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THE MOItXrNG OKEGOXIAN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21. 1916. AGREE TO Murohv. H. Curry. R. Curry. O. Knapp, JAMES JOHN QUINT BEATS HILL 39 10 10 U Knapp. G. Yot. Faye Duley. Earl R. Coodwin. H. Trumbull. C. Munaon. H. Hudson. U Fuller. R. Wainte. Crowe. W. Watts. H. Hall, R. Blgelow, DRAW BEFORE BOUT M. Maurice. P. Naugle. Dr. H. M. Fat ton. C J. Rupert and R. Otterson. FOOTBALL MEX TOSS BASKETS 13 BOXERS Farmer and Sommers Each Put Up $50 to Guarantee - Against 'Double Cross.' JACK KING HOLDS STAKES I Oregon Aggie Gridiron Knights in Fraternity Quintets. OREGON" AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Corvallis. Jan. 20. (Special) A wealth of football material included in the personnel of both teams made the baa ketball same played last night between the Sigma Alpha Epailon and Kappa Sigma Nit quintets to settle the ques tion of supremacy in the fraternity league the roughest and most spirited that has ever been seen on the ure sron Agricultural . College court. In overtime play the bigmi Aipna Ewilons won. 14-11. The work or the victorious team was featured by the playing of Captain' elect Abraham, of the football team. CARLISLE SIGNS WITH OMAHA Familiar Figure In Coast League Passes to Loner Class of Ball. SAX FRANCISCO. Jan. 20. (Special. -Walter Carlisle has passed out of th Coast League. Report has it that he has signed with Omaha in the western League. Walt has been a familiar and prominent figure on the circuit for years, and his sensational fielding win be missed. The leftfielder went down hill rap idly. Only a short year ago Vernon was credited with having the greatest out field trio in minor league baseball in Carlisle,'. Kane and Bayless, and it is possible' now that all three will be out of the league this coming season. Fred Merrill "ot In on .Shady Jn-al and He Vet-lares Pugilists Implicated Will Be Barred. , Principals Admit Facts. Despite their protestations that vrvthinc- was lily white in the trans action, it leaked out yesterday that Frank Farmer, of Tacoma. and A Snnimrrx. of Portland, previously had asrreed to box a six-round draw at the Rose City Athletic Club Tuesday night. All this and considerable more de veloped yesterday after several hours of nuiet investigation on the part of The Oreconian. Those implicated In the frame-up were Pam Howard, manager for Frank Farmer; Farmer himself; Bobby Evans. n.mairer for Al Sommers. and bommers. Fred T. Merrill, manager of the Rose City Club, was not in on the transac tion. When the facts were produced anH nreaented to him last night he de clared that everybody concerned would be forever barred from the Rose my Club. Bexera Fast Forfeit. Whilo th stories told by the two taxing managers differ in detail, the McCredle Waata to Block Deal and agreement in a nuisneii caucu u . two boxers to stage a six-round draw. In orer to guarantee against aouDie rrossing. the managers drafted an agreement and posted J50 apiece with - Jack Kirg as stakeholder. When they explained the terms later, he threw up both hands and refused to have any thine- to do with such a Irameup. Mr. King held the checks, however, and cave the agreement back to now urri Kinir likewise refused to referee the bout as originally planned ana it Portland magnate can block the New CASE PUZZLE CLEVELAND WOULD SEXD PLAYER TO 2VEW ORLEANS. Force raflelder Who Double-Croased Him to Play at Tacoma. Although consigned by Portland to the Tacoma club of the Northwestern League and still on Tacoma's reserve 1st. W alter Hammond may play with -New Orleans. this coming season. Hammond turned a rather mean trick on Judge w. W. McCredie. and if the was necessary to take Jack Helser out of he crowd to act as third man in - the ring. Referee la CoaBrlratloo. Although Farmer had a shade the better of tho boxing. Helser acted con scientiously, when he called the bout a lira w Probably the facts of the shady deal would never have come out had not Farmer confided in friends in Tacoma. Farmer left yesterday forenoon for Tacoma. but is scheduled to return Sat urday to begin a theater engagement - In I'nrtlund. "When Sam Howard came here and asked for a match with Farmer against Sommers. 1 refused to listen to mm un less Farmer would make 158 pounds," said Bobbv Evans. "Finally he got me to agree to the match at 162 pounds i on double-cros ed u& mf (m uiin.-c nidi. -- " tiommers a draw. Sommers boxed his - verv best and will gladly box Farmer " again at 162 pounds. Fred Merrill had nothing to do with it." According to Sam Howard, he forced to agree to a draw. Merrill la Astonished. T not only had to agree not to let Farmer knock out Sommers. but also bail to auree to let Farmer box Som men a draw." said Howard. "Farmer ' never before had any treaty' with any ' boxer, but he either had to agree to Sommers demand or have the match called off." Fred Merrill, manager or the club, was astounded when the facts were presented to liim in a true light. "The club officials never had a suspicion that the boxers were in an agreement." said he. "Everything at our club has been conducted on the square and nobody connected with this will ever appear at my club again. Orleans deal Hammond may find him self with Tacoma. It will be recalled that after a long stretch of hitless games for Portland last season. Hammond was traded to Tacoma near the fag end of the Fall for Shortstop Ward. We gave him a contract calling for nis outright release at the end of the season and also bought him a 30-day stopover ticket through to the East, explained Judge McCredie yesterday. "All Hammond had to do was to play oau is days In the Northwestern League and he could have been a free agent. "This he agreed to do and I bought mm nis ticket East. Instead of re porting to McGinnity. however, he con tinued on eastward, doubtless chuck- ng to himself because of the way he Cleveland now wants to switch him to the New Orleans club. As we got him from Cleveland, we may have to accede to Cleveland's wishes. But, if 1 nad my say. I would make him re port back to Tacoma this year or stay out oi paseoaii. ' - Dan Murray is another young ball player who played foxy last season and now finds himself in trouble. Murray was turned over to Spokane by Port land last Spring, but refused to report. He played brush ball in a small town n Utah with "Duckey" Holmes. Holmes is now connected with the Lincoln club of the Western League, and has offered Murray a job on his catching corps contingent upon his reporting as a iree agent. Murray has applied to the National board for a release, but he doesn't stand much chance of getting free un less Spokane is willing to grant his wish as a favor. SCHOOLS ARE IN AGGORD STAFFORD AD fJALIFORMA TO VIE IX THREE SPORTS. June Meeting of Alumni Expected to Settle Football Question Older Heads Make Peace Possible. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 20. Alumni and friends of the University of Cali fornia and Stanford University were more than gratified at the news that the two institutions linally had suc ceeded In adjusting their differences and had agreed to continue their ath letic relations at least for the next six nic-nths. This means that rowing, baseball. track athletics and other Spring sports .will see the two rivals in competition "as of old until June 30 of this year. when the present agreement termi nates. Under the circumstances no mention is made of football. This was unnecessary, as football is a Fall sport It is the consensus of opinion that the situation was well handled in this particular. The main objective was to iiet the institutions together again and to restore harmony, and this has been accomplished and may be the stepping- stone to the ultimate resumption of competition in all lines of sport. At present California is as certain of adhering to the American code of football as Stanford is to Rugby, and. if this feeling continues, it is probably that each will adhere to its own style in this one branch of sport. It is be lieved that, in a large measure, this situation will adjust itself. Either institution now can make the -hange gracefully in view of the fact that the freshman ineligibility rule, the rock over which the split occurred, has been satisfactorily adjusted. The adjustment was brought about through the efforts of a committee se lected from among the alumni of the two universities, and the happy result lias impressed followers of collegiate if port that this is the way in which to f-ettle questions which may arise be tween colleges. Pete Standridge wants to rejoin the San Francisco Seals. Standridge is re ported to be among the pitchers on the market as a result of the consolida tion of the Chicago Cubs and Whales. When he saw the report in the news papers he wrote to Wolverton. Twelve members of the Ban Fran cisco club are already signed and 10 are still to attach their handwriting to contracts. Here is the chart: Contract signers: Pitchers Charles Fanning, M. P. (Poll) Perritt. Ad Machold. novice from Sacramento; H. A. Chase, novice recommended by Justin Fitzgerald. Catchers None signed. Infielders Chick Autrey. Soldier Al len, novice first eacker; Burns, novice first baseman; Jerry Downs and Sam my Bohne. Outfielders Ping Bodie and Elmer Wang. Watsonville novice. Those still to sign: Pitchers Bill Steen, Charles (Spider) Baum. Curly Brown, Tiller Cavet and Johnny Couch. Catchers Louis Sepulveda and Wal ter Block. Jnfielder Bobby Jones. Outfielders Biff Schaller and Justin Fitzgerald. Academy Team Handicapped by Lack of Practice in First Interscholastic Game. LARSEN SCORES 18 POINTS Washington to Play Benson and i Lincoln to Meet Columbia To- M" Five Is day Winged Heady for Dallas Men. Pet- For. Asst. Intersrholastie Basketball Standings. Pointi W. James John High.. 1 Washington High... 1 Jefferson High,.... 1 Hill Military Acad.. 0 Franklin High 0 Benson Tech 0 Portland Academy.. 0 Lincoln High O Columbia University O JOOO 1KI0 3000 .000 .001) .000 .000 .19 IS 11) 160 169 Totals.... 3 BY EARL R. GOODWIN. Lack of practice and condition had great deal to do with the 39-to-10 defeat of the Hill Military Academy basketball team by the James John High .quintet in the Portland Academy gymnasium yesterday afternoon. Coach Reynolds' high schoolers were in great form and had the Academy represen tatives on the run throughout. The bad weather since the first of the year is responsible for the lack of practice for Hill. The armory at the military academy has been so cold that it could not be used and yesterday's workout was the first the cadets have had this year. D. Larsen was the star, registering nine field baskets for the James John High, eight in the last period. At the end of the first half the score was 16 to 2. But two field baskets were recorded by the losers. Following are the lineups: (3D) James -John C. Phillips (11). D. Larsen (18).. E. Hiatt (lO) Capt. wrinkle jower Hill (10). ..F Scott . .F (8) Btanfieid ..C (4) Dand ..O... Stewart . .G Bell BELLAII MAY COACH STANFORD Ex-Multnomah Club Athlete Seri ously Considered for Position. Sam Bellah, winner of the National Amateur Athletic Union pole vault championship at the annual games last Summer while wearing the colors of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club, being considered seriously for the coaching position at Stanford Univer sity during the 1916 track and field season. Word to this effect was re ceived in Portland yesterday from the South. John C. Veatch. Washington High coach, of Portland, was unable to ac cept the position because of business reasons. Tom Coleman, another ex-cap tain of Stanford, is the only one at present who seems to have a chance against the former Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club athlete. TEAM TO GIVE BENEFIT SHOWS Colombia Parks Preparing for Two Amateur Performances. Because the team played through out the season in the public parks and lor this reason was unable to raise funds to carry on the expenses of suits and other equipment, arrangements have been made to give two benefit performances at the Portsmouth The ater for the championship Columbia Park football team of the Intercity League next Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Four amateur acts have been ' secured by Captain Ted Murphy, who has charge of the affair. The members of the Columbia Park aquad were the guests of Commission er Baker at the Baker Theater Wednesday night. In the party were. manager Mason, Assistant .Manager Cutler Fails to Throw Connolly. BUTTE. Mont.. Jan. 20. Charlie Cut ler, Chicago heavyweight wrestler, lost his handicap match with Pat Connolly. Irish champion, here today. Under the conditions of the match Cutler agreed to throw Connolly twice in an hour or forfeit the decision. Cutler was the aggressor for 30 minutes ana then wearied. Connolly taking the offensive the latter half of the match. There were no falls. Assies Easily. Defeat Gonzaga. SPOKANE. Wash.. Jan. 20. Sureness in tossing the ball gave Oregon Agri cultural College an easy victory here tonight over Gonzaga College in bas ketoall. the visitors piling up 27 to Gonzaga s Burns Floors FIsse. NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 10. Frankie Burns, of Jersey City. N. J., outpointed Johnny Fisse, of Jew Orleans, in a 15-round fight here last night. Burns Tindall. Captain Ted Murphy. Coach A. I floored his opponent for the count of I'. Stubling. E. Murphy, J. Murphy, Cnine in the second round. nrfiflnl nhjarles Ttntsford. of Reed Co! lege, referee; P. W. Lee, coach of Portland Academy, tlmeKeeper. substitutions rtaines tor ntewart, nw tel for Bell. Stewart for Haines. Washington High School gymnasium will be the scene of two basketball games of the Portland Interscholastic League this afternoon. Washington Hieh will play the Benson Tech team in the firBt contest, while uncoin High and Columbia University win furnish he second thriller. Next week is vacation week in the local league and as a result no con tests have been scheduled, but as there are several games to play, the coaches may get together and arrange for one or two matches. Because of several interpretations of the 1916 basketball rules Joseph E. Ravcroft and William H. Ball, botn members of the rules committee, have issued little statements .about rules which have caused the most discussion Rule 30. section 2. which reads, When the referee puts the ball in play in the center, he shall blow his whistle when the ball reaches its highest point fter which It must be touched by ither one or both of the center players Neither of the players jumping may catch the ball until it has touched player other than the one jumping gainst him. If the ball be not touched first by one or begh of these players umping, the referee snail put it in piay gain in the same manner and in the same place." To this Mr. Ball says: "In response to the inquiry in reference to basketball rule 20, section 2, the word eaten was an uniortunate selection, as it fails to convey the thought of the committee. If you will change the word to 'touch you will have the exact in tention. The jumpers are to put the ball in play and not touch it again until others have had an opportunity. The committee is asking that the players and officials so interpret this rule, and It Is meeting with general ap proval." m v We are ready for the Dallas, Or., basketball team now," said Captain Ray Toomey last night, after he had his Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club athletes out for practice, "Our full trength will be put into the lineup, as e know we are up against a pretty stiff proposition. Dallas defeated the University of California aggregation by six points, while we were just able to secure a 17-to-lj verdict. The game will be played in the Winged "M" gymnasium tomorrow night. Manager Harry Fischer has ar ranged to accommodate even a larger rowd than was on hand to greet the players in the opening contest. m m Two games were won by the News oys quintet in the iselghborhood House Wednesday night. The first team trimmed the Meier & Frank aggrega tion. 38 to 25. mainly through the great work of Abe Popick, who scored IS points, while the second quintet wal loped the Shattuck Grammar School, 20 to 4. Spurian was the star for the second team players along with Abe Weinstein. Following are the lineups: First (W. M. & F. (2.1). Pook-k (IS) :..F (10) Hart Rogoway ") F (9) Barnes Cantor (13) C (6) Payne welastein (2) ti Bacon Pameas G Bronstein Referee Maurice Geller. Seconds 120). Shattuck (4) Durian (12) F (4) Cettern Weinstein (S) F Clay Ake c Brooks Meier (? Pruss Sherman G Davis Referee Abe Cantor. " The T. M. C. A. Crusaders defeated the Peninsula Pak Juniors, 11 to 8, in the Y. M. C. A, gymnasium yesterday afternoon. The Christian Brothers' Business Col lege Junior Alumni qu -tet will play its first game of the ; eason tomorrow night against the St. Helens team in the Sunset Hall. The game will start at 8 o'-lock. Managers of basketball teams are re quested to send in the results and line ups of their games immediately after they have been played. BARRY SIGNS WITH OAKLAND Jersey City First Baseman Said to Be Able to Fill Ness' Shoes. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 20. (Special.) The signed contract of Malcolm S. Barry, the flrst sacker purchased by the Oaka from Jersey City, in the Inter national League, was duly received at headquarters across the bay today. Barry Is one of lour nrst Dasemen to try for Jack J.ess place, ana he Is looked upon as the most promising. Clyde Wares recommends him as a hard hitter and the best fielding flrst baseman in the International League. PORTLAND to f NEW YORK GREATEST SCIENTIFIC MARVEL OF MODERN TIMES TO BE DEMONSTRATED AT Old Baker Theater, 11th and Morrison Last Time Tonight ABSOLUTELY FREE TO EVERYONE ' ' You are cordially invited to see motion pictures of the building of the Transcontinental Telephone Line, to see and hear talking motion-pictures descriptive of the Invention of the Telephone, to listen to talking and music from New York, 3400 miles away, and to hear the roar of the surf on the Atlantic Coast transmitted by telephone. Three demonstrations each night at 7:30, 8:30 and 9:30. By courtesy of The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company . Accommodations for 500 Persons at Each Performance Everybody Welcome FANS EXPECT TREAT Spokane Boxers and Wres tlers Here Tonight. 9 BOUTS ON PROGRAMME Four Interclub Matches and Five Preliminaries on Card Bvers, Underwood, Bolioskey, Ham lin to Appear for Winged 'M. Quite a treat is in store for Multno mah Amateur Athletic Club fans when their boxing and wrestling representa tives clash with those of the Spokane Amateur Athletic Club in the local club's gymnasium, starting promptly at S o'clock tonight. There will be 'Y" ,- " A ;J &kJP i L Aii Duncan Andrews. tokane Grap Pler, Wk Bfeeta Vtrtrtl Hamlin In Interclub Met Tonight. and Charlie Heim. will scrap at 125 pounds. The other two boxing pre liminaries will be arranged today. "Connie" Convill and C. Frelinger. both winged "M" representatives, will furnish one of the wrestling prelimi naries. They weigh 150 pounds. The other, which will be the curtain raiser, will also be arranged today. All the boxing bouts will consist of three-minute rounds with an additional round if the judges cannot agree on a decision. The final round will last but two minutes. The wrestling matches will be six-minute bouts, best two out of three falls. Amateur Ath letic Union rutes to govern. Olmar Dranga will referee the box ing bouts; Dr. B. C. Loomis the wres tling matches; Frank B. Watkins and James Carney will act as Judges while Edgar E. Frank and George I Parker will keep time. DODGERS BUY JOHNSTON FLEET EX-OAK OUTFIELDER TO JOIX BROOKLYN NATIONALS. CUBS' SALE CONCLUDED TAFT GETS 500,000 FROM WEEGH MAN AND YIELDS TITLE. four interesting bouts, two boxing ana two wrestling.. Besides the mam events. Frank Harmar. chairman of the boxing tnd wrestling committee is busy arranging six preliminary bouts, four boxing matches and two wres tling. At 135 pounds. Albert uyers, tne Portland boy who formerly entered in the 125-nound class, will box John Bland, of the Spokane club. Ralph Underwood. whom Billy Mascott stopped a year or so ago. will attempt to do a comeback, taking on 10m Allen, from the Inland Empire, at 125 pounds. While little is known of the Spokane entrants, that club has a rep utation of always being well represented. To onnose Arthur R. Bohosky, 145 pounds, and Virgil Hamlin, 125 pounds, among Eddie O'Connell's best pupils, the Spokane organization is sending Bill McKevitt and Duncan Andrews. Portland fans don't know much about McKevitt, although his reputation is that of a tough one, but they do know that Andrews is one of the best 125 pound grapplers ever turned out in the Northwest. Two of the four preliminary boxing bouts have already been arranged. At 145 pounds. Johnny Boscovitch, of the club, will take on George Davis, from Mike Butler's school. Davis has not boxed for a long while, but has been working hard and is in excellent con dition. Two club boys, Tom Finnlgan Bresnahan Refuses to TeU What He Will Do Salary Is Assured and New Owner Offers Further Aid. CHICAGO, Jan. 20. With the formal transfer of Charles P. Taft's holdings In the Chicago National League club to Charles Weeghman today, for a con sideration of $500,000, the latter became the Bixth man to hold a majority of the club stock in the 40 years of it ex istence. Albert G. Spalding organized the club in 1876. The transfer of the club's stock fol lowed the peace pact signed in Cincin nati recently between the Federal League and organized baseball. After the transfer of the stock, the officers of the old Cubs. Charles Thomas and R. B. Cook, tendered their resignations respectively as president and secretary. Roger Bresnahan. who holds a con tract which has two years to run and who has been succeeded by Joe Tinker as manager of the Cubs, was asked what he would do regarding the change in ownership, but refused to discuss his position. Mr. Weeghman said that Bresnahan's contract as regards salary would be taken care of, and if Bresnahan in tended to purchase the Toledo Ameri can Association club, he, Weeghman, would be willing to help him. The club will play all its games on the North Side instead of the old Cubs' park on the West Side. An Austrian Countess has contributed S0OO cork less to wounded soldiers. Jean de Reszke. the famous tenor, has given 50, 000 cigarettes to wounded allies. INTER-CLUB Boxing and Wrestling TONIGHT Spokane Amateur Athletic Club Versus Multnomah Amateur Athletic ' , Club MULT. CLUB GYM, 8:15 SHARP Gen. Adm. $1.00. Reserved ringside seats for same price, while they last, on application at Club Office. Great Base-runnera Release Purchased by Ebbetts From Sinclair Price Is Not Made Public. NEW YORK, Jan. 20. Charles H. Ebbetts, president of the Brooklyn Na tional League baseball club, today pur chased from Harry F. Sinclair the for mer iederal League magnate, the re lease of Outfielder Jimmy Johnston, one-time star of the Pacific Coast League. The price paid by Ebbetts for the player was not announced.. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 20. Jimmy Johnston gained fame by his playing for the San Francisco Pacific Coast League club in 1913, when he wound up the season with a record of 124 stolen bases. He came to the Seals from the Chicago White Sox. After his remarkable showing here, the Cubs took him, but he occupied the bench most of the time. Last Spring Johnston signed with Oakland and played center field. George Stovall, the Federal League scout. signed him at the close of the season. nahan, last year manager of tho Chi cago Nationals, left Toledo last mid night for Chicago to see where he stands in the baseball deal in which, the Cubs are concerned. Bresnahan denied a story from Chicago last night that he was on the warpath. Ted Lewis and Jack Brlttoii Draw. BUFFALO. N. Y.. Jan. 20. 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