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14 TIIE MOBXIXG- OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1915. OREGON WALLOPS LOS ANGELES TEAM University of Southern Cali fornia Fails on Trick Plays in 34-0 Game. SCORES MADE IN LAST HALF 'ilunlington, Tegart, Tuerck 'and Williams Stars in Aiding Eugene Victory Bezdck's Boys Open 4 l-p on Open Play at Last. BT ARTHUR M. GEARY. I.OS ANGELES.' Cal., Nov. 8. (Spe cial.) The University of Southern California eleven fought the University of Oregon team to a standstill during the first half of the game played this afternoon upon Bovard Field at Los Angeles, but 'with their dander up the Oregon men came back and cleaned up by the score of 34 to 0 in the second half. Neither goal was in danger dur ing the first half. Just what was said in- the confiden tial tallc that Coach Bezdek, Trainer Hay ward and ex-Captain Bill Main had with the Oregon team in the recess between halves is not known, but it was a regenerated team that lined up against Coach Glaze's men in the sec ond half. Monteith, playing Quarter and then right half, was the one gleaming star of the Oregon team during the first half, making one 30-yard run and many good plunges. In the second half the whole team, stepping into Monteith's class, tore down the field in terrific line plunges, and then heat the Californians at their own game by Huntington's sending three accu rate passes across the goal line, first to Tegart on right end, and then two to Mitchell on the opposite end. i Huntington Runs 37 Yards. Kot satisfied. -Huntington intercepted ft forward pass and ran down a field swept clean by perfect interference to the goal 37 yards away. The long, ac curate passing of Huntington, as well as his brilliant plunging, was a fea ture of the game.- Oregon's ends did Hot miss a throw within their reach. The Oregon team was placed in strik ing distance of the line of the Southern Californians just as the fifth, and last touchdown was recorded by another of Huntington's lor.g passes to Mitchell. This time. Bob Malarkey added lustre to the family name by diving over for a touchdown. ' Huntington kicked the first four goals, missing the fifth by a few inches to the right. Curry Bright Star. Curry, playing left tackle against 'Acting Captain Beckett, won the ad miration of the crowd by the terrific light that he put up, occasionally breaking through for a good tackle, but when the Oregon star began to takea real interest in the game, it was necessary soon to withdraw Curry to the sidelines and put in a fresh man, because Curry was worn to a frazzle. During the first half, the University of Southern California tried out their much-heralded open playing, by making successfully a 30-yard gain by means f a triple pass and executing success fully three forward passes for gains of about 10 yards each, but thereafter their forward passes and triple passes failed to baffle the Oregon men. Except that Oregon was penalized three times for holding and the Cal ifornians once, the game was free from rule-breaking, not a single offside rlay being recorded against either team. The center of the Southern Californians, Simpson, suffered the dislocation of his shoulder, which was the only injury received in the game. Time was taken only twice for each side. Fred Kelly Not In Game. Fred Kelly, the champion hurdler, was not in the game because of a broken log received in practice. U. s. C. failed to make its "expected showing in using the forward pass and other open or trick plays. On the other hand, Oregon, during the last half, made several large gains by this method of play. Both teams did much punting throughout. Huntington. Tuerck and Williams, the latter a comparatively new member of the visiting eleven, did much toward Oregon's victory. Curry, Craig and Mallette were the main stays of the locals. The visitors, after being blocked in every attempt to score during the first 30 minutes of the game, opened the second half with a rush that swept the Southerners off their feet. After a suc cession of line smashes, Tegart carried the ball across the line for the first touchdown. Huntington kicked goal. All 1 Easy for Oregon. After that it was comparatively easy work for Oregon, Huntington scoring the second and third touchdowns. Line jilunges by Malarkey carried the ball across the line for the last two touch downs. The weather was cool and clear, more typical of an Oregon Fall day than of Southern California weather. The Oregon team left for home to night at 8 1 M. and will pass tomor row visiting the fair at San Francisco. "Now lor the O. A. C. game" is the battle-cry. The lineup was as follows: The lineup: V. C. . Dreson. Werner LER Tegart Fox. Ward L. T R Bartlett Martin LOR Spellman Simpson C Risley Marks ROL Snider lurry, Sprouty ...RTL Beckett rn,Ts R E I Mitchell Mallette Q.Monteith. Huntington ararshall. Mosley, Nj L H R Tureck -ralc RHL Malarkev l.ivernash. captain .. P. .. . RlBbee. Monteith Officials Keferee. Keinholz: umpire Erst fllti: field judge. Kla-vans; head linesman, JtolWy. Tturing the second quarter Rlgbee tvs replaced in th lineup by Huntington, njio played quarter, pushing- Monteith to tullbaek. Practically a new team was put in. by University of Southern California towards th-:- end of the last quarter. F,VCEXE JrBlLAXT AT NEWS Wlien First Two Quarters Are Noted Students Dubious; Slinko Heads. .UNIVERSITY- OP OREGON. Eugene. Or.. Nov. 8. (Special.) Varsity stu dents and Eugene people were sent wild with jubilation when the final result tt the Oregon-University of Southern California game was made known and Hezdck declared a winner by a big margin. ! There was little cause to shout as the "tickers" informed those interested of a no-score play for two quarters; wise ones were dubious and shook their heads with misgivings. The finals, though, were much-.' appreciated and Mow all attention is centered to Ore lon Acricultural College. ; Assistant Coach Mitchell watched the Aggies drive Idaho ! all over the lot last Saturday afternoon and returned to Eugene with a healthy opinion of Xr. Stewart's proteges. "It is the best team I ever saw. aid Mitchell when asked of the lemon yellow's old rivals. ( (This coming Saturday the two freshmen teams of the state institu tions will battle for the second time this season. Oregon's "green-cappers" annexed a 1b-0 victory when the elev ens fought in Corvallis some two weeks ago. The return game in Eugene should be a good one. as both machines are matched equally in weight and experience. TURKEY SHOOTS AUK PLAXXED Outlaw Targets to Be Used at Traps at Jenne Station November 21. Now that Thanksgiving is near, tur key shoots are being scheduled. An nouncement was made yesterday by A. VV. Strowger, vice-president of the Portland Gun Club, that November 21 has been set aside for the turkey gath ering at the Jenne Station grounds of the Portland Gun Club. No regulation targets will be thrown but targets will all be outlaws. When a contestant has won one turkey he will be handicapped so that it will be harder to win another. The class sys tem will be used, so that the 65 per cent shooter will have as much chance to win as the 95 per cent bluerock smasher. H. R. Everding, president of the Portland Gun Club, was high gun at the weekly shoot Sunday, E. B. Morris was second, and H. A. Pollock was third. FACES JEFF OPEX STYLE OF PLAY IS EXPECTED IX GAME TODAY. Elevens Are FTtnly Matched hut High Schoolers Are Favored He cause of Lead. A comparatively light backfield and an open style of play will be the com bination presented to the followers of Portland Interscholastic League foot ball on Multnomah Field this after noon. Jefferson High School, with its speedy runners, will oppose Coach Callicrate's Columbia University open work athletes, starting at 3 o'clock. Already two defeats have been charged to ' the collegians and every thing will be done to make the stand ings read two wins and two defeats. Both aggregations are evenly matched, but as Jefferson High is leading the circuit with no defeats charged to it. followers of the circuit are inclined to make the high schoolers the favor ites. Coach Jamison hopes to start the same team that won from Lincoln High. Should . Columbia University secure a verdict today, three elevens will be tied for first place in the league, Lin coln, Washington and Jefferson. Because Grover Francis, official ref eree, is out of the city. Coach Callicrate and Coach Jamison will select their own officials before the contest. Sev eral names have been suggested, but nothing definite was . agreed on last night. Lincoln High School and Portland Academy will form opposition on Mult nomah Field next Friday afternoon. Last year the Academy won the an nual affair, 7 to 6, in the last few min utes of play. Columbia defeated Jef ferson last Fall, 12 to 2, and the year before but one point separated the two contingents, Columbia winning, 7 to C CHANCE AND OIjDFTEIjD IN DEAL Tjos Angeles Club Stoek May Change Hands if Price Is Right. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Nov. 8. (Spe cial.) Frank Chance and Barney Old field admitted today that they were trying to buy into the Los Angeles baseball club, and that if they were successful they would pool their in terests and that Chance would take over the active management of the club. "We are after the stock held by Vice-President Darmody." said Old field, "but just at present I think Dar mody wants too much money for his holdings. I am pretty certain after a conference or two on the subject we will be able to come to some under standing. If we do we will have half the stock and James Powers will have the other half. These interests will be pooled and Chance will be made man ager." . Darmody is on his way to San Fran cisco to attend the meeting of the minor leagues, but before he left he said he would sell anything he owned if he could get his price. SCHOLASTIC TITLE PLAY XEAK La Grande Eleven Has Eyes on East ern Oregon Championship. LA GRANDE. Or., Nov. S. (Special.) Eastern Oregon scholastic football supremacy is near the deciding point. V.'ith Pendleton eliminated by the de feat of La Grande JO days ago, there remain Paker and Wallowa that La Grande must hammer its way through to gain the much-sought championship. La Grande's stock has been materially boosted since it defeated Walla Walla S3 to 13 here, while the best Baker could do at Walla Walla was to take the short end of a 6-to-0 score. Coach Reynolds thinks that Coach Williams at Baker has a coming team, as shown by its victory over Boise of 23 to 0 Friday. Hence the Baker-La Grande game to be played here will tell a big story. The Pendleton-Baker game is yet to be played. TWO PULLSIAN MEN INJURED Victory Over Montana Costs Hanlej and Doan to Team. PULLMAN, Wash., Nov. 8. Though Washington, State College won from the University of Montana yesterday, 27 to 7, it was at the cost of two injuries that will hit the team hard for the re maining games. Hanley, halfback, who started the game, lasted half the game, but his collarbone was broken, and he is out for the rest of the season. Poane, hard-hitting fullback, got his hands on the ball only twice. In his second plunge, which netted 15 yards. Doane's knee was injured and he had to be carried to the gymnasium. Doane will not be able to play again this sea son, it is feared. Bicycle Race at Boston Starts. BOSTON, Nov. ' S. Eleven riders representing as many teams started the annual six-day bicycle race on the Arena track today. The teams will ride 10 hours each day. They are: Alfred Grenda, the Tasmanian. and Fred Hill, of Watertown: McNamara and Speas; Verri and Corry; Grim and Linart: Be dell and Maginn; Cameron and Kaiser; Root and Handley; Walthour and Car man: Dupuy and Moran: Raton and Madden; Sullivan and Holbrook. Welsh O'Leary Bout Arranged. WINNIPEG, Man., Nov. 8. Freddie Welsh, lightweight champion of the wona, and Johnny O Learv. of Seattlo claimant to the Canadian lightweight iiLie, nave signed articles for a 15 round contest to be held here Novem- ii-i- ii a m announced today. Rain Postpones Races. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 8. Todav t'i kiKmiiiiiiv ut narness racing at the Panama-Pacific Exposition track was caiiea on Decause of rain. All-Nationals Bent All-Amerlcans. rOCATELLO Idaho ' Xnr Th i- Nationals won, 6-5, over the All-Amer icana nere toaay. DAVIS, OF BEAVERS, MAY GO TO OAKLAND Manager Elliott Anxious Over Deal in Fear That McCredie May Not Make Good. RISBERG ALSO IS SOUGHT Maier, of Vernon, Shows Optimism by Proposing to Raise Rather Than Lower Const League Salary Limit Next Year. Will Bobbie Davis receive his salary from the Oakland, club next season? According to reports from the south, the Beaver shortstop Is due for a trip across the bay from the exposition city after the Coast League meeting. Davis was promised to Manager Elliott three months ago, is some more inter esting news. At the present Elliott is reported to be anxious about the deal for fear that Walt McCredie may not make good. In Elliott's opinion, Davis is the best shortpatcher in the league. Better even than Roy Corhan, of the Seals, who had the call on the all-star team for the past season. Besides having a' line out for Davis, the Oak boss is also hot on the trail of "Swede" Risberg, the jack-of-all-trades with the Vernon club. After January 1. 1916, Cal Ewing will have cause to heave a sigh of re lief. It should be a healthy sigh. Through the generosity of Arch bishop Edward J. Hanna, who controls the property for the Catholic diocese, the-lease on Ewing Field that had 18 more years to run, will be canceled. The Seals have been paying ground rent on two parks. - . Del Howardwill be in San Francisco during the meeting of the Coast League moguls, but declares that he came into town from his ranch merely to visit the fair. Some comment is being passed in the California metropolis about the date of Del's visit and also whether or not it will be confined solely to the fair. Eddie Maier, owner of the Vernon Tigers, evidently isn't worrying a bit about the present hard times. He wants to raise instead of lower the Coast League salary limit. Eddie is looking forward to a good season next year, but he shouldn't overlook the fact that while his business should be good, due to the fact that Oregon and Washington will need some of his brew, the other officials may not see things in the same light. "The Vernon lineup I have in mind for next season will never stay inside the limit of $5000. The limit now is 8500 more, but I am afraid it will be cut down some at the Coast League meeting." Another story about Tom Hughes' resignation" has been brought to light that would indicate that Long Tom didn't do the resigning at all. According to the latest bit of gossip, Tom walked off the mound one day when one of the outfielders had loafed twice in succession on a fly. This re suited in a quarrel and Tom was let go. so latest reports intimate. Hughes has received an offer from the Oakland club for next season. While the McCredies are casting about down San Francisco way at the meeting of the minor leagues for a few new players to bolster up their infield that is being threatened by the Feds they in all probability will have a chance to get back Naughton, the young infielder, whom they turned over to Spokane during the past sea son. After taking a few meals in the Inland Empire metropolis "Naughty" caught on with the Kansas City Amer ican Association team, of which Danny Shay is manager. Danny is well known on the Coast as manager of a former San Francisco club and of Stockton In the old outlaw circuit. Danny will be in attendance at the minor league meeting, and reports have it that he will be there for the pur pose of peddling a goodly portion of the team that represented the packing village on the diamond the past sea son. "They are all good ballplayers that I am trying to dispose of." says Danny "The salary limit makes it necessary for me to rid myself of 'some mighty good material." Naughton went great with the Blues and was then laid up with an injury Here's a chance for McCredie to pick him up after he has had the needed seasoning. Naughton came to the Beavers from the Western Tri-State League. Grid iron Gossip. By Roieoe Pawcett. IF a post-season game Is played by Washington State College thi it will be either with the Multnomah Amateur Atnietic Club in Portland or with Syracuse University at Spokane December 4 or 11." Washington State would like a game with the Iinlvoroltv r Tt- i. , . " , - , v " "ttouingion, out Coach Dobie. of Washington, has al- rtiusea to sanction such an af fair, notwithstanding that the Novem ber issue of the American Magazine flares forth with a boost for Dobie in which it says,-among other things! that "other Northwest colleges are afraid of Washington and have backed out of games with Dobie's teams " Both Syracuse and the Multnomah Club have been endeavoring for some time to book games with Washington State, and the matter is being con sidered by the faculty, according to Tom Tyrer. assistant coach. J. F. Boh ler is anxious for a post-season game, and, althdugh Coach Dietz has not ex pressed" himself, there is no. question but that he is of a different type than some other unbeaten coaches, and will risk a defeat. gon Aggies, in Portland on December I i n th. -Vow ' -1. , - . -. - - - - - -- w n-ci a wguiu meet Pullman at Spokane a few days after that game. Quite a rumpus has been stirred up among a certain element at Cor vallis, because Coach Stewart did not give Gus Hofer a chance to olav against the Michigan Aggies in the jo-o game at Lansing. Hofer's friend think Coach Stewart is peeved at hin because he was "close" to Sam Dolan when the former Notre Dame star was coaching the Aggies in 1912. However, those who know Coach Stewart intimately scout this idea. The Aggie coach doubtless expected to get a drubbing from the Slichiganders and had Hofer in reserve to shoot in at anv weak spot either in the backfield or in the line. Hofer is a very versatile fellow, and although he weighs about pounas. ne Is plenty fast enough for a backfield man. No good base ball or football manager will change a winning combination, so when the Ore Ron Aggies began making monkevn out of their Eastern, opponejite poor Hofer was left out in the cold en- Sam Cook, the former Oregon guard, and Ira Blackwell. ex-Oregon Aggies backfield star, were not allowed to play for Montana against Washington State Saturday. It develops that Washing ton State had an agreement with Mon tana barring Northwest conference jumpers until they have completed one year of residence at Montana. Wash ington State, too, was minus one of its stars. Quarterback Durham was out as a result of injuries received in the Idaho game. The Olympic Club football players, of San Francisco, got themselves in a peck of trouble recently by playing ' m a game against an all-star team at Marina. Stolz is a professional Rugby player. John El liot, president of the Pacific Associa tion, nearly disqualified the entire bunch. - ' HarvarH's "comeback" against Prince ton and Tale's fourth straight defeat of the season at the hands of Brown Saturday will give the "Big Three" football bugs something to chatter about during the ensuing few days. Back in 1910 Yale was defeated by West Point 9-3, played a scoreless tie against 'Vanderbilt, and was defeated by Brown 21-0. In the one week be fore the Princeton game Tale was practically reorganized. Princeton was defeated 5-3, and Harvard, represented by one of the best teams Harvard has ever had, was held to a 0-0 score. When Tale lost three consecutive games this Fall the student body Je- serteH Crarh lTfnk-A.,' . . ...iii.i. .-, DiniiufLI n unu Tom Shevlin was telegraphed for. Tale nopmg mat this leaven would show itself in the Brown game. Shevlin i u u n ' . .1 . . ., . 1 ........ v. j 13 1., uuwever, and the big end may work a miracle. The chances are about 60-H however. xaie win get a bad trouncing from Princeton next Saturday at New .. aumuuiidi uuue 01 sour medicine the following Saturday at Cambridge. Harvard beat Tale last year 36-0. One thing as certain as death and taxes is that Coach Hinkey's regime at Yale has run its course. In the days that Tale was great it was funda mentals that made her so. Today Tale is "outcharged, outblocked, outtackled and outplayed at her own game," as the Yale Daily News grudgingly ad mits. Tale Is not nlavine- YbIa funth-. n That's all. When th TTnlvav.lt r -nr.. l : . fOOtbll tP:im gr,itr.J f - " - - - . l tjan j i ii 1 1 v: t .-!.: for its game with California, Coach ursc move was to announce the Washin&rton weio-hte n -i ... , Dnhin nnnliln' ..-11 t. . ' .. ' a i ne ii u i ii, or even close to it. Washington's line average v! 6uen out as iyd pounds to 179 for California, and the backs about the Same. Miller's vraiirht -nra -. . as 175, and Murphy, the 190 or 195- ijuuuu ena, as 1 1 i pounds. -nere are approximately the correct weights: Murnhv. pnd ton n,,nB. t a tackle, 180 pounds; Wirt, guard, 190 pounus; -L,ogg. center, 190 pounds; Sea graves, e-llnrrt 1 Si .. ,, .1 ,. - - .- tackle. 1S5 pounds; Hunt. end. 180 pounds; Noble, halfback. 190 pounds; Miller, halfback, 200 pounds; Shiel, full back, 185 pounds; Young, quarterback, AUJ JJUUI1US. Washington's -t earn ovpr o-a la ohAnt 1S5 noil n d sj pnitallv slrf4A.j i line and the backfield. This is a mere ,Uduer or pounds to the man more than Xobie furnished to the San Fran cisco newsnanprn Kovt v. slip anything like that to the San Francisco bunch he will get called you can be sure of that. Ball Stock Sale Permit Revoked. RAPRAXfFVTA 1 tl iov. . nenry '' ,,OW,nLr of tner San Francisco baseball club mriav .. , the State Corporation Commission, and asked that his permit tosell $500,000 worth of stock in the club be revoked. .! . "raer win do made. Berry said that by next year he would reapply for another permit, saying that failure to obtain an extension of land to the ball park made the sale of stock in advisable at this time. Grangeville High Plans Run. GRANGE VILLE, Idaho. Nov. S. (Special) Preparations an hcimrmn at the High School for a cross-country ' . ra t-erce .Jiign School. Running is becoming morp .,..,,, t ., since football was abolished bv neigh boring schools, as a result of the death of Floyd Gilbert, Grangevilie football captain. IGNOMITY OF GAME PUT OFF BY WEATHER CITED U-No-Me Recalls Time When Surprise Was Expressed at Postponement of Play on Gridiron Merely Because of Blizzard. BY U-NO-ME. A FEW years ago a couple of sec ondary football teams in the Mid dle West postponed a game because a veritable blizzard was raging over the Central States. Papers everywhere made comments on such a strange oc currence. Coach Stagg. of Chicago, said that it was the first time he had ever heard of a game being postponed because of Inclement weather. Games have been played in storms where it was impos sible to see the players from the grand- sia-nu. iney nave played in snow so deep that players have had to be pulled out of the snow on every down. Mud up to the tops of shoes has been the scene of many battles every season in every state except one California, the land of eternal sunshine and flowers. Saturday, at Los Angeles, the Oregon team was to have shown home folks how to make touchdowns against the University of Southern California the pride of the natives. Friday evening a small shower alighted upon Los Angeles, the first for many months, and the manager of California's pride -declared the game postponed on account of rain. Oregon protested strenuously over such a childish stunt, but to no avail. mm "Pep" has a lot to do with winning football games. A team backed by then "fighting five hundred" or the "thun dering thousand" has a better chance to come through with a punch at a critical moment than the team sur rounded by a howling, hostile mob on a strangef ield. Penn State first got the ' spotlight of publicity by planning to charter a few boxcars and take, several hundred rooters along at livestock rates. The railroad officials refused to consent to such behavior and Penn State bat tled Harvard with only a handfull of rooters. Penn State lost. Next come Kansas University with a similar plan of carrying the "fighting five hundred" to Norman. Okla., to back the Jayhawkers against the Sooners. Again the railroad officials put a crimp in the enthusiasm of the rooters. Kansas lost. Last comes Missouri with a plan to send 500 pigskin boosters and a Mis souri mule to Chicago for the game against Northwestern Saturday. The railroads were of & different opinion, so the rooters and 'the Democratic em blem stayed in Columbia. Missouri lost. The presence of the rooters might not have changed, the score, but human nature is the same in all vocations and praise and hearty cheers help a lot in Vhe pinches. Grantland Rice is butting into the football-guessing game. He avowed that Mahan, of Harvard, would out punt Driggs, of . Princeton,, and out- BASEBALL LEAGUE EN LATE IN SOUTH Reception Committee, at Least Part of It, Goes North to ' Meet Travelers. CHARLES EBBETTS ON HAND Brooklyn Nationals' Leader Insists He Has Xo Message for Coast. Northwestern Hopes for Rep resentation on 1916 Board. SAX FRANCISCO, Nov. 8. (Special.) America's minor, league baseball magnates didn't make the triumphal entrjr into San Francisco tonight that had been anticipated, with all ar rangements for a large reception com mittee of San Franciscans to greet the incoming visitors at Sacramento and escort them to the exposition city came tne announcement that the travelers were four hours late. A speedy reckoning brought bout me miormauon tnat under the latest schedule the special could not reach Sacramento before 10 o'clock, which mean 1 o'clock tomorrow morning at the latest for the final arrival in this city. The idea of a large reception com mittee hastily was abandoned, although a few of the faithful still insisted upon going as far as the capital to do the greeting. Henry Berry already was there, and late this afternoon Presi dent Allan T. Baum. J. Cal Ewing. Jack- Cook, Billy Keal. of the Phillies, and one or two others left for Sac ramento. Meeting? Opena Tbla Afternoon. League presidents of high and low degree were on the special, together with numerous other baseball men, and after a rest tonight the minor association will convene at the St. Francis Hotel at 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Even before the arrival of the be lated special the hotel corridors were buzzing with talk of the season just closed, to say nothing of prospective trades and the like. Quite a few of the men who are in terested in the coming together of the minor leagues already had arrived on the scene and there was plenty for them to chatter about with respect to the future. Charley Elbet There. Charles Ebbets, of the Brooklyn Na tionals, is so far the solitary repre sentative of the major league interests. Fbbetts has not missed a session of the minor leagues' association since that body was formed and he does not pro pose to stop at this late date. Ebbets reached San Francisco this morning. He denies that he has any message either from the National League or both major bodies to the minors as re gards the Federals, and avers that his visit comes purely of a personal desire not to miss the convention meeting and to keep up his acquaintance with the baseball magnates. The Northwestern League, while not doing politics in any sense of the word, would like to see their organization represented on the National Board of Arbitration in 1916. Ilrown Booili Blenrett. "Our league was a party to the birth of the National Association," said Rob ert Brown this afternoon. "At that time we had W. H. Lucas as our presi dent and he was elected a member of the National Board of Arbitration. Since that time we have not been rep resented and we think we are entitled to consideration when the new board is named. Our league would like very much to see our president. Robert Blewett, named as a member." , Frank Farr, of Spokane, and D. E Dugdale, of Seattle, joined forces with the rest of the Northwestern delega- drop kick Captain Tibbott. of Prince ton, all in one afternoon and the re ports of the game at Tigerville yester day give Mahan the credit of doing just such a superhuman feat. Rice said one educated toe" was better than two on different individuals and he was taking long chances. But he laughs best who laughs last, so our Poet Rice is the best laugher. Tale must have nearly a full hand, fof she has now four in a row. Yale never before lost four games in one season STJi 1 Z Cnd ,s not yet' She has yet to Prtnce? enemies-Harvard and Several men who were in the recent track championships at San Francisco are now starring in the gridiron pas time. Sol Butlef. the colored lad who won the broad jump in the junior champion ships, is playing quarterback on Du buque College and has been pulling off some sensational plays. He recently ran 90 yards through a broken field for the only touchdown of the game. Dubuque is coached by Doaris. the former Notre Dame auarterhack wk came into prominence by his sensational "'bt a-samst tne Armv two years ago. when Notre Dnmo trin,n.j Army. 35-0. and showed the effete East w score toucnaowns by the fo ward pass. His team has practically cinched the title of the Hawkeye conference, which is composed of the secondary colleges of Iowa. Arlie Mucks, the giant discus tamer or Wisconsin, who won at Frisco with a heave of more than 146 feet, is play- "., iiom a. l Wisconsin. Bachman. who won aat-nn i' .. disu?,t frisco- Playing a fine game ... ' i j'iv r ior .-voire iame. Cole, of Oregon Agricultural College who failed to place in the diKru. he. cause of illness, is playing guard for Dr. Stewart's world-beaters and adding UUs jiuiiiia ror tne team by kick -v.,. ... nuci toucnaowns. Me. won the first game against the alumni by K". ft nom tne iz-yard line. Fred Kelley, the champion hurdler ana Howard Drew, the flying negro 'of Hie University of California, are both members of the football team. Kelley a oi at present witn a broken ankle. Packer, one of the best hurdle in the Middle West, "who competed against Kelley in the championships, is play ing regularly at end for - the Iowa issi. Men In other lines of sport are tak ing part-in football this season. Har vard has three members of the tennis team chasing the pigskin. .th from the caliber of Harvard's football i-eams tne men must be a husky lot of tennis sharks. Tennis is not con- oiutrea a game suitable tor the train ins of .All-American material. Diamonds win out over the roads you know It is a perpetual battle between tires and roads and victory is hard-earned. The strength and tourfi- ' o ness of the rubber in Diamond ' Squeegee Tread Tires resists the roughest road wear yawning ruts do not take toll from Diamond Squeegees, Tried for years on every road that leads in or out of this city on all makes of cars Diamond Squeegees have proven their unfailing superior ity, and more than satisfy car owners. ; We have almost discon tinued making smooth treads, because the small (less than 10) increase we ask for tion tonight, arriving on the Shasta Limited. . The Texas League so far is repre sented by Kllis Hardy, manager of the w aco club, and Gerald Hayes, a for mer Coast League umpire, who wielded his authority as an indicator man in Texs this last year. tlyde Shropshire nresident of Ihc Nashville club in the Southern League. witn .Mrs. Shropshire and Chris How ard, secretary of the same club, are here to meet with the rest of their people. WMttm League There Too. The Western League pvlrtpntlv will have a good representation when the roll is called. The arrival of W. A. Rourke, of Omaha, and Mrs. Rourke has Deen announced. Savage, of Topeka, Bob McGill. of Denver, and I Tn.nl on of Sioux City, were among those who put in an appearance today. Ed Maier. of Vernon, and President Baum were in close consultation dui- ing the afternoon and were evidentlv talkiug over Uieir difference, or at least, their alleged troubles. Despite the denial from Maier that he bears no enmity toward Baum, it is an open secret that Maier and Leavitt had a private session all of their own Sunday morning. Just what transpired no one knows, but it looks as if the Oakland man is bent on fan ning the fire to cause trouble for the present league executive. KiKht Due on O'Neill. While it was expected that a strong endeavor would be made by "Tip" O'Neill to retain the presidency of the western league, Rourke and Hanlon declared tonight that this fight would oe a losing one. Delegates of the Texas League, one the strongest of the class B organ izations, has planned a (sharp contest to obtain more liberay drafting con siderations for leagues of that class. They assert that after leagues of class AA and A caliber have finished draft ing from the class C and D organiza tions the class B clubs are forced to take the leavings. This, it is con tended, is not fair, inasmuch as the class B organizations are forced to pay the same draft prices as do the leagues of higher classification. THE PACIFIC SLUMP. Grant!and Rice in TXew York' Tribune. "Football In the Far West is at low tide." General comment. Michigan Afceies 21Michisan 0. Oregon Aggies 20, Michigan Aggies 0. How sad to think about the plump That's soaked the distant West:! To think how far their teams have dropped Below the laureled crest; To think that in that land along The old Pacific's rim They haven't any stalwarts left To play the game with vim : They haven't any team at all From all their ragged hosts Except a team that crushed a team That smashed a team of Yost's. Ah. yes, it's sad to think about The old Pacific slump. They way the West has hit the chute And hit it with a bump; But when 1'OU speak of things like rhis In a manner somewhat free, Don't mention it at Michigan Or up at M. A. C. : They haven't any stuff at all To call for Autumn boasts Except a team that smeared a team That smashed a team of Tost's. Anyway, with the Giants, Athletics and Wolverines. Yale is still in pretty fair com pany. Bill Hollenbeck Bays Cornell should now b a member nf the big' five. Quite so. But Bill undoubtedly meant the big seven Cornell, Princeton, Harvard, Pittsburg Uni versity, W. and J, Colgate and the Oregon Aggies. Columbia Park Team AVins. VANCOUVER. Wash., Nov. 8. CSpe- NEED A NEW OVERCOAT? Why Don't You Get On Credit? me Every Autumn, thousands of men figure and puzzle how they are going to set aside twenty-live or thirty dol lars for a new Overcoat. Do YOU need one this year? Then, listen! You can open an Account at CHERRY'S Clothing Store and get your overcoat by making a small cash payment. Then you can pay the re mainder weekly or monthly, whichever suits your income better. CHERRY'S store does an immense business because it has been proved beyond a doubt that thousands of men haven't the ready money to buy Cloth ing. It is far more convenient for them really a necessity to Dav ten or fifteen dollars cash and the balance on installments. There's no "joker" about this. Go up to CHERRY'S and outfit yourself. Suit, Overcoat or anythins you may want in either the women's or men's department. Don't forget their address 383-331 Wash, St.. in the Pittock. block. Squeegee treads has made Diamond Squeegees so popu lar that 90 of the Diamond Tires sold to consumers are Squeegee Treads. Squeegees were put on the market because they proved to be the most satisfactory non-skid tire tests prove that in addition to this the Squeegee construction (more rubber where the wear is hardest) makes Squeegees the best Long Dis tance tire at the price. Diamond "Fair-List" Prices: Sixe Diamond Siio Diamond 1 Squeegee Squeegee I 30 x 3 $ 9.4S 34 x 4 $ 20.35 I 30x3 12.20 36 x4V 28.7Q 32 x 3 14.0Q 37 x S 33.90 cial.) The Washington Athletic Club today was defeated at football by the Columbia Park team, of Portland. 3 to 0. The crowd was not large. The local club has not as good a team as in former years apparently. Her Rival. Louisville Courier-Journal. "Do you think only of me!" mur mured the bride. "Tell me that you think only of me." "It's this way," explained the groom. "Now and then I have to think of the furnace, my dear." Practically any outdoor game that a child plays in the streets of New York is a vlo'Rtlon of t h o law. 0-W.R.&I. 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