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o TITE MORNING OREf-ONIAN. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1916. 1? SPOKANE CHARGE STIRS filULTIIOf.1 GASES OF HOLDOUT IN LEAGUE ARE FEW who appro-red today the propoeed baae ball park on the bank ot the Missouri Hirer. Tbe ground la within three minutes walk from the center ot the business district. J If tbe park board will place the proposed lot at the disposal ot the baaebaJl people, the battle tor a North, western franchise la more than half won. It I a a Id. FI.KS BILLIARD PLAYER. WINS 30K30E "The Road of a Thousand Wonders" TO a o slant irl a the rolle Junior alumni, it to t. e' lit l'nineui I'ara Jun ior. Al HriB'lony rfr4 bots mavh following the lineao. r rnteee (13 ( V" l'!il' " ....... r.. : r (-' v tit r :c tk in I :i '-i--t.l ii Kf"-"- luki Ji Siaare ltfr, Al Ba-I'i cmtti:it winh ski iioons Accusations Exchanged as to Amateur Status of Athletes. KELLY DENIES INTERVIEW r.alllvaal. of SprtkaBr. Sy Wlasrd l W re-tier Tol.l f roaM-hlng. CnvdVc-wem.1 In fl I n vr-tl- fated for Stalo al Halt. r""are and eooBter-ehar- are fa-la and forti bet-) the Pro ku aa4 IS M'llllu Albitle elJbS u A roil of IB 4i6rrrl of frank iUi. poaa iit'r. tor a.ld W a l mom .an. e-r:.-i.i Tt'i"iI riei-d word ef rrmt tir Ct--o llu Hvae. ef xpomn.. ef I I'ortla r-i nd iFH-t. Joint kU. wrUr. l.!nl I 0JO'l. )T. 141 prumtiMf W-aitnoresa ta. up 4-,-t m l aurl-d ( ba. a to a the th .. '... W - . ...4 fnf lb Twni..l M la the r-.ent tntrct't .nt . , nnkAfft la wati-hi !raane 8-d t- rlin "t M.ir rrarfc. chlrm nil :lon LiatraCieta remmiiu. Aftr a trior- i(!t iaticti" W(. f"rnk d Urt4 .lana la a rank troftool fr aiV1t( ar-frl a preliminary to the l:nMxa-Tlor mAtrh. Tn ralln. snwaane rf-d ta a--pl an--l a rnrry war we pre irittd. S.-oasn at trr?td ti oa '! eaTainal Multn anaa. bal Multneanan) rat'-i! to anlr a man lot! ld cUimed tha event forf.lt. .Vow rant In eharT ajaiast the o-U cUa lot-rltr. Thm pt!e fimiiliiali atnl Kal'r a inat aa cearllH ta ti'tli tam at Ho-atoa :nt;tata ef Trrhnolojr. rmrn I. rr wltn li X bol.J frof-alnAl n.-1! at Ilutta. kia(. TVI.n the ftmkma tt:Ptrl r'i e-r tna l.lrbona ! K'llr. th ra I r anrl-r q itl.in. h. iai It tt abort an mt r- . "Si o a attint crli!4 to tna l at ab"t'jta fbrirt:oe. Aa a mattr ef ft t wa HI nlla in Srn. an4 K. m r. i:t rmAio.t la mr room at I'anrt Mat. I enlin'Jl'r. -J d o t know t. i fi-o Pnitlnt r-iin AiHm an wftr fc honl. mt4 fartura iwa a yara la baroml try coto ppha.iin. -1 b,i atf.n.lin Itotofi Trh I aa thm r.tinr tam aJ a captio In lit! an.l III r ! fmi:iar ita ath!tl.- HI knor tba truth of mr tt.rn-a hn I iar trial ara f. frof".a'ril roai'haa at llo.ton "Ti-h. ba ht l ril4 a rhTu-.l 41-r.--tor. aiho h. chra of all branchu af ?rt. "T h raptain of t! tam or Ida mot troHi-imt mmbr b Iria por to i.ct Ida mf f"r tha po.itiona thT ...n b.tl.r a.lit4 for. n4 It wa In inia capa-HT tbat I har-1!4 ta wr tl.r at lioaioa T'-h. While I wa.. "lo in ihit I wa. comptln fr tha . hool lr all It rn'ta. No moo.T ar j!.n ma tor mr wr.atlinir anowl li'. Wbtta attrn-flnaj the Taatrrn Inatlta lion KIIf a on tha i:l-pooa1 :t-rn lntrro I. elate title a lt aa the Srm :nclaal amateur tit'e. He bi ertrr.J bat tbr.e tne. tn -a r.turnlnc to hla borne la fortUn4. lie ha B-t traln'4 for tar bout, but mereir r.n for the pl.aaure of the p.rl for Maltno mra Amateur Athltlr flib. Thoee who liar tbr are on the In.tde of the whole rontrpnnr betareeo an4 1'ort- Ib4 a tht It le aothin but a caw ef ra'4i-.lincin; oa tha part of the Wa.ahta; tontaoa. a e e as offl.-UI of trie l arlfl North ..t Aaaoci atlon." ll K.lcr t- frank, rnairmjia of the resltrati"n rornmlt tm of the P. N. A. "I will do all In power lo run down the mattrr of pro faion.i.m ef f:.Iph I"n4erwo.)i. It aloa oot make anr d;ffrn--e who th atni.le mar be. If be l a profjonal ami mar be rompetlns a an amateur. I notified the Spokane people two we.ka beforehand: thai Glahe wa. an out-an l aut prof.oelonal an4 th.refnre would ro be lit:ble to rpr.nt the iS.-o-keno Amateur Atblt- t'lub a4inl Ihe ia4 M boa. Me I. known to but wr.tl4 la prelimtoarr mtcr to a pro. ...tonal bout. "I nara re-ei.4 no offictil aotlflt'S tioa, that l"adrwontJ e un.lr upn a on a. to bl amateur itud . bul I nail so lto tne ntattrr to tha bot lom. tn atiii rT:.H ark ac c vt f-pokan llrrror Krlly anil t'ttdrrwoaial Art? I'rvfr-k)nal- rKM:. Vh. "en. IJ Spe ULr Jola KellT. the IJS-poumt Xlutt aoiruA wretier. who mt flarem-a Keint laat Thur4j,y Biat In the In. t.n-lijo m.et at the Jipoaan. Atn.etic t'l-i'. ! a4it to have aimtttel ot Ct70 iui:ial. ph-al 4. rector of Ihe l re rial, thai he formTty wa wree t.tnc m.trurtor at l ikuloa Inat.tute of T''inolocf. Thi. la beintf inveatl by the clua off ..-ia! and If pro4 true MaKiuieuk will be akd to el r;ia her onu.ual artivity In prbmr n r- of ot ler orthw.t.m atn lt an4 a. mat m-n who.e reord tu-i a:M not b- r invaatiaatoa. "Keify w taliatna to me atMiat r " -tac wh.n be I bare lurn.4 out mora wre.ritna; t.am. r.an that boy ever ia-w." raij Mr llullivant. "Whe I 1.4 bira on i iipUui. be rai t lot ..T.ral ye-ar I wa la clre ot wyee. line al tioeton Tei-a and turned out a.-awn.e of wrwetlera. -T ie X jltnomaft officiate woutd do w.ll to keep up their own amateur f.nra before tb.y bec'a protv.tinc our m.e. roattau4 tiuMvaat. "I bear4 a rlni;e:e epe-!or offer lo bl Tommy Tra.r. the MaUnotnab botlna; to- trailer, that bo could prore trial lialyfa fo4erwood. I'ortland'a lli-I-oun4 bom.r. waa a prleional Boat thai he hod. taken part in a prof.e aioatl bo il In H-ttte. The apectator eaxt aa waj willln to oee ! I Tracy could prora that t'n.roo-t did not bos prof.aelonally la Ilutte. Tracy wa ailent. "I tiraoa-r Fntte recoral la aUo betas tnitt il4' MOIST AX.II. riv: ClirtatUa nrwtba-ra Hail n-a Collrjte Win, 21 to 15. Uount Anel folirta basketball t.aro. of Mount Astral. tr . ntl an -rttinr came to tha ihrtttan llrothara' H'taio'.a Cotl'K ouintrt. Zi to It. lo tna I'ortland Kymooaluin Saturday MhL Tola wae the aecond ttama of t -i. seaon between the two team, tha firat reulttnt In a IJ-to-l wallopina: Jor the Chrietlan tlrothrra at Mount Ancrl tart month. In tha laet atx y,t II matchea haa ben played be W.,H tha two Institution, fire io tort. a for and one beini (topped when the acoro waa lie la the lat mln lit. of play. J'ia iifaiia-iinirr otujt atuidaj rmlrulouh Make I'oor Mamalnc, Ia to lamp Soow. CIIC.':, 'b. 11 P.ain.f rmtrtJ:. ef Chic-an. todar wa award'd Brt rrise la the professional division of Ihe annual ski tournament of Ibr i w V freak '-lebe. koraaee ell"l rraillatr ba. bo la t ea tee of tJialbllicy Maraa la arteral I lab irrlea. Xo'ee ikl Club of Ctilraa-o at Carr. III. t'mlv.dt ecorrd 3S point. Henry Halt, of team'oal firln. I'olo.. waa second with Z 1-1 point. I'ampunow. with tha take-of banked too hish. wrre said to be tha cblet l4ion for lha poor ahowlnj ma4e. Menry Hall t4w the lunct Jump til feet with) t'mtrtilt aerond with a mark of II feet. Tbe American record la l feet, bell fcy-Cmtve4t. who alio la tbe former Kurorran rhampton. BOXING CLUBS FEWER :r mtrotrR jt-nrciioj piiiT ahi: or rurii.tR. t alira i laeadetw t'laal Ready te. Ilaertrr. aad re Hald to Bo rraaerla. P.W ritANCISCO. Feb. 13. Tba Ta nlc Coast I Dot alone to bemoaning the decadem-a of boiln. From New York, where the sport I wlhln the law. cornea the report that Interest In the nme ha decreased so noticeably this Winter that many of tha pro moter hare become alarmed. Arcordtnc to the fliurea reported from Albany, the states shara of the tat from the boilnsT club Is only bait what U wa a year ao. Chairman Wenck. of tha State Athletic Commis sion. 1 quoted aa sarins; that the dearth of new faces In the rlnc and the law prohlbitine: decision are the principal reasons for the condition ot aiTaira. California bora Uoubtles have been made B'-nuaintrd with the fact for the reason that a number of them already bare inraded the Atlantic stale, where they are said to hare been well re ceived and are dotnar well. Willie Meehan. a local bearywelsht with a considerable local reputation a a lauch provoker, has taken wrll with the Ka.atern tana, not only by reason of hi antics in the rlns. but because he baa decisively beaten the men who hare been matched avalnst him. hpeakmaT of the prevailing bard times for the bonnet sport, the following Hera from a Seattle paper Is enllFhlcn ln" "The snow hat been a. srodsend to many four-round Schtrra who appear In local smokers. U ben the first call for men to shovel snow was sent out Ihe rtna; artists re.ponded. and many of our mot promising lisht weicht performed the Bret work they ever did In their lives." MICIItf.W CAME MXAM.Y OIT Krvoml Allrnil lu Adjust Pair for Orreon Asclc 1'all. KA5T LANSIN';. Mlrh.. Feb. 11. I Special. 4.h nce for a football same between Ihe Mu-hican and llrrion AC i,i next Fall look mistily slim and there Is keen disappointment In the rank of the student body. Necotlatlone for a frame hare rome lo naujrhl a second I. me. a result of a conflict in date. An effort waa made to book Ihe oresrontans for an entfaffement here November 11. oul thi baa fallen throuch. orreon wants a came here oa l totier Z. but aa this e Ihe week Immediately followlns; the MicMcaa came. Coach Mucklln I loath to take on such a touch customer a the Westener so soon follow in the Farmers' biccest came. ;noi v to km i:ri:i: a ihhts MctitwrlcM lo Aid Grant a Official al Km City Club. Ilotlnc fans will see a couple of bisT learue off rials In the rlnc tomorrow bistM at the fortntchlly Ro.e city Atiletie Clubs smoker. Ralph llru man. I'ortlanda popular lit Mi'ni. will referee the first two event and Jack Grant will officiate at tbe last threes Fred Merrill. manr of the club, secured Gtunian i consent yes te1y. The first two erents will be tha Wine v. Zimmerman mix and the Allen vs. Oram affair, followeij by three of s!icht!y bearler raJiHer: Trambitaa r. iroi; UortloA v. ttennett. and Fox vs. Mascott. Tbe card look I ke trie best Ihe ICoae City Club has offered to the fan for several week. Klamath Sportsmrn nay IJc-rn-. KLAMATH FAIXJ. Or- Feb. 11 Special. With the ntw year Just be inn. Klamath County porlmen have already spent nearly ! for llcenaes to hunt and fish. The County CIerk"s office lr January Issued licenses for which IJ.7 were paid. The receipt for the various forms of permits follow: Huntinc llren.ee, till: fl.hlnff license. It::, combination huollnc and fashinc. 1152. KnM-bnrjt II Ijcta Win TIUp. nOSEHfRtl. Or.. Feb. 11. (Special) The Koseburc MUh Fhool basket ball team lost nicht won the champion ship of Southern reirc.n. when It de feated the Ashland Hi;1 School team by a score of :i to II. The came was attended by 60') persons. Another came between the Koseburc and Ashland tram will be played here Monday nlaoW v Carisch. Only Malcontent in Beaver Camp, to Be Let Go Altogether Today. ONLY ANGELS FACE WOE l lcher, lasrrrt and Rolf IH-mand .Mora Pay; Slwt Rollirm Scale and Koth Worrlm lie) la Prr-Sraaon WUhr. BT KOSCOE FAWCETT. With the macnatea holdtntr all th ace In tbe deck and tbe players well aware of It. few cases of that well known b'prlnc malady -Holdoutlli" ap pear on the Coast Lcacue vital atatla tic churl this bprlnc i'oriland has ono holdout Fi-ed Carl.h and bo la to be dropped alto ccther today; Mn Francisco I worry. In- over th petulance of Bill Stern; h.l Lake City I tustinc; with Morrl Itath. new Inficlder. while Los Ancelcs club officials are aitllns up nights. I curmialr snraklnc. because of tho stubbornness of Messrs. Fisher. Mag- Cert and liolra. FUbrr-a l iar Acararated. Shortstop Fisher'a case Is said to be most auKravated. IjisI year Flsber shorttop.ed for the Chlcttco Cub In the Nalion.tl ua;ut and led trie srtori stop with the willow. Therefore. Ft. her doesn't fancy the Idea of bcinc thuntrd to an AA lcacue with its somewhat shrunken monthly emolu ments. Frank Chance, on the other bund. Isn't taking any chancr and he nys he has another major lcacue shortstop ready to step Into Fisher'a boot. For cible this la a bluff, liotb aides work tho old army bluff came to the limit, but. frankly speaktne. bluff or no bluff, tho outlook for tbe holdout thi year Is about as bleak a a Siberian (leppo in December. owners are not competlnc with each other for nlarcr. The market I well overstocked, and. aa In the case of Carisch, the most flagrant holdouts are cettlnc the prlrilcc of placing them selves elsewhere. This Is difficult to do. however, for the reason slated, ray Cat Thle Tear, year most the Coast Lencue club had monthly salary rolls of I'i") an.l one or two wore over fiivuo. It Is said on cood authority. Trunin; this to II jo J and attachmir an Ironclad pen lily of llu buck a day for violation mean that the averace salary thi year wl.l be around I ji) per month. In the International and the Ameri can Association It will be even less. Some of the Const Leuttue club will be able to pay 1:104 np to iitoO a year for one or two stars, offsetting the low prlrcd talent. Hut these lucky Individ uals will be few and far between. No u.e dreaming, lha war day are past and the ball star who hope to keep frau" Jewel bedecked flncrr out of the soapsud had better climb Bboard the band wacon and accrpt the inevit able. Joe fiercer f'aaltalatee. Joe Burger Is among those who have been forced to bow lo defeat. Hercer held out on the Vernon club for many weeks. When they began talking of selling him to the Western Ieacue he capitulate,) end Is now signed up. Mer ger la said to have accepted a cut of nearly fl60 on hla contract. llonus Mill is another who has Clven up tbe fight. Oak bind has fin ally convinced Al Klnwltter and tne burly Teuton Is again lnlde the stock ade. And so It ce. I.Ike Heinle Zim merman and his bundle of tissue paper wrapped in 11 bills, tbe boy work tbe bluff ga.me la f.ir a they can fro. And then, when the clouds of a Phvxlatlng gases roll over the trenches and war Is ended, you generally find the marnates In command of the situ ation. Sometime they do not deal fair ly, but In the majority of cases the ball star cet all he has coming and a sec ond bclptnir. Baseball, Football, Boxing, Persona! Touches in Sport E' rIIE M All AN, of Harvard, ha been coming out a an after-dln- ner speaker of lnte. He la In great demand at Harvard -Tduate din nere all over the country. Members of the Intercollegiate foot ball rule committee, which meets in New York late In Februnry, will de vote considerable attention to the lea tlrr armor and protective devices which players wear In the gridiron game. The Impression h been arrow ing that In some case the protective article are more ueful for offensive purpose than for defense against in Jury. e e Writing for the New York Mornlrlg Telegraph. Harry W. Iinlgan. one of tho well-known sport writer in the Fast, ha the following to say about Jack iMllon: "All thine- considered. Dillon I pcr hap the greatest fighter of them all too ay. and the hv) weight class lost a bona fide successor to the linns fid Hlg Four. J hn L. Sullivan. Jim Cor bett. Ib Flt"lmmona and Jim Jrf fries, w hen tte Hooeler" fmme wa not endowed with some 30 more iounda of flesh and h" didn't lengthen out a tew more Inches when a bor." see t it ha been generally predicted that the Cub will be the strongest contend er for the National league pennant this season. itut most of the time the best-lioktng team on paper In February and March doe. n't win Ihe pennant In September. see t The only major lesgue club which has no yet settled on Ita training camp is rttt.btirc. which I wavering between Columbus. CS4-. and Hot Springs. The camp of alt the big league clubs will be at the following places: NatUmal laregwe. ric-tnnaM at snrarerl, La. I a.o at Tampa, K M lvi at ran Antonio, Teia. I'llt.tiurs at euhr Columbus, o.. or Mot ftprlnea. Ark. to.:.m t Mlairl. FT. I hl.il!rM at n" l eteranurc. Fla. N.w T rk at VarMn. Ti-sas. iirookija at l lur.a. Fla. Asaertrma l.eacwe. rtoetnn at llu e"t-tn. Ark. New Ynrr al M a.-on. :. t'l'ari-iphia at J a enn I !!e. Ka V .Mr-s:on at C harlotte. vt;le, V . -i.irit at W.aah-hie. Teas. I hloio st Mineral Wills. Texas, pr. l.oul. at r.runr. Trias. ? dev.!. id st Vi-w Orleans, La. W K.NCk SIOIITS GRKAT FALLS' CHANCE GOOD Illcwltt Approve Proposed Park and I an Unite for Franchise. ORE AT FAU-" Mont.. Feb. 11 Chances for Northwestern League baseball In Great Fall this year were decidedly brighter today than at any time since negotiation first were be gun bg IleiiJeni Kobcrt I, Blewiit, Newton Takes Ralkline Match From lcnnls, ISO to 7 0. w. u Pet. Tlks Club - i . Multnomah Club t. 1H7 Cnambar cf Commerce 10 -ouu Fred B. Newton. Elks, defeated Wil liam R. Itennls. Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club. ISO to 70. In Saturday night's came In the inter-club 18.2 balk lino billiard tournament. Tbe game was played at the Multnomah Club. J. U. Cartwrtghr, Chamber of Com meree. failed to appear to meet Wil liam S. Waiter, Multnomah. This frame will be played off at some future date. So far lo the tournament tbe number of point made by ea"h team Is a fol low: Elk l&iO. Multnomah 1470. Chamber of Commerce 11 40. The Cham ber of Commerce haa played one more game than the others. Tonight, at the Chamber of Com merce, the following games will be staged: E. J. Brown. Chamber of Commerce, vs Oakley Walte, Multno mah, and Mr. Cartwrlght. Chamber of Commerce, vs Harry Lyons, Elks. LOG AX DOrBLE VICTOR OS ICE Fast Time Made In Races for East ern Skating Title. NEWBURGH. N". Y- Feb. 11. R. T. Logan, of Montreal, won the honors today In the Eastern speed skating championships here yesterday by taking the quarter and one-mile event on an eight-lap track. Walter Keuhne. of New York, was the victor In the half mile and Archie Rogers, ot Arlington, In the fire-mllo handicap. Tbe summary: Quarwr-mlle charnptr.nsMp Tersn. Mont real A. C. f.rst; Kruhne, New York A. C. eeeonil. Time. :43 1-5. lJif-mli championship Keuhne, N. T. A. C. flrat: Jo ol.llcr, N. Y. A. C-. second. Tim. 1:114-. One-mile champlonahlp Locan, atont rei. tirt: Wi.u.m T lor. N. Y. A. .'.. seeond. Time, l-l. Klve-mlle hsndirap Roger. Arlington (7i yardat. final: 1'lckerlng, Riverside. &. c. (190 ysrds), aecond. Time, 1S:17 1-5. n:KXOX TRYING TO BCY MAY'S Patterson Al.o Has Rid Ont for En- pel, of Washington. Vernon haa opened negotiations with Ronton for the purchase of Carl Mays, former I'ortland pitcher, according tc advices from Southern California. Joe Engel. of Washington, is another sought by mm Patterson. Mays led the International League in 1914 and did valiant work for tbe Bos ton Sox last season, and for this reason local wiseacre do not believe Vernon stands any chance of securing Maya TTAGK BEST LKAGl r. HAD 13 PLAYERS BATTING IV .300 CLASS IN 11S. Of biz Leadlac Ilase-Roaner. White Sec Roasted of Tna Cobb First la Das la and Dralalneaa. American League teams had a far superior attack to those In the Na tional last season. They had 13 men In tbe .3u0 class in batting, while the National had only five. In addition to that there were six base-runners who far surpassed the records ot Carey and Hi-nog in negotiating the paths. The best six base-runners in tbe American League were distributed among five teams, the White Sox hav ing two men on tho list. They were led. of course, by Cobb, the best ot them all In dash and intelligence. Their records in 1915 were as follows: Cobb. Itctrott. 96; Maisel. New York. 51: K. Collins. Chicago. 46; Shotten, St l.oul.i. 43: Milan, Washington. 40; J. Collins. Chicago. 38. This record shows that base-running as an art is not deteriorating In the modern game, but simply that the American League has the pick of the runners at present. . The world's record for base stealing Is held by Harry fcUovey. who played with the rhll.tdelpliia Athletics in the old American Association in 1888. In that year he stole 1S6 bases, a feat which would be impossible In these da with the improved pitching and catching which marks the more mod ern game. Every club in the National League hns had a champion base runner with the exception of Boston and St. Louis. No player from either of these teams has ever led the league. The follow ing list of National League base-running records for tha past 30 years has been compiled by Sporting Records, of Chicago: Year. Plsyer. cluh. I sc Anilreiar, Pluluuelphla 17 J. War!. N- Y'k lis. Hoy. WMStutiRtiin ..... l.l KoK-arty. Philadelphia 1 VHl Hamilton, plulutlelphla 1 I Itsmllton. I'hilS'leiplita 1'i-j J v. ant. P.roh.l n . . . . , I -HI J. Ward. New Y"rk... linl lintr.iltiin. I Mlaitelhla )-'. Hamilton. Philadelphia 1-.i'. l.an-r, I'Milifl laktlK-. I'llll'SlTil K. i''.-rke, l..ult llie. . Js .-J ehrekard. It.iltimure I'hii Itarritl. t'lncinnti .... Iml u :er pitiat-ur .... p.ej WiiKf.er. p:ttnlurg .... p..''. ihnee. ciiii aeo ...... pin.1 Ht-eckard. tlrooklya ... Warner, plttahuig .... I'.'.'i M;.ine-. fhliafi ..... pi..-. n.i:iT New Yrk IIM.I I'har.ee, t'Mrnao ..... PmiT Wagner, Plltnt.urg .... lin.H iva.nir. Pltt.iirr .... pne. l.-.e l-.er. C'ni'li na'l .. jinn Itrsehir. I'ltirmnail ... pill Hraeher. Clnelnnatl ... pili p.recher. t'lticlnnatl ... P.M.; t'arev. Plttallrc ...... P14 Puma, New Yolk 110 -"are, Ptttshurc Stolen aaes. 5'! Ill J H P'i 113 Vi rrrrrrrrr nr. ltt 1 7-1 41 4i 4J 67 t.7 :.:i r. ......... r f7 61 51 .'.4 71) Ml r.7 t.l 2 36 Centralis to Have Boxing Smoker. CF.NTRAIJA. Wash.. Veb. 13. (Spe cial! A big smoker is to be staged In the local armory on the night of February IS under the direction of the Western Club, of I'ortland, according to Ilcrne Goldberg, a representative of the club, who was here yesterday. The main event will be a six-round go between Youn Turkey, or this city, and Joo Benjamin, of Portland. Leo Cohen will box Ted Derbyshire six rounds, and. in addition, there will be two other six-round bouts. Itoly LoeJ to Pngct Sound Fire. Pttl AU, v Bin., reu. 14. inpriiai-j The fast Poty High School bnsketball team met the I'nlverslty of Puget Sound at I'oty last-night, and was defeated ; i to 14. Tbe I'oty boys bare Issued a challenge to any school In the county for a series of three games to decide .... .k.i.,.lnnllilll ' Kennewick Grade School Five Wins. KENN-EW1CK. Wash, Feb. 1J. (Spe cial) The Grade School basketball team here beat Klona High Friday night. ;3-14. Tba game was fast and well played. Lut.li SigtiH Contract. Johnny Lush, veteran southpaw of the Beavers, has signed his 1916 con tract. Judge W. W. McCredla received it Saturday. 4- . Trains Daily from Portland Information at City Ticket Office, corner 6th and Oak Sts., Union Depot, or East Morrison St. station. Phones Broadway 2760, A 6704. . John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent SOUTHERN PACIEIC I0C30X IOE301 BBS IN SPLIT National Amateur Baseball Federation Is New Wing. NINE CITIES JOIN MOVE Break Pi-ccl pita ted by Ruling of Association Official and Sport Will Henceforth Bo Conducted by Two Jurisdictions. LOUISVILLE. Ky.. Feb. 13. A new National amateur baseball organization came into existence here yesterday after delegates to the annual meeting of the National Amateur Baseball Association of America had split into two factions at the morning session. The new body, styling- Itself the National Amateur Baseball Federation, elected C. E. Towues, of Cleveland, president. It be gins operation with a membership of nine cities. Loyal members of the old body at the same time held a meeting In a room adjoining that in which the Federation was born, continued under the name of tho National Amateur Baseball Associa tion of America, and elected Ralston Go 8. of Indianapolis, temporary presi dent, and E. C. Seaton, of Chicago, was re-elected secretary-treasurer. Ben J. Itrumleve, Louisville, was elected first vice-president, and J. A. Jeckel. Detroit, second vice-president. Yesterday's rupture in relations oc curred when members who later aligned themselves with the old association dis agreed with tha rulings of Mr. Townes, who. In his capacity of vice-president, assumed the chair in the absence of President Patterson, of Chicago. When Mr. Townes decided that proxies could not be voted and that delegates here to apply for admission to the association could vote, Mr. Seaton resigned his office and left the room. Mr. Goss' with drawal followed immediately, as did that of George Buechel, of Louisville, second vice-president. NEW POLO TROPHY UP EAST AND WEST WILL CLASH FOR ASSOCIATION CCP. Opening Game la to' Be Held March IS, and Toaraament Will Contlnae Fntll April 1. NEW YORK. Feb. 12. At a meeting of the Polo Association at the White hall Club, preliminary arrangements were completed to hold a series of matches during the coming season, which may revive the popular inter est of the public in the games at Meadow Brook for the International cup. A new trophy has been' offered by the Polo Association, to be known as the lntercircuit Cup, and it is expected the crack teams of the West and East will take part in the matches. The list of circuits is to be en larged to eight. There are now five, the Army, Southern. Middle West. Western and Pacific Coast. One of the three new circuits will include New York, Philadelphia and Boston clubs. Each circuit will enter its four best players as a team, and the trophy will be decided by a process of elimination. Players on the teams which reach the final round, will receive individual prizes. If this series of matches is found to be successful, the competition will he held annually in various sections of the country, and the -club winning the trophy will hold It for the year only as the champion lntercircuit polo team of the United States. Four new clubs were elected to mem bership Westchester County Polo Club. Miami Valley Polo Club, Dei Monte Polo Club and the Ox Ridge Hunt Club, of Darien, Conn. The Gedney Farms Club has been absorbed by the Westchester County, of which Edward C. Potter is the dele gate. The Cincinnati Polo Club has been amalgamated with the Miami Valley, and will be represented in future by George H. Meade. The Del Monte and Ox Ridge Clubs are new, and the latter will be represented by Howard Stout Neilson. The Southern Circuit cup will be played for this year at Camden, S. C and three clubs bave entered teams. A number of the Manhattan poloists will be in tbe games. The tournament will be managed by Earl W. Hopping, and the first game will be on March 18. Tbe tournament will continue until April 1. . This will be preceded by a tournament at Aiken, beginning March 1. The revision of the handicap list has been left to a committee made up of H. L. Herbert and William A. Haz ard. They will have a report ready for tbe annual meeting next month. Pendleton Girls' Five Wins. PENDLETON. Or., Feb. 13. (Spe cial.) In a fast basketball game the Pendleton High School girls defeated the Waitsburg girls' team by a score of 26 to 7 Friday night. The Pendleton girls took tbe lead from the first and ghoweu a superiority, in every depart 1 Six Months Round Trip Tickets on Sale Many attractions for the visitors to California in February. Bathing; at the beaches, picking oranges and lemons, motoring, playing golf or tennis. The beautiful exposition at San Diego open all the year. Trips to Mt. Lowe or Mt. Wilson. Ocean trips to Catalina or Santa Cruz Islands. J Everywhere the door of hospitality stands open for YOU. ment of the game. The game was fea tured by the basket shootintr of Pen' dleton's miniature forward. Vera Tern pie, who contributed 17 of Pendleton's points. The came was refereed by Ir win G. Brooks, of Athena, a former University of Oregon star. Students See "Masked Marvel"' Lose. NEW HAVEN". Conn., Feb. 13. Yale, fn fencing, defeated Bowdoin, eight bouts to one last night, and in wrestling won from Columbia 29 points to 4. At tho conclusion of the latter meet. Straneler Lewis and the "Masked Mar vel" met in an exhibition wrestling HOW BIG BOXERS COMPARE. Wlllard. 29 6 ft. 7 in. . 225 Moran. Age 28 Height 6 ft 1 in. Weight 203 Reach 78 V4 in- . .Chest, normal. .. . 4 2 in. .Chest, expanded. . . 46 in. Waist 35 in. . .Biceps, normal .. . 15 in. . .Biceps, flexed. . 16 in. 88 "4 in. 40 in. .. 44 Vt in. 37 in. .. 14 in. . 154 In. 1714 In. 8 V in . 17H in. ..Neck 19 in. . .W'rlst 9 in. . .Calf 15 in. ..Ankle 1 10 in. 9H in Willard's weicht and measure ments are of the day he fought Jack Johnson. He now weighs 270 pounds and his girth meas urement has increased accord ingly. match. Lewis threw the Marvel in 27 minutes and 35 seconds with a toe hold and half-nelson. Virginia Wins Biff Belay. BALTIMORE, Md.. Feb. t3. The South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association indoor one-mile relay championship was won here last night by the University of Virginia in three minutes 31 4-5 seconds. There were 500 entries. Baseball Balks and Bunts. Portland will be well represented In the Lincoln, Neb., lineup this year. Lo ber and Carlisle will be in the outfield and Kahler in the pitching corps. Dick Breen, another former Beaver, has been converted into a catcher by . l. T .. . xrntnAn ma-ei a crnmen t nnrl Dick did wonderful work last year. He caught 85 games altogether. Four times he was canea upon as a piuuu hitter ad twice he delivered. m Clark Griffith, in his peeve over 1ADtc- n.Hnnn cui-a tne Sn.lt T Jl kll bOV lost Washington $7500. Washington paid 5iJouu lor nts release, pttiu mm quite a hunk of salary and last year, when he was "farmed" to Salt Lake, the Senators paid part of his salary and 7nlt rf hla enii rchn se onttnn. aisu ' vm. ..." - . i ' Mean old Josephus then Jumped to the reus under a tnree-year contract auu the New York Yanks got him by simply assuming this contract. Writing to Miller Huggins, manager of the St. Louis Cards, Roy Corhan says there is only one better shortstop in the world and that is Hans Wag ner. Roy has never seen Harvey O'Brien at short. a Frank Chance is negotiating for a couple of 1exas League slabsters. One of them Is Ware, of the Houston club. Chance saw this bird work when the New 'fork Yanks trained in Texas a couple of years ago. Northwestern Boxing Notes JOE BENJAMIN, the Spokane feath erweight, meets Leo Houck in Seat tle Friday night. He will challenge the winner of the Fox-Mascott bout at the Rose City Athletic Club tomorrow night. - "Tex" Vernon wants to come to Port land and put himself in the hands of the Rose City Club for a series of bouts. He will also challenge the win ner of tomorrow night's bout. He is eager to meet Billy Mascott in a re turn match, Joe Swain Is another light heavy weight who wants to come to Portland and box. He is an ex-Portland boy. Bob Yoern and Army Welch, other light heavies from around Seattle- and Spokane, also have written the man ager of the Rose City Club for dates. SCHOOLS T OPLAY ICE HOCKEY Lincoln and Jefferson Teams to Meet at Ilippodrome Tonight. Lincoln High School will send Its Ice hockey team against the Jefferson High School septet in the Portland Ice Hippodrome tonight. The match will start promptly at 7:30 o'clock P. M., to be over by the time the regular ice skating session starts at 8:30 o'clock. Several of the prominent athletes are lined up with the East Side team. In cluding Steve Wilcox. Captain Giebisch and Leonard Greer. The squads battled to a 1-to-l tie on their first meeting in the Portland Ice Hippodrome. The Automobile Club is in the league with the two high schools. Following are tho lineups: Jefferaon. Lincoln. Yaumans .. Mallett , Friebere Bingham Johnson Kaufman ... Wolff . . fiteffen Pcott Oill.ish .. Wilcox .. Potter Greer Seabrooke Coon A4I V Ut)"Jt ..a ..KD ..L D ..R W ..L.W , ..C ..R Spare. ... 6ir., D o a o a o TO VIE PORTLAND WOMEN" TRAPSHOTS to COMPETE WITH SPOKANE. Toarney to Be Held by Telegraph Mrs. C. J. Schilling, With Mark of 91. Tops All Amateurs. The trapshootingr season of 191S at the Jenne Station grounds of the Port land Gun Club is to be a big- one. Ar rangements are under way to stage a telegraphic tourney between the women nimroda of the Spokane Gun Club and those of tho Portland Gun Club. P. J. Holohan, one of Portland's profession als, is arranging the details whereby squads of fair shooters will appear against each other. There are but three regular women shooters at the Portland Gun Club grounds. A series of five matches will be shot between the two clubs, the first to start soon after March 1. The women shooters from Portland will be Mrs. E. H. Keller, Miss Gladys Reid and Mrs. C. J. Schilling, while the trio of Spokane women will be picked from Mrs. C. A. O'Connor, Sybil Marsh. Mrs. H. J. Brown, Bessie LaMar and Mrs. F. A. Dryden. Mrs. C. J. Schilling, one of the best women amateurs in the country, waa out to the Jenne Station grounds yes terday afternoon and was high amateur of the day out of a field of 22. Her mark for the day was 91 per cent. P. J. Holohan led the professionals with !)7 broken bluerocks out of a possible 100. Following are the marks made at the traps yesterday: H. R. Everdlng SO. J. C. Morris 73, W. B. Hare 06. K. E. Piatt 74. W. C. Bristol with, a 20-euage Run. ol : John G. clemson tn. H. A. Pollock t!7. P. J. Holohan i'7, Oeorga Hertz 40, Karl R. Goodwin to. A. W. Stro ger 82, J. E. Reld 90 Mlsa Gladys Reid 70, T. E. Whiteside 42. E. H. Keller 64. J. W. Seavey SMI. Dtinnis Holohan !0. S. Allesranl 4S. P.. I.arey 4, James Hull Sj. E. it. Morris !i3. Dr. T. Jones 44, C. J. Sclillline 00, Mrs. C. J. Schilling 01. J. D. Piatt 4U, A. W. Stronger. Jr., with 28-guage gun, 28; Lou Holohan iiti, e- SAWMILLS OPERATE AGAIN One Company Near Centralia In creases Men's Wages. CENTRALIA, Wash.. Feb. 13. (Spe cial ) Practically all of the sawmills of this vicinity are in operation again following shutdowns caused by the re- ecnt snows. Tho latest to resume operations are the Walville Lumber Company, Capital Shingrle Company, ot Tenino; the A. P. Perry Lumber Com pany, of Mcintosh, and the Maytown Lumber Company. The latter concern has given to its employes a 25 cents a day increase in wages, this increase following a simi lar one effective January 1. The com pany employs 150 men. The A. P. Perry Lumber Company closed down last Summer to permit the extension of its logging road into new timber, and had been operating only 20 days when it was again forced to suspend on account of the weather. TO MORROW NIGHT Ft-atherwe.c-.t Championship BOXING THREE MAIN EVENTS. JIMMY FOX Pacific Coast Champion, tr rlBCO JT lr BILLY MASCOTT 'orthwtt Champion (Pride of Portland.) LEO CROSS VALLEY TRAMBITUS 1.18 Pounds. JOCKEY BENNETT "VSa ABE GORDON 115 Pounds. TWO BIG PRELIMINARY BOLTS, CRAXT VS. AI.I.KV ZIM.MKKMAN VS. WINUKK PRICES 50c. SI. 1.50. 2. Tickets on sale Rich's, Sixth and Wash ington. 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