 under Dave Jordan. He
weighed only 160 pounds, as against
200 now.
Old-timers wil recall a feat that em
phaslzed "Red's" gameness. In 1906,
during an October practice skirmish,
Dr. Paul Rader ' tackled itupert ana
broke his leg. Kerrigan was the only
other avaliable field general, unfor
tunately Kerrigan got laid out in the
big game of the year with the Seattle
Athletic Club on Christmas day at seat.
tie and, with defeat staring the team
In the open countenance, Rupert noD-
bled into the game. The ciun won, z-u,
Many Positions Taken.
That was Rupert's last football game
for several years. He did not appear
In uniform again until 1912, when h
reappeared as tackle under Spec Hurl
burt. Last season he went to guard
but was switched to quarterback for
the New Year s game with Idaho.
"Rupe showed in that game that h
had lost none of his old-time wizardry
despite the fattening processes of th
intervening years. The club deleated
Idaho 20-9.- This year "Rupe" started
again at guard, but after the 10-6 de
feat- by the Oregon Aggies- the first
loss In three years Captain Convill
shifted him to quarterback and the re
suit was a sweeping 14-0 defeat for
Oregon in the big Thanksgiving da
battle.
The new captain has managed va
rious semi-professional ball clubs
around the city and was at one time
sergeant of police. Right now his
business is shooing burglars and crooks
from the vaults of the Northwestern
National Bank. -
CARL MAYS HAS GOOD RECORD
Mickey la Iionge, Also of Portland
Repute, Stands Well.
Official averages at hand show that
CALIFORNIA golfers seem to be
snoozing at the switch. This Is the
time of the year the big clubs are
busy Jahbing whale spears into the
choice tourney dates, but not a thing
has been done about golf tourneys in
Sara Francisco during the exposition
year.
Eastern golfers would welcome an
earlyv Spring tournament when they
could afford to take the long trip with
out interference with other dates In the
East. California's links are In better
shape, too, in early Spring.
Now is the open season for washing
lace curtains. Passersby cannot see
that they have been removed from the
windows while this frostwork Is on the
panes.
Snowy Baker, the Australian fight
promoter, tells a good story on Sam
McVey. After Sam had accumulated a
little money in Sydney he bought a
gorgeous motor car. It had a purple
body trimmed with broad gold stripes,
and was upholstered In shiny black
leather. It carried a dozen electric
lights set In symmetrical design.
One day McVey trundled up to
Baker's office in a buzz wagon of simple-
lines.
"WMere's the other car?" Baker
"I'm gettin' It visalized. Mlstah
Baker," answered the ebony - skinned
boxer.
Visalized?"
"Yas. sah. It wan't doin' me no
good. Every time I rode f ru a street the
folks say: 'Look at de fine car. Funny
ain't nobody ridin in it." I'm gettin' it
visalized. Dey's goin' to change dat
black llnln' to white."
Speaking of McVey, his bout with Jim
Johnson in New York recently must
have 'been a lame duck fiasco. One
critic counted the clinches and there
were 18 in the fifth round, 20 in the
sixth and 17 in the seventh. Twenty
clinches in a round means one clinch
every nine seconds. Each lasted at
least four seconds. Little wonder some
ringside wit yelled out: "The next will
be a two-step."
One spectator started singing "Tip
perary," but apologized when informed
that "Tlpperary" was a fighting song.
Bouts of that sort need "visalizing'
more than McVey's automobiles.
"If Akana, the half-caste Chinese
pitcher signed by McCredie, turns out
to be a star; it will be another Instance
of the local baseball managers being
asleep," writes Harry Carr in the Los
Angeles Times. Carr then explains that
Akana was a member of the University
of Hawaii pigtail squad that toured
the country last Fall.
"Akana played In Los Anjrelea against
SIDELIGHTS AND SATIRE
Carl Mays, the Portland boy who went
p from the Colts, was the premier
twirler of the International League
last season. Mays finished the season
with 24 victories and eight defeats. It
was mainly through his good work on
the mound that Providence captured
the championship.
Mays is now in Portland and is at
tending college during the Winter.
Next Spring he will report to the Bos
ton Red Box.
Mickey La Longe. a former Portland
Beaver, was the best fielding backstop
In the International circuit last sea
son. He was with Buffalo.
Bits of Sport.
Admiral Sir John Jellicoe. commander
of the English fleet in the North Sea,
although 55 years of age, is said to be
good boxer. In his younger days
he was champion of the British navy,
College football teams of the "Big
Nine" have been rated as follows on
the 191 showing of each squad:
1 Illinois. 6 Purdue.
2 Minnesota. 7 Ohio State.
S Chicago. 8 Indiana.
4 Wisconsin. 9 Northwestern.
5 Iowa.
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J. J. McDermott. ex-National open
champion in golf, has resigned as pro
fessional at the Atlantic City ooir JIUD.
Branch Rickey, manager of the St.
Louis Browns, has Joined President
Hedges to look, over the training camp
at Freeport, La.
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Daniel Frederick Potter, Jr.", will cap
tain the Cornell cross-country runners
next year. Potter won the Individual
Intercollegiate cross-country title re
centiy.
Philadelphia sport writers are not
expressing any too gleeful over the
sale of Eddie Collins to tne wnite box.
Freddie Welsh's name is Alfred Hall
Thomas.
Sectional Champions.
Fix. Harvard: Middle West. Illinois:
Ohio. Ohio State; South Atlantic. Virginia.
Washington ana -L.ee; Missouri vmwj,
braska; Middle South. Tennessee; South,
Auburn: Pacific Northwest. Washington
University; Southwest, Oklahoma; South
east, Texas.
Team and Individual Records.
Most points, team. East, N. and J., 869.54.
Most points, school team, Everett High
(Mass.), 600.
Most points, piayer, aaat, x. r.
Virginia, 121.
Most touchdowns. player, msi, --
Mayer, Virginia, 19.
Most goals from toucnaown, piayer, mbi,
M. t. Fleming. W. and J., 89.
Most goals from Ilela, season, p.
hall. Lehigh. 10.
Most goals rrom iieia, one game, xiaiu-
san, Nebraska, 6.
I.oncpst droD kick. goal. T. 8. CusacK,
New York University. SO; H. L. Cofall, Notre
Dame, 50.
Longest goal from placement, M. fierce.
Miami. 47; J. J. Dowdle,, Mt. St. Marys, 47.
Longest punt, Eels, Williams, is.
Highest punting average . H. La Gore,
Yale. 55.
Longest run. toucnaown, x. J. coonage.
Harvard, 98.
Longest runs, KicK-on to wucnaown, jv.
L. Tolley, Sewanee, 95; Tacker, Pennsylva
nia, 95; Gallagher, Christian Brothers, 95.
Longest run from scrimmage touchdown.
William Morris. Denver, 00; G. E. Kirk.
Maine, 90; Q. B. Smith, Michigan Agricul
tural School, 90.
Longest run from completed forward pass,
H. W. Miller, Pittsburg, 70.
Longest run from Intercepted forward
pass, T. D. Sparks, Chicago. 85.
Lonsrest run back of ount. touchdown. R.
I.. Tolley, Sewanee, 85; Sacksteder, Chris
tian Brothers, 85.
Longest run from recovered fumble, T. J.
Coolldge, Harvard, 98.
Browns Clioose Training Camp.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 20. The 1915 train
ing camp of the St. Louis Americans
will be at Houston, Tex., it was an
nounced here today by Robert Lee
Hedges, president of the local club.
Win lock 49, Cliehalis 13.
WTNLOCK.Wash., Dec. 20. (Special.)
The Chehalis basketball team lost to
Winlock by a score of 49 to 13.
PARIS HAS "BELGIUM DAY"
Three Million Miniature Flags
Worn by Contributors to Fund.
PARIS, Dec. 20. Today was "Belgium
day" In Paris and 3.000,000 miniature
Belgian flags decorated the coats of the
population. All persons received the
emblem after they had made contrlbu
tion to the collection boxes carried
through the streets by 10,000 girls.
The money raised Is to be used In
assisting in the relief of Belgian ref
ugees. Theaters gave special perform
ances and churches held services, at
which the audiences and congregations
contributed to the fund.
Occidental College and was recognized
as having the promise of being a great
pitcher, adds Carr.
Wrong, according to McCredle. Lang
Akana, Portland's new acquisition, is an
outfielder, and its his brother who
hands up the slants from the hurling
mound. Lang is 19 years old and his
brother about 24
Since sport upsets are so common it
need not surprise anybody to see Akana
beat Elmer Lober out of his Job.
Bill Pickens, All-Americara press
agent, is to be reinstated by the Ameri
can Automobile Association January 1.
Bill has been barred from the associa
tion meets since he and Barney Old
field staged a match race with Jack
Johnson a few years ago.
In the interim be has been managing
Lincoln Beachey, the aviator, although
close to Oldfleld all the time.
Once a newspaperman wrote a lin
about "Bill Pickens, Barney Oldfield'
erstwhile press agent.
Hardly was the paper on the street
than Oldfield called over the telephone,
mad as a hornet:
"Say," he demanded. "What do you
mean by calling Bill an 'erstwhile press
agent?' I've known Bill for ten years
and he s as square as they make em.
Anti-Teuton sentiment in England
seems to be growing in Intensity.
Among the most recent evidences Is th
refusal of English dog show author!
ties to accept the entries of dachshunds.
This Is not so ridiculous as it appears.
because the German spy system Is
marvelous affair. Every weinerwurst
should be carefully investigated.
If somebody will only bar the hair
less Mexican purp from circulation i
these United States of ours we will
readily forgive Woodrow Wilson for all
he has not done to Mexico.
It is to be hoped that Colonel
Ruppert, the New York brewer, never
buys the New York Giants. Someone Is
liable to demand that he put a head on
Fred Merkle.
Eddie Collins sale by Connie Mack
has been laid to his activities as
writer of syndicated newspaper stories.
Collins stirred up a lot of trouble
among the Athletics last year. Conse
quently. hardly had the ink dried on
the announcement of his sale to th
Chicago Sox than one Chicago news
paper belched forth with a double-col
umn demand that Collins cease his au
thorlng so long as on the Sox payroll.
Eddie hasn't been heard from, but if
he knows what is good for him he will
lay aside his rusty Underwood for the
proverbial ralnjr day,
Football Records of 1914
San Francisco's New Year
celebration Is Justly famous on the Pacific
Coast, and on account of the opening of the big
Exposition six weeks later, new glories will be
added.
SHASTA ROUTE TRAINS
Shasta Limited. California Express and San
Francisco Express from Portland daily offer the
best and most comfortable mode of travel, the
most scenic trip in the West, and bring you di
rect to the
Panama Pacific International Exposition
at San Francisco.
$55.00 Portland to Los Angeles and Return
Corresponding Low Round Trip Fares All Other S. P. Points
with liberal .stop-overs will enable you to see
the delightful Winterless California outdoor land
Santa Cruz, Del Monte, Paso Robles, Santa Bar
bara, Los Angeles, Long Beach, Santa Monica,
Catalina Island. Mt. Lowe, the Orange Groves
and hundreds of other interesting outing places
in the Golden State, and you can go to the
Panama California Exposition
At San Diego.
The Exposition Line 1915
JEW RULES SOUGHT
rovisions Players Want
Contracts Are Told.
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BETTER AGREEMENT IS AIM
Nine Proposals Would Protect Men
in Transfers From Majors to
Minors or Vice Versa Defi
nite Action "Withheld.
NEW YORK, Dec. 20. David L. Fultz,
president of the Baseball Players' Fra
ternity, made public today the resolu
tions which the fraternity recently re
quested organized baseball to insert as
provisions in its agreement with the
players' association.
These provisions, nine in number,
were adopted at the annual meeting of
the board of directors of the Baseball
Players' Fraternity held October 13. and
submitted to the National Commission
in this city on December 17.
No formal action was taken at tne
time they were presented to Chairman
Garry Herrmann, of the Commission,
but there was considerable discussion
regarding the requests and the accom
panying brief In support ot tne ira-
Iprnltv'ft rasoluttons.
President Fultz points out in the brief
that the provisions are intended in part
to bring out a better understanding and
agreement between the major and minor
leagues and the players.
Provisions) Are Quoted.
The provisions as presented to the
National Commission and National
Board are:
1- A club which releases a player
under an optional agreement shall, dur
ing the life of the option, pay tne aii
ference in salary between that pre
viously paid by said club and that paid
by the purchasing club.
2. A club which releases a pmjor
outright shall pay the difference in
salary, if any. between that previously
paid "by said club and that paid by the
purchasing club for a period of five or
10 days, according to tne lengtn ol no
tice of unconditional release to which
the player is entitled.
3. A player dratted, purcnaseo. or
recalled by a club In a higher classi
fication shall report to the said club
either before the close of the season
of the releasing club- or immediately
thereafter and shall be put upon salary.
Salary Statement Provided.
4. A club releasing a player, either
outright or optionally, shall servo upon
him a written notice containing, in ad
dition to the data mentioned in sec
tion four of the Fraternity agreement,
a statement of the minimum amount of
salary he is to receive from the pur
chasing club, which shall be a reason
able salary for that classification.
5. A club-releasing a player, eitner
outright or optionally, shall furnish
him with his traveling expenses to the
point at which he is to Join the pur
chasing club.
The words "traveling expenses" snail,
for the purposes of this agreement.
mean railroad fare, Pullman fare and
price of meals, when either or both or
the last two items are necessary.
48 Honrs Notice Required.
6. A transferred player shall be al
lowed 48 hours in which to leave to
Join the purchasing team, unless a dif
ferent period is agreed upon in writing
between parties.
7. Minor league players shall re
ceive their traveling expenses from
their home to the training camps In
curred in reporting for Spring practice.
8. When waivers are asked upon a
player, the Fraternity is to be notified.
9. That the commission and board
furnish the management in the various
organizations of which they have Juris
diction respectively with forms of re
lease, making note of the several items
of information required by the man
agement. GIIMOKJE TELEGRAPH JOHXSOX
Fed Chief Threatens Court Pro
ceedings Against Pitcher.
CHICAGO. Dec. 20. James A. Gil
more, president of the Federal League,
today telegraphed to Walter Johnson,
star of the pitching staff of the Wash
ington Americans, who signed with the
Federals, and who yesterday returned
to the Americans, urging him to recon
sider his decision,
Gilmore declared, unless Johnson
came to Chicago, he would immediately
bring court action to prevent the pitch
ing star's serving the Washington
club.
Ban Johnson, president of the Ameri
can League, who returned from French
Lick, Ind., said the league schedule had
been completed. The season will open
April 14.
Frultmen to Fight Blight.
WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Dec 20.
(Special.) Fruitmen of the valley will
meet January 4 at the Commercial Club
and start a fight ncalnst blight. Ex-
Full particulars as to Special Christmas
Fares and daily fares to California can be ob
tained with descriptive literature on Califor
nia and the Exposition at City Ticket Office,
SO Sixth Street, Corner Oak, Union Depot, East
Morrison, or from nearest agent,
SOUTHERN
PACIFIC
John M. Scott, General Passenger, Agent, Port
land, Oregon.
pert3 will be brought here from other
places and fruit trees affected with the
disease will be shown for demonstrative
purposes.
TENINO BANK OPEN TODAY
New Establishment Replaces House
Closed in September.
CENTRALIA, Wash., Dec. 20. (Spe
cial.) The no- Citizens' Bank of Te
nino, organized to take the place of
the Tenino State Bank, which closed
in September, following failure of two
Centralia Banks, will open for busi
ness tomorrow.
The stockholders of the new bank
are: J. S. Baker, H. S. Barclay, Del
Axtell. A. A. Battista, N. Glowers, J.
IL Chatterton, Dave Copping. William
J. Cass, John Deshaier, Fred Dammonn,
N. W. Everts, Harry Gorllne, S. M.
Peterson, P. C. Kibbe, H. J. Keithahn,
George Mayes, Oscar Neuerberg, G. F.
Schulz. Dr. F. W. Wichman, J. J. Rob
erts, John E. Zenner, T. F. Mentzer
and Myrick & Kinsey.
The officers are: S. M. Peterson,
president, and P. C. Kibbe, vice-president,
who, with Messrs. Mayes, Keith
ahn and Neuerberg, will act as the
board of directors. J. J. Roberts, a
brother of J. H. Roberts, a Centralia
realty dealer, will be cashier. It was
largely through the efforts of Mr.
Roberts, who was formerly in the
banking business in Missouri, that the
new bank was formed.
COST OF AUDIT PROTESTED
Washington County Refuses to Pay
Bill of Portland Concern.
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HILLSBORO, Or., Dec. 20. (Special.)
The state law governing auditing of
the books of county officials is holding
the center of the stage here, the ex
perts under the direction of Arthur
Beveredge & Co., of Portland, having
submitted a bill for $1277.33 for audit
ing nine months of county accounts,
the time covered being from January 1,
1914, until September 30. The County
Court has taken no recognition of the
bill and will not until the account is
approved by the State Insurance Com
missioner, and County Judge Reasoner
declares that the court even then will
not audit the claim a tne amount
charged until the case is aired in court.
A representative or the auditing
company Interviewed Judge Reasoner
yesterday, and the court flatly told him
that the charge was exorbitant and
that the commonwealth would not pay
it until it had exhausted its resources
clear to the Supreme Court.
Two years ago the county procured
a thorough audit for two years of ad
ministration at a cost of $500.
MRS. FRANK PROBST DEAD
Resident of Linn County, for 63
Years, Passes Away.
ALBANY, Or.. Dec. 20. (Special.)
Mrs. Frank Propst, pioneer of 1851 and
resident of Linn County for 63 years,
died Friday at her home, eight miles
east of Albany.
Rorn in Illinois October 19, 1838, she
crossed the plains' with her parents
when she was 13 years old and settiea
in Linn County, not far from the home
at which she died.
Mrs. Propst is survived by her hus
band and six children: Mrs. Maria Mil
ler, of Albany; Henry Propst, of Grand
View, Wash.; A. G. Propst, of Albany;
Mrs. "Dana Butler, of Lebanon: L. B.
Propst, of Lebanon, and Mrs. Thomas
E. Riley, of Albany.
COLLEGE HOLIDAYS BEGIN
Oregon Agricultural Students Are
Granted Special Kates.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallis. Dec. 20. (Special.)
With the exception of a few laboratory
periods scheduled for Saturday morn
ing, regular exercises at the Oregon
Agricultural College were suspended
Friday for the Christmas holidays.
The greater part of the students have
left the college town, to be with their
parents over the holidays. To accom
modate them both the Southern Pacific
and the Oregon Electric Railway com
panies granted special rates, effective
anywhere in the state between Decem
ber 13 and January 4.
Road Cost Shown in Jacksan.
In experiments with road construc
tion in Jackson County on the Pacific
Highway. It Is shown that concrete laid
at a thickness of six inches costs $1.47 a
square yard:- asphalt, five inches
thick, costs $1.27 a square yard. Up
to date SVi miles of concrete paving
and 414 miles of asphaltic have been
laid.
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