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THE aiOXEXIXG OTtEGOXIAJf, FRIDAY, . JANUARY 38, 1916. 13 ICREDIE OPPOSES AT VERNON Judge Suggests Dropping Un profitable Sunday Morning Play in Southland. BEAVER MAGNATE DEFIANT Declaration Made That Portland Ab solutely Will N'ot Stand for Don hle-Hcadcrs Here on Sunday. Increased Salaries Assailed. Br ROSCOE FAWCETT. Champagne corks have ceased pop nfn. horntwiutti. hut thn baseball lid 1 till clattering: ail over the top of the tove. TV xtr unp..ji. ..am.. n Yia t vester day In the Coast League long-distance An., .o i 'j rv limit and dou ble-headers with a counter proposal to me two oa Anseiea aiwoitco " the fight for double-headers in Port iana ana Mit iiiiv c ,nj. Judge McCredie's suggestion is that if the Los Angeles clubs think there- is any aavaniage in jiiayiuis game, -why not drop the Sunday morn ing games played in Vernon? Oamea at Vernoa Tiresome. "Every team that visits Los Angeles has to play on Sunday morning out at the Vernon park," said Judge McCredie. "Sometimes our share has been under a ' !. ... Thinlr nf It- trottiniT -V ivr I'lttL Hi", v.. . ..... --. our ballplayers out there for carfare and tiring them lor me aiitiuouu before the big crowds. "It is true that the California teams have to play 13 more games than Portland or Salt Lake, because of the one-game-on-Sunday scheme in vogue here. But. even so. I cannot figure how Kddie Maier and Johnny Powers, of . i rluonta ?A fnr US. U)S jtngeieB. bco txitj Possibly I am wrong, but I have always accepted as an axiom oi poi i. mi. w home team in any competition has a big percentage in its favor. Crowd, en vironment, psychology, all these favor the home team. IHrable-Headera Not Considered. "If play 12 fewer home games than the California teams, how then can this . . i BiltroTitava flT US? P6 CDDSiriiCU H3 . "We will absolutely not stand for double-headers in Portland on Sunday, o ni ' Kahirdnv morning games here wouldn't draw a quorum for a chess Wprn we to stage two .,m, nn Saturdav afternoon I fear the double dose would kill interest in one Sunday game. Anwway, we have enough postponements from rain to give us plenty of double-headers from Julv to November." luapnaie .,n ..i cvm. ,m...,-., - himself of a few dissertations on the proposed salary raise irom hv iu J5000. Experience of Otfcer Leagues Glvea. The International League has a sal ary limit under $4000. I understand the American Association salary limit is. S3500. These are the only two leagues outside the majors, on a par with us. Why, then, cannot the Pa cific Coast League worry along with a salary limit of J45007" asked the Port land ball owner. "It requires no great brilliancy in any line of business to pay out more money than you take in. That is. what the Los Angeles folk want us to do. The plavers who get the big money and boost the salary limit are such men as Leifield, Berger. Fromme. Krause. "Hookem" Smith and others coming down from the majors, where they have been on fat contracts. "Those men are not a bit classier than the well-paid A A leaguers." M-.MIXXVILLE FIVE TO PLAY Pacific I'nive'rsity Quintet Is to Be Met Saturday Night. M'MINNVILLE. Or.. Jan. 27. (Spe cial.) Two of the strongest teams of the. valley conferenre are to meet at McMinnville Saturday night, when the McMinnvillc quintet plays the basket tossers from Pacific University. McMinnville took the championship last vear, and is lighting hard to take it again, but Pacific University de feated Philomath College last week and Pacific College won from McMinnville in Its first game of the season, so that, with McMinnville determined to win, the game Saturday night promises to be one of the fastest of the season. The Forest Grove team will go to McMinnvillc with a large crowd or enthusiastic, rooters, and McMinnville will have its yelling cohorts in light ing trim. CHRISTIAN 'WOCLD BE UMPIRE i:x-Aliinitser of Oaks Gets Little En couragement From Baum. SAN FltANCISCO. Jan. :". (Special.) Tyler Christian, ex-nianager of the. Oaks and before that a pitcher on the taff of that Coast League club, would like to be a Coast League umpire and turned in his application to President Baum today. Prexy Allan gave the ballplayer no encouragement, telling him that it was the expectation to re nin the six men who were working at the close of the ISIS season. If there is no room for an extra in dicator man ho will try to get into shape to pitch lor some club that needs his services. WALLA WALLA DRUBS JEFFS Portland High School Five, Tired bj Ions Trip, Beaten, 35 to 14. TV A LI. A WALLA. Wash., Jan. 27. (Special.) Tired from their day's Jour ney, which was prolonged two hours owin? to washouts during the recent thaw" on the O.-W. "It. & N. line this side of Pendleton, the Jefferson High Vhool basketball team, of Portland, was easily defeated by Walla Walla High here last night. 33 to H. The lightning em work of Walla Walla was unsolvable. the game cleanly played and the victory well earned. Leo Cohen Comes to See Bout. Leo Cohen, who has been promoting! .knira in P.n fr, 1 ( WmmH ar rived here this afternoon. He came down to sec the Mascott-Benjamin bout tonight at the Rose City Athletic Club. Cohen boxed here a few times last Win ter. La Orandc Defeats Enterprise. LA GRANDE. Or.. Jan. 27. (Special.) The La Grande High School beat the Enterprise basketball five here to night. 17 to 25. The Enterprise team was weakened when Jim Burleigh sua tamed a broken nose. Tabor Will Quit Track. BOSTON. Jan. 13. Norman Tabor, the former Brown athlete, has declined to compete in indoor meets this Win ter, and he says it is his intention to retire from the track permanently. 61ES FORMER MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENDER, WHO IS PORTLAND VISITOR FOR FEW DATS. EX-STAR IS VISITOR "Fighting Billy" Murray Will Rest in Northwest. EYE INJURY HALTS CAREER Pugilist Recently In Australia Says Darcy AVill Xever Again Bo Able to Make Middleweight Poundage or Less Than 165. Fighting Billy" Murray, who up until July 4, 1914, was hailed as the coming middleweight cnampion of the world, arrived in Portland yesterday from Eureka, Cal., where he , visited brothers and friends for two weeks. He has a married sister here, Mrs. Em ily Sinsky. Murray returned to San Francisco December 9 after a six months' sojourn in Australia, where he took part in five battles, receiving a guarantee of 5000. with a privilege of taking a per centage of. the receipts of each bout. and two round-trip tickets for himself and manager, Jack Kearns. I am going to stay in Portland until Saturday and go from here to topokane, where I will visit friends." said the swarthy Callfornian. who is a pocket edition of Coach Pietz, the Washington State mentor. "After visiting In Spo kane I intend to carry out my eye spe cialist's orders by going to Soap Lake, Wash., to rest for a month or two. My eyes havo been mj drawback for the last two years, and I believe that would still be in the big money had notMnjured them." Murray's last fight was with Les Darcy. the Australian "bogey man," and took place October 2 at Sydney, N S. W. Billy's seconds threw the towel In the ring in the sixtn rouna. The Spanish lad cut loose with a lot of interesting "dope" on Darcy. According to Murray, the 19-year-old Australian will never fight Mike Gib bons for the middleweight title. Mur ray says that Darcy is a big. strong fellow, but the best possible weight that he can make right now and De trong is 165 pounds. "You hear a lot of talk about uid- bons going to Australia and receiving 5.000 for his end for a battle with Darcy. Now. Mike is one of the wisest fellows in the game, and if Tom An drews and "Snowy" Baker are not care ful they will get something handed to them by the St. Paul phantom. Mike may sign articles with Darcy calling for 158 pounds ringside, get tickets to and from Sydney for himself and fam ily, and after arriving there refuse to go on unless the Australian makes the weight, which he never can do. "Who will be the next good fighter to meet Darcy?" was asked the pleas ant Santa Rosa boy. "I don't know, unless it will be Jack Dillon, for Darcy. will weigh as much as the Hoosier in another year," re plied he. The foregoing throws some light on the middleweight situation and Mur ray's personal opinion Is that Mike Gibbons will hold it for some time to come and Darcy will engage light heavies when he visits this country Just as soon as the war ends. Everybody was training for war when Murray was in Australia and he says that there never was anybody happier than he when he first set foot on the wharf at San Francisco. Joe Bonds. Red Watson. Billy Kramer, a Milwaukee welterweight, and Jack Kearns. who managed the quartet, ac companied Murray on the Australian trip. Murray's eyes started hurting him right after he lost to George Chip July 4. 1914. He had been rushed along too fast for a youngster and had worked hard in gymnasiums,, and punches on the back of the neck and on the jaw had Injured the optic nerve In his right eye. He disregarded the injury at first, but it gradually be came worse and forced him to wear glasses. It handicapped him greatly and be was never knocked out until he in curred the Injury. A hard punch on the jaw duplicated his vision. After resting Murray is going, to visit at Tacoma and Vancouver, B. C, and then leave for Oakland, Cal., where he will wed Miss Thedora Bettencort. of that city, whom he has courted for four years. The one-time marvel has made lota of money and saved some and owns a large cattle ranch at Santa Rosa, next to one owned by his father. "I like ranch life and so does she." said he yesterday. "If my eyes get en tirely well in a year or so I will make another campaign after big money, but if not. it's the dear old farm for me." illy Mascott and Joe Benjamin got together yesterday and agreed on Jack Helser as the referee in their bout tonight, which will headline the show at the Rose City Athletic Club, East First and Last Morrison streets. There is quite a little feeling between the two boys and this adds spirit to the fray. The little fellows are going to mix at catch weights. - - At 142 pounds. Tommy Clark will endeavor to maul Ed Boatright. Clark has been suffering with the grip for the past week and there' was some fear of his not going on. but he said yes terday that he would be in shape for the battle. Valley Trambitas and Tad Derby shire, 158-pounders, will meet in a re turn engagement. This pair fought a slashing draw in Salem Monday night. Eddie Murphy. 145 pounds, a clever newcomer from San Francisco, will hook up with Frank Parslow, who will weigh around 150. Abie Gordan and "Toughy" Wing. 108-pounders, should show the fans some speed, while the go between "Muff" Bronson and Jimmy Moscow, 133 pounds, will undoubtedly serve as a boxing lesson for Jimmy. The freeze-out contest will be an added feature. Jack Fahie and Dave Anderson will keep time. Leo Edwards will an nounce. The first bout will start about 8:30. Baseball, Football, Boxing Personal Tonchea In Sports. r OACH BILL "LONE STAR" DIETZ I , shacked the football fans at Pasadena when his team was working out for the game with Brown, New Year's day, by ap pearing on the field on several different oc casions dressed in a white linen suit, white shoes, white Bilk socks, white silk shirt and a flowing white silk tie. Ho wore a white l)at and carried a cane. The Pasadena folk were used to seeing a football coach tear ing up and down the field with his play ers, all excited, in a roughneck sweater, a slouch hat-and in a great rage. Diets sees nothing wrong in the roughneck sweater slouch hat ' system, but for his part prefers to spend the afternoon in one place, so has his team line up wherever he happens to be standing and brings It back to start all over again from the same spot. As a rule, Diets coaches In a statesman's outfit. ... One of the most beneficial results of peace in baseball is that with the absorbing of the St. Louis Federals the nickname Ter riers is eliminated. . Oliphant, the Army athlete. Is a good catcher, a brilliant footbalt player and is now In basketball: but after watching him shoulder 200-pound Navy players nith ease and grace last Fall, a lot of folks won't have their desires assuaged until they see him pose as Atlas with the world on the back of his neck. ... Gaffnny, who has just sold the Boston Braves, admits that he would like to own the Giants. There are many of us from whom it wouldn't be necessary to drag forth a confession that we should like to own the Giants, particularly on Saturdays, holi days and days of double-headers with the Braves, Pirates or Cubs. . In his audited report. Graduate Manager Johnny Stroud, of the University of Cali fornia, says that 1:1.795 persons saw the game with the University of Washington at Berkeley last November and that they paid a total of K2.78T.SH for the privilege. Cal ifornia took all the receipts except $-OU0 paid to Washington for expenses. Instead of dividing 30-50. On the part of the Wash ington school, this was one of the most glor ious pieces of "ivory" ever pulled. Cali fornia absolutely had no teams with which to' schedule games and undoubtedly would have accepted almost any kind of a propo sition. . Headlines that will be missed this year: Feds See Cobb in Secret. .Alexander Sure to Jump. Gllmore Talks to Doyle. "Weeghman and Collins Confer. Feds Acquire Site in New York. Frank Baker Jumps to Newark. . Feds Have $:i.V00O,t)00 to spend. Feds' I0-Cent Ball to Win Fans, Phil Ball Seeks Toney. Ten Red Sox Stars to Jump. Feds Get Star, Name Withheld. These are anxious days for many baseball players. Prices in the .game are governed by supply and demand, Just like anything else In the world. Salaries must come down. What Is worse, competition will be so keen that many performers will find it hard to sell their services at any price. For three years owners have been carrying clubs that could always almost write. their own tickets and were forced to pay the piper. They knew that they were being held up, but bowed to the Inevitable. Now that the war time prices have been pricked, it is no reason that the owners should go to the other extreme. The future of the game de pends largely upon their fairness and far sightedness. n . ...lit ma, l ho,.lr anri r-ercy i nausitwi. " '. see the Braves lose game after game. It be- nooves George biiid8 " ip vuo club clattering along toward the top this . . 1 11 Ha T4,n-rH cOACh WBS always the winner and It's a cinch he won t have a loser in baseball. James John to Play Clatskanie. . . ..... T r T Ciu. clal.) Manager Larsen. of the Clat- SKame mgn .m. II 1VI I uo-ancumi . . . day made arrangements with the James jonn nign dluwi . . am, . . . lor a game nwc .-a i l.. uuj "'n" This being the first Portland team to appear nere 1. 1 1 1 o i---m , l . . ,a,,o looking forward to the game with great interest. W illard to Train at Hot Springs. LITTLE ROCK. Ark.. Jan. 27. Tom Jones, manager of Jess Willard, tele graphed an acceptance from New Or leans to a proposition of the Business Men's League of Hot Springs for Will ard to train there. Jones says the camp will be established about Feb ruary 1. He is in New Orleana to see the Fulton-Flynn match. Mascott vs. Benjamin Tonight. Six big bouts, 36 rounds, 72 minutes' actual scientific boxing. Rose City Club. Adv. NORTH LIKELY TO WIN BASEBALL WAR Baum Says 4 Votes Are Need ed for Change and He Will Not Have to Decide. EXECUTIVE RESENTS HINTS Stand by McCredie and Murphy Is Taken as Suggestion That Views Might Be Colored South Most Get Another Vote to Win. fliv ppivniirn Tan B.7 rfineciaL) Efforts to put Drexy Allan T. Baum in the Jam of the door, so lar as me fight between the north and the south nn he oainrv limit is concerned, will probably fail. vn, . v. . n.., rntil riAiffa the is .... xm i, KA nut nn to him SUe 11. II. BIIUUIU I squarely, but he avers that it win not be in the least necessary. T J T i V. II . -ATl.llltlTlff hi i miii j Li, i . j , ., 1 1 iiu . own preferences, has been counted as siding with Jonnny rowers Maier for the higher limit. . Likewise McCredie, of Portland ir, ..,.. nf .Colt I.ak, nnd the Leavitt' Cook combination of Oakland have been ranged as voting no most de cidedly no. i a n He Tie. a.ji it.. . l. : ... 1 ,1 m.bA tie Vote Uluiiidiiij' 1 1 1 1 a r. vuit. i, . - - and it would be up to the president of the league to cast me uramus 1UL. Indeed, McCredie and Murphy have hinted that sucn wouio. navt m n 'I'l "CI,..-, In.ila, with his tntl- inai.. xiie iviubum.., mations of "syndicate" baseball lor San Francisco, Los Angeieo, j v.n ,.iir Af intArlnckiner directo- . . rn thin nnint? 1 ,IC3 I i.limi i.i-A wu -- m "I am eager to see how Baum will t i. ....... tn ih. iemiA vote wi: it i j . ,.. v, ..r.Qalt TaIir while rieaiucub iuuivji , far more guarded, echoed practically .1 . ... V. nr ha PA. tne same Beauumuis, - maraea: ... it I ka n n tn Treairlnt A uiesuiuo ik " . f ... . . .. . ti, jij. Baum to cast me vote mat win . i . .- -. x trust that Henrv mo ijucstiuu, . mw- Berry's influence with Baum will not persuade mm against nis win. Baum Resents Suggestion. T 1.. AnnAroant With thA fttti- XaUlll la aci.i. ' -. tudes adopted by some of his quarreling directors, and while he is naturally eager to keep as far away as possible . .. .11. .....,.. hn iln.iiTi't like the l i u ii. mi; .i.ihu ii."i " suggestion that his own views might be coiorea. "If it were necessary," said the head of the league today, "I would cast my vote. But as I have said, I don't think I am entitled to a vote in the questions . ).. nnth th, L.l'irv mat will come L' j limit of $4500 and the present schedule were adopted by a majority vote at our i T ohotipta dither annual mcciuis. j. ...... 0 ruling would require at least four of the six votes. If three of the directors vote to raise the limit the motion is lost. That s tne way t iooh. l we i i . mi nHHnnnAntn tt .mnrA mnnAV SUDjecL. J.110 ,ii vi .. - ..-3 v. - a month will have to rally four votes to their stanaaro. . O.-W. K. & X. SEPTET VICTOR Rowing Club Hockey Team Beaten, 2 to 1, In Snappy Contest. Portland Amateur Hockey Association Standings. W. L. Pet. Multnomah 2 1000 O.-W. R. & N J 1 -S5 5?,wln,?.Lub I I :5oo in a fast, snappy contest played last night at the Portiana ice jiippoaroiiic, the O.-W. R. & N. septet defeated the Rowing Club's seven 2 to 1. McLaugh lin and McGill scored goala for the railroaders, while Robinson registered the Rowing Club's point. t ... f tha Pnwlnsr Clnb. was Dut out of the game live minutes for trip ping, and Thomas, of the opposition, .i . thme.miiiiiin nenaltv for body checking on the defense. The next game in the amateur association win be played February 2 between the Portland Police Hockey Club and the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Liuo. The lineups: o W R & N. Co. (21. Rowing Club fll. Cthv Q Newburn McLaughlin B. I John Rilmce Thomas L. D T,H?!"m," McGill C Robinson Jimmie Rllance -R, v J.S Frlsbie R-W Green Heurle L. Dufor Lind Spare Hicks Officials Referee. Tommy Dunderdale; Judge of play. William H. Royle; time keeper. Tommy Murray. ELKS LEAD BILLIARD PLAY Xewton and Lyons Win Matches - With Parker and Dennis. W. L. Pet. E's1 Club - J J I?0 Multnomah 1 J Commercial 0 -000 Two more games were played in the inter-club 18.2 balk-line billiard tour nament Wednesday night at the Elks' Club. Fred B. Newton. Elks, beat A. D. Parker, Commercial Club, 150 to 120, while H. Lvons. Elks, defeated William Dennis, Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club. 150 to 136. Mr. Parker substituted for Ed Brown. Next Saturday night two more con tests will be staged at the Multnomah Club. Mr. Dennis will oppose Mr. New ton and Wiliam F. Walter. Multnomah, will shoot against Mr. Brown. The clubs house the matches in succession and two home players oppose visitors on each occasion. Bits of Sport Tim Murnane, who says that he Is through with baseball, will probably have to wait some little time for his salary as president of the New England League. The Boston Nationals will meet at least three major league clubs on their Spring training trip. Two games will be played with the Philadelphia Americana, on March 31 and April 1. both at Jacksonville. Fla. The Braves will meet Brooklyn at Palm Beach, and plsy against the New York Highlanders In several cities In Georgia and the Carolines. The football teams of Dartmouth and Syracuse universities will meet next season at Springfield. Mass. November has been set as the day for the game, which In re cent years has been the last on the Green team's schedule. It will be the first ap pearance of a Dartmouth team In faprlns field In lO years. It is believed that the 78 clubs tn the Metropolitan Golf Association spend more than gl.000.000 on caddies each year. Tne price to the caddie for the round of the links varies between what the caddies them selves charge, which I. about SO cent. d a crisp bill, depending on the generosity of the players. ... Robert Fried rick, alias Strangler Lew is, and Wladek Zbysiko, the Cracow Pole, wrestled one hour and three minutes to draw at the Manhattan Opera-House In New York recently. The two huskies are old enemies, their last match having broken up in a fight after they had severely pun ished each other. Homer Baker, the Brooklyn boy who formerly held the National half-mi e Cham, plonshlp. has severed his connection with Uie N So Athletic Club. He visited A. A. u. headquarters In Manhattan re cently and announced that he will compete unattached hereafter. The news came as a surprise to his many friends, as his connections with the New York institution have always been pleasant. v SPOKAXE RESIGNS SALVESON Pitcher Discarded by Wicker Is Grabbed by Farr. SPOKANE. Wash.. Jan. 37. (Special.) Another pitcher ' discarded by "Bob Wicker in 1915 has been signed by President F. C. Farr for the HIS In dians. Some weeks ago Farr told young Elmer Letter to fill in his own salary terms and today he announced that while he was in Butte he had signed Herbert Salveson for another tryout. There Is an odd story in Salveson's case. He was with the Portland-Bal-lard club in 1914, and was considered a pretty promising young pitcher. Nick Williams held him in high es teem. Toward the end of the season he began to come and he won five of his last six games like a real cham pion. JEFFERSOX AGAIN DEFEATED Walla Walla Takes Second Game of Portland Five's Trip, 17 to 6. WALLA WALLA. Wash., Jan. 27. (Special.) Walla Walla's lighter, faster team walloped the Jefferson High, of Portland. 17 to 6. tonight in basketball. The visitors, who arrived late last night, and rushed, tired, to the gym nasium . when they lost, expected to beat Walla walla tonight, but the lo cals proved too fast for them. At the end of the first half tonight the score was 4 to 3 in Walla walla's favor. The first of the second half Walla Walla redoubled her efforts and soon went ahead. Burke, of the visitors, made the visitors' only two baskets, and Williams threw two baskets out of four free throws. Richmond, of Walla Walla, starred, with. four baskets. DETROIT YIELDS CLAIM TIGERS HELD PRIOR RIGHT TO VAUGHJT, BUT GIVE WAY. Portland's Title to St. Louis Inflelder Grows Better, Bat Internationals Most Yet Be Placated. " The clnuds of uncertainty surround ing Bobby Vaughn, the new Portland intielder purchased from St. Louis lifted slietitlv yesterday. Barrine- only the International Learun claim a flimsy one, say the wiseacres all obstacles for this young athlete's coming to the Coast appear to have been removed. n,f,n;t ft fvlnr.prL held a m'ior claim to" the ex-Federal Leaguer's services, but, in reply to a telegram irom ine uregonian, rresiuom i,a.vn, nf the Detroit Americans, said he would not claim vaugnn. "St. Louis had some aeai on wiui ie- , i . nrV,An nrni after VaUShn." i .i t .. .i u.plo F'ilriVr Jones oaiu M ui&o - ' told us Detroit would have to be given prior rights it iugn Jennings wimi.:vi Vaughn. - tTooVin ot nn nf the best winw. loo-na hall nlavf in the COUn- try ana it is joyiui news w Detroit does not. lntena to pieoa no .i t 1 . i lr il.nro in nnv OPUU11. J. llU I. Ll 1 . . 1 v'.u. doubt now about his coming to Port land, the jsunaio ciai:ii uou. u as far as I can ascertain. Baseball Short Spice. vi.iri,r .Tnneit took all sorts of liberties with Federal League umpires last year, but It will he different next season. Dau Johnson has a regular staff of officials. vin..n, r,mnh,n whom some will re member as a member of the Aberdeen Black Cats of several yars aso, ana wno jumpeu the Pittsburg club to play with the Newark Vfti is tt-vina- in retire from the game, ac cording, to the statements of Pittsburg rri,nri, Vin drew down something like $7000 from Newark last season, but now that the Gllmore organization has tnrown up its hands he has decideu to suck io jiis auw mobile business. Rowdv" Elliott says that all the Oaks will be cut but not enough to hurt them. The club decided to make everyone auirer a little Instead of a few much. As no Oak was cut more than 125 there will prooaoiy be but few holdouts. Jimmy Johnston's de parture to the Brooklyn Nationals will ne cessitate another good outfielder. Lord" Kenworthy. who lumped to the Feds from the Coast League three years ago, has asked Fielder Jones to put him on his St. Louis payroll. Evidently that story about him inheriting l,000,00l was fiction. Ken. worthy Is a dangerous hitter, but his field ing is untidy. riarkA Griffith was disappointed at hear ing the news of Joe Gedeon's going to the New Vork Association. Gedeon Jumped to theFeds last year from Salt Lake and cam-e to the Utah city from wasningion ana was Griffith's property. The renort that the St. Louis Nationals will probably release Outfielder Jack Smith, who was with Seattle last season, is hard for Seattle fans to believe. Smith is only a youngster and seemed to have great possi bilities. He Is as fast as Vincent Campbell, a natural hitter and has only one weakness in fielding. This weakness Is catching a ball close to the ground. He does not aeem to be ablA to cret on to the trick of keeping his glove hand on the ground and to keep the sphere in the glove Dy using nis oiner miv. H likes to catch the ball above his waist. There is plenty of time for Smith to erad icate tnis aereci, out even it no uuw nut wln It out entirely the fact remains that several other major league outfielders are just as weak on this particular play. Many Northwestern League fans think that Smith Is Just as good an outfielder as Vincent Campbell was when he first went to Pitts burg. they W -m. T A (V .H-V asss-j s E BEST T Multnomah to Put Rossman in Big Game With University of Washington Team. PRELIMINARY IS ON CARD Newsboys and Lincoln Quints to Start Play at 7:30, Yielding Floor to Seniors at 8:30. Basketball Play Lively. A switch has been made in the lineup of the .Multnomah Amateur Athlete Club basketball team for the game against the University of Washington game in the local club's gymnasium tonight. John R. Rossman, one of the regular forwards, will be in the lineup. He was Injured in the match with the University of California, and as a re sult was kept out of the game with Dallas. Or last Saturday night. Billy Lewis. - former all-around ath lete at the Lincoln High School, was used at forward last week, . but Man ager Harry Fischer announced last night that Rossman would likely be in condition to appear in the first five against the Seattle boys tonight. A preliminary contest between the Lincoln High School quintet and the Portland Newsboys will be staged. The first contest will start promptly at 7:30 o'clock, that everything may be ready to start the main event at 8:30 o'clock tonight in the winged "M" gymnasium. " Three games were won by the three quintets of the Young Men's Hebrew Association in the B'nal B'rith gym nasium Wednesday night. Featuring Al Schilt and Meyer Conn, the first aggregation walloped the Christian Brothers' Business College athletes 36 to 14. Following are the lineups: First CM). C. B. B. C. (14. Meyer Cohn (18). ..F W) yiyer Capt. Schilt t4) F (3) McEntee Welser (S) C 4 Dooling Aurbach G (2 ?u:',e5 Shenker G Slanich Marvin Cohn (4).. Spare Harder N. Cohn (2) Spare Referee Al Bartholemy. The second team representatives of the Y. M. H. A. secured a 26-to-16 vic tory over the Overlook basketshooters. Louis Herns and Sanford Sichel were the heroes for the winners. Following are the lineups: Seconds (26). Overlook (16). Sichel (7) F (2) walby Herns (6) ........ .F. ............ . Ciarno H. Cohn (7) C (12) Boollng Hatter 2 Wagner Krause (6) G Capt. Murnane S. Cohn Spa Referee Clifford. The easiest win of the p,ight in the B'nai B'rith Hall went to the Y. M. H A. thirds by a 32-to-5 count over th V. M. C. A. Swastikas. The Swas tikas are not the same players who made such a sensational record last year. Nusbaum and Margulis featured for the winners, with Lake and M. Thompson doing the scoring for the losers. Following are the lineups: Third (32). Swastikas (.1). Nusbaum (12) F Leonard Ivin (2) F , S. Abram ( .. it ,i, n Bombford V Heifllch...: G Elliott D. Hoefllch (2). ..Spare. ..(2) M. Thompson Hochfeld spare Referee Josef Celestine. ' The Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club indoor baseball team wauopea tne Monarchs 20 to 19 in the ciud gym naflinm Wednesday night. J. E. David son and Harry Fischer worked for the winged "M" in the points, while J. Knowles and Bob Manning did great work for the losers. Tho Xewsbovs' second team defeated the Reed College Juniors 44 to 12 in the Neighborhood House gymnasium Wednesday night. There were sup posed to be two matches, but Manager Morris Rogoway, of the Newsboys' first quintet, called off the game with the C. B. B. C. team and took a good work out. Following are the lineups: Seconds (44). Juniors (12). Gurian (12) F (1) Oilman A. welnsteln (11).. F (3) Neer Jake (') C (1 Kern Sherman (7) G (2) Hurlburt Kogoway (12) G Johnson Referee 'scotty ' uonn. A misunderstanding was caused over who should referee the game in the Multnomah Club gymnasium tonight. Stanley Borleske had been announced, but word was received from the north that this would be impossible. Dean Walker will be the referee, says Harry Fischer, manager of the club team. Just who will appear against the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club quintet on the local floor February 12 has not been definitely decided. Vin cent Borleske and his Whitman College athletes are billed to oppose the Port landers, but word has been received that Whitman has slated a match with the Oregon Aggies for that night. The University of Idaho has been in com munication with Manager Harry Fischer asking for the Lincoln's birth-l CLUB TO READY TDNIGH Home and Shop Tools That are Tested and True These tools arc right. They are tested before leave the factory tested and quality, to make assurance wnrt ru li.f9iic thevre made y. ... accurately trom nrt grade live seasoned wood. They have the Keen Kutter spirit because thejr stick to thcit job and get ther. SOLD A.NO GUARANTEED BY F. R. 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It's worth trying out. don't you; think? Cherry's store has an enormous patron age. It has been established several years and has grown steadily until to day it is one of the most popular shops in town. Let alone the fact that you can buy your clothes up there on in stallments, you can make your choice from as up-to-date a stock as any store in town can show you. They are open Saturday evenings till 10 o'clock. Their address is 389-391 Washington St.. in the Pittock block. To night TO NIGHT BOXING CONTEST Billy Mascott f vs. Joe Benjamin 5 BIG PRELIMINARIES ADMISSION 200 Seats BOe 500 Seats S1.00 114 Seata 91.50 m Box Seata S2.00. Reserved Seats on Sale at Rich's, Sixth and Washington. day date, but nothing definite will be done until word is received from Coach Borleske at Whitman. "February 12 was offered Whitman, who accepted. last December, and it would not be fair to schedule a game with someone else on that ' date," said Manager Fischer last night. OUTDOOR SWIM IS ABUAXGEI Special Event at Honolulu to Be fnr Kalianamoku Alone. LOS AN'GELES, Jan. 20. The Ama teur Athletic Union is going to grant a 100-yard swimming championship for an out-of-doors straight-away to Ha waii. This is really for the benefit of Duke Kahanamoku, the greatest dash swimmer in the world. A record is ex pected by him that will stand the rav ages of time. Although this championship hati not been granted, Wallie Robb said recently that it might Just as well be. He re ceived a letter from Secretary Rubien, of the Amateur Athletic Union, asking him to vote on the Hawaiian race, and strongly recommending it. Robb says that he will vote 'Yes." The Hawaiians have consented, if they get the meet, to pay the expenses of three water sprinters to the island. They are to be the fastest 100-yard swimmers In the East, in the Midhle West and Far West. PIPAL MAY SCCCE1CD DOBIE Younger Said to Have All but Signed Coach of Occidental College. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Jan. 27. (Spe cial.) J. Arthur Younger, graduate manager of athletics at the University of Washington, left here Tuesday to re turn direct to Seattle, it was learned today, after a series of conferences with Coach Pinal, of the Occidental College 1915 football eleven. Pipal, it is said, is all but signed as the successor to Coach Dobie, and it is believed here that ratification of the choice made by Mr. Younger by the Washington athletic hoard only is needed to bring a contract to Pipal. Deal for Baltimore Club Denied. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 27. Lon G. Hocke, attorney for the St. Louis Nationals, who returned today from New York, denied that while in New York he had conferred with Harry Sinclair regard ing purchase of the Baltimore ball club by the latter. President Britton denied that any agreement had been reached with Sinclair. Scott Wins Pool Match. Robert S. Scott defeated Fred Howe 150 to 116 in straight line-up pocket bil liards at McCredie's Billiard Palace last night. 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