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8 M'CREDIE SAYS HE COULD GET-MURPHY Deal Possible for Youngster Traded to New Orleans for Bill Lindsay. CHRISTIAN SEEMS STUNG Figures Indicate Young Infielder Is Better Man Than ex-Beaver. Venice Appears Loser In 1 1 ElIIot-Mitze Deal. Tyler Christian, manager I the Oak land Coast Leaguers, has made two trades this Winter and an opinion of his batting average might be given as j one win and one loss, or .500. j Undoubtedly Tyler got tho better of the deal whereby he procured Catcher Elliott and Infielder Litschl from Ven ice for Mitze and Hetling. Elliott is one of the swestest hitters the Pacific Coast League has ever seen and Id a food baserunner, and Litschl has all the odds of youth and heavy-hitting power in his favor, as against Hetling. Elliott batted .303 and Litschl .279 for Venice last year and Hetling .261 and Mitze .231 for the Oaks. In the barter of young Infielder. Murphy to New Orleans for Bill Lind say it will greatly surprise a lot of the wiseacres if Oakland doesn't get ibeautfully stung. Murphy Proves Fast. Murphy was brought out here, a kid, from Washington, D. C, by Art Devlin, and he proved the fastest thing in shoe leather. Murphy could give Justin Fitzgerald a race and be there at the finish tape breast and. breast. And moreover. Murphy fooled everybody be cause he could sting the pellet like a tig leaguer. While he figured la only 61 games, lie batted .297, which was more than Rodgers or Korea or Bancroft, of Port land, batted for the season. Murpjy stole 13 bases and scored 18 runs. The official averages of the Southern Association just out show that Bill Lindsay batted only .248 and that ho stole only six bases and scored only 23 runs in a matter of 113 games, or more than twice as many games as Murphy played. BUI Evidently Slows Up. Bill used to be fairly fast when with Portland, but he must have slowed up terribly to negotiate only six stolen "bases in a season. Del Howard, of the tieals, pilfered that many in 83 games, and Del doesn't pretend to be a speed merchant. Harry Meek stole five in 98 games. Granting that Bill may recover his batting form out here on the Coast, it is doubtful If the balmy Pacific breezes will put rollers in his feet. Anyway you figure It, Murphy has all the odds on Lindsay. The latter is nearly 80 years old, whereas Murphy is hardly - more than .22 or 23. Walter McCredie tried to get Murphy from the Oaks and got turned down in favor of New Orleans, which has led some to intimate that perhaps after all McCredie manipulated the deal. McCredie Could Get Murphy. Mack had nothing to do with the New Orleans end of it, but undoubt edly could work off a bail player or two and eventually bring Murphy into a. Portland uniform. New Orleans is shy on pitchers and Is trying to coax McCredie to let U. S. Smith return to his old love, the South ern Association. I can get Murphy, I think," re marked Big Mack, "but I don't like to antagonize the Oakland management. He looks awfully good to me." ' ,; Evidently Hap Hogan, the Venetian .pilot, does not care for the services of First Sacker Fisher, former Tiger last season with Denver, for his 1915 Tigers. White to Cover First, la "Dope." According to the "dope" in the South, no more or less a personage than "Doc" White is scheduled to frisk about the first stopping place next season for Hap. Often last season fans had the pleas ure of seeing the former White Sox star holding down first in practice and In good style, too. It has always been "Doc's" ambition to become a flrst eacker. . He has always been a pretty good hitter and a nifty fielder. Last season his batting average for 49 games was .212, which is not so worse. While with the Sox Doo was occasionally used Sn the outfield because he could clout the pellet. SOUTH PORTLAND JTTXTORS WES Lincoln Part Quits Witlx 2 Minutes Left to Play and Count Is 14-0. The South Portland Juniors con tinued their rush toward the 1914 cham pionship of the Portland Junior Ath letic League yesterday afternoon by trouncing the Lncoln Park contingent 14 to 0 on the Sellwood grounds. Keferee Tom Crowley, former sensa tional football player of the Columbus Club, called the match with two minutes to go and the ball on the Park team's one-yard line. A disputed decision, by which the ball was taken to within, striking distance of the Lincoln Park, team's goal caused Lincoln park to walk off the field. Another touchdown probably would nave been scored by the South Port land Juniors had the affair continued. Bill Kurtz performed the stellar feat of the day when he received a punt and went 60 yards for a touchdown through a broken field. Wilde put across the only other score. All the"'teams of the Portland Junior . Athletic League will be in action New Year s day. Westover received a forfeited game from the overlook .Eagles yesterday, GAME MUST BE PLAYED OVER Soccer Match of Thistles and Weonas ' to Be Reset, Say Directors. Directors of the Portland Soccer Football Association at a meeting Sat urday night announced that the This tles and Weonas would have to play their first match again at some date to be selected. The gam a was sched uled for three weeks ago, but a mis understanding caused the postpone ment. Two contests have to be played by each eleven against every other eleven of the circuit and the second game be tween the Thistles and Weonas is ' elated for next Friday afternoon on ' Multnomah field. Manager "Scotty" Duncan has issued orders that all his Weonas must report to him tomorrow night in Bowie & Caldwell's, as some Important business must come up be fore the organization. The final choice . for players against the Thistles will be made, Manager Duncan says. Another soccer game will be played m Multnomah field New Year's day, when the Multnomah Club will hook up with the Portsmouth eleven. The game will begin at 11 o'clock. Portsmouth jron tho flrt am X to h EXIT OF BERRY LEAVES LOS sjnsSRBWs ;.7-w.. i. s :r-.: -..i-.-.:-r:.-..- llllillllllpiW ffiOlpiilifiH iSa2Mpilifti: ilillliftijill iffiiiiftia iffliiiffiiiiiiBiffliffi! t;IlIilSi;lllMiM LEFT, IIKNKY IiKKUY, IVEW SAN FKAAUStU OVVKEH) MIGHT, TOM IJAKMODV, WH iHICCEEDS TO JLOS ANGELES PRESIDENCY. When Henry Berry, principal owner of the Los Angeles club of the Pacific Coast League, bought the San Francisco club recently, Tom Darmody ascended to the ownership of the Angels giving Los- Angeles over com pletely to the liquor Interests. Ed Maler, the millionaire Los Angeles brewer, owns the Venice club, and Darmody Is also In the liquor busi ness. He is owner of a big cafe in the Cafeteria City. , While Maier and Darmody are both good fellows the affiliation Is not expected to help baseball in the long run. BUDANDERSQNBAGK Loser of Fight at Wallace Blames Injured Foot. PUG" TO STAY IN GAME Boxer's Ardor Not Cooled by Cancel ing of Pendleton Match Poor Training Place and Weather Share in Complaint. BY EDWARD HILL. Bud Anderson, the Vancouver welter weight, whose seconds threw up the sponge after he had gone two rounds with Frank Barrteau in Wallace, Idaho, Christmas day, returned home yester day. Although the promoters couldn't see Bud as a future drawing card and called oft the bout with Sammy Good scheduled for Pendleton New Year's, the Vancouver boy says he will stick in the game. The reports sent out from Wallace after the fight were too much in favor of Barrieau," said Bud. "I waa in the worst condition In which I ever entered the ring when I climbed through the ropes for the fight with Barrieau. 1 1 had no place to train and Just before the fight I injured my foot and when I got into the ring I could hardly stand on it. This naturally gave Barrieau a big advantage- aa it is not a hard feat to lead to a man who is hobbling around the ring on one foot." Frank Dupuis, who was with Bud in Wallace, says Anderson was suffering from stomach trouble, too. while he fought. '" 'My training quarters were in a barn and there was nothing to help me in conditioning myself and the snow and Ice would not permit road work, so all I could do was hug the fire and grow fat," said Bud, when asked if it is true that he forfeited $100 for overweight. Anderson says he Intends seeking a. return match with the Vancouver, B. C, boy and is confident that he can trim him if he enters the ring in condition for battle When Barrieau and Anderson first met in the ring the Vancouver, Wash., boy emerged the victor via the knock out route after ten rounds of battling. This fight took place in Los Angeles, December 9, 1913. and followed Ander son's victory over Louis Rees at Oak land. After the meeting with Barrieau Anderson met Leach Cross for the sec ond time and again suffered -K. O. at the hands of the Gotham dentist. The bout at Wallace, was well . at tended, says Anderson. Word comes from New York that "Knockout" Brown, the boxer who put Anderson among the topnotchers by taking one of Bud's punches on the chin and going to sleep In the 15th round, is . preparing to do a "come back." Brown began to descend after the second meeting with Anderson in which he was knocked out. Brown was the first good lightweight Anderson met in California. In the first encounter the fight went 20 rounds to a draw and In the next Anderson scored the "kayo." A great deal of credit is due Mike Gibbos for the way in which he is going after the middleweight title. That Mike means business and intends to make an effort to win the champion ship in a way that no one can dispute the claim is evidenced by his signing to meet Eddie McGoorty and Jimmle LEADING HITTERS OF 1914. The leading batters in league, as shown by official and -unofficial records. Name. Club. nm.VMt-t Hrtink i vn ............ Cobb. .Detroit - American 96 Kauff ...Indianapolis. ........ .Federal ..154 Hinchman. .Columbus. . American Association. ........ .159 Fisher Portland .Pacific Coaat. ... .......... ...139 Bchllebner .Omaha .. Western League . . . . Foster .......Trenton .Trl-State 8T Tront Toronto Canadian League. ........... . ltX HoueHman Salt Laic .Union Association- .. .. ........ 65 Kaufman. Elmlm . .New York State. ... ..123 L.a Flambois. .. .. . .Emporia Kansas State ..... 72 ihaw Augusta South Atlantic - 69 Wllholt. . Victoria Northwestern 138 Pembroke Pendleton Western Trl-State 88 Miller. ............ .Wausau Wisconsin-Illinois. ............ 72 tBarth Medicine Hat Western Canada 80 Barney. ......... .Hartford Eastern Association ..188 Harris Bay City South Michigan 139 Grimes .......... JUchmond .Virginia League r.4 Bond .Duluth Northern League. 108 Towns. .Norfolk Nebraska League. ............ 57 rrukette. ... . .New England......... Colonial League 48 Kheehan. . .........Terr Haute. .......... Central League. 133 tesssT IJJ.JL.. TII12- MORNING OHEGONIAN, MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1914. ANGELES BALL MATTERS IN HANDS OF BREW MERCHANTS. .sr -jTS-t-rr-T:. -tlT iii?. ..- "si- 'ii U ii.,:.. i!.r.-.' I Clabby, recognized as two of the top notchers in the middleweight section. Clabby now is generally recognized as the title holder although nearly every boxer in the class lays claim to the title. Mike will face McGoorty first and then will take on Clabby. Later he will endeavor to get a bout with George Chip. This series of encounters will give Mike a crack at the three best con tenders in his class with the exception of Jeff Smith, who is in Australia. It will go further toward settling the title dispute than any of the fights since the muddle appeared. - The drawback In the .battles, how ever, is the fact that they will be fought In Wisconsin, where no-decislon bouts are the rule. Except for this there would be no question about the result of the fights and no room for more argument. Still the results will go far toward clearing the situation. "One Round" Hogan Is. driving a truck for his daily bread. Hogan made as much as $1000 for a fight and he fought about three times a month while at the height of his fistic career. Now he's broke. A boxing commission is unnecessary, said Mayor Baker, of Cleveland, who refused recently to grant Cleveland boxing enthusiasts a commission. The Mayor will not be a candidate for re-election and told those who pre sented the petition that they would have to have a state commission ap pointed as he would take no further action as to the appointment of a com mission for Cleveland. Bits of Sport. THE University of Illinois is to send 25 athletes to compete against the University of California at Berkeley In April. m m m Georges Carpentier, French heavy-1 weight boxer, recently killed a German officer while engaged in scout duty. The Haskell Indians will meet Notre Dame twice on the gridiron next sea son. Articles for a second contest to be played in South Bend on October 19 were signed recently. - Ben Rlgby, famous American and European Jockey, who until a few months ago rode' for Vanderbllt in France, died recently in St. Louis. He was stricken in Paris and waa taken home. , Hempton. a New Zealand sprinter of 20 years ago. credited with 9 3-5 sec onds in Australia, was killed the other day in an auto accident. A rabbit show is scheduled to be held in Tacoma from December 29 to Janu ary 3. The schedule for the Northwestern League will be adopted at the League meeting February 3. John Berg, the "rassler" who caused the ban to be put on the game in Port land because of attempted crooked ness here a few years ago. Is now at work in Spokane. Football and baseball were the only sports that paid at Princeton In 1914. m Pittsburg is making a strong bid to obtain the golf championship play la that city next year. Even Joe McGinnlty Is to suffer slashing of salary next season that the Tacoma club may keep within the sal ary limit set by the league. Winlock Has New "Weekly. CENTRALIA, Wash., Dec. 27. (Spe cial.) The Live Wire, a new weekly publication, is edited at Winlock by L. R. Quillen. The advent of the Live Wire makes two papers in the town, the News, edited by C. L. I shell, having held the territory without competition for many years. are: P.C. .322 .361 .3t8 .366 .335 .400 .388 .41 .141 .322 .849 .344 .322 .349 .3.13 .3B7 .328 .3S6 .331 .843 .341 .839 .340 League. Games. .National. .................... -11 ti It mmmmmmmmm mm S GAME IS SCORELESS Albina and Western Club Foot ball Teams Battle. LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE PRIZE After Match Played to Standstill on Columbia Parle Field In Rain, League Head Announces New Contest Is Sfecessa.ry. BT EARL R. GOOTWlN. Football warriors representing Al bina and the Western Amateur Ath letic Club In the lightweight section of the Archer & Wiggins League fought to a scoreless standstill on the Columbia Park grounds yesterday aft ernoon. The match was played to settle the 1914 supremacy of the lightweight section. But President Rupert an nounced after the affair that another game would have to be played, presum ably New Teairs day. All through the game rain fell, some times by the bucketful and the rest of the time in the form of a regular Oregon mist. Two minutes after the contest began It was almost impossible to distinguish one player from the other, because of the mud-bespattered countenances. The nearest that either aggregation came to scoring was in the last period when the Western Club representatives rushed the pigskin to Albina's seven- yard line. Three line smashes were attempted with no gain and then Roily Jones tried for a place kick, but the ball hardly left the ground before Kil- duff had rushed through-and smashed the play into smithereens. Only twice were open plays called and both were forward passes by the Albina team. . One went for a six-yard gain from McKenna to A. Hearn, while the other was Intercepted by Roily Jones. Albina went to the Western Club's 20-yard line twice, but that was as far as it got to putting across a score. The team which kicked off had the advantage because of the heavy condi tion of the field. The Fast Siders started the ball rolling and during the rest of the half playing for the most part remained In the Western Club territory. Things, were Jtut the opposite in the last two periods. Coach Woodwcrrth, of the club eleven, had Roily Jones, Trlnny Jones and Derbyshire for stars, while Kil duff, Fleistinger, Watts and Hughle McKenna played to the grandstand for Albina. Referee Rader had to elect Gil Shea, Albina, and Tom Mitchell, of the Western Club, because they started to mix on the field In the third period. Sergeant Roberts, assisted -by Offi cers Owens, Hirsch, Pete Anderson. Bender, Hunter and Hepner, had the crowd, which numbered close to 1500, well in hand. The lineups: Western (0) Alb lea (0) Hyberg C G. Kllduff McDonald ROL Fleistinger Bill Graham R T L. Bloch Carnahan R EL Gil Shea Robinson LGR E. Johnson Sam Graham LTR Brost Huelat L EE Wolfcr Mascott Q McKenna l. Jones RHL Watts R. Jones LHR A. Hearn LX Derbyshire. . . . . b" Nelson Officials: Luke Rader, of Multnomah Club, referee; Clyde "Red" RupeVt. president Ar cher A Wlrcfdns Leajrue. u mn i re : Karl R- Good win, secretary and ' treasurer Archer at Wiggins League, neaa linesman; jr. A. Mead and Frank Miller, timers. Substitutions: Ackervick for Shea, Holman for "Ike" Wolfer, McEntee for Johnson, Kurtz for Robinson, Mitchell for Carnahan, wax lor Aaitcneu. Time of quarters. 12 minutes each. SKI CLTJB TO PLAN FOR TKIP Time and Place for Outing to Be Decided at Tonight's Meeting. Members of the Portland Indoor Ski Club will gather at the Multnomah Club tonight at 8 o clock for the an nual election of officers. The time and place for the annual midwinter outing also will be settled. Last year the club ascended the north slopes of Mount Hood as far as Cloud Cap Inn, making Mount Hood Lodge the permanent camp. It is expected the members will vote to return to the south of the mountain this year, alter nating each Winter In this manner. A. D. Wakeman, one of the crack I tennis players of the city. Is president of th club, . rase DENIAL IS NOT ACCEPTED Carl Mays Says Antipathy of Famous Manager to Blond, Players Is Oft Proved. SEVERAL INSTANCES CITED Former Portland Twirler Tells of Being Turned Down by "Jawn" on Two Occasions Because of His "Straw Thatch." ,BY ROSCOE FA.WCETT. A Frenchman named Faugeron painted a sensational scene entitled "La Verlte," meaning "the truth," but his art model was not John J McCloskey. "Jawn" would never do as an example to the white-lie sect. At least so Bald Carl Mays, well-known ball pitcher, yester- uay, arter reading a redhot public com munication from ex-Magnate McCloskey in wnicn tne latter denied ever having discriminated against blond-haired dia mond stars. "AlcCloskey is a liar, cure and sim ple," retorted Mr. Blond Eskimo Mays, excitedly. "Every ballplayer who has ever had anything to do with Mc Closkey knows his hatred for blonds. 1 11 give you a personal experience. In 1912, when I was on my way to Boise to try out for the Boise team, I stopped off at Ogden, thinking possibly owner McCloskey might give me a trial. I met him downtown In a billiard parlor and went up and Introduced my self. 'Will -you give me a trial for your pitching staff?' I asked the veteran manager. ' Appraisal Hot Satisfactory. McCloskey looked me over carefullv. like a horse-trader examining a piece oi norsenesn, and then suddenly espied my Diona hair. No,' said he coolly. 'I don't want you. In fact, I wouldn't haVe you around tne ranch. I don't want any blonds in my camp." "That night I saw another side to this peculiar genius' character. A young college catcher named Miller had come over that afternoon from Prdvo. Utah io try out for the Ogden team, and he and I were playing a game of pool in a downtown . billiard hall when Mc Closkey entered. 'Miller was a cigarette smoker. He was pulling away at a white 'coffin nail' and another 'butt' was lvlne- on tne rail as McCloskey stalked in. Now. McuoaKey hates cigarettes even more bitterly than he does blonds. He started across the room to greet Miller, but when he saw the cigarette layout he stopped in his tracks, swlveled around and beat it out of the room without so much as saying good-day. Dismissal Is Curt. He sent word to Miller that night that he didn't want him, and gave the college chap his transportation back home. After leaving Ogden Mays caught on with Boise in the Western Trl-State League, and he began winning with re markable. regularity. Meantime Ogden naa struck a losing streak in the Union Association, was well down in the ruck and McCloskey was scouring the coun try for pitchers. Mays said Boise practically had closed a deal for his sale to Ogden when one or tne ogden players happened to men tion the fact that he was the same blond-haired fellow who had asked for a Job earlier in the Spring. Leal is off. Send that white-haired guy over here and I'll kill him." This, or substantially this, was the telegram McCloskey hastily shot over the wire to Boise, so there was no sale. That Fall the Portland Northwestern League club drafted Mays. and. despite a bad start, he developed into one of the stars of the circuit. After setting the Portland Coast Leaguer's champs down with live hits and giving them a severe drubbing in this annual city title event. Mays was drafted by the Provi dence club of the International League. Mays Thinks Omen Good. ' This past year Mays led the Interna tlonal pitchers and virtually hurled Providence into a pennant. As a result of his showing he will be with the Boston Red Sox in 1915, and, as the Red Sox are being groomed for the American Leagw championship. Mays thinks his repudiation - by McCloskey back in 1912 was a lucky omen. McCloskey is located at Louisville, Ky, now, and it was from there he sent his public denial of anti-blond sen timents after reading in a Pittsburg newspaper an interview from Charley Fullerton. In this story Fullerton was quoted as saying that Seattle Bill James, of the Boston Nationals, would never have done under McCloskey be cause Jack Barry told him of the lat ter's hatred for blonds. In his day McCloskey was a noted baseball scout and manager. He was in baseball over 25 years, and dis covered such stars as Fred Clarke, man ager of Pittsburg; Bugs Raymond, Ed Konetchy and others. In 1S87 he started with St- Joseph. Mo.; from there went to Texas and handled the Austin and Houston clubs; jumped to the Sacramento club In 1891 and back to Houston again. After wards he managed the teams at Mont gomery, Ala.; Savannah, Ga.; Louisville, Ky.; Dallas, Tex.; Great Falls and Butte, Mont.; Tacoma, Vancouver, B. C; Wich it a, Kan.; St. Louis, Milwaukee and Ogden, Utah. League Goes "Hump. When William Lucas quit the North western League presidency in 1911 Mc Closkey was his ftght hand lieutenant in the organization of the Union Asso ciation, McCloskey taking Butte. He switched over to Ogden the next year and then dropped out altogether. The new league went bump . last Summer, and one of Its cities. Salt Lake, will be In the Pacific Coast League next season One of McCloskey's most brilliant maneuvers was conceived when he was managing the St. Louis Cardinals in 1907 or 1908. He had a notion his team could beat Reulbach, of the Chicago Cubs, by bunting, and he sent his first 17 men to bat with orders to bunt or push the ball down the infield, no bat ter being allowed to swing until after two strikes had been called. For six innings not a run was scored, and then two bunts went safe In sue cession. Another advanced the two runners and the next man pushed the ball toward first base. It was thrown wild to the plate, two runs scored and St. Louis won. All during, the early stages of the matinee the players were frantic, beg ging to be permitted to hit hard, but McCloskey stuck to his campaign and won. Santa Clans Visits Seamen. A Christmas tree and supper was given for the seamen of the port last night in the seamen s institute at 1Z5 North Fifth street. Lach seaman pres ent received a present. A musical pro gramme was one of the features Among those who took part were: Mrs. E. E. Coovert, Mrs. Leah Slusser. E, Reld, Mrs. Hathaway, Mrs. Nina La rows. Jack Rennle, Miss Mildred Serene and the Breckel quartet. The enter tainment was In charge of B, H. Roper. JOIN OUR CHRISTMAS SAVINGS CLUB Suggestion: The dimes, -nickels and pennies thai you are daily allowing to slip away for trifles, will soon grow into a stan sufficient to birv a lot of nice presents for" next Christmas if you pay them weekly into our Christmas Savings Club If you are not familiar with the plan , Call or write for full particulars. Merchants National Bank Founded 18S6 MOTORCYCLE RUN NEAR RIDERS IN NEW YEAR'S DAT AF FAIR TO MAKE S7S MILES. Endurance Event Will Start at Mid night ud WU1 End in Afternoon at Broadway and Yamhill. Considerable attention is being given by motorcycle riders of Portland to the second annual endurance run to be held New Year's day. The distance is 375 miles over a 25-mile course and each of the 15 laps will have to be covered In an hour. The start will be made from Broad way and Pine street at midnight and the riders will go out over the Broad way Bridge to Sandy Road. Then they will go to Troutdale and thence to Gresham, where they will go over the Powell Valley road to East Eighty second street. From Eighty -second street the riders will dash to Sandy road. Five checking stations have been planned, the first at Eighty-second street and Sandy road, the second' Just over the hill at Troutdale, the third at Ferndale and Powell Valley road, the fourth at Gresham and the last at Eighty-second street and Powell Val ley road. Each rider is credited with 1000 points when he leaves for the long grind and on his return he will have to check up with the referee. Points will be taken off for delays, loss of parts of ma chine, and overtime if such might happen. , The rider finishing with, the highest number of points will receive $100 and a handsome trophy. The second man finishing will receive $50 and a silver cup. Prizes have been offered for the frist 15 riders and before the day of the run more prizes are expected. Be tween 50 and 60 riders will enter the race, it Is believed. The first rider Is expected to finish the run at Broadway and Yamhill street at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon. JTATI OXAIS WIN" FIXAIj GAME Thrilling Victory Oier Americans at San Diego Closes Tour. SAN DIEGO. Dec. 27. By defeating the all-Americana here today, 1 to 0, in the final contest of their tour, the all Nationals won two more of the 56 games than their opponents. The clos ing game was thrilling from the start until the ninth inning, when Fletcher, after reaching first base on Rightfteld er McAvoy's error, stole second and scored on Byrne's single to left. Both Alexander and Bush were In rare form, each allowing only five hits. It was the third game Alexander pitched In four days. Score: R.H.E.I ' R.H.E. All-Nans.. 1 5 0AU-Amer... 0 S 2 Batteries Alexander and Kllllfer; Bush and Henry. Sidelights and Satire By Roscoe Fancett LUTE BOONE, New York American Infielder, was among the big league tourists on their barnstorming Jaunt to Honolulu. Writing from Honolulu to a New York newspaper Boone said he had developed a fine hitting streak. This ought to bring him a substantial rise In salary In 1916 if he can main tain the clip throughout 1915. m m One of the most popular Winter games in Portland is trading Fred Derrick. The Georgian was traded so often last Winter that he became disheartened, and the best he could do was to bat aroun4 .800 and lead the league's flrst sackers. a Vernon. Cal., April 25. (Special.) After a year's absence at Venice, Happy Hogan led his Tigers back to the old Vernon haunts today, and the team was greeted enthusiastically by the Vernon citizenry. The Venice band was here to dis pense cheery music, and the procession was headed by Orvie Overall, city sales man for the Maier brewery, who car ried a banner reading: "Drink Maier's Beer." Oakland won 3-3 in the ninth inning on a single by Litschl and Elliott's homer over the short left field fence. Early In the game Mitze overthrew second, and a boot by Hetling a moment later let in the first Oak tally. The articles of agreement for the Johnson-Willard fistic encounter some where In proximity to the Tropic of Capricorn in March include the follow ing stipulations: Five-ounce gloves. From 20 to 45 rounds duration. Soft bandages. Thirty thousand dollars and one-half of picture privlleKes to Johnson. Scene of fight to be named by February 1. 1913. Dates of contest, between March 15 and March 30. Johnson sets $1000 expense money and $29,000 before he enters the ring. Referee to be mutually agreed on. Johnson agrees not to box anyone before his bout with Wlilard. Training of both boxers must be in public, both to submit to medical examination once each week for one month before the date of the bout. Each party to the contract deposits $5000 to Mna agreement. Disputes to be referred to Hobert C. Vernon. - - This Is the fluffiest bargain Johnson has shuffled Into since the memorable Jeffries fiasco at Reno July 4. 1910. He has keen credited with several $30,000 guarantees rtsa then, but the money was mostly; press ss&t money. His ytfaahington and Fourth Streets actual receipts have fallen far under 30.000. Lil Artha Is supposed to get this Wlilard thirty thou' before he enters the ring, but then, perhaps the press agents are busy again. Who cares? Marlin, Tex., gave the New York Nationals a unique Christmas gift in the shape of a deed to the Giants' Spring training camp. It is not true that Sacramento has offered to raze the trees in the City Park if the Salt Lake club will train there. e "Rowdy" Elliott saye he would Just as soon play at Oakland under Christian as at Vernon under Abdul Hogan. e Commenting on Comiskey's strange experiment in selecting Clarence Row land, of the "Three-Eye" League, to manage the Sox In 1915. a writer in the New York Tribune says: "Minor league managers have not been a success as a rule with major league clubs at least not until after considerable experience with major league ways. George Stallings is one of the few baseball leaders in the major leagues who has served an apprentice ship in minor league management, but even he had two flings with the majors, in Detroit and New York, before he achieved his success with the Braves. Harry Wolverton was a failure at New York and Joe Cantillon never did much at Washington, although he was a most successful manager in the American As sociation." Another New Yorker cites the fail ures of other minor leaguers, including: Fred Lake. Hugh Duffy, John Mc Closkey and Jack O'Connor. Calling Hugh Duffy, Jack O'Connor and Harry Wolverton "bushers" is amusing. It seems to us these men had quite sufficient opportunity to "be come acquainted with major league ways." Duffy was a member of that famous Boston team that won pennants back around 1898. long before he as pired to manage Chicago. AH he did was to lead the National League bats men by about a city block two or three years hand running. As for those two other bushers. O'Connor was a regular catcher for the tough bunch of Cleveland Spiders, who never finished lower than third under Pat Tebeau, and it seems to us that Harry Wolverton was quite a third baseman in his day with Philadelphia. Perhaps these men need more ex perience with major league ways, but our guess is that it sometimes takes ballplayers to win up there. Admit tedly, Wolverton was a failure at New York, but Frank Chance was even more of a fizzle when he succeeded Wolver ton on the same club. Perhaps Chance needs more season ing. IS WAVEMY AND aiTTLTNOMAIT CLUB HOCKEY TEAMS MEET NEXT. Contest at Ice Hippodrome Wednesday Night to Begin at 7i4G ITneie Sams Soon Play Vancouver Squad. Another hockey game of the Portland Amateur Hockey League wlir be played in the Portland Ice Hippodrome Wednesday night between the Multno mah Club and the Waverly Country Club. The Multnomah septet has one victory and no defeat, while the Waver lies are charged with a reverse and no victory. The contest will begin promptly at 7:45 o'clock and last until 8:4 5 o'clock, when the regular skating session will commence. Skating will continue until 11 o'clock instead of 10:30, as generally is the case. J.iJ. Burdett, the Newport ice skating enthusiast, came to Portland last Satur day night just to see the Uncle Sams in action against the Victoria contin gent. Mr. Burdett brought his skates along and used them the second time in 17 years. Mr. Burdett made a special trip to this city Just to try out his skates after a layoff of 17 years. Pete Muldoon, manager of the pro fessional ice hockey team of Portland, says that the locals should have little trouble In defeating the Vancouver team a week from tomorrow. The Vic toria players arc disappointed in the 8 to 1 score placed against them Sat urday night in the local ice rink, and Manager Lester Patrick, of the Cana dians, announced that he would have to make some sort of a change in his team before meeting Vancouver tomor row. Should Victoria manage to wrest a victory from the other British Colum bia septet and the Uncle Sams take a game from the league leaders also, then Portland will be tied with Van couver for the leadership at three vic tories and two defeats. Manager Mul doon predicts such an outcome, be cause, he says, that Victoria should get back into shape and trim the Mil lionaires tomorrow night. The next professional ice hockey match in Portland will be played In the Ice Hippodrome a week from to morrow night, when Vancouver, B. C, attacks the Uncle Saras. Chicago will spend $400,000 in Improve ment at Grant Park. ICE SKATING AT THE HIPPODROME Twentieth and Marshall. Dally, 10 A. IL, I F, M. I P. K FREE INSTRUCTION. UNION BAND, ft V-