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THE MORMXG OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27. 1916. IB FIRST MEETING FOR DIRECTING FUTURE FORTUNES OF THE BOSTON BRAVES. HOCKEY LEAD HELD c I Sell Standard Makes in SUITS and OVERCOATS They are not marked UP in order to be marked DOWN They are ONE PRICE the very LOWEST PRICE nil 4V.A VAQII 1A11t1l1 WELL, JUST MAYBE Uncle Sams Still Game and Half Ahead of Vancouver. Detroit Americans to Bid for Infielder Under Waiver Clause in Pact. SEATTLE NEXT OPPONENT Workouts to Be Open to Public at Rink This Afternoon "O.-W. K.- & X. Night" at Hlpaodrome Postponed I'ntil Tomorrow. I M'CREDIE YET CONFIDENT ou uic; j tax u.i.iu S20.00 SUITS FOR READY- frVAUGHH A BEAVER? (( aK u .rcf -J y' f . ' ?Y i -: - , f.... J r-T v Alrvl : H ) y ft 15 ; : flan Is to Put New Flajer at Sec ond, Quinn at 1'irat, Hollicker or Ward, ut Short and Stumif or Bigbee at Third Base. BY KOSCOE KAWCETT. "Hiere appears to be more uncertainty about this new Portland second Backer, Bobby Vaughn, than there is about your water bill. i : First he is and then he Uin't. 1 ' No sooner was it reported that St- Louis intended to sell him to the Port land Coasters than the International J . league broke into the limelight with ' the unusual claim that the Buffalo club would make a fight to have him .returned to that city. I i And now enters the Detroit Amerl- I - cans management. 1 According to word received by Wal 'tor McCredie yesterday. Detroit wants ! Vaughn for utility infielder and win j .'bid for him under the waiver clause ; ? cf the National agreement. : This waiver clause, it is understood. . does not apply to ex-Federals of the I Chicago and Ut. Louis teams. At least, t that is McCredie's version of it. And 1 . presumably Fielder Jones is of the I '.came opinion or he would never have : - Bold him to Portland without first se- I - curing waivers from Detroit. j , McCredie is confident that Vaughn wHl ultimately be awarded to Portland and he is highly elated at his tenstrike ! in securing him. i Vaughn will be placed regularly at 1 I second. Manager McCredie Bald yester- l day. Quinn. of Syracuse, is expected I to he the regular first sacker: Vaughn I will be at second; Ward and Hollicker. I the latter of Keokuk, will struggle for i the shortstop Job. and Stump and Car ' ton Bigbee will vie for third base. One of the youngsters will be retained as , utility infielder. .i Vaughn's purchase by Portland leaves only bait Lake minus a secona-sacKer. 1 Morris Rath was supposed to be the '- Bees' keystoner. but Rath refused to sign a Salt Lake contract on me grounds that ho already had a 13500 -i" contract with Kansas City and would not sign for less than that amount of kale. Jerry Downs will holdover as the Seals' second baseman, but all the oth ers in the league will be new. J Ray Bates, third baseman on the Fortland club last year, will do the Jnhnnv Evers stunt for Vernon. Los Angeles has Mi-Larry, of the Chicago Cubs, and Galloway, of Denver, is avail able, both being hard hitters, but rather Blow. Oakland will introduce Berg, late of Milwaukee, and Stow of last year's team. On the face of the records Vaughn appears to be as strong with the ash as any of the lot; a far more versatile fielder, and yards ahead of any of them as a baserunncr. One of Portland's new slabsters se cured from 8t. Louis is a southpaw Hoff. Southern Is a right-hander. Hoff's coming seals the passing of Jlarry Krause. the popular southpaw. - who came here from Cleveland two or three years ago. McCredie intends to "carry only two southpaws Hoff and Johnny Lush. Krause probably will be given an unconditional release, McCredie has definitely decided to accept big Harstad from the Cleveland club if Cleveland can wriggle him through the waiver route. Harstad won - 33 out of 15 games for the Vancouver .-champions of the Northwestern League in 1914. rl HnnrarH will not nass to the bush circuit for a while longer, at least.' - Howard, in Los Angeles, denies any " knowledge of newspaper stories credit t in; him with the managemeut of the V ball team at Hayden. Ariz., in the Cop per League. Howard has been a big leaguer all his life and says be doesn't Intend to end in the bushes. "2 Howard was one of the ablest man agers the Coast League has had in many years and his friends are pulling - for him for another chance. Oakland would have taken him last year except that the Oaks needed a man able to hold down a playing position. This saves them about $300 a month in KALK Ol' TRIO NOT PERFECTED Jones Say lfe Offered Beavers Four Players, Not Three. ST. LOCIS. Mo.. Jan. IS. (Special.) ; Fielder A. Jones, manager of the St. , TxMiis Browns, said today that no denl had been perfected with the Portland, , Or., club regarding the transfer of Vaughn. Southron and Hoff. to that club. He said that he had made a proposition to the club by which it would take four players. He said that since that time he had heard nothing direct from Manager McCredie and all he knew was through newspaper ad vices from Portland, which said that the Portland club had obtained Vaughn. Southron and Hoff. Jones refused to tell the name of . the fourth player Involved and he also refused to say whether he would or ; would not insist on McCredie taking this fourth player in order to sot the other three. .Mike Yokel to Wrestle McCarroll. BOISF.. Idaho. Jan. it. (Special.) - Mike Yokel, of Salt Lake City, holder f the Northwest middleweight cham- ipionship for the last four years, and Frank McCarroll. of Boise, will meet ' in a wrestling match here tomorrow " night. Yokel has won handicap matches from Dr. Roller and other heavyweights. . Trambitas and Derbyshire Draw. SALEM. Or.. Jan. I. Valley Tram 'bitas and Tad Derbyshire. ISO-pound boys fought to a four-round draw here -Monday night as the main event of a five-bout boxing show. "Muff" Bronson von easily over "Silent" Rexter. a local boxer. Three bouts between local boys completed an interesting pro gramme. Michigan Apples Claim Record. EAST LANSING. Mich.. Jan. !. Members of the Michigan Agricultural College rifle team said today that in their match with the University of Cal ifornia today they had equaled its , world record of a week ago by shoot . jng a score of 1000 out of a possible ' 10j0 points. Braves Dickering for Wlngo. BOSTON. Jan. IS. The Boston Na tional League baseball club is nego tiating with the Cincinnati Nationals for the purchase of Catcher Ivy Wingo, it was announced tonight. George Stallings, manager of the Boston National League-club, conferring with Percy Haughton, recent pur chaser. Mr. Haughton is prominent 1 n sporting' circles and has for the past several seasons coached Harvard University's football team. ; BRAVES DINE IN LOVE Percy D. Haughton. New Chief, Promulgates Peace Pact. BUT NEAR - WAR BREAKS President Hurls Wrist Watch at Saeaker Who Taunted . Him. Success Finally Promised Under Manager Stallings. BOSTON, Jan. 26. (Special.) It's all right. Aschylus. as Goldberg would say. We refer to relations between Percy D. Haughton, Harvard football coach and new president of the Braves, and the representatives of Boston's news papers. The treaty of peace was officially Dromulgated a few nights ago at a dinner given by the new powers of the Braves to Boston baseball writers ana caricaturists and sporting editors and everybody like that. It meaning the dinner was an en joyable occasion. A good time was had by all. as the suburban corre spondent would say. After the eats which were classy enough to be relished even' by the guests who had not yet recovered from the griD. or bronchitis, or tonstlitis or somethlngPresident Percy D. Haugh ton made a long, and also lengtny, ad dress. After that George Stallings and a lot of newspaper men made speeches.' not so long, or so lengthy. Then every body shook hands and agreed that the Braves were in the best possible hands. The dinner was such a success that Percy Haughton departed - minus his famous wrist ' watch, which is going some, any way you care to consider it. About that famous incident more later. President Percy, as has been inti mated, started off . the post-prandial ceremonies. Percy dabbled in oratory for the better part of an hour andVsaid many, many things. The burden of his discourse was to the effect that he was for the fans, first, last and all the time. -While I had charge of football," said Percy D., "I was probably, a bit distant and uppish. That's all past now, how ever. I realize that I am. a servant of the public, and having invested all the money I could scrape together, I am naturally out to do what I can for everybody. The Braves will be no Harvard team in 1916, or any other year. They'll be a real ball team, or we will know the reason why. "Manager Stallings will have abso lute charge, so you all know the team will be a winner." Then George Tuohey, a chance guest, was called on. George started right off by declaring the first thing he noticed was that President Haughton was not wearing a wrist watch. A perfectly good exordium, save for the trifling fact that President Haughton actually had the oft-remarked timepiece strapped firmly just above his left fist. While the laugh that naturally as cended was still echoing, whatever that is. President Haughton removed his tiny ticker and tossed It in the general direction of Mr. Tuohey. who was not a bit abashed because of the faux pas. Baseball, Football, Boxing I'ersoaal Touches In Sports. TT COBB declines to play Winter base ball. He can play more of it in Sum mer than the average athlete can play all year. Winter 1a Something Else. - Bill Bush was a bum in the Summer; He wore out the bench where he sat. The hall wHiers when writing their tidings left William unmentloned and flat. He couldn't make good In his fielding. He couldn't make good with the bat. But when he was traded in Winter They gave hint a cojumn for that. In addition to Freddy Welsh. Harry Pol lock has assumed the management of a white hope. Harry doesn't care a thing about public opinion, Tou can start a war In a second, but It takes a long time to finish It. Baseball magnates are beginning to worry how they can pay some ot thtlr wartime contracts. According to the latest reports, the rac ing game is practically killed on Knglish tracks. It Is practically the only big in dustry hurt by the war. Other conditions are as normal as before the war. V. hlle there were practically two race meetings every dsy In the year In other years. New market is about the only place where rac ing Is being conducted now and events are held only four days every other week. T!ie rich men do not seem to nave the money to keep up their racing stables and the gen eral opinion is against spending money in the sporting direction when It is needed In other channels. It may be years before the game is restored even though the war should end soon. ... The Harvard Alumni Bulletin prints a let ter from a Harvard man In Philadelphia who Is anxious over the fate of the Crimson eleven next Fall. The writer inquires whether or not there Is any danger of tha "bonehead" svstem being substituted for the highly Intelligent and efficient syatem de veloped bv Mr. Haughton. The Bulletin rontinuea. editorially: "ine continuance of the present system of foot ball coaching at Harvard, under Its pres ent director is a matter of equal concern to every mem bur of ine alumni. Before K was- announced' that Mr. Haughton had be come head of the company controlling tne Boston Braves, there was much' speculation as to his future relations with Harvard football.. The universal question has been: Will he coach the team next year? - Since bis future plans have been made known, tnn speculation has been even more active.'- 1' Is to be assumed that he Is eivlng the mat' ter that serious ' consilderatlon in all-. its bearing which tne circumstances ueinana. - Pitcher Cyril slspnlcka. of the Milwaukee American Association baseball team, recent ly w-as paid a bonus of $.iO0 for winning 00 per cent of his games in - He was also given $100 for signing a 11116 contract. Last Fall the management refused to pay the player the-, bonus. -declaring Slapnicka had not pitched and won the- required r0 per cent -ot. ms -games, siapmcka averreu ui.i he was. not permitted to pitch In .his turn when he- might have done so with a possi bility of. winnins. The courts sustained him In a suit. - Changes "in the 1016-17 gridiron rules are not expected when the committee on root ball rules meets February 23 and 26 in New York I. u . Hall Is chairman of the com mittee. Several minor revisions and 'inter nretAtions nf certain rules now on the books nave been suggested. It - is understood.-, but none Is consmerea especially important, In addition to putting in a bid for the coaching position at tne university or wasn ington and Oregon Agricultural College. El mer Henderson, who has made quite a nam for himself coaching the Broadway High School team, of Seattle, will also apply for the place as football coach at tne uni versity of Southern California, left vacant by the resignation of. Kalph Glaze, the for mer Dartmouth star. - . .. ... To Percy 1 Haughton. new owner -of the Braves, Is assigned the Job or elevating the National game to a par with amateur collegiate sports. Walt till Percy's "clean up" hitter strikes ouf with the bases full. Seattle's losing streak shoved them -down to third place in the Pacific Coast Ice Hockey. Association before they, got- their brakes t3 working. Slowlv but surely Eastern newspapers are segregating the University of Washington from Washington State College. Washing ton 1'niverslty, of St. Louis, butts in once In a while and mixes the dough, but we are on the road to a definite understanding de spite the twists in the name. President J.annin. of the Red Sox. Is cut ting the price .of box seats and Bays that SI is enough to pay for seeing any ball game. GiTY LEAGUE TO MEET FRANCHISE-; HOLDERS ' TO ELECT AND ALIGN CIRCUIT. Salem Aska for Place but Majority of Club Owners Favor Keeping: Play .. All In Portland. President Maurice R. Whitehead,- of the Portland City Baseball League, has called a meeting of the franchise own ers for next Monday night, January 31. Those having votes on deciding ques tions are Archie G. woolworth,. owner of the Sellwood franchise; George Hoff man., owner of the East Side franchise; Clyde J. ("Red") Rupert, West Side owner, and Georgo-R.-Grayson, Pied mont, A new president to succeed Mr. Whitehead and a new secretary to suc ceed Harry M. Grayson will be elected. Henry S. Westbrook, vlce-presment. will undoubtedly be re-elected.- It! is thought that the secretary-treasurer office will be bestowed upon one of ficial, and C. J. Rupert, who is at present treasurer, will resign. ' John D. Turner, of Salem, has asked for a franchise for his city, but most of the owners are in favor of a strictly city circuit, which may .consist of Lents, West Side, East Side, Monta villa, St. Johns and Vancouver, Wash. The meeting will be held in Mr. Whitehead's office, 301 Fenton build ing. . - PEACE XOT EN'TIRELY MADE Organized Ball Can't ; Understand - Why Feds Let Suits Stand. . CHICAGO. Jan. 26. A few details of the peace agreement between, the Fed eral League and organized baseball still are unsettled, it was learned here today, and will not be settled until the several suits pending against the National Commission and some of trie clubs in organised baseball are with drawn, according to President Johnson, of tho American League. . ; - President Johnson today, aftet a telephone conversation with Judge Williams, the league's legal represen tative at St, Louis. - concluded that his organization would ' not go through with the concluding acts of the peace agreement until the Federals with drew all their suits. He said he knew of no reason why the suits had not been withdrawn. The stockholders in the " Baltimore Federal League club, according to President Johnson, are believed by or ganized baseball leaders to be hold ing back the withdrawal of the suits. They still hope to force the sale of their park on the International League, It is understood, or to be included among the owners of the new Balti more club. Some of them . wish to see a major league club put in Balti more. Multnomah Anglers' CInb to Meet.' The regular meeting of the Mult nomah Anglers' Club will be held to morrow night in the Commercial Club building. W. L. Finley will show some new fish and game pictures. The meet ing will be open for women. Scott Plays Howe at Billiards. Robert 8. Scott, meeting all comers at lineup pocket billiards at McCredie's Billard Palace, will play Fred Howe to REFEREE NOW ISSUE Mascott and ; Benjamin Find New Cause for Squabble. CLARK MAY NOT--APPEAR Farmer Tries to - Get Bout . With . Swinton to Be . Held . at Astoria. Tacoina Promoter .Here to See '. Rose - City ': Club Matches. Billy Mascott and Joe Benjamin, who box tomorrow, night at the Rose City Club, have squabbled over weight and several other points and now it is the referee, question. . Jack Fahie, Jack Helser, Joe: Flannigan and Jack Grant have been suggested." but as yet the boys have not agreed. This question is to be decided to day. Mascott worked out yesterday at. the Rose City Athletic Club, using Jimmy Moscow for a sparring partner. Ben jamin boxed six fast rounds with Tom my Clark at the .B'nai B'rith Club. Both boys are in perfect condition. Tomy Clark said yesterday that if he did not feel better by Friday he would not box Boatright, Clark has been suf fering with the grip, but us he is im proving rapidly he- will - no doubt be seen ' in action. Frank Farmer is endeavoring to ar range a match with Jack Swinton, the Deep River, Wash., heavyweight, to be pulled off at Astoria' in the near fu ture.. . Tacoma promoters are hot after the Sumner boy to box either Billy WTeeks or Joe Bends. However the financial offer-does not- appeal' to J5am Howard, who says that Farmer is the biggest drawing card that could be obtained In Tacoma. "If they come through with dough," said he -yesterday,' "we will box anybody up there." . Farmer is getting In ' condition for an Eastern , campaign and is working hard every day.- . Paul Steele, the Tacoma promoter, will arrive in town this afternoon. He wants to see Joe Benjamin box Mascott, and will be in the boy's corner. Steele, besides being quite a hand at staging shows, is himself one of the best light weights in the ' Northwest, He has beaten Chet Neff and fought VFrenchy" Valsc and other good boys. Steele, while here, will also confer with Sam Howard and endeavor to close a match between Frank Farmer and Billy Weeks or Joe Bonds, to be staged at the Glide Rink. Tacoma. .' Here's a good sample of how much boxing goes on around New York in one night At the Broadway Sporting Club, Brooklyn, Joe Chip, brother of the famous George, tackled Frar.kie Notter In the star bout of the evening. In the other two f-rounders on the same bill Knockout Sullivan met Frankie Callahan, of-Ntw York, while Freddie Reese took tn Artie Edwards. At the Fairmount Athletic Club, New York, Willie Meehan met Whitey Allen in the main event. At the Clermont Avenue Rink. Brooklyn, Boer ltodel op posed Bill Shanks in the head liner, while the Queensboro Athletic Club, Long Island, entertained with a show topped by Young Otto and Chick Sim ler. All of these programmes were pulled off recently on the same nlght- ' In conjunction with all this there is also heavyweight wrestling ' tourna ments raging in the big city. It looks as if Matt "ATer.s will be a busy person for the next two weeks. He will probably meet Charley White at the Hippodrome, in Boston, on Feb ruary 1. Johnny Harvey in Columbus, O.. on February 7, and another setto with White at Kansas ' City on Feb ruary 10. - .' Tom Andrews, the -Milwaukie fight promoter, offered Mike Gibbons $10,000 for his share in a 20-round bout with Les Darcy, the battle to be staged at Sydney. New South Wales, Easter Sun day. Gibbons ays that he will not Journey to the Antipodes unless $25, 000 be his pile, but Andrews is con fident that he will swing the deal. An drews and "Snowy" Baker, the Sydney promoter, co-operate in sending boxers to and from the Antipodes. - Sammy Howard, who is still In town with Frank Farmer, is certair that he will land a match soon with Mike Gib bons for his protege. When told that Billy Murray, the California middle weight, was going to visit here. How ard was enthusiastic over getting his boy matched with the Callfornian. Dickson to Assist Folwell at Penn. tUTT.inrT.PTtIi Tan ? fi Rvrnn rvunn filH coach of the TJniversitv of Pennsylvania football team last Fall, was today chosen cniei assistant to Robert C. Folwell. the newly-elected head coach of the Red and Blue eleven. Dickson was an end on the 195-6-7 teams. Pacific Coast Ice Hockey Standings. W. L. Pet. For. Agst. Portland S 3 .7-7 44 52 Vancouver 'iCl" SS Seattle . ? 4 6 .400 :!3 Victoria S S .273 44 i-t Totals. 21 21 139 139 Next Games. Tomorrow Seattle at Vancouver. Tuesday Seattle at Portland. Tuesday Vanoouver at Victoria. The Portland Uncle Sams are still leading the Pacific Coast Ice Hockey Association by a game and a half. While the Portlanders were trimming the Victoria Aristocrats, 7 to 5. in the Portland Ice Hippodrome Tuesday night, the Vancouver Millionaires handed the Seattle Metropolitans a 3- to-2 package. "We are going to take two or three workouts before our next game." said Manager Savage, of the Oregonians, last night, "and everything will be done to be in the best possible shape to defeat Seattle in the Portland Ice Hippodrome next Tuesday night Van couver meets Seattle again Friday night at Seattle, and should the Cana dians win we will have but a one-game lead." Tha lTnM Kama will nnnenr before the railbirds This afternoon in a light workout. Manager Savage has his nenr.tlr.0o fi n on tn the n 1 1 h 1 i I' between 2 and 3 o'clock this afternoon, just pre vious to tne regular ice baatiiig ses sion. , "O.-W. R. & N. night," slated for to night at the Portland Ice Hippodrome, has been postponed until tomorrow night. The railroaders' band could not get ouf tonight and it was thought better to stage the regular match be tween the Portland Rowing Club and the O.-W. R, & N. septet of the Port land Amateur Ice Hockey Association. As the main attraction for the big night tomorrow night will be a practice match between the Portland police ana the railroaders. . A special night has been turned over to the Vista Memorial House Fund at the Portland Ice Hippodrome for Feb ruary 4. The "Sons of Norway" will make their headquarters at the ice arena Saturday night for a special oc casion. The musicians are billed to ap pear in a body on February 11 for a "Musicians' night. Jack Ogilvie. the star rover of the O.-W. R. & N. septet, has recovered enough to leave the hospital. Jack was so severely injured in practice about ten days ago that he was removed to the St. Vincent s Hospital. He injured his head and Jaw. SECRECY IX SPORT DEPLORED Harvard Official Would Confine Strategy to Playing Field. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.. Jan. 26. The promotion of good feeling in intercol legiate athletics is urged in the report of last season's activity made public tonight, by Dean Lebanon R. Briggs, chairman of the committee on the regu lation of athletic sports at Harvard University. "It is the hope of the committee," says Dean Briggs, "to avoid these bickerings, which, magnified by the press, have from time to time roused unfriendly feeling, and to establish in intercollegiate athletics a. more gen erous and ropen . relation than has existed hitherto. There is no reason why a Harvard man and a Yale man should have anything to conceal from each 'other regarding their athletes or their athletic policy. Strategy in a game may be legitimate and admirable, stragety in the negotiations of friendly rivals is inexcusable, and constant sus picion as is intolerable as it is unjust. The time for political maneuvers in athletics is gone and should never have come." PESDIiETOJf BOWLERS MEET Bulldoggers Seem to Have Cinched Hold on First Place. Standings of the Pendleton City Bowling League. Team W. L. P.C. Bulldogger J Happy Canyoners J ' ? JTortv-XIners ' J '" Buckaroos 21 .300 With a month yet to run, the Bull doggers bowling team seems to have foi.iv eAcure hold on first place. Through consistent work the past month the Forty-miners are crowning the Happy Canyoners for second hon .r. Hoover, of the Bulldoggers. holds the high average for the season with a score of 203. The averages of the 10 leading bowl ers of the league are: Hoover, 203: Krebs 198; Myers, 191; McMonies, 191; Book,' 190; Stephens. 189; McDevitt, 187; Guyll, 183; Hanavan,' 182; Baum, 18L NEW HATCHERY TJXIT IS ASKED Roseburg Petitions for North TJmp qua River Plant Addition. ROSEBURG. Or.. Jan. 26. (Special.) Petitions and letters are being sent to Governor Withycombe and the mem bers of the State Game and Fish Com mission asking that an auxiliary plant for the propagation of Eastern-brook trout be established in connection with the state fish hatchery on the North Umpqua River. The present hatchery has a capacity sufficient to 'handle 2,000,000 Eastern brook trout In addition to its regular product. The petitions are being signed liberally and will be forwarded to the Governor tomorrow. Shedd to Play Independence Five. SHEDD. Or., Jan. 26. (Special.) The Shedd High School basketball team will meet the Independence High School quintet here Saturday night The Shedd team will line up with Coon and W. Couey. forwards; H. Couey and Ja cobs, guards, and Simon, center. Junction City to Play Creswell. JUNCTION CITY, Or., Jan. 26. (Spe cial.) The basketball teams of the ktoh .ntinnl will clash with the Cress- well quintets Friday night in Creswell. Each team has won a majority or us games has been working diligently. Golf Tourney to Be Held at Spokane. SPOKANE, Jan. 26. The 16th annual tnnrnament of the Pacific Northwest Golf Association will be held here on the Country Club course June 28 to July 1, according to an announcement by the club's sports committee today. and OVER COATS My low upstairs rent saves 1UU tne lugn-rem proiiu JIMMY DUNN, The Clothier READY-TO-WEAR CLOTHES UPSTAIRS 315-16-17 Oregonian Building ELEVATOR TO THIRD FLOOR C BORLESKE TO REFEREE 1.IXCOI.N COACH IS CHOSEN FOR WASHINGTON-MULTNOMAH GAME. Second Winged M. Quintet la to Meet St. Helena Saturday, tVkea Several Stars Appear. Harry Fischer, manager of the Mult nomah Athletic Club basketball squad, yesterday appointed Stanley Borleske, coach of the Lincoln High School ath letes, to referee the University of Washington-Multnomah game in the Winged "M" gymnasium tomorrow night. Graduate-Manager Younger, of the Northern institution, sent his ac ceptance. Announcements have been made that the preliminary game will start promptly at 7:30 o'clock, while the main attraction will be started imme diately after the Lincoln High-Newsboys' battle is completed. The Peninsula Park Midgets have won four out of five games since the 1916 season opened, their last victory being a 31-to-20 affair wrested from the Christian Brothers' Business Col lege Midgets at the Peninsula Park gymnasium. The first team of the Peninsula Park defeated the First Presbyterian Church basketball team, 32 to 21. Following are the lineups: Pen. Midgets (31). C. B. B. C. Mids. C'O). Borgeson (4) F IS) Murphy Palmore (la) F (2) HoucK. Rltten (7) C (.1) Walsh Fugate (8) G .(2) Washel Steuer .G (t Ryan Referee Brosy. Firsts (.12). Church (21). Fordney (20) F 2 Oreyell Pfaender (4) F Ul) Bonnoy Klncaid (4) C (4) Hotcomb Campbell (4). G (2) Grant Martin G (2) Inkoter Referee Bartholemy. William R. Smyth and his second Multnomah Club basketball players will meet the St. Helens aggregation at St. Helens Saturday night. Manager Mc Donald, of the St. Helens squad, sent his lineup, to Manager Smyth yester day. Multnomah has obtained several of the best basketshooters around Port land to make up the squad. Mr. Smyth would like to hear from managers of quintets in Hood River, Astoria. Che halis, Silverton, Salem and several oth er towns near by. The lineups of Sat urday's game are: Seconds. St. Helens. Masters F R- Sten Hausler F D. McDonald Muirhead C M. McKle Towey a S. Mickle Brooke . .' G H. Peterson A special train will be run from Albany to Silverton, Or., to handle the crowd expected to attend the annual game between the two town basketball teams Saturday night. For games with the Peninsula Park Midgets call Woodlawn 1752 after 2 o'clock in the afternoon any day in the week. The Midgets are claiming the 105-pound championship of Portland. Manager Morris Rogoway would like to arrange several games for his News boys. Write to ' him in care of the Neighborhood House, Second and Woods streets. The team averages 125 pounds to the man. The Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club Intermediates defeated the Y. M. C. A. Wyandottes. 22 to 6, on the club floor Tuesday afternoon. Wilsey and Josef Lillard were easily the stars for the winners, while Christianson. of the Y. M. C. A. aggregation, featured for his team. Any 125 or 130-pound team wanting a basketball game with the Intermediates may call Manager Myron Wilsey at Marshall 5180 or write to him in care of the Multnomah Club. "We were defeated by the Y. M. H. A. first team, known then as the B'nai B'rith basket shooters, 24 to 23," said Manager Hausler, of the Holmes Busi ness College hoopers last night, "but that was our first game of the season, and the Jewish boys had been working together some time. We were promised a return game, but as yet we have been unable to have Manager Cohn come to agreements." The Holmes Business College aggre gation is composed of former Sellwood Swastikas, Weona and Mount Angel tossers, and quite a record has been scored since the first and only defeat of the season. For games with the schoolers call Manager Hausler at Broadway 2520. CliCB TO GIVK FORMAL DANCE Final Multnomah Club Function or Season to Be Week From Tonight. The last formal dance under the present entertainment committee of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club will be held in the club ballroom next Thursday night. A. H. Allen, chair man: Harry Fischer. Louis P. Bruce and Edward Morris make up the en tertainment ' committee and they have appointed Eddie Sammons, Charles Newell and Fred Newell as assistants. The annual meeting of the Winged "M" institution is scheduled for a week from Monday and after that new com mittees will be appointed. The present entertainment committee put on the most popular formal dance held in the club for several years and plans have been made to surpass past endeavors; Casablanca Leads Chess Play. NEW YORK, Jan. 26. Jose R. Capa blanca, the Cuban chess champion, took a commanding lead in the Rice memorial chess masters tournament today by winning an adjourned game from D. Janowski, of Paris, after 81 moves. Capablanca increased his score to seven points won with none scored against him. A. Kupchik, New York I '75 TO- A 'A WEAR 3 state champion, added two points to his score, and with a record of five and two, tied Chajes and Bernstein for second place. SNOW DELAYS SOCCER FLAY Washington High School Tryins t Arrange Games With Aggies. Because of the unsettled weather Coach Rankin, of the Washington High School soccer team, has been able to make final arrangements for a prac tice game against the Multnomah Ama teur Athletic Club eleven on Multno mah Field Saturday afternoon. The hfh-schoolers are taking daily work outs on the East Twelfth and East Davis streets grounds, but the condi tions are such that good team play is practically impossible. Efforts are being made by Coach Rankin to schedule a couple of games with the Oregon Aggie soccer team, but as yet no word has been heard from the Corvallis institution. The high schoolers are scheduled to start the 1916 season in the Portland lnterscho lastic League, but unless the snow melts there will be V'ttle chance for the opening of the schedule until later. MED FORD SMOKER IS SET Dressing Contest and Tu;-of-Vur ' Arranged as Features. MEDFORD. Or., Jan. 26. (Special.) After a lapse in boxing and wrestling for over two years, the sport will be revived Thursday night at a Seventh Company smoker, when Medford ath letes will meet a team from Central Point. An unusual feature will be a dressing contest, when the clothing of five boys will be thrown into one bar rel and the first dressed will be de clared the winner. On Main street there will be a tug of war between Medford and Central Point with eight men. on a side. There will be three wrestling matches, at 135. 140 and 145 pounds, and three boxing matches at 135, 145 and 180 pounds. Vancouver Freshmen Win. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Jan. 26. (Spe cial.) The freshman basketball team of the Vancouver High School defeated the Congregational Church five in the high school gymnasium last night, 32 to 28. Norelius, for the freshmen, scored 30 points. Estes, Maltman and Osborn were the.etars for the church men. JAN. 28 Tomorrow Night Boxing Contest Billy Mascott vs. Joe Benjamin Champion of Spokane, Challenger. 5 BIG PRELIMINARIES Boatright vs. Clark Murphy vs. Parslow Moscow vs. Bronson Trambitus vs. Derbyshire Abe Gordon vs. Toughey Wing ADMISSION 200 Seats... 50c 500 Seats. . .$1.00 114 Scats.. $1.50 96 Box Seats $2 Reserved seats on sale at Rich's, Sixth and Washington. All Cars Transfer to Door. CLUB HOUSE, EAST FIRST AND MORRISON STREETS. REXMERE IdeCollars 2 for 25c CEO. 1. 101 CO., Mskirs, Troy, I. T. Pacific Coast League Strong in 1916 So will our offerings to men. A Suit to Order $25 That leaves nothing to be desired, is our first circuit swat. Huffman & Grant S. W. Corner Broadway and Alder A jSPH weight "jy laundered jgV wj collar with . jSf""(' tape MWi buttons