TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, "MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1915.
8
RODGERS SURE OF
PLACE IN MAJORS
Few Recruits as Fortunate as
ex-Beaver When Sent to
Big League Teams.
M'CREDIE TO BE 'THANKED
Sale of tajoie to Athletics Makes
Vacancy on Cleveland Team and
Walt Fixes It So Bill Can
'. Get It Without light.
BY ROSCOE FAWCETT.
-William K. Rodsers, bear hunter ex
traordinary and erstwhile member of
the Portland Coast champs of 1911,
J 913 and 1914, not to mention 1912,
when the Beavers were not champs,
occupies a unique position in the base
ball universe. , .
Of all the army of the unemployed
recruits advancing to the majors this
Spring Bill is the sole candidate to
have his Job cinched already. i
rhri Somers nxea n mi
when he sold Larry Lajoie to the Ath
h nrlce of a pair of sa
loshes. Of course. Bill can thank
Walter McCredie. because it was Walt s
..mont that Dut Bill in right
Few indeed have been the recruits
who have not had to fight for regular
big league Jobs.
Bill Speas went up to the St. Louis
Cardinals a couple or years ago
u.oino iwn't even eive him one try-
out as a resular. Bill was shipped
back to Portland and all he did was to
hit about .322 In the Coast League that
season.
Ping Bodle sat on the White Sox
bench for months. One day a friend
happened in from San Francisco and
induced Comiskey to give him a trial.
Ting electrified everybody by nearly
KruVhr down the fences and that
gave him a regular Job. It he had
q cn.inlp of bad days doubtless
Ping would have been returned to San
it-., niet months aero.
,et hark to the Clevelands.
n-.. Tumor succeeded a bunch of
mediocre shortstops when he Joined the
team in l'J04 ami Manager Armour
.imnk handed him the job. Almost
10 years later Ray Chapman Teceived
the same consideration, . yet Ray had
to show class over Olson and Peckin
raugh before he had his place cinched.
Aside from these two and Joe Jackson,
however, few minor leaguers have had
such cinches with the erstwhile Naps.
Ivan Olson had to ngnt it out wnu
Knaupp before he became a regular.
Oood as George Stovall was. he had to
chase such men as Schwartz. Carr,
Hickman. Lister. Flaubert, Hinchman
and Hohnhurst. Doc Johnson had to
oust Art Griggs before he grabbed a
hprth
Jack Graney and Leibold and all that
rrew were forced to go the acid test,
and hence Rodgers ought to consider
himself an extremely fortunate person.
ratsy O'Rourke is in another row.
this time with Wichita. Venice traded
Fatsv to Louisville last Winter and
finally Joe landed at Wichita and was
made manager. During the Winter
a new boss took hold of - the team,
made Cylde Wares, of St. Louis, man
ager, and the cx-Oaklander promptly
sent the ex-Sacramento and Venice in
ficlder a contract cut almost in two.
Of course O'Kourke is sore and
doubtless wil ask for and receive a
conditional release. Patsy is winter
ing in Philadelphia.
If Walter McCredie were managing
the San Francisco Seals the outtield
would line up on opening day as fol
lows: Fitzgerald, right Held: Bodie.
center field, and Scalier, left field.
"Meleon is a good little ball player,"
remarked Mack, "but I like Schaller
better. The Seals will be back in the
old short right field park next year
and that will add 25 points to Schaller's
average. Schallcr is a heavier hitter
than Meleon."
McCredie doesn't think Wolverton
will carry more than four outfielders
and predicts that the men to go will
be Coy, Mundorff, Baerwald and Tobin.
Jle spiked a San Francisco rumor that
he would like to have Mundorff.
Happy Hogan has given to "Speck"
Harkness the privilege of placing him
self anywhere he can And a purchaser.
The Venice pitcher thinks it is all a
bluff on Hogan's part to bulldoze him
into signing for a cut in salary. "Speck"
is wintering in Portland.
If confidence counts for aught Fobby
Coltrin will play short for the Port
land Coasters this year. Nick Will
iams received a letter yesterday from
Bobby, dated at San Jose, and among
other things the tow-head scribbled,
this paragrnph appeared:
"I am down to weight already and it
Is going to take the champion short
stop of the world to keep me off Mack's
team next year. Even then 1 think
I'll beat him out."
Tyrus Cobb has recommended a col
lege catcher to his brother financier,
Henry Berry, owner of the Seals. His
name is Ed Brennan. Here's what the
famous Detroit pitcher says of him:
"Friend Berry: f just dropped into
Detroit on business and met a college
friend of mine. Kd Brennan. I want to
recommend him to you as a swell
catcher and a good hitter. I have
played exhibition games against him
and know what he can do. He has just
decided to play professional ball and
has refused offers to go South and lie
wants to play in the West. I feci
Mire you will make no mistake in sign
ing him. TV COBB."
CLUI5
i-:x.ioYii
Three Organizations Hate Merry
Time With Boxing and Music.
The Oregon Yacht Club's "at home,"
held in the clubrooms Saturday night,
was a "resular" affair, for from 8 un
til 12 o'clock there was not a dull min
ute. Boxing bouts, in which Dr. R. M.
Kmetson acted as referee, judge, time
keeper and announcer, had a principal
position on the programme.
Between rounds Andy Loney and his
orchestra dispensed ail forms of music
for the invited guests of the Portland
Rowing and Motorboat Clubs. Mono
logues, solos and duets were inter
spersed, and plenty of "eats" were pro
vided. "It was a bowling success from every
point of view." said Dr. Emerson after
the gathering had dispersed, "and it
may be just the beginning of great
times between the three clubs."
MTCTCKDIK SIGXS KID CATCHElt
Two Philadelphia Shortstops Will
Surely Keport, Sas Message.
After some hard sledding on the part
of the Philadelphia club. Shortstops
Reed and Murphy finally have come
into camp and are ready to come West
to Portland.
Walter McCredie received a telegram
from Billy N'cal, of the Philadelphia
club, yesterday telling him that all was
well with his two recruits. Neal made
a special trip to Atlanta to get Reed's
name to a contract. Murphy is winter
ing at Indianapolis.
"It was up to the Philadelphia club,
not me," said McCredie. "I gave Ban
croft to them and Reed and Murphy
were to be given to me as part pay
ment." Manager McCredie announced that a
Los Angeles kid catcher. Billy Widner,
by name., would be with the Beavers
at Fresno in March.
Widner has been catching for Munn's
Tigers, a Los Angeles semi-professional
club. Barth, the other young catcher
McCredie was after, has been signed by
Seattle.
HIGH GOT SCORES RECORDED
Bad Weather Holds Attendance Be
low Mark.
Although only 19 shooters were out
at the Portland Gun Club grounds at
Jenne Station yesterday, the scoies ior
the most part were exceptionally nign.
C. McKearr made the best showing with
an average of 94 per cent.
Because of the rain and wind the at
tendance was somewhat slim. Manager
Matthews was unable to tell last night
just how much was obtained for the
road fund. Four women were out. Miss
Gladys Reid being the best among
them with 52 per cent.
Following were the scores made yes
terdav: C. McKean 94, Blair 92, E.
Morris 87, Rayburn 82. Strowger 73,
Feller 84, J. Morns 73, Pollock 76,
Seavev 89. J. Reid 82. A. Seguin 7
Eikenberger 70. IS. Keller t. Dennis
Holohan 88. G. A. Keller 55. Mrs.
O'Brien 42. Miss Reid 52, Mrs. Keller
40 and Mrs. Dolph 40.
IRK GET YIKGLING
CIVCIXXATI SOUTHPAW AXD OUT
FIELDER IS BOUGHT.
Blankenshlp Also Telegraphs That He
IIa Closed Deal for Purchase of
Laroy From Indianapolis.
SALT LAKE CITY. Utah, Jan. 31.
(Special.) Cliff Blankenship, manager
of the Salt Lake City Coast League
team, telegraphed tonight that he had
closed deals for the purchase of Earl
Yingling, southpaw and pinch-hitter of
the Cincinnati "Reds," and Louis Laroy,
pitcher of the Indianapolis club. Blank
enship added that he was leaving Cin
cinnati for Chicago, and would return
to Salt Lake about Saturday. He said
his team will be a sure enough Coast
League pennant contender, and that
everything is in readiness for the train
ing season at San Jose.
Blankenship spent three days in Cin
cinnati angling for Yingling. While the
terms of the deal were not told m
Blankenship's telegram, the officials of
the local club said that a good price
would be paid the Cincinnati player.
Yingling was with Brooklyn in 1913,
and started with Cincinnati last season.
He was on the "Red" pitching staff
until along in July, when he was trans
ferred to the outfield and used as a
pinch hitter.
Laroy also is considered to be a
pitcher of marked ability and a valuable
asset to the local club.
Blankenship, it is expected, will re
main in Chicago several days before
leaving for Salt Lake. Inasmuch as he
has not as yet acquired the innelder
that he needs, it is believed here that
he will try to make a deal with one of
the Chicago major league managers.
As soon as Blankenship returns the
board of directors will meet with him
and go over the plans for the new ball
park. This meeting is scheduled for
Saturday.
PORTLAND BOYS ACTIVE
DICK GRIST
AND ROBERT KROHS
AT STANFORD.
Paul Adams, After Being l.nid Off
From Track Training by Accident,
Aearly Beady for Fray Again.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Palo Alto.
Cal.. Jan. 31. (Special.) With the ap
proach of warmer and more suitable
weather the track enthusiasts are
turning out in full force. There are
ISO men out for track this year in
cluding many veterans.
Dick Grant, who was placed irk the
220 last year in the big meet has re
covered from the injury he received at
Astoria last bummer and is looked
upon to show a world of speed this
year. Grant has never been a con
sistent trainer, but this year has
settled down to work in real earnest
and this should improve his ability
materially. For the past two months
he has been doing road and light
gymnasium work.
Another Portland hoy who is fast
becoming prominent is Robert Krolin,
former Washington High School
athlete, and winner of the pole vault
in the last two big meets. At Pasa
dena during the recent Rosarian Fes
tival Krohn took second in the pole
vault. Cliff Irwin. Skin Wilson, Averill, Mc-
Clung, Therkelsen and Paul Adams are
other Portland boys out for track.
Adams has been forced to leave the
track for some time because of a
broken instep, but will be out again
a couple of weeks.
Jack Day and Tom Greer have sur
vived the first cut made in the crew
ranks and are working out daily on
the Bay.
KIFI.E COMPKTITIOX CLOSE
Only Point Separates Three Clubs In
Championship Race.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 31. Only a point
separates each of the first three class
A clubs in the competition for the ln-
terclub gallery rifle shooting cham-
ionship of the United States after the
first six of the scheduled matches.
Cleveland leads with 5948 points:
Bridgeport is second with S94i; Kings
Mills. O.. third with 5946, and Warren,
Pa., with 5943 points, is fourth.
Class B Madison. Wis., 9,6. vs.
Louisville (Swiss). 929: Hopkins, Minn.,
957, vs. Milwaukee, 947; Youngstown,
974. vs. Tacoma. 948; Marion. 976, vs.
Watertown. N. Y., 958: St. Louis. 971.
vs. Indianapolis, 940; Bangor. 985, vs.
Des Moines, 958.
St. Helens -141, Dental College 12.
ST. HELENS, Or., Jan. 31. (Spe
cial.) The St. Helens Sunset Athletic
Club defeated the North Pacific Dental
College, of Portland, in a basketball
game here Friday night by a score of
44 to 12. The dental college team had
defeated the fast Stilettos, of Portland,
who in turn had defeated the St. Hel
ens team two weeks ago. This puts the
St. Helens boys into the recognition
class and they should give the St.
Johns team and Multnomah Club team
a good battle.
Marshfiolcl High 12, East Side 10.
MARSHFIELD. Or.. Jan. 31. (Spe
cial.) In the basketball games here
Saturday night Marshfield High School
won over East Side High School, 12 to
10. and the Marshfield Independents
beat the Couuille Independents in a one
sided contest. The games were played
in the new High School gymnasium.
EX-FOE
NOW IN SAME CLUB
Christy Mathewson Recalls
How Lobert Told Marquard
He Was "Busher."
SORROW IS EXPRESSED
McGraw, on First Keal Vacation, Is
Praised for His Great Optimism
in Face of Defeats Liber
ality Slakes Him Poor.
BY CHRISTY MATHEWSON,
The Giant's Famous Pitcher.
NEW YORK. Jan. 31. (Special.)
It's a funny thing that Lobert, who
was largely instrumental in giving
"Rube" Marquard his baa start
the Giants, should have finally Joined
. mh.- Lobert ehot the words
-d'hifh seared into his
at laHiquaiu "
brain and heart when he pitched the
opening game of his big league career
. Ti int, in the sea-
for the giants, n v" - -
ions and Cincinnati was play-
. .. j,io-hoarte.r at the Polo
Grounds, a most critical doub.e-beader
Marquard had siarwu leA
and hit a couple of batters and walked
I recall it. Lobert stepped
he
said,
"jNow, you ub - .
"well see whether you are a busher.
He hit one for three bases, and, as
. "Jl.j third he looked at
"Rube" and mournfully remarked:
"Yes I guess you are."
. Marouard always remem
,,i it for if tne -r
championship. When Marquara uu
stride almost two years later, he
caught it against the Phillies on the
Pnnrth of July, ana ne
i.ni Kori tvint dav.
luuv - . - o ' A m T n
busher?" Marquard asked Lob;rt- . .
Unnna was talKing auoui. "--
j nlhpr rfav wnue " -
playing golf down here in Havana.
clared. "that I tooK alter u
day. but it was all part of the game.
He has shown some great uou...
since and certainly has fought his way
back." .
Hnirt in i:very iai
T i I. v,or,t nlaver. but he would
. t ,.An,;nnall T, tO nUTt
never do anytning hucui.-uj -----
,T,vnno Whatever ne tries iu u,
hi whole heart into, but he be
lieves in giving the other fellow every
chance. There were some field sports
at the Polo Grounds on an off day,
just before the worlds series in un,
t hoinc fast man, ran
anil uud, ....., --.,
Jim" Thorpe, the great mo .
a race acros the park. The night De
fore the race, McGraw was ld"n
Lobert about it. Honus siai iu
break away to go to bed.
"Are you training for the race,
'Dutch'?" asked McGraw.
"I am going to get my rest if I haye
to run that Indian, because I want to
beat him." replied Lobert. "I wouldn t
go in it if 1 didn't think I was faster.
"I don't," answered McGraw,
But Lobert beat Thorpe the next
day. getting the jump on him at the
start. When the two teams, which
made the trip around the world last
Winter were traveling across the con
tinent, ' I went along as far as Cali
fornia, in Texas, a race was arranged
around the bases between Lobert and
a cow pony. Honus took this just as
seriously as he did a ball game and
beat the pony, being faster on the
turns. He is taking golf just as seri
ously down here in Cuba. It requires
this quality of concentration to make
anyone a star at any sport. That is
why Lobert is good at almost every
thing he tries.
"What I like about McGraw, de
clared Lobert to me the other day when
"Mac" was nowhere within hearing,
"is that he is such a hard loser and
fights back so strong. Now, I was
over there in Philadelphia,, and I know
how 'Connie' Mack works. He was
beaten this year, and he began wreck
ing one of the greatest baseball ma
chines ever put together. McGraw gets
beaten, and he goes right to work to
build on what he has, with every man
ager in the league trying to throw
him down on any decent trade.'
McGraw Always Optlmlxt.
This is a big factor in McGraw's suc
cess on which Lobert hit. "Mac" never
sulks over defeat. He is essentially
an optimist, and immediately starts to
prepare for another fight, following a
defeat. I don't recall whether I ever
told thts story before, but. if I did, it
is worth repeating. When the Giants
finally tied up the world'6 series with
the RPii Sox in 1912. after the Boston
club had us three games to one, nobody
was any surer of our victory in tne
deriding game than McGraw. He felt
certain that we had Stahl's club on
the run and ordered a big supper at
one of the Boston hotels where he in
tended to entertain his Inenas. e
paid for this in advance to show his
confidence. Then came the defeat.
McGraw left the supper untoucnea.
He left for New York on the 5 o'clock '
train with the rest of the team. Most
of the players were in groups, mourn
ing, all except one, whose name I won't
mention. On the train were several
vow York millionaires who knew Mc
Graw well and with whom I was play
ing a game of whist to try to iorget.
"Will you have a drink, John?" in
vited one of these men.
"No," responded McGraw promptly.
"I can't afford to drink now. I've got
to figure out how I am to win next
year."
And I don't doubt but that he was
figuring on his team right then. He
had passed up a J200 supper in Boston,
because he said he had no time to
waste on trifles, but must get down
to work. After his defeat for the Na
tional League pennant last Fall, he an
nounced that he intended to spend his
Winter at his desk in New York,
strengthening his team.
First Vacation Taken.
"I'm not going to give them a chance
to trade me out of any more players
this year," he declared. "I came back
from my trip last Spring to find Her-
zog traded to Cincinnati and Shafer
sulking in Los Angeles, and I had no
seasoned third baseman.
This trip to Havana is McGraw's first
real vacation. When McGraw gets
knocked down, he Is on his feet again
in a minute, fighting all the harder.
That has been his record all the way,
and that Is largely accountable for his
big success in baseball. Ttou cant Keep
him down, and it is not a bad rule to
follow in any pursuit in life. Try it.
You are never kicked as hard as you
think you are.
Although McGraw has been success
ful in baseball, his success cannot be
measured by the money he has laid
bj-. Always he has befriended the
"broke" ball player, and he has a con
stant following of these that he stakes.
I could name one well-known star of
the past who has been living on Mc
Graw ever since he quit the game, be
cause he was no longer fast enough
for it. If anyone asks "Mac what
this player lives on, he always replies:
RUBE
AND
"I guess he's got a little money,
have heard him make that answer.
"Mac" ha made big money in base
ball bigger than any other manager
or nlaver but he Is extremely liberal.
Unlike "Connie" Mack and many other
managers, he is not well fixed, outside
of what he actually earns. I'll wager
that "Connie" Mack could almost get a
rating in Bradstreet. Any number of
ball players are worth more in actual
cash than McGraw. Some time ago,
there was talk of a fund to buy a plot
in a cemetery where ball players, who
died "broke," could be buried. McGraw
was one of the prime movers .in the
proposal.
"If I were to die tonight," he de
clared, "I guess you would have to
bury me there."
TWO-MILE WALK RECORD SET
Time for 100-Yard Hurdles Also Is
Cut in Games in Brooklyn.
NEW YORK, Jan. 30. An American
record for the two-mile indoor walk,
13 minutes 35 2-5 seconds, was made
last night by George H. Goldlng, of the
Toronto Y. M. C. A., at the games of
the Diocesan Union, in Brooklyn. This
time Golding bettered his former
record, made March 30, 1912, by 3 1-5
seconds.
John J. Eller. of the Irish-American
Athletic Club. New York, made a new
American record in the 100-yard
hurdles, covering the distance in 11 4-5
seconds, one-fifth better than the for
mer record held by himself.
TENNIS MEN PERPLEXED
SESSIOX TO DECIDE WHETHER TO
CHALLENGE FOIt DAVIS CUP.
Australians Drilling Team to Replace
Soldier Champions, bnt Play May
Hot Be Forced During; War.
NEW YORK. Jan.' 31. Business of
far more than usual importance will
be discussed at the annual meeting of
the National Lawn Tennis Association
in this city Friday. The question as
to the advisability of challenging Aus
tralasia for the Davis cup in 1915 and
the awarding of the National cham
pionship tournament will occupy the
attention of the delegates for two or
three days.
The supporters of Newport anq JNew
York are waging a hot campaign lor
the privilege of staging the all-comers'
tourney. With the selection of a club
for the annual title play, the Davis
cup situation will be carefully consid
ered.
The European war has complicated
matters and there is much doubt re
garding the propriety of requesting in
ternational tennis contests while it is
on. Similar challenges from the other
nations represented in the 1914 tourna
ment are out of the question.
Advices from Australasia would ap
pear to indicate that the opinion pre
vails in Australia and New Zealand
that one or more such challenges will
be received. Apparently the Antipodean
association is not counting upon w ua
ing and Brookes, who won the tropny
for defense, since both are serving with
British regiments or home guard corps.
A new quartet is being drilled for the
cun nlav in the persons of Arthur
O'Hara Wood, Gerald Patterson, J. O.
Anderson and A. B. Jones.
Wood recently won the singles cham
pionship cf Australasia and Patterson
and Ashley Campbell are the doubles
champions for 1914. Patterson, who
s not 20 years old. though beaten in
the final singles contest in 1914 Dy
Wood, has the distinction of having
defeated Heath in straight sets. Wood's
ground strokes on the forehand are
clearly modeled after those of Wilding
and are full of force, and he employs
rising bail shots more frequently than
any other Australasian player, except
Brookes. Patterson's strength lies in
his service, which is one of the best
in the world. The tennis experts of
Australia are calling him a second Mc
Laughlin. His low volleying is capable
of considerable improvement, but his
weakest point is said to be his ground
strokes. .
CENTRAL LEAGUE TO EXPAND
Toledo, Erie and Youngstown May Be
Added to Make 8-Club Circuit.
FORT WAYNE. Ind.. Jan. 31. With
the intention of making the Central
League an eight-club circuit, applica
tion for the Toledo, O., territory was
made Saturday by Louis Heilbroner,
president of the Central League.
Erie, Pa., and Youngstown, u., are to
be added to the five cities remaining
from last season, and the eighth city.
f not Toledo, probably will be Wheel
ing, W. Va., it is said. The five cities
left from last year are:
Dayton. O.: Grand Rapids, Mich., and
Terre Haute, Fort Wayne and Evans-
ville, Ind.
Claude Varnell, brother of George
Varnell, a well-known Spokane football
official, who has been the owner of the
Fort Wayne club for a number of years,
today gave an option on his holdings
to Charles L. Biederwolf, secretary of
the Fort Wayne Commercial Club. It is
expected that the deal will be completed
within a few days.
STEVENSON TEAM WINS AGAIN
Eighth Victory Secures Leadership of
Basketball League.
STEVENSON, Wash.. Jan. 31. (Spe
cial.) The Stevenson High School
basketball team won Its eigntn con
secutive victory on its floor Friday,
when it defeated The Dalles High
School team by a score of 35 to 14.
The game was the fourth in the Co
lumbia River League.
The standing of the league is as fol
lows:
Won. Lost. Pet.
teve-ison 3 u
White Salmon J J
Uoud River 0 J -JJ
The Dalles 0 1 -000
The visiting team piaryed an excellent
game and exnioitea some opiciium
team work. Manager Ginder, of the
ir,r-als snid today that he would line
to schedule a game with Jefferson High
School, of Portland-
WHITMAN TO GO TO MOSCOW
Basketball Coach Says He Doesn't
Expect Many Victories.
WHITMAN COLLEGE, Walla Walla,
Wash., Jan. 31. (Special.) Coach Ap
plegate and seven members of the
Whitman basketball squad will leave
Monday morning for Moscow, where
tho first conference series of the sea
son for the missionaries will be played
with the University of Idano.
Coach Applegate said today tnat ne
does not expect to win many games
on the trip north.
The men had their last nara scrim
mage Saturday against the local Y.
M. C. A. quintet. Many shifts were
made" in the lineup. Those who will
make theltrip are: Clancy and Young,
guards; Dement, center: Botts and
Peterson, forwards, and Blackman and
Cutler, substitutes.
Ashland Wins Two Games.
ASHLAND. Or Jan. 31. (Special.)
In the fourth game of the high school
series played here Jast night, Ashland
defeated both of Central Point's basket
ball teams, the boys by a score of 34
to 12 and the girls 13 to 2. In the fifth
game teams from Willamette points
will be invited to participate.
E
Jefferson Basket Tossers De
feat McMinnville High.
SCHEDULE IS STRENUOUS
Lincoln and Franklin High Soccer
Teams Meet This Afternoon on
Multnomah Field in Inter
scholastic Contest.
Coach Jamison and his Jefferson High
School basket tossers returned from
McMinnville, Or., yesterday, after hav
ing given an 18-to-10 defeat to the Mc.
Minnviiic Hiirh School quintet Satur
day night. Bennie Calvin was tne Dig
star for Jefferson High and his oppo
nent, Pearson, was the best for McMinn
ville: . . .
A return contest will Be played n
Portland February 26. according to
Tartnirer Maurice, of Jefferson High.
Following are the lineups of Saturday
night's game:
T.ff.mii. ta HfnMinnvllle fiuj
Cnt Bonnev (8)..F Klcnarason
Burke () F Shawver (3
,a, . n .Pearson (7)
r " o Wood
Maurice O juarun
Referee, Lawler, or. forest urove.
A strenuous basltetball schedule has
been arranged for the Jefferson iiign
School team hv Manager Maurice. The
sound will leave Portland for Tilla
mook Thursday and will play two
matches in the coast town. The first.
inimf th Tillamook High, will be
played Friday night, and the second af
fair the night following.
The first amateur baseball team in
Portland to start operations this sea
son is the John S. Beall nine, which won
the city championship in 1912 and lsu.
Now suits for the. bovs. ordered by Mr
Beall, will be here about the middle of
the month. If the boys show up to
o-nort advantage during the season. Man
ager Ankelis says they will be taken to
San Francisco to play the Newsboys at
the fair. Abe Popick. one of tne oesi
third basemen among the amateur
teams of the city, is slated to try out
with the Beall team, and several other
promising players also will get trials.
Columbia. University's basketball team
lost to the Sellwood Swastikas, o to la
in the Sellwood Y. M. C. A. Saturday
nlcrht. The guarding of Captain wetie
and Steinhauer was the feature of the
contest. The collegians were permit
ted to make only four field baskets. The
free throwing of Captain Schmitt, of
Columbia, was about the best that has
heen seen on the Sellwood Y. M. C A.
floor in a long time. The lineups fol
low:
Qurofittbn (Wt Columbia (15)
Proppe F Capt. Schmitt
KtcKSOfl -r
Daniels t r. jncoraersr,
Captain Welle ..Blofh
Steinhauer U Murphy
Referee. Trumble. Substitutions, Larsen
for Williams, Waltz for Jacobberger, Mc
Entee for Bloch.
Captain Tannensee and his Lincoln
High School soccerites will be seen in
action for he first time this season In
a regularly scheduled Interscholastic
League game, when his team hooks up
with the new Franklin High eleven. The
enntest will be played on Multnomah
field and will start at 2:45 o'clock this
afternoon. Such well-known stars as
Lowell Paget, Captain Tannensee, Har
old Wolverton. Busch brothers and Pret
Holt are slated to appear in the Lincoln
High lineup.
Manager John D. Dwyer, of the sec
ond Multnomah Club basketball team,
and Manager Trumble, of the Sellwood
Swastikas, finally have agreed to match
their teams. The game will be played
in the Multnomah Club gymnasium as
a preliminary to the University of Oregon-Multnomah
Club match Thursday
night. The first game will start at
7:45 o'clock.
No basketball game will be played in
the Portland Interscholastic League
this week because of the holidays be
tween terms. Two were scheduled, but
were switched. The only activity slated
is the three soccer games, the one to
day and Columbia vs. Portland Acad
emy Wednesday afternoon, and Jeffer
son vs. Washington Friday afternoon.
All will be played on Multnomah field,
which has been declared the official
gridiron of the circuit. No admittance
fee will be collected from students in
good standing in the athletic associa
tions of the various institutions.
ORIGINAL DRILLS TO BE SEEN
Turn Vcrcin Will Give Exhibition at
Hcilig Theater Sunday.
Original gymnastic drills and dances
will be featured in the annual exhibi
tion of the Portland Social Turn Verein
to be held in the Heilig Theater next
Sunday. Professor GenserowsKi, wno
is in charge of the work, has had his
classes out each day. and the coming
event is expected to be one of the best
performances ever given under the aus
pices of the Portland Social Turn
Verein.
A SDecial flag drill win De an aaoeo.
attraction, as well as the young men's
classes which won honors at the meet
ing in Los Angeles and Denver during
the last two seasons. Most of the Turn
ers to participate Sunday will repre
sent the local society at the coming
games at the San Francisco fair.
ST. LOUIS FED TRIP ARRANGED
Team Will Leave for Havana Feb
ruary 2 7, Jones Announces.
ST. T.OTTIS. Jan. 31. Fielder A. Jones,
manager of the St. Louts Federals, an
nounced UDon his return here last night
from Havana. Cuba, that his team would
depart for Havana February 27, ana
would complete its training there April
4. The Federals will play tne teams
of Havana on Saturdays, Sundays, Mon
days and Thursdays.
Branch Rickey, manager of the St.
Louis Americans, left for Houston, Tex.,
to complete arrangements for the Spring
training of his club near that city.
KILLING FLICKERS ALLEGED
Boring Man Arrested on Charge of
Shooting Protected Birds.
H. Humes, of Boring, was arrested by
Denutv Game Warden Frank Ervin on
the Clackamas River yesterday, charged
with killing red shafted flickers, ile
will be tried before Judge Kelso, of
Milwaukie, this morning at 10 o clock.
Red shafted flickers are protected
during the entire year and are said to
do valuable service in protecting tim
ber. Several instances of their being
killed have been reported to the State
Game Warden's office and efforts are
being made to stop the practice.
Pigeon Club to Meet.
The' Northwest Squab and Pigeon
dub will meet in its rooms, 527 Cham
ber of Commerce tonight at 8 o'clock.
It is the regular monthly meet
ing. The question of obtaining trade
marks and labels for squabs will be
discussed thoroughly. C. A. Warren is
president and H. J. Hamblet Is secretary.
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GAINS ARE SHOWN
Late J. E. Sullivan's Charts
Tell Story of Records.
TIME SINCE 1888 COVERED
Figures for 100-Yard Dash, Hurdle
and Distance Huns Cut and Im
provement Made in Nearly
All Other Lines, Too.
NEW YORK. Jan. 31. An excellent
idea of the progress made in atmeiic
competition during the past 20-odd
years is given in a series of charts pre
pared bv James K. Sullivan Just pre
vious to his death. The founder of the
Amateur Athletic Union worned out the
advance in each track and field event
since the organization of the Amateur
Athletic Union in 1SS8.
The 100-yard dash figures were re
duced from 10 seconds flat to 9 4-5 sec
onds by J. Owens, Jr.. in 1890. for 15
vears thev remained there, seven
sprinters tying the time in that period.
In 1906 D. J. Kelly cut anoiner one
fifth of a second off the record, and
ast year Howard P. Drew equaled
Kelly's figures. The, 220-yard record,
held at 22 seconds by Wendell Baker
In 1898, was cut to 21 1-5 seconds .by
Bernie Wefers in 1896. and five run
ners have tied these figures since that
date.
13aker also held the one-fourtn-mue
figures of 47 seconds from 1888 to
1900, when Maxey umg cut ine recoru
to 47 seconds flat. This time has stood
for 14 years without being equaled.
Hurdles Time Redneed.
The 120-vard hurdles was set at 15
2-5 seconds by S. Chase in 1895. Three
years later Alvin Kraenzlein cut a
fifth of a second off these figures, which
time was not surpassed until r. .
Kellv made 15 seconds flat in 1913. J.
L. Bremer, Jr.. did the 220-yard hur
dles in 24 3-5 seconds In 1895 and
Kraenzlein reduced it a whole second
In 1898. During the past 16 years
only one hurdler, J. I. Wendell, has
equaled 23 3-5 seconds.
In the distance runs W. O. Georg!
held the mile record at 4 minutes, 21
2-5 seconds from 1882 to 1895. when
Tommy Conneff did 4 minutes. 15 3-5
seconds. In 1911 John Paul Jones cut
the time to 4 minutes, 15 2-5 seconds
and two years later lapped anotner
second off the record and that time
still stands as the best ever mado in
the event.
Eddie Carter set the five-mile fig
ures at 25 minutes, 23 2-5 seconds in
1887. This stood for 20 years. In the
past seven years the record has been
lowered thre times, the present holder
being H. Kolehmalnon, who ran the
distance in 24 minutes, 29 1-5 seconds
in 1913. Carter and Willie Day in
turn set the 10-mile record, the former
at 62 minutes. 08 3-5 seconds, in 1886.
and the latter at 52 minutes. 38 2-5
seconds, in 1889. Not until 1909 did
George Bonhag surpass Day's time.
Kolehmainen set the present tlmo of 51
minutes, 3 2-5 seconds two years ago.
High Jumper. Make C.alna.
In the field events advancement has
been along similar lines. W. B. rage
set the high Jump figures at 6 feet. 4
inches in 1887. Mike Sweeney raised
them to 6 feet. 5 R-8 inches In 1895.
George Horlng did 6 feet, 7 Inches in
1912 and Kd Bceson added 5-16 of an
Inch to Horing's record last season. In
the broad Jump there was a gain of 1
foot, 414 Inches between 18S6, when
Malcolm Ford did 23 feet. 3 Inches, and
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feet, 7 xi inches.
In the hop, step and Jtimj Ford srt
the record at 44 feet 1 InchM in 184
and I. J. Aliearn holds the record to
day with 60 feet. 11 Inches.
In the polo vault elxlit have held ilia
record since 1887, when llimh Baxter
cleared the bar at 1 1 feet. 6 Inches. To
day the record Is 13 feet 2'.i Inches and,
is held by M. S. Wrlalit.
The giants who toss tha 56-pouml
weight have gained 14 feet. SSi inches
since 1884. when C. A. J. Queck bernrr'a
throw of 26 feet 3 V Inches was con
sidered remarkable.
Tlie shot-put record in 1887 was held
by G. Gray at 43 feet. 11 Inches. Today
Kulph itose is credited with 51 feet
fiat, made in 1909. This gain was nmdn
by three performers. Gray, Hose and
foe. Itose is dead, but It Is likely that
his record will stand for some years to
come.
WKONAS TAKK SOCCF.lt CiAMH
Beavers Are Shut Out In Contot on
Columbia Vnlverslty Field.
"Scotty" Duncan's Archer i Wlgalns
Weonas defeated the Beaver In a otic
sided soccer game on the Columhla
University campus yesterday. Tha
score was 6 to 0. Five .of the score
were made In the first half, two by
Sam Duncan, two by McNamara nml
one by Wright. The other score i
made In the Inst half by Sam Duncan.
For the Weonas. bolh Duncans.
Riggs and Wright starred, while for
the Beavers. Inkster, Stevenson and
Young did the best playing.
The lineups:
Wennas (61
Wolverton
"Si-otty" Duncan..
Martin
McKay
KlKR
HiKclow
Kox
Wright
Sam Duncan
J. Murphy
McNamara
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DENTISTS 1.0SU AT ST. III.I.KNS
Sunset Club Tram Deals Xorlli 1H-
clflc College, 4 1 to 12.
ST. 11KL.KNH, Or, Jan. 31. (Special.)
The Sunset Athletic Club bnKeha!l
team defeated the North I'aclllo Dental
College team last nlht 44 to 12. Thrt
team work of the Sunset Club player
and the basket shooting of KcIIukk,
Sten and McDonald featured the K'm.
The lineups follow:
Sun.et Cl'
MrDoi-alrt (10)..
sten (IS)
Kelloirit C14)
Vonri
Pett-rnon (21
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Wins In 11th at Wallarc.
WAI.I.AC:, Idaho. .Inn. 31. (Special.)
Frank Uarrleau, the Vancouver wel
terweight, knocked out Joe Swain, tlio
"battling butcher" of Portland. Inst
night In the 11th round of a sched'ili d
15-round contest.
Only Swsln'a recuperative powers,
ability to take punishment and hla cov
ering saved him from an earlier defeat
Pool Champ lo ;ive lAlilblllons.
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nioilionn u,i m,--i. an mn. .
Whito House hllllnrd parlors, 1J
Fourth street, Irt February.
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