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lO TTTE MORXTXG OltEGONIATf, FTITDAT. DECE3FBER 25, l!t4. WOLVERTON CLAIM SCORNED BY BAUM iTitle to ex-Sacramento Play ers Is Held by League Alone, Says Its Chief. SALT LAKE IS PROTECTED Bnit Would Cost Club Nothing and ex-Owners Case Involving Men Would Be Laughed Out of Court, Is Assertion. BAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 24. (Spe cial.) That everything is set for Salt Lake to step into full partnership with the Coast League is the word brought by President Allan T. Baum, who re turned tonight from the Utah city. Henry Berry, owner of the Seals, who made the trip to the new baseball cen ter with the league executive, went di rectly to Los Angeles, where he will visit his family during the holidays. President. Baum said that there is no occasion for the Salt Lake people or any member of the Coast League to worry In the slightest degree over the etory that Harry Wolverton and Lloyd Jacobs are bent on claiming title to the ballplayers who have been under reserve to the Sacramento club. Befpre he left Salt Lake, Baum as sured the backers of that club that if there should be a legal battle It will be fought by the league and not passed up to the team. He Insists that Wolver ton and Jacobs haven't a leg to stand on and says that if the case ever comes to a test it will be laughed out of the courts. Decision Many, He Say. "Wolverton knows," said President Baum, "and he knows that we know as well, that he hasn't a chance to secure possession of these players. There have been decisions hundreds of times on this one point, that when a franchise is forfeited the players revert to the league or the club which 13 to be substituted. "The rules of baseball and the consti tution provide that when a club falls to live up to Its contractural obliga tions and the league fulfils these obli gations, all right and title to the play ers revert to the league. Since the Sacramento franchise was declared for feited, the title of these players has been vested in the Pacific Coast League and no other body." President Baum said a stock company Is to be formed at Salt Lake shortly after the first of the year, at which time officers will be named and a man ager chosen. Cliff Blankenshlp Is de cidedly popular In Salt Lake and there Is every reason to believe that he will bave the running of the club. Knlnlnjc f50,0OO la Planned. The Salt Lake people are to pay the Coast League 115,000 for the franchise and expect to raise something like $50, 000 to build a park and finance the club. - It Is further agreed that Salt Lake will guarantee each visiting club $2000 every week and in return will obtain the same guarantee around the circuit. It is doubtful whether a ball park can be built In time for the opening frame. If not, the old park can be used. Both Baum and Berry Inspected the old grounds and say they will do until the new quarters can be provided. "The old grounds are far better than you would Imagine,' explained Presi dent Baum. "Here in the Coast League we are spoiled, as our parks are ex tremely high-class. The chief trouble with the old grounds In Salt Lake is the nearness of the plate to the grand etannd." M.XGOTN HIGH BEATS PIRATES School Basketball Squad Also De feats Christian Church Quintet. Another victory was credited to the Lincoln High School basketball team by Its defeat of the Pirates. 64 to 24. In the school gymnasium yesterday morn ing. McAllister and Schildknecht werj the stars of the game, McAllister at basketshooting and "the big Alaska fisherman" at guarding. The Christian Church quintet, of Vancouver, Wash., was humbled, 18 to 10, by the West Slders at the trans Columbia town Monday night. Man ager Leighton Steele, of Lincoln, has procured a game with the Stevenson (Wash.) High School to be played at Stevenson, January 1. 1015. Holmes Business College has arranged a match with Coach Borleske's warriors for next Monday afternoon in the high school gymnasium. L. M. Hausler Is captain of the business college aggre gation. Captain Lillard. of the Hallsplitters, may not be able to play this season. He has not been out with the squad for two weeks, and Coach Borleske Is beginning to worry as to whether or not the captain will be ready to start the official Portland Interscholastio League basketball schedule. The team lined up yesterday as follows: Mc Allister and Caesar, forwards; Gus Clerin. center; Hans Schildknecht and Hugh Clerin, guards. . SOCCER. TEAMS TO MEET TODAY Multnomah Club and Beaver Elevens to Play Only League Match. The only match of the Portland Soc cer Football Association scheduled for today will be played between the Mult nomah Club eleven and the Beavers, on the Multnomah Field, starting at 10:45 o'clock this morning. This will be the first meeting of the two aggregations, although the Beavers are charged with one defeat and the Multnomah Club bas two setbacks in as many starts. ' Both squads seem, evenly matched and each has been obtaining the serv ices of some of the best high school talent In the city. Lowell Paget, one of the best fullbacks In the inter echolastlc league, is doing valiant duty for Manager John D. Dwyer and his Multnomah Club representatives. Manager Foster will pick his Beav ers from Captain Pasquill, Mansley, Young, Haefllng, West, Rennle, Ora !hatn. Caughy, Stevenson, Jones. James. Baron and Cables. The Multnomah Club will have Manager Dwyer, Paget, liackle, Wright, Morris. Conway. Mac Kenzle. Donard, Leonard, Shevlen and G. Gray in the lineup. Sam Duncan will referee and C. Clarence Liklns will be a linesman. Bits of Sport. Emilio Palmero, the Cuban pitcher. no was a memoer or the New York Giants and the Toronto International ists last season, twirled a no-hit contest against the Fe Club in Havana, Cuba, recently. Palmero whiffed 12, but two passes and a wild pitch netted the Fe Club one score. Havana won the match, 7 to 1. "Father, what is Winter baseball?" "Winter baseball, Ignatz, is that played by the magnates. In contradis tinction to that played by the players; and, while the pajers, as a rule, slay to the crowd, the magnates play only to the grandstand." Trouble with the Western Skating Association, which has resulted in prac tically open revolt, will likely bring all the roller skaters in the country under the, wing of the International Skating Union, according to Allan L Blanchard, president of the International Union. Eddie Collins In undeniably a great batsman, but his record would be a poor one If he had to face Walter John son daily. For eight years, Collins has been batting against the Washington phenom, and during that time he has been at bat 113 times and made IS hits for the grand average of .144. One day some years ago Collins hit a home run and a single off Johnson and then went along for almost a year before he connected safely with the pellet. His record against Johnson Is pretty nearly the poorest of any hitter in the Ameri can League, but when It comes to. hit ting the other pitchers, Collins Is the man. Jess Willard has begun to train for the Johnson bout. He started out by appearing in a burlesque house in tit. Louis. Jeffries also trained with the "merry-merries," if we remember rightly. For a player who has not been on Ice skates for several years, Richard Wil der did good work for the Waverly Country Club hockey team against the Harriman Club representatives last Tuesday In the Ice hippodrome. At times Wilder was outclassed by some of FORMER BEAVER WHO WILL RETURN TO PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE BY GRACE OF WALTER M'CREDIE. ijk - y yJL BILL LINDSAY, SECURED BY OAKLAND IN TRADE WITH NEW ORLEANS. the shining lights, but be stuck to his post and was there when duty called him. . Tohn Maulbetsch, the all-Amerlcan halfback from Michigan, is toting a huge diamond ring. Admiring friends in Ann Arbor, Mich., where Maulbetsch lives, presented it to him at the close of the 1914 season. Here's something unusual: Rochester University Is one of the few colleges of the country where football Is run at a loss. The total deficit this year was $859.82. Swimming meets for the "co-eds" Is a new fad at Syracuse. PORTLAND WINS MATCH SIANITO CLUB, SPOKANE, LOSES RE VOLVER CONTEST. Springfield la High In First Event, of United States Association and Manhattan Leads In Second. In the first unofficial reports of the United States Revolver Association sent out by Secretary Crabtree, the Port land Revolver Club Is given credit for defeating the Manito Club, of Spokane, 1086 to 1082. " The association furnishes the targets, which as fast as shot are returned to the secretary's office for official checking and scoring. The second match of the interleague series has the locals making a record of 1068, but nothing definite has been received from the Columbus team, the opponents of Portland. No shooting will be done In the league this week because of the holiday vacations. In the opening match Springfield was high, with 1124. while Manhattan took the honors In the second affair by the same score. The unofficial scores received to date are as follows: Match L Myles Etandlsh Springfield 1124 citizens .flttsDurgi Beverly 967. .Denver ..1054 Seattle 1090. .Shell Mound Olympic Providence ...... .1096 Boston 1079. -l'oungstown 1041 cnicago Dallas Columbus et. Louis 1043 Osborn Manhattan 1108 Manito 1083. .Portland ........ .1086 Belleville 969. .Spokane 1114 . ' Match 2. Dallas Springfield 1111 Tountcstown . .1031. ..Pittsburg Myles Standlsh .......Denver 1104 Citizens .... ........ .Shell Mound Beverly 994.. Seattle 1106 Olympic Belleville 976 Boston ...1105.. St. Louis 1079 Chicago Manhattan 1124 Columbus Portland 1008 Osborn ..Spokane 1090 Manito 1065. .Providence 1083 JUXIOB FOOTRALXi GAMES SET Contests "Are to Be Played Today In Several Parks in City. Football games will be played in parks throughout the city today. Sev eral Important contests have been scheduled. In the Portland Junior Athletic League the South Portland Junior-Albina game has been changed to the Sellwood Park for 2 o'clock In the afternoon instead of 10 A. M., as was announced yesterday. Another change made 1 n the sched ule pertains to the South Portland Lincoln Park embroglio, slated for Sunday afternoon. This match will be payed on the Sellwood Park grounds at 2 o'clock. It was scheduled for Penin sula Park. Contests In the Portland Junior Ath letic League which will be played this morning are: Lincoln Park against St. Johns at St. Johns; Northern Hill versus the Dally News, at St. Johns; Brooklyn Juniors versus Arleta, at Anabel; Overlook versus Creston, at Anabel. and Westover versus the Bear Cats, on the East Twelfth and East Davis street grounds. All these matches are slated for 10 o'clock. Cousins Drown When Ice Breaks. KAPOWSIN, Wash., Dec. 24. Frank and Heinle Johnson, cousins, were drowned here today, when they broke through the Ice while skating. Frank was 30 years old and Heinle 19. PORTLAND OAKLAND TRADE CULLED OFF New Orleans Takes Murphy From Christian for Bill Lindsay, ex-Beaver. LETTER TELLS M'CREDIE Tucson, Ariz., Makes Strong Bid for Coast League Champions to Train There Williams Walts for Word From Farr. Walt McCredie's contemplated base ball swap with the Oakland club did not materialize. After offering to give Portland Infielder Murphy and' one other player for Bobby Davis and a second unnamed Beaver. Manager Christian, of the Oaks, turned around and traded Murphy to New Orleans for Bill Lindsay, former Portland in fielder. Lindsay was a consistent .300 hitter out here for a couple of seasons, but Mac became disgusted with his Dres--den china physique. His sale to the Southern League was one of the bomb shells of the holiday season of 1913. Lindsay hit about .280 at New Orleans. "My agreement with New Orleans was that he was not to be returned to this league without my consent," remarked Manager Mac yesterday. "I thought my Oakland deal was slipping a couple of days ago, when New Orleans asked this permission. I gave the word and today a letter came to hand from Christian saying that my deal for Murphy was off, as he had traded him to New Orleans. "Murphy is a fast youngster, but too fast for the Infield. I would have switched him to the gardens." Lindsay Is to be placed at second base, with Lltschi on third and Ness at second, according to Christian's plans. Lindsay held down third for Port land, but can play a highly creditable second base. When Bill Rodgers broke his ankle In 1911 the team began slumping something fierce, until Mc Credie got Lindsay from New Orleans. Lindsay did good work at second until Rodgers got back Into the game and then Mac shifted him to the torrid zone. It begins to look as If the Portland Coast champs will train at Tucson, Ariz., next March. Walter McCredle received a letter from an official of the Commercial Club there yesterday telling him Tucson would make a good deal with him in the way of accom modations. "I would like to train there," re marked Mac, facetiously. "I could ship my extras down to the border and save further transportation." If the Beavers unlimber at Tucson, Mac will arrange a schedule of games In the various Imperial Valley towns. Nick Williams Is still awaiting word from President Farr, of the Spokane club, regarding management. They used to say that Joe Cohn talked too much when he was boss at Spokane, but Farr Is about as bad the other way. He doesn't talk enough for the good of the game. George Hlldebrand filched $1000 from the National Commission for umpiring In four world's series games. All he did In one game to earn $250 was to call a foul ball down the right field line. It came so easy that George lust couldn't hold on to it. .A few dayB ago he blossomed forth In San Francisco with a new automobile. Get that an umpire with an automobile. Notice of a general bousecleanlng nas Deen served by the new owner of the San Francisco Beats. Berry has dropped hints that Cartwrlght, Tobin, O'Leary, Mundorff and Leifleld may not be seen In Seal uniforms next vear. Leifleld Is In business in St. Louis and may retire. He still is a eood pitcher, but probably is trying to stick tne seals lor a millionaire s salary. 6outhern California colleges have voted tnat an athlete Is onlv a nro. fesslonal In the particular sport for which he receives pay. As a result quite a number of the football boys are oui xor cummer Dan Jobs. Pity the poor ballplayer in the Northwestern League next year If Bob by Blewett acts affirmatively upon umpiring requests that have been filed. First Mike Lynch stuck his . stormy petrol thumb Into the pudding and now comes Ducky Holmes. Ducky Is the original bad man from Missouri. He played on thOBe famous Baltimore Orioles In 1898 with Mc- Uraw, Jennings et al.. and afterward drifted all over the country. Four or five years ago he owned the Sioux City club and was worth nearly $100,000, it Is said. He sold out there, drifted some more, 'dropped money everywhere, and is now nearly broke at Glasgow, Mont. Two or three years ago Ducky man aged Victoria for a few weeks in the Fall. Rube Maxmeyer flashed across the horizon with the Colts that Spring and was lust going good when Holmes struck cam;. Rube wu billed to pitch the opener for the Colts against Vic toria. "Bunt, you boobs!" was Ducky's terse command to his Bees. And bunt they did. Rube had set the heavy-hitting Vancouvers down with two hits the week previous, but by laying the ball down In front of Rube's feet the Bees bad five runs across In one Inning. That - beating started Maxy down the chutes and he soon passed Into the discard. - Thorn ason, outfielder on the Omaha club of the Western League, Is to be one of the new San Francisco stand ard bearers next year.. On paper he looks good. Thomason batted .325 and stole 42 bases. IV'ltKVX TO BE RE-ELECTED Tennis Championships Assured to Newport Again. NEW YORK, Dec 24. Edwin F. Tor rey, secretary of the United States Na tional Lawn Tennis Association, an nounced today that the date for the annual meeting of the association bad been set for this city Friday, February 5, beginning at 3 P. M. The official an nouncement was also made that Robert D. Wrenn, president of the association, had reconsidered his determination to letire from office. His election is con sidered certain. The faction opposed to Newport as the place of holding the National cham pionship tournament expressed the opinion that the nomination and elec tion of Wrenn, who Is favorable to Newport, would mean the continuance of the tournament at the Casino for another year at least. BASKETBALL GAMES SET WEONAS AND SOLDIERS TO OPEN PORTLAND LEAGUE SEASON. Board of Control Schedules First Con test for January- & Regulations Governing Teams Drawn 17 p. The board of control of the Port land Basketball League bas issued the 1915 schedule, and, according to the official list, the opening match will be played January 5 between the Weonaa and Company M., Twenty-first In fantry, of Vancouver Barracks. All the contests will be played on Tues days, Thursdays and Saturdays. The board of control, composed of Robert Kohn, James H. Bach. A. It (Bert) Allen, Ed Morris, Brother Fabian and L. A. Spangler, has made the following regulations: "Players signed on one team in the league may not play on any other team In this circuit. Managers must see that each player Is a registered amateur, and must give registration number if requested by the officials on the night of play. "No protest other, than on eligibility of players shall be considered by the board of control, and In all cases the referee's decision shall be final. The board of control shall appoint officials, select the floors for the various games and attend to all the detail matters. "Each manager will be requested to deposit $10 with the board to insure the appearance of the team on the night of the scheduled game. The money shall be returned at the com pletion of the season's matches. Should a squad be unable to play on the stated night, two days' written request must be sent to the board of control. "A club violating this rule forfeits the $10 and another $10 is necessary to allow the team in question to re-enter the league." Twenty-five per cent of the ' gross receipts is to go to the board of control after each contest. This amount is to be used to help defray the expenses of sending the winning team to the San Francisco Fair next year. After the 25 per cent has been delivered the contesting teams are to receive the rest of the funds by the 50-60 basis. Teams must pay their own traveling expenses, The following referees have been se lected: Vincent Borleske, Case Camp bell, Homer Jamison, Charles McKenzle and Clair McDougal. The tentative schedule is as follows: Januarv 5. Weonaa vs. Company M. Twen- ly-nrst inrantry. January 7. M. A. A. c. vs. Armory Club. National Guard. January 9. Peninsula Club vs. Christian Brothers' Business College Alumni. January 12, Weonaa vs. Armory National Guard January 14. Weonaa vs. Christian Brothers' Business College Alumni. January 16. Company M. Twenty-first In fantry. vs. Multnomah Club. January 19, Armory Club, National Guard, vs. Peninsula Club. January 21, Company M, Twenty-first In fantry. vs. Christian Brothers' Business Col. lege Alumni. ' January 23 Weonaa vs. Multnomah Ama teur Athletic Club. Januarv 26. Armory Club. National Guard. vb. CHrlstlan Brothers' Business College Alumni. January 28, Company M, Twenty-first In fantry, vs. Peninsula Club. January 30. Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club vs. Christian Brothers' Business Col lege Alumni. February 2, Weonaa vs. Peninsula Club. February 4, Company -M. Twenty-first In fantry, vs. Armory Club, national Guard. February 6, Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club vs. Peninsula Cluo. ROUGH HOCKEY IS UNTJER. BAX Coast League Head Issues Warning Before Portland-Victoria Game. At any cost. President Patrick, of the Pacific Coast Hockey League, is going to have clean games in the circuit, ac cording to a letter received by Pete Muldoon, manager or the Portland Uncle Sams. "Mickle" Ion and Tom Phillips were appointed to be the of ficlals by the president and his orders said that Victoria and Portland must avoid rough playing here tomorrow night in the Ice Hippodrome. "We have too much at stake to al low any player or players to jeopardize the entire success of our business by rough playing," Mr. Patrick writes, "The games have been fairly clean to date and I Intend that they shall re main so, hence my instructions to the referees. "It would be too bad if I was forced as president of this league to suspend a player, but, believe me, no matter who the player is, if It's coming to him. that's what be will get. I really do not think If every player clearly understands that deliberate rough work will be severely punished that he will be foolish enough to Injure his team's chances by resorting to It. "I hope you have no more accidents and that your team will continue to play the brand of hockey It Is capable of. I might close by saying that all the local critics say Portland is play ing the best combination on any squad; in fact, the best combination ever played In this circuit." CRYSTAL PALACE TO CLOSE London's Recreation Ground to Be Used for Training Forces. LONDON, Dec. IE. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) The Crystal Palace. London's famous recreation ground, will be closed to the public from New Year's day until the end of the war, in order to supply training quarters for the soldiers. It is esti mated that at least 10,000 men will bunk In the glass exhibition ball. One effect will be to cause the Eng lish cup final, which decides the pro fessional association football cham pionship and is the most popular sport ing event In England, with the excep tion of the Derby race, to be played on other grounds next Airil. VICTORY OF BOSTON IS LAID TO SPIRIT "Breaks" Decide Ball Games and Pennant Races, Matty Says, Citing How. CREDIT GIVEN STALLINGS Clarke Griffith Quoted In Showing Turning Point In Second Game and Scheme to Have Pitcher In Form Is Described. BY" CHRISTY MATHEW80N, The Giants' Famous pitcher. NEW YORK, Dec 24. (Special.) Just the "breaks" decide ball games, pennant races and world's series. At a recent gathering of baseball men Clarke Griffith declared that the Wash ington Club would have won the pen nant the year his team made such a great race except for one break. "It's all In the spirit," declared "Griff." "The Boston club won the world-s series on spirit. A little break in the last Inning of the second game was the turning point. To the experi enced baseball man James was gone in that Inning. Barry was on base, with none out, when Schang came up. The count on the Athletics catcher was three and two and he struck out on a bad ball. "Right afterward Walsh got on base. If Schang had waited, the bases would have been full with none out. As it was, ' Murphy had to hit because the ump' missed one on him and. put him In the hole. Maranville ended the game with his great double play. If the Athletics had won that game, it would have changed the spirit of the whole series. The Athletics were beaten after that break. Another Case Is Cited. "We had a game won against the Athletics in the ninth year my club made its great spurt until Baker came to the bat with two out and two and three on him. He busted the next ball for a home run and tied the score. We lost in the eleventh and our streak was broken, the spirit was changed and we lost the pennant. I believe we would have won except for that defeat. If we ever had got into the world's series that year we would have won that." "Griff" is absolutely right, in my opinion, and the spirit of the Boston club was due to the magnificent hand ling of the club by Stallings. He had his team right. The night before the opening game of a world's series is always a tough one for a player, especially If be has never been in one before'. Every ball player Is afraid of being called "yel low," more afraid of that than anything else. His one fear is that he will fall down in a pinch in a world's series and that the public will never get over it. Big Strain Is on Pitcher. The biggest strain as on the pitcher who is expected to work. I could name one pitcher who opened a world's se ries recently who never slept a wink the night before the first game and he lost. The ordinary ballplayer doesn't rest well, as a rule, but the big strain is on the twirler. The one game may make or break him. I was at the Majestic Hotel. In Phila delphia, where the Boston club was stopping the night before the opening game of the world s series. Stallings was talking to "Dick" Rudolph. "I don't think I'll work you tomor row, Dick," he said. "I believe I'll save you for the Saturday game." "Whatever you think, George," said Rudolph. "Go get your regular rest, though," suggested Stallings, "because I might have to put you in if It would save the game Rudolph Goes to Bed, Rudolph went up to bed. "Aren't you going to work him. George?" I asked. "Wait and see," he replied, with a wink. The next afternoon Stallings had Ru dolph and James warming up. Before the game he called Rudolph aside. "I've changed my mind, Dick," he said. "Tve decided to work you today after all. Go In there and pitch." What was the result? Stallings sent a pitcher Into -tHtf box who had en joyed a good night's sleep, because he had gone to bed with nothing on his mind. He had not expected to work the next day. That is the kind of a man ager George Stallings is. , Boston Wins on Spirit. The Boston club won on its spirit. The Braves rode the Athletics all the way, every man on the team except Barry and Murphy. Nobody ever says anything to Barry because of his quiet manner and his fine tactics. He is a very high-class fellow. Two years ago the Washington, club could beat the Athletics consistently because GrlffitH's club "rode" Mack's team. The Detroit club Used to "ride' the Athletics and beat them. It all comes down to spirit. "If the Braves and Athletics were playing yet," declared Griffith, "I don't believe Mack s club would have won a game. The loss of the second game of the series beat the Athletics. From that point the Braves were sure they could win, and they could as often as they wanted to." MAGEE GOES TO BRAVES CASH AND PLAYERS TO BE GIVEN FOR PHILLIE OUTFIELDER. Heads of Clubs Fat Thrensh Deals at New York Meetlnir and Star Batsman Sign Contract. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 24. Sherwood R. Magee, the hard-hitting outfielder of the Philadelphia National League club, was traded to tjie Boston Na tionals today for some players and a cash, payment. The deal was put through at a meeting held In New York by W. F. Baker, president of the Phil adelphla club, and James Gaffney, pres ldent of the Bostons. Magee went to New York, and after the trade was made by the two presi dents the outfielder signed a two-year contract with the Boston club. The amount of cash that figured in the deal was not announced. The players the Philadelphia club will receive from the Boston team will be selected at a meeting to be held in New York next Monday by Baker. Gaffney and Manager Moran, of the Philadelphia club. There have been persistent reports In circulation since the baseball season closed that Magee would be signed By the Federal League. Federal League agents. It is known, have been after Magee, but he failed to reach an agree ment with them. While repairing one of the streets in Xewburynort. Mass.. the men found rails, the remains of an old horsecar railway. They were in Rood condition and about two 11 below. .Las surface. HOF BRAU Christmas Dinner, $1.50 S TILL Including White Toko Point Oysters Crab Celery. Terrapin Soup. Broiled Salmon, Bearnalse Green and Fommes au Goose Liver Patties, Financiers Larded Tenderloin of Beef, Mushrooms. Spaghetti a l'ltallenne. Roast Young Goose with Dressing and Apple Sauce. Roast Turkey, Cranberry Sauce. Lettuce. French Dressing. Stewed Tomatoes. Baked, Mashed or Steamed Potatoes. String Beans. Mince. Apple, Pumpkin Pie. Tutti Frutti Ice Cream, Assorted Roquefort, American. Swiss Cheese, Crackers. Coffee. AGGIES LINE IS TQPiG College Prophets Forecast . Basketball Squad. SIEBERTS INSPIRES HOPES Vacancy Caused by Graduation of Everett May- Only Weak Link in School's Team Lower Classes Offer Candidates. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COIjLEGE, Corvallis, Dec. 24. (Special.) Basket ball fans at the Oregon Agricultural College are busy trying to forecast the personnel and the fortunes of the Ag gie squad In this year's conference race. Stock in basketball was boosted 50 per cent by the appearance in a suit of Ade Seiberts, last year a star forward, after having announced that the stress of college work would prevent him from participating in athletics this season. The return of Sieberts leaves but one vacancy in last year's lineup that left at guard by the graduation of Everett May, now 'assistant to Head Coach Stewart. It Is to plug this hole that the entire coaching staff has been bend ing its efforts. Second-Strlng Men Oat. Of the second-string men of last year who are turning out regularly for prac tice, Blagg, at center, and Johns and Jordan, at forward and guard, are among the best. With the old com bination of King and Sieberts at for ward. Mix at center and the veteran Dewey at guard, either Jordan or Johns can be filled In at the vacancy opposite the Admiral. The other lineup, comprising only men who have had previous training under the Beaver mentor, places Blagg, of last year's freshman five, at center, shifting Mix to guard and leaving the remainder of the team as before. Of the veteran interclass performers. Johns and Jordan, together with Blagg, are the only men exhibiting any sem blance of college class. However, among the freshmen there are a num ber of men .giving promise of develop ment. Knoupf From Portland. The men most noticeable In this list are Ray, Phillips, Knoupf and Hogan. Ray is an ex-star of the Roslyn and Olympla High School teams and is an ex-teammate of the famous Tony Sav age, of the University of Washington. He performs at either guard or forward. Phillips halls irom Asniand, or, wnere he was a football, basketball and base ball man. Knoupf is an ex-star in the interscholastlc game in Portland and has been showing occasional flashes of form. He is best as a guard. Of the centers entering college with the pres ent freshman class Hogan, from Bur bank, Cal., is a man naturally gifted for the game. A game which should prove a good drawing card as a pre-season event is the varsity line-backfleld game, which will be played off January 8. The Aggie team will mix with the alumni quintet on January 9 on the floor of the new gymnasium. The man agement is also negotiating for a game with th8 Purple Giants, of Echo, Or., for a pre-season encounter early in the year. ' Sidelights and Satire By Roaco. Fawcett. A CHINAMAN shuffled Into the of fice of the Los Angeles ball club the other day. "Chicamagua, Chattanooga, Hoocha- macooch," said he to President Dar mody. "Bet he wants to play shortstop for the Los Angeles ball club." said Dar mody to his partner, Jake Schaeffer. "Tell him to go see Walter McCredle. The supposed applicant for shortstop Immediately began another tirade of unintelligible language, and finally Darmody sent for an Interpreter in self-defense. "He wants to lease 20 acres of land you have charge of to raise garden truck on It," explained the translator after a third cloudburst of conversa tion. Darmody was visibly relieved. The chink got the lease. Oysters on the 42-centlmeter shell ought to be a good substitute for tur key in the German trenches. Polo is one . of our most expensive outdoor Bports, but building ball parks In the wrong place beats polo. Cal Ewlng dropped $85,000 on a new park in the fog belt at San Francisco, and now It Is to be deserted, and there is also talk of abandoning the $50,000 outlay at Venice and toting the club ICE HOC ICE HIPPODROME Portland vs. Victoria, B.C. (PROFESSIONAL) TOMORROW, 8:30 P. M. Admission, Including Re- served Seat, 50c and $1 Seat, $1.50 NOW ON SALE AT SCHILLER'S CIGAR STORE, 11th and Washington; HUNT LEY DRUG CO., Fourth and Washington Sts., ICE HIPPO DROME, Twenty-first and Marshall Sts. 8i30 P. 91. Wine and Claret. on Half Shell. Salad. Ripe Olives. Dm Pickles. Consomme Royal. Fried Filet of Bass, Tartar Sauce. Gratin. Roast Suckling Pig. Boiled Rice. Cakes Plum Pudding. Hard Sauce. Fruit Cake. back to Vernon. This is one way not to make money In baseball. Jack Curley Is on his way to Mexico to negotiate for a place for his John-son-Wlllard heavyweight fight in March. It Is not known just what fac tion curley will negotiate with, whether Villa, Car ran za or, Zapata, but we sus pect it will be Mr. F. Rameup, judg ing from the Johnson-Moran incident in Paree. Curley Insists that Willard Is going to toss the big smoke Into the dis card, but somehow he skips lightly over Willard's past performance eheet. s Willard is a big, slow, awkward fel low and if he knew anything about fighting he might have a chance. One thing sure, it he can fight like Curley can chatter, the boxing world has a treat in store. Whether Johnson is in shape, we do not profess to know, but some boxing fans were joking Bob Armstrong re cently and Johnson's name waa brought up. "They'll lick Arthur the next time he fights," offered one old-timer. "You know a fellow can't go the pace in Paris without losing his speed. You'll find Jack Johnson as slow as molasses when he starts against a good man." Old Bob .listened In respectful silence, as is his wont, and then he replied: "Of course, they say that poor Lil' Artha." has lost his speed because of the fast pace he has been going In Paris. Yes. Jack has been going fast in his racing car. He's no fool, that fellow. Don t let them tell you that. I hear a whole lot about what this white hope and that white hope Is going to do to Johnson, but as far as old Bob Armstrong is concerned I'd rather see them do it than hear them talk about it, that's all." ' This Willard-Johnson affair ought to be a great fight right up to the first round. V. at,!., nlan. , li iiv'r. TiAvlnr finish fights nowadays is in Belgium. Cnlf la n n m a vi ' hilt Wtt'll tnkn our Christmas automobile on Champion Ouimet. V "Arthur Devlin wants a Job manag ing in the International League. He says that Cincinnati trouble too much board of directors was responsioie ior his failure with Oakland in the Pa cific Coast League." New York Globe. Not too much board of directors too much devilin". i Harry Wolverton's suit against the Pacific Coaet League for possession of the Sacramento ballplayers is amusing. Had Wolverton and Jacobs been able to pay salaries last Fall there wouldn't have been any necessity for Cal 1." 1 cr1 , tin Aflfi Inn r. Wolverton still would have his franchise and his ball stars, and It would have saved all this trouble and expense of shifting over to Salt Lake City. He hasn't the ghost of a show to win, but supposing he did. What would he do with them? He would be In the same pickle as Ed. Watklns, the former Tacoma magnate ball players and no place to use them. When Watkins sold his Tacoma Club two years ago the contracting parties forgot all about big Ben Hunt, who had been sold In the Fall to Philadel phia, or some big-league club, on a Spring option. Hunt failed to stick and next Spring he was shipped back to Watkins not to the Tacoma ball club but to Wat kins, who had no ball club, but owned title to Hunt because nobody else claimed him. Watkins tried for weeks to peddle Ben and even took a trip . East, but to no avail. As we recall It, Ben finally landed with Vancouver. If Wolverton doesn't look out the Coast League directors may give him Shortstop- Cook. Ilermiston Hunters Prosecuted. HERMISTON, Or- Dec. 24. (Special.) Several arrests and prosecutions for violations of the game laws have been made here In the last few days. The Umatilla project has a great many game birds and an effort Is being made to protect them properly. Pheasants, partridges, grouse and prairie chickens have been introduced, and the project also Is becoming a rendezvous for ducks and geese. Ice Skates Clamp Pattern All Sizes We Have Jnst Received a New Lot. 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