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TTIE MORNING OKECONIAN. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11. 1916. If COLOMBIA DEFEATS JAMES JOHN HIGH University Quint Makes Run- . away at Start and New j Team Can't Pick Up. FINAL SCORE IS 41 TO 21 ' I ifcrt-TTllt Ciim for Today Called orf citbTt ruM io na t frrae-nl--I atloomahi Eipeia I Big Crowd Ratar-Jay. w l, -. r a ..J t 11 J ...J " " . . t I . -1 1 .it t .-.. a a s.J . . t I , i f , a I ; 31 ,. 1 . t J I , e k ti4 ; : . I . J " I .."""a i a.: !: ' ...rt,V r""'t'. J-.a J..an . ., i-r- .-. Miel ...... fra..e !'- t,n.,...-, to.. ... . ... I ; kU'Urf Ae-t... tiij A-l.ra ... r-. ........ Teee A rura ra.o of at. frla-nt iorlria' ta flr.t h!t ( IKa a b4 a craat a.l to d. tKa aoia mado bv lio Jm Jon hi( itcBuol bt- a"tr acalaat tha l'otnnn t olr " B'tr niinft la t.ia Jffr l'l hl cymnMioia. Tfta fiOAl aroro araa at la 51 la for ef tha co!liaaa. hat to mcobI rtu. waa II I II la fr mt tha kl ae.ianlar. . T8 L mxh. ta f!rt d.f.at et na Jan.. JakS haah.t&alt tm inca ta to rrta4 latcrarbaUa.tlr U.1 CeacA :rMt( flr.t m. J tj I, fracn tha lltll MHIlarf A'adam CTOrtloa. Tla H atar of tha matrnaa .t.rdT araa A I Maiaaa. of Columbia t cl" rait T. ma atar frr4 tnada II asiat. whiia . tio ar for tha hUH c I athlt'a M Xlatt. artelt It marhara. IC'att mt, li ki. taaro'a t""t la tha flr.t kalf. rai'aatna: aro tia liaaopa. rmlli t ri fit JtaM :t . Jtiar... i J Mia.ar. ........ Kt-- I.a- . 'at r.f.r.a. t lrl. H.r.it t.-w. a-.a. t.t.f l.iwn .r.. i -et iaa. (tn.p f -r r ty tr Mm, iiMkflil. t' I i . rjaxota lit flvhool and ta Hilt Military Acadamr war m-' ftd 4 to f iriliA tha ast lima of ! I'ortiand laearicholaalc Uaa- Tha tti(l waa to hawa haaa playat tMa aftar ooa la tha lortiant A-d-trr arm a.lm. l tfia t'ad.ta ba sol or aaau.4 iiiu. tha blBin ef tha araaast avhool larrm a a a ttSonxl tha tam pna.oaaaa a ll.t f h.-katil! vataraaa tha nianaamant at tia ;tlbrta ftu baan aaabla to Una U9 aamaa ao far t h I a laaann. l'4ck atIataa aa rowar. Van Itoomla.a Jlmmir Oilbart. Hurfar. ittlaa. Ha-'a and kiilltm. maka uo tna atuad. ylr Cilhart .ua a chall.nca to tfta lounaT Man'a II. brow AaotAttnn. Il.ilm.a ttia.lna.a t'oll.ara. Hatlaon.1 and tha I'hftt Clara rlroth.ro' rluatnaaa i'ol l'a. r'r iiimi rail A . a a a Manac.r IMlia t'ohn would ia to arrartaT aTTi. fr tha Knal Krlth aTrmna.t'im a.lt WrdnaadaT MaTM. la. I hint at Mala I'M . . a a a Kttra ctrvu. aaa'a haa b'an tilarod on tna runninaT tra-a at tha ilntlromah Amat.ur ,thlatK 1'Iuh cTrunaatum fr tia Multnomah - Whitman 'od'aT haaaatball (ana tomorrow Bicht. Tha olI.la aro apa-taJ to arrlra In I'ortlaad lata toaicht or early tomor row enornlnaT vtaracr -i.-hr. of Mi'lnomah. ta the larar.at rro4 ef tha aaa.ort. Tia anaio ataal wi;i be atartad at ti aa'rlok. Ifomer Jamlaon. roai-Pi of tba J.rr.raon ll'Ch r--hoo quint. t. will r.r.r... MHttn ruw KfAiirs today rortland Arada-mjr and Jrffrraon lllh fwftraul Trim tu Mrrt. Tha opaBlnc tocrar (am. of tha tt 'aaoa of the I'ortiand tntararkolaattr laarua will be plei'd thia att.roooa an tha J-T-rwn Ilich jfchool cround. aaiataa I'ortlaad A alrtiy elat.a and J.cr.raua Inch jn-hool oa.-h tiua an. t the Aadamy. and Coa k lulitncton. ef tha lj!t a.'hooi.ra, fcato not barn able to th.lr athletaa Into cood ."ad I im al-o to tha raweni ana WirmA en unraa. eoa ef tha b.at.knowa o'd'tiEna aor-ar football playara In l'..rt Lr..t. wi'l r.f.r.a. Tba oricmal rma waa att.d for January la. but aaa:tioa of tha vartnua M.lda Tha fina today will atart at J li o'claw-k. r.nntxii n.tB to utr. nt.i. 1 or nta I I a nation to fla rJ at C UMa I rhraary I. Tha l'rt'and Rin form; Vt wtll bo hl Thuradjy c.nm. r'"rur IT. Thia la tha tic annual evant of the tn and aa to be b. I.I at Ha Birtur a.'iuo homo ef He rlut at the foot of Ilia (treat, whirls ha ba.o entirety rMted to imi tie arraaloii. Tha orin a cNarca ef thia affair fa Jo rW.eb. rnearmaa. Arthur A. Aliaa. rred N.oali. Maanl t. ram rooaua. IHanl.y N. trui.t. Il.rbart at. a"',ilrhartnat. tirfa Hatra. Jr. Ca0 n a'oof.r. H '.dia Humphrey. Tbemae taka a.-vi Harry I. tiammta. cotcii i nCK iv HitM:ji Champloa In nrr-atla antrl aa 11 la II rat Strp I'rnm llrtlrrrarnl. Ih an;:li:.-. rt. i rrank f.rh. world rbamplon b.aryw.lcht w raatler. hta a'cn.d artirlaa to wreetla I'd fant.l la Can rranrtaro I'rbruary 27. acrordlnat to ann iuo-.m.nt here. Tha root. at will be ataw.d la tha Ct- Auditorium, under tha direction of Harry Kot-y. prorool.r - Acwordinc to the t-rma of tha rontrart liolch wi'i.t throw rental tw.o la aa hour. iwlra aald fca waa "bark In the har a.a and had a IJd to rome out of r.tir.manf la rommeellBaT on the lorthcomln tuUk jr.rr rn c.ot.s to ourtios far ItmI Jltirlrr, of Proa-KlcVIng l inar. Itaora I nUrraltr. Mr(..od Vaarl-. one of the !l nroand athlete of the J.fT.roo ll'ch hool. I.ft yaatarday moraine to enter the L"nlerity of Oracoa. Maurice waa la (ho II IS ciaaa at tf.e riadmont iVhool and aatll yaatarday bad ba.a taklstT a poat-crad Jate cooraa. Ilia laat athletic end'avor for the Men ea-hnol waa to play acalaet the Wah rnctoa Hlcl School ba.katball t.ara la Ibo t. it. t". A. cymnaaiuro Tu1ay aft arwoan Maurice I a Coe4 football an4 ba kathall pLayar. Althouca ha caver re r.lved muni rao-nltlon a a droo kicker la the Tortiaai Jat.roeboUatlc Lea -. ! rolumblt Park 11 chara eloeahla football tram, of the Inter Cltr Leaaue. can thank Mm for three trtorlea a a r-J!t of bis truety riant tee. Two of Id boot war from tha :T-rr4 )ma and cna from tha Ji-yard mark. IUWTHORM: nOWLKUS VICTOIl. fTuamplonehlp Ir-ldcd by 11m Work of ITiDdxn. Tba Hawthorne Bowline Laaarue e M xloeed laat Bicht. xahea tba final aemea vara roiled br tba Hawthorn.. and tba I.Vhoe. tloih lnmi wtra C la tha lava race up to lul oicht'aj tlar. and. by eeoaalional work, on tha, part of liana Frandeen. tha 111 thornee woo three etratehl eonteata. Frandeen u hlarn man of tha nlsht with : to Ma credit, with an averace of lV Tha aceraa: tat 14 14 A same a.a I I --a 1 1 ITI ;., i:r i-.e. tu i: ! : ; ivj : 1 :i IO tr-, H7 t f.i i:j in 1J ivi i: m iVt I4 ll It t-..ll ........... IK r-.' Ma ......... ;"J i.-.;. .....! .e.':ee Taia"e T.im eaeea.. re TTiee'.e IT. "...tf ...Il ...l- . . . I v J . . ii. j.thMwa ....... i ........... ' ear Ran Te'a.'e Teeaa erase. l!rln( Offlclala Srlrrtrxt. N:W TOI1K. Tab. l OfSrlaU fr lha comlnr rarlor aaaon wara an no :r-d toar hr tha taard of tha Jwkf riub. Tha Ivda-.a aro K. C. .r.iik and C If. rt:iticlll: atartar. Vara Caa.Mj; hndtcarrr. W. 8. Voa burc: clrk of tha k.h Albart I'ar l.a. paddork and patrol Jjda, J. I. Mall, tlmar. II. Harr.tto: patml luda. J. I. Hall. Jtm'l ll ljudillD and f rank T Tark. r -i hr ntJ.T itvavh. Amertraa Ua( Offlrlal. TTASMINOTON loot a irama at M. I I loola laat (tumm.r which It rHr won. yet nndr tho Tcry unfair rule which govern. 1 the pUy which rri'ant the winning- run the umpire waa rompatleal to declare the mnnrr out. Tba came waa Q extra InnlnaT afralr. In lha eleventh Innlnr XVah Incton amred what ahould have been the wlnninaT run of the came. It waa w-tped out and la tha nut alon the Hrowna put over the derldlne tlly. Anyone pr..nt at that came reahiod that lha rue rovrrnmc aui'h play rartln:y a.rdad revuion. a e a la the .lev. nth Innlna the runner on IMH for WaMncon. Armli, a ery faat man. tahlns advantace of Mm lone ewlna the rt Iu! pirchrr taainc before d.llvrrlnc ra'-h ball, made a d-ae.i for the p. ale. The pitch waa a v.rv bad on, low and ont.Me. If ev.r a ballplayer had a ba atol.n that Waahlncton player bad the bomo plate. waa umplrlns the cme. and In an excellent petition 1 o rlne-lv ob-a-na the play. Kem Arn.w waa onr the ratcllnar for ft. Iouia. lie realized that the runner bad a ereat chance to ore and that be would have to hurry the play at hi end aa much a. poe- tbto to ryen make it rlo.e. Am momntn'y forcnt et.rythlnc but tho ball and the runn.r. Ho bumM the bataman In bl effort to eel lha ball ail the aooner. but de.pite all hi ef fort the ball went to lb crandtant a e a It aeemed rtdlculoc to nd the runner back to third on the :nr and r-nt tb batter flrat baae. but a atrlct Interpretation of the rut clvee I he umpire no other rourar to pur.ue. The batemaa a cordlnc to section S of rule iX. I entltl.4 to become a bae runner If the catcher Inlcrfrrea with Mm or prevent h'm. from trikln at a piti bed ball. Thl off.ne Atn'W poeiilv.ly rommltled. atlhoach be had no auch Intent, brrauia bla mind waa entirely on tha baae runner, not he fatman. a e e Now for the baae runnr who waa apparently ecor.d from Ihlrd. Thia rvint of play I covrrned by aection 3 of rule It. which atatea that a ba.e tirn'r hall be entitled without II b'lua. to be put out. to adtanro a baae If the umpire aw-arde to a eur raitfl bataman a bae on baZla. or for belpc interfered with by Ihe catch er In (trtkmc at a pitched ball, or for being bit by a Pitt bed ball, and the bae runner be thereby forced to va cate the tee held by b Im. a e a In the rumo urcj.r d:ruiort there waa a runner on third and flrat at the 1 1 ma the p ay waa puli'd. If my mem ory aert.e me correctly. !nce when Ihe batter la cranted flrat ba.e becauae of interference, no runn-r can ad vance unl.a forced. I waa compelled to .end Ihe runner originally on third b-ack to that bae. The runner on flrat waa allowed lo advance lo a-r -end. becauae h" WJ f orc-d to Vacal tat bxae to make room fcr Ihe bate, man who had lean cranled flrat be- aure of lh catcher interference a a I und.ratand that the Nation tl and Federal I'xua bad an Individual leacu rutins on the pur laat year airowlne the batter firat ba.ee and per mltllnj tha man on IMrd to ecoro on a bath rreeted by the catcbey ev!nc the Knee of hi. poaltlon WMI thl. rule te directly rnnirarr to the p'u In code. It I. ral'r ihe proper aoiutlor. When a balk la called play la aua pendect. alt runnera advance a b and there ran be no action on the baiter. When an Interference play I called no runner advance ante fore.d. In cranllnc the batter flrat and allow mc tha run to acor both rula are rroaaly violated yet auch a m tut la ihe only proper and correct one. a a a l'ndr lb prraent code a brainy catcher ran at any llrre pol the aciu.eae plav or the ateal of borne. If he beli.v.a either pna la colnc to be uc ceaafu!. by simply creatine an Inter ference play and payln- no attention In the ball. Thl play of rourao I worth while only wl'h a runner on Ihlrd Py creatine the Interference, the catcher, whila caualne the batter to be aent to flrat. eraae tha run for the lima be Ire at leaat. In the laat thre or four yeat I hare eo Ameri can Leacu catcher pull tho play to adrastaee. e e Tha two eectlona which eovcrn tha ptar really Impoa a penalty on tha team who hould benefit becauea of the play. Tb dealred end of the team at bat I to cor the man from third, yet a catcher by either an Intentional or unintentional Interference can rauae aid runner to be aent back to third. It wrould bo a very eay matter to remedy tha play for all time by havlnc a separate arctlon atate: "The bata man ahall b entitled to become a ba runner when Ui catcher Interfere with Mm or prevent blm from rtrlk Inc t a pitched ball, and all baae runnera ahall advance a bae whether forced or not.' Much a rutlne would avail the catcher Interference not ri me, for a runner from third would be allowed lo ecor whether forced or tvou FARMER DONS MASK Boxer Resorts to Strategy Get New Bouts. to HOWARD "SCION'S" BACKER "Millionaire Timber-man's son" lio 1'ram tu Il Pl-tlnlirrltrd In No OtlMY Than ruhtrr W'1m Km Here Week Aco. Knter another "masked roarrtl." New Tork raved over thl ort of an Indl vidual for vral week until Jo Mecher put hire out of tha runnlne t'hicaeo aom tlm aco bad a "masked marvel." Hut they wer wretlera. Tha masked roller skater, wrestler. runner, swimmer, blrycl rider and mysterious one hav been beard of In moat every lino of sport, but It re mained for foot Howard, tha ohkoh, Wis promoter to brine out a masked box.r. When Howard wa In Portland week aco with "-"rank lartnir b was continually talklne about some my t.rlou "nitliionalr tlmberman's ion' who wa workine out with Farmer at Jack Kmc . He waa notia other than thia same Frank larmrr. Howard would not disclose bl name while here, however, slatlne that his father objecid to him boxlne and a-ouid disinherit him upon flmltnc out that Ih boy had taken up tba art of def.ndlne himself for a llvine- lloward would sclle every oppor tunlty to discus hi new prolrea when he was In-town, and Bald that he could make lit pound easily and rould lick anything at bla weight In tha country. I metier Kent lo Jack Klas. Howard acd Farmer left I'ortiand for T aco ma on week aco today, and lha followlne I a letter received from Howard mailed In Tacoma Saturday, February : "Tacoma. Wash- February . 11. "Friend Klne: "tailed several limes yesterday to say eood-by. but you were out. 1 leave for !an Francisco Monday. while Farmer leave for W isconsin same tlm. "I have "natty Induced the million alro limberman son lo Join me, but bo doc not want lo be known a professional, so will Co on a tour with blm aa a masked marvel. "Let me hear from you. Addrcs m eeneral delivery, r'an Francisco. I'al. "llop.nc thia nmla you well and with kindest recard from Frank. I am your friend. fAM HOWAUU" -Masked Marvel" (sea Koala. So. within a short time, we can ex pec to hear of a boxlne "masked mar vel down ban FYanctrtto way. ThinK around the Northwest did not break exceptionally welt for Howard and Farmer, and tb "masked" lfeatruck Howard one ermine In I'ortiand when ho and Jack Klne were discusalnK Jack i'urlcy'a masked wrestler In New York. Just bow Sam plana on keeping mask on Frank Farmer, who In the I'ortiand "thllllonalro timber man's son, is a I'Uiiir. Klne says that he has some kind of a rublier affair with band stretched tiehtly alt over the head. Hy the look of the photoeraph for warded to Portland one wouid Imagine that they had a bitrd time puttlne the burnt cork over l armer'a bald dome. Howard aealn showed how foxy he waa bv mailing- the card to Klne. for In Jack he could not have found better presa aeent. Jack really cave Sam the Idea, for the Oahkoah pro moter olid not believe that a sultabia mask rould bo made up. Ilefeat of Farmer Foreseen. Then, acaln. Sammy I liable to hav bla plans spill about tho first time that f armer eels a match In ran rranrlsco t.nrkine around thosa part about thia lime I one Hob McAllister, one of the cleverest Heht-hravywelKhla that ever drew on a Klove. If Farmer et a match It will un doubtedly be with Itobert, and the Sa Francle--an may spread that rubber mask all oxer hi fnc before four round are over. Howard letter lo Kine Is really very decelvlne. especially when th In- cloeure of the "masked marvel'" pho toeraph waa made. Sam declare mat Farmer left for Wisconsin on the same day. but a blind man could not fall lo ee Ih likeness of Frank Farmer in the pbotoerarh. (Ma lo February. O feeilae month tlat rt!e t'ta drouth t if Wtnteca rn-e aatie Xa h.a onr. ea.ia Ihe bun-h aalnaa aouth Ar.4 pnp-t4 bu. no loncer mope; Ua.a tn.ra ia aotti.thlr more lliaa Junk Te fl'l tre ar snic ape... And all tbte anaa-anrraathl bunk Ne lencer slar.e ene Irt lha face. 0 bl leasue month of rare repute. II. r. bav at you both a't and fore; a one on. jam la Ihe bueh recruit and aksl a.or.c utito llao acore. A rial matter l( the aama oUI f:tiff trlpa back acsin the aane o:d a-near. 1 om on an-l tlouae this Wlnl.r stuff And .alaf.t the atm-epbrre. hav forcoltrn the exact fut ure of the Mathe won-Erown debate, but w recall that of all their mretine Hrown waa ahead. Not tliat It rota nle. a ereat aa he was. had any thine on Matty a a server of elusive stuff, but when the tliree-f Ineereal star waa dome mo.t of bla pltchine. from le to 1I"). h happene-d to be work ine In conlunctlon with such people a Chance. Kver. Tinker. aMelnfeldt. Schulte. Maele, Hofman. ziheckard and Kline- Prow nle I at least three year older than Matty, and laat season while the iant premier wa saeelne badly the old rub waa wlnnlne per cent of hi came. Hut 1Mb happened to be Mat ty" one off year. . a laacbtoa aad Malllaca. The new that Hauehton had siened Maitinc to a flv-ear contract la rarity dipeste.1 bv those who recall an Iprljent last Sprlne. When Hauehton took charee of tho Harvard baseball team h went to tha Brave manacrr for advice reeardlne certain details. IStalltncs cave so much help and mad such an Impression upon Hauehton that the Harvard coach probably for tha first time began to think of ownlna; the Braves- Thera I practically no chance for any friction between tha two. Haueh ton hot only has a deep respect for Stalling' ability, but no one knows better than the Harvard roach tha value of a one-man rule. a a Mack aad Baker. If Frank Baker expect Connie Mack to yield finally and clve up 110.000 of the purrha price tha Trappe lueer wlil be forced to dally outside the lord for many a crimson moon. Mark blame) a large part of his 191$ care-In on Baker, and so feel accord Inely. Ho had no Idea of wrecking, hi machine when be let Collin go. but expected ti:i to have a fine Infield with Mclnnl. Lajolo. Hrrv and Baker. When Baker refused to fulfill hi con tract and thereby broke up the InfleM Mack decided to have a bousecleaolne iS'portlighi- JLy CtmntAnt flic and so let Barry go. But If Baker had reported Barry would still be a mem bar of the Athletic lineup. So John Franklin's chance of collecting any kale from Connie Is as good a If he had re lueatrd the gift of 110,000 from Will lam J. Bryan. a a a "J Bat Once More." Sir: -rjotch.- says a sporting; writer, "w ill not be foolish enough at to re enter the arena against aStecher at 23. Bad logic No matter how old they get. there Is always the Idea they are eood enough for one more victory. No champion believes he ran be beaten until It Is too late. Jeffries had been out of commission seven years. Ha wa In no shape to fight. But he thought he still had that "one last batUe under hi belt. Uotch will fall for the same line of reasoning. Be ing human, lie can't help lt "Retlrlng unbeaten' aeems to be an Impossible Job. They all maka threats In this direction, only to be lured out once too often. Rave te a newt. If Wlltard ahould finally promise To fiahl for a million or so. I don i think that you will discover Ma breakmc a right lee to co: Hut saa me a ticket for Summer When Joe Tinker's Cub hit tb town. For I gotta be there If It coat m my hair When Matty meet Tbree-flncer Brawn. If Ktechar and notch ever wraaale, A part of a llt:e-f ringed reel, I micht drop around al I mtrhta't. lependinc on how I might teel; I wouldn't surrender a nniar To aee either araDDler out down. But I'll civ my right band for a saat la tha sand rVhen Matty meat Mordecal Brown. "Awake, Columbia, and prepare, ad vise the Colonel. What the IdeaT Ioen't he know that Columbia won every game on her football schedule last Fall? There la no loneer any doubt about It. Time move along. Two yeara ago Kd Konetchy wa rated aa the main star, or one of them. In the first base corral. Hut h haa been on the market for a month now and no one haa started bidding yet. "President hopes to arouse the ""Vest- The simplest way Is to name eleven Kaslern football players for an an- Amcrlcan team. It never falls. McGraw's trip to Cuba will Taring no loud cheering from the Antipodean raddle. Mac's golfing Idea ia to wal lop the ball and then pursue It at full speed for another blow. what does he play around In" A boa I 37 mm utes for the II holes. The Giant leader should try out golf some day at Van Cortlandt Tare. N. T or Jackson Park. Chicago, the two leading- nubile course. It would be nterestlng to see how many dead ana wounded and mangled he would leave In h!s wake. The ble leagues have brought about peace: now II there wa only some one who rould make Wlllard stick to the cirrus T 10 BE REFEREE YKTF.KAX 11 COMPROMISE BY ROSE CITY (LIB HEDI.IKn". Manager Merrill Plana to rat -Masked Marvel Lightweight Hoxrr at haaoker Soon. Jack Grant will referee the three main bouts at tho ltose City Athletic Club next Tuesday night. Jimmy fox and Hilly Mancott, who meet in the main event, squabbled at length yes terday over Just who would omciiite. Maacott wanted Jack Helalcr and Fox wanted Jlmmio lllchanlson. For un known reasons Fox objected to Helnler and M ascot t would not agree to lilch ardaon. as he I an old friend of Fox. Manager Fred T. Merrill said that he d succeeded in getting Grant to act. and this settled the question. Grant ha the reputation of belnn one of the best referees In the country. A bout between Jack Allen and "Kid" (rant at 13S pound ha been stibsti- uted for the Hodle-Bronson affair. Manager Merrill, of the Rose City Athletic Club, says that he is going Introduce a 116-pound masked mir I at one of the smoker staged by ho club In the near future. Merrill says that hia "dark horse" has boxed here before. Hilly Weeks, the Canadian middle weight champion, may take on Karl Miebus at the Hose City Athletic Club soon. Week ha written tno local or- Kanlx.ttion for a date. Latest Victims of Wr Are Devotees of Chess. Pleeea ot Made la America aad terra Are I aahle Meet Aay Ilemaada far t hcaamea. do you think of America? can't play chess until the French and Germans get through li-htine. Thunder:" So write the manager of the Her- mlston Drug Company. Innulrv prove that the talement or he dtue company I quite correct and he "peeve" Implied In the last word well founded. There ha not been a shipment oi hrssmen to the local market lor many months and there I no possibility at east Immediate of relief, feo If you are rheasmen that you are thinking f discarding In contemplation of the urchas" of new one, put the Old ones nder lock and key. for they are al- eady quite valuable. Inquiry ha brought to Iigiil tne taci hat all the chessmen are maae in Ither France or Germany. Their man- facture seems to have so far been nthouclit of In thl country. The chessmen are made or a ngnt. ard wood, similar to tne oiruseye maple that i found In mi country. usl why the manufacture ot cness- men haa not oeen aiiipiii w -main undiscovered. It I the statement of J. K. (till & Co. that at least 10 persons seeking to buy cheesmen dally are turned away. he same company receiver last. u- cembcr a hlpmcnt two doxen set II that could be furnished ry me xor- Ign company from an oraer or live ross. And thai snipmeni waa urorrai early In 111. Local dealers nave communicatee with all the Importers in mis country, bnt their aearch for chessmen remains f ruttlras. Portland firms declare that they wtll pay most any price for the chessmen, as they are confident of their ability to dispose of them, and at a profit. MKYEKS SIGXS WITH DODGERS Brook) In Nationals Take Nexe York Indian Catcher at IIIrIi Salary. NEW YORK. Feb. 10. The Brooklyn National League baseball team today signed Catcher "Chief Meyers, for merly of the New York Giant. Meyers' contract with the New Tork club has another year to run at a salary said to be between $6000 and 1.500. Wlllard Buy. Home in Chicago. CHICAGO. Feb. 10 Jess Wlllard. heavyweight champion, has become a full-fledged resident of Chicago. It was announced today that Wlllard has pur chased a home In Rogers Park, a suburb. The price of the property was e-lven aa 112.000. OLD PALS REUNITED Five ex-Members of White Sox in Western League. WHITE IS LATEST RECRUIT Art Korts, ex-Beaver, Slips Back to Class A, Fielder Jones Send ing; Thlrd-Sacker to Southern Lc affile Angels Buy Player. Quite a reunion of baseball talent will be witnessed In the Western League this coming: season. As a result of the signing- of Doc White by Denver, five former mem bers of the Chicago White Sox will be seen :n that circuit iour ol iucih members of the team which won th world championship for Chicago in th memorable series of 1306. They are White. Frank Isbell. Leo Tannehlll, Ducky Holmes and Kddie Hahn. White, Isbell. Hahn and Tannehlll all anneared In that series: White on the mound. Isbell at second base. Tan nehlll at short and Hahn in the out field. Tbcy caused one of the mos pronounced sensations in the history nd lora of baseball Dy Dealing in well-known whey out of the Cubs. In way. it was a makeshift comoina tlon. one of the regular Infielders hav lnr broken his leg in the regular sea son. This made it necessary to shift Tannehlll to short and place the then unknown Hohe at third, but the ar rangement worked all right, as the record testify. Isbell is now president ana pari owner of the Des Moines club, Hahn and Tannehlll last season adorned posi tlons on that team. Ducky Holmes Is manager of the Lincoln team and White is to pilot the Denver club the comine season. All will agree that thia I some reunion. Holmes, wniie not fortunate enough to be with the Sox during the year of their great achievement, wore the Immaculate hose for two seasons. Art Korea, former Beaver, will play In the Southern League, a Class A or ganization, next year. Fielder Jones. of the St. Louis Brown Sox, hna sold him to Nashville. According to Walter McC'redle. Korea was one of the few "suckers" who Jumped to the Federals Mack signed him for the New York Giant, when they drafted him, for something like l-'tSOO. and that was more than hin St. Louis Federal con tract called for, says the Portland man ager. Korea was offered to him Dy rr Louis, but McCredie turned him down. e a a Los Angeles is flcurinjr on Rapps. of. Topeka, for the third base Job, says Harry W illiams, of the Times. Kappa hit only .2".3 last year, but this was "3 points more than Butler. ... Labor troubles caused a halt the other day in tho construction work on the new ernon ball srrounds. Rhino litt, Decanniere and Speed McDonnell were employed by Kddie Maier to dig- well to supply water for sprinkling purposes, and when they struck water they were ordered to cease their labors, Hitt, however, urged his gang to keep at work in the hopes of striking stratum of pale beer or bock at a ower level. McDonnell refused to con tinue and Hitt and Decanniere walked out Aside from this, the work has been progressing smoothly. The original Venice plant cost Malcr 130,000, and moving and additions will cost him another 1:5.000, so it cannot be said that Mr. Maier will realize much profit on his plant Investment, at least. E SET SOVTHKRX CALIFORM V TO PLAY A(;(.1KS AT LOS A.N'GKLF.S. Coach Stewart Hear a Syracuae Haa Ar ranged Match and Will ot Make Tour of West. CORVALLIS. Or., Feb. 10. (Special.) Final arrangements for a football game between the Oregon Agricultural ollege and the L'nlvernlty of Southern California to take place next Thanks giving day at Loa Angeles were com pleted last night. Word has been re ceived by Coach Stewart that the .yra- uxe I'niversity has scheduled a panic with Pittsburg for that alay and it would be Impossible to tnake other plans to accommodate the Oregon tea-in t Syracuse next Fall. Negotiations are under way to have he uregon Alleles make the trip to aet I.ansln'r. Mich., to play the Michi gan Aggies in ootoDer. I ne faculty at he Michigan Agricultural College put ban on the football team making a trip Wct. so this aiispnses of the pro posed matches with the Washington State College and Ihe Oregon Aggies. It may be that Nebraska will come West and meet the local eleven next Fall on Multnomah Field In Portland. Should this transpire Coach Stewart will be leading a team against his former ntudents. the Oregon Aggies. When the 191o' baseball season' has been completed Coach Stewart plans to mi grate to Nebraska to become head of the athletic department of the Middle Western institution. MHO AT EUGENE TRACK STAR MAY nE-EXTEll I'M VTBRMTY AD COMPETE. Hayward's Stock Takra Leap I petard Whea Woaderful Hardier and Jure per Appears on Campus. UNIVERSITY OF ORKGON. Kugene. Feb. 10. (Special.) "Bill" Hayward, track coach, at a meeting of 54 track candidates yestorday afternoon struck "Moose" Mulrhead off hia list of the likely men who would Join his track squad. This afternoon "Moose" Muirhead, of Portland, a freshman in the university last year. ex-Cplumbia University star, surprised "Bill" by making; his ap pearance at the (gymnasium. "Moose" last year was one of the highest point winners Hayward had In his squad, and. commencing early in the season with an apparently small quantity of material on hand, the year's work ended without calamity, and Oregon's track record only two defeats since 1904 waa saved. This afternoon more than 20 of the track men who yesterday signed uv for the events beean their new track shed. Mulrbead's return was entirely unex pected and he Is stll in doubt as to whether he will enroll. If ho enrolls, the track prospects are materially strengthened, for Hayward has to rely largely upon tha upper classmen, many of whom have not trained in former seasons. Do I tOnce Come Upstairs and look at the clothes I sell for $14.75. That is all I ask the chance to demon strate to you that $14.75 in my upstairs store is as good as $20.00 in a high-rent, ground-floor store. Why shouldn't it be? I save $10, 000.00 a vear because I'm on the Third floor my rent is $55.00 a month including lights ground floor stores pay anywhere from $400.00 to $15,000.00 a month Who pays the righ rent? You do, Mr. Suit Buyer. Come up stairs, where I save you the high-rent profit. $20 $25 MEN'S SUITS MEN'S SUITS JIMMY 313-16-17 Oregonian BIdg. Elevator to Third Floor. AGGIES WIN AGAIN Whitman Quint Beaten, 24 12, in Listless Game. to SIEBERTS STAR OF CONTEST Orepon Agricultural College Five Huns Itecord of Victories Up to Six Straight In Second Game With Visitors. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Corvallis, Or., Feb. 10. (Special.) The Oregon Agricultural College basket ball team won Its sixth straight game tonight by defeating Whitman here 4 to 1:. Both teams lacked the snap which characterized their game last night. and after the early part of the first half the contest was slow and unin teresting. The light Aggie tossers passed around their heavier opponents at will. Seiberts was again the high scorer. shooting five baskets from tha field and six from the foul line. Aside from the tossing of Seiberts, the feature of the Aggie play was the defensive game of Ray and Mix, oppos ing Clerin and Dement, who are ratea the high scorers of the Whitman team. Young and Clerin excelled for the Mis sionaries. The lineup: THRKE OAC SPORT O A. IT. Poron Whitman . . Ulackman ..(7) Clerin Frienman (4). Seiberts (10) Mix f.. Dement Rav (I!) C... . G.. . Johns . Referee, Walker. BUTTK CLUB INCORI'OUATES Blewitt to Seek Sixth City if Mct.in- nity Moves From Tacoma. BUTTE. Mont.. Feb. 10. The Butte baseball club was incorporated today, and its organization will be completed tomorrow when the directors will elect officers. Afler these preliminaries nave oeen completed formal negotiations will be opened with J. J. McGinnlty, of Tacoma. looking to place nun in cnare ui .- Butte team in the Northwestern League. The club will then also close up an agreement for an inside park. With the incorporation of the club it now seems that all doubt as to Butte's en trance into baseball this season has been eliminated. CHAKLF.Y WIIITK TO UFFEHKE Toss of Coin Decides Third Man for Wlllnrd-Morait Fight. NEW YORK. Feb. 10. Charley White. of this city, was today setecle-i io rei eree the 10-roiind bout between .loss Wlllard and Frank Moran on March 8. The choice was made by the toss of a coin afler the managers of the two heavyweights had eliminated the names of all proposed referees except W lute un.l lack skellv. " 1 1 ' " - , . rr ... White was alternate reieree. ior e Rlckard. the promoter of tne coniesi ii Ken., when Johnson won me ne.tv.v- weight title from Jeffries, July 4. 1910. Trout Indications Fromlsing. MEDFORD, Or., Feb. 10. (SpeciaL) a to local snorismen. sieci- hcad fishing in the Rogue River will i. ..niiHnHllv -rood in 1S16. The heavy rains and unusual snows this Winter have raised the water in nogue iinti higher than for many years, and fish wardens declare the run of steelhead haa already started. Deputy Warden Lon Applegate. at the Ament dam. re norfs that from 10 to 15 steelhead go up the fishway every minute. Baseball, Football, Boxing, Personal Touches in Sport BEING overstocked with catchers, the New Tork Giants yesterday eltm- nated one member of that department of the club when Clarence Wanamaker, the young backstop from Dartmouth College, was released to Rochester, of the International League. Wanamaker came to the Giants last Summer and earned the inside of the game sitting alongside of John McGraw on the beuch. but McGraw juagea mm ura in experienced for regular work. He will have a chance to learn at Rochester, while he would probably grow stale sitting on National League benches. a - - William F. ("Willie") Hoppe is still the 18.1 and 18.2 balK line Diinaro champion of the world. He is still a young fellow and will likely meet no master for many years to come. a a a Pitchers and catchers of the Pitts burg National League team will train at Dawson Springs, K.J.. mis year, ac cording to an announcement from Pittsburg. They will report there next month. Jimmy Callahan, who nearly came to Los Angeles this season but finally became manager of the Pitts burgers, has not decided yet where the rest of the team will train. a . . John ("Red") Murray, released by the Giants the latter part of last sea son and signed by the Chicago Cubs, declares that he will not go to Kansas City in the American Association, to t $14.75 $18.75 Ready to Wear DUNN The Clothier which club ho was sold a few days aso. Murray says that as a result of ten years' active service in the National League he is entitled to au absolute relea6e. a a a The Milwaukee American Associa tion baseball team will train at Pine Bluff, Ark., according to an announce ment by A. F. Timme the owner, a a a Mlque Finn, formerly scout for tho 'Detroit Tigers, underwent an opera tion at a Little Rock, Ark., hospital recently, and is said to be in a crit ical condition. Finn recently signed to manage the Beaumont team in the Texas League during the coming sea son. a a a A report from Chicago, which said that a syndicate headed by John V. Burns, of Chicago, would purchase the Cleveland club. of the American League, has been denied by Burns. ... The French-bred two-year-old filly. Bright Kyes. by Ethelbert-Quest Belle, for which August Belmont paid $800 at a recent sale, is dead of pneumonia, a a a Forty-eight English-bred racehorses, the property of the late Herman B. Duryea and other American turfmen, are aboard the Atlantic Transport liner Minnehaha due to arrive in New York tomorrow. . . a William H. ("Lone Star") Diet-:, the Washington State College mentor, is still getting much publicity in Eastern newspapers over his team's victory over Brown University at Tasadcna New Year's day. . a . It does peem odd to hear of talk of matching Jack Dillon, the light heavy weight, with Jess Willard, and then pick up a paper saying that Mike Gibbons, the middleweight champion, may taken on Dillon. a a a Only 43 bookmakers are working at tho New Orleans racetrack. More than 70 started there, but initio went broke, a a a When Percy Haughton, new owner of the Braves, gave away his wrist watch he again demonstrated that col legiate methods won't do in baseball. MINNEAPOLIS. Feb. 10. Play in the eighth annual tournament of the In ternational Bowling Association began here tonight, following addresses of welcome by ' city officials. Fourteen five-man teams participated in the opening event. It waa announced to night that JS044 will bo distributed in prices. "Ladies' Pay" for Club. It was "ladies' day" at the meeting yesterday of the Progressive Business Men's Club. Several new members add ed their names to the roll. Dr. Luther R. Dyott asked the club to support the coming Laymen's missionary movement in all possible ways and Miss Grace Do Graff talked. The nmrt valuable remaining product of Strndivarius. the famou seventeenth cell turv violin maker. Is part of the Have never collect ion of New York, and is known as the "Earl ytrad," because tlia nuclei- dedicated It to the Karl of. North iml.erlund in return for financial favor-. t Cll BOXING Pa el ( vs. BILLY MA SCOTT Northwest flionipiiin I Pride of Portland l.eo Crons xa. Valley Tranihltus l.'.S pounds Jot-key Bennett vs. Abe Gordon 115 pounds Two Big Preliminary Bouts Tl'KSDAY, FKBIltARV 15 Tickets on sale Rich's. Sixth and Wash ington. All cars transfer to doors East First and Morrison streetsJ Champions of the World would read well for our hockey team. You would look well in one of our Suits to your tJOC fife order for J)O.UU They can't be beat at the price anywhere. . Huffman & Grant S. W. Corner Broadway and Alder STEELHEAD FISHING! Now is the time for the big fel lows, and we are ready with just the kind of good tackle.1 Anglers' License for 1916. Backus&Worna i Now in Our New Location 273 Morrison Near Fourth. aaeaa-eat-M ia aw n 1 1 . " ' " " Tv 3 t'l'H Kit- X 7S Z;: I kh.iit Z&k?? itm r -'-raj 1 1 1 A i COM'KST X J JIMMY FOX Ihree X 1 flc toast Champion Main I 'rixeo'a Favorite) K vents J