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14 TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY IT, 1916. WITH BEAVER PACT CLEVELAND BROKEN Passing of Somers Leads Portland to Announce j4 New Affiliation. M'CREDIES TIE TO JONES of I'nrmrr Naps Still Have Tlirce Jown or So Big LCHgue Stars Kent Them by Portland Club. Dealings Always Tleasant. BT P.OSCOE FAWCETT. fortland's long-standing affiliation In baseball with the Cleveland Ameri cans is no more. Close on the heels of the sale of the erstwhile Xaps and the passing- of Charles isomers from major -league baseball came this announce ment from Walter McCredie, of the Portland Coast team, yesterday. Cleveland has helped Portland to four or five pennants, but Walt Mc Credie believes that hereafter he will le able to get better results working with Fielder Jones, of the it. Louis Brown Sox. "Portland's historic affiliation with Cleveland was principally a personal matter between Charley Somers and myself." explained Slack yesterday. "In our many years of business we have never had a word of trouble. Somers" word was as good as a gold bond. Alliance Made With June. "Now that he is on the outside look ing in I intend to move to Fielder Jones' camp, bag and baggage. Fielder lives In Portland and he and I like the eame type of players. I think he can Jo me a lot of good and possibly we can helD the Jst. Louis club." Anions the etars sent to Cleveland ov McCredie and now in the big leagues are: Vean Gregg. Jack Graney, llocer Peckinpaush. Ivan Olson, Gene Krann. Bill Rodgers. Kin Hagerman and Stanley Coveleskle. Portland also sent up Quite a number of others like Buddv Ryan. Gus Fisher. Dave Greet;, Jack Kibble. Ward McDowell. Bill fteen and others who failed to weather the tests and1 ultimately were returned to the minors. Oddlv. only three of all this con tingent are yet with the Clevelands tiamely Graney. Hagerman and Cove leskie. Coveleekie was sold to Cleve land only a few weeks ago, so has not yet been subjected to his acid test. Coast fans believe the Pole will make good. Five Others With Major. Vean Grees is now with the Boston Red eiox: Olson with Brooklyn; Bill Rodgers with Cincinnati; Gene Krapp is in the Federal League, while Roger Peckinpaugh is shortpatching for the New York ianks. But, despite the alliance with Port land, not all the Frank Merriwells of the Beaver corps went to Cleveland. Failure to heed Walt McCredie's ad vice resulted in Tom Seaton's goin; to the Phillies by the draft route, tfea ton developed into a star twirler. The Phillies likewise landed young Dave B.mcroft. the sensation of the last world's series. This was not due to 'any misjudgment on Cleveland's part, however, for Bancroft refused to play in Cleveland. Other stars passed up by Cleveland managers were Bobby Groom and Bill James. St. Louis drafted James in the Fall of 1S13 and he had the satisfac tion of beating his old teammates five out of six games the following season, Last Summer St. Louis sold Bill to De troit for S15.000 and he will twirl lor Jennings during the coining campaign. Groom is now at St. Louis under Jones, hat-ins- jumped to Jones' Federal club last season. not financial successes in Chicago, If the one that closed at the Coliseum there one week ago last night is taken as a criterion. Financial backers flg ured they lost close to $10,000. Recently at the Clermont Rink, New York, bantamweight champion Johnny Ertle handed Terry Martin a nifty lac ing. Ertle made a chopping- block of Martin, and had his blows been a little harder he would have sent Terry into the land of dreams. The recent election of Tad Jones as coach of Yale football recalls a story told at Kxeter. where he has been In charge of football for 'the past three years. This past Fall the Harvard freshman team was playing Exeter and held the lead until the end. One of the freshman, who was fresh, was con tinually kidding-Jones during the game. from his place on the substitute bench about the Yale system going down to another defeat at the hands of Harvard. In the last few minutes of the came Kempton. the Exeter quarterback, who will be heard from at .New Haven in a few years, caught a punt and ran through the Harvard team for the win ning score. After the tumult was over the fresh Harvard youngster said to Jones: "Where is that kid going to college?" "He's going to Yale," replied Jones. "Well, by gad, they need him," came the reply. Kempton, so they say at Kxeter, will be one of the greatest players Yale ever had. He enters college this Fall. LIST IS ILL BALANCED NATIONAL LEAGUE CLUBS SHARK EVESXY O.V SCHEUCI.K. Baseball, Football, Boxing, Persona! Touches in Sport W "ITH a tine plunge through the center, scattering his opponents thitherward and playing havoc with the entire ticld. Jose It. Capablanca won the international chess title without eo much as stirring from his chair. "Gentlemen," said William Howard Taft, ex-President of the United States, to the members of the National League and their guests, assembled at the 40lh anniversary dinner in the aldort Astoria recently, "I am very fond of 'baseball. I am glad of this opportunity to speak before this gathering on this occasion. "I am particularly happy because you have ceased your bickerings and are at peace. For, gentlemen, I must tell you that I was growing sick of 3-our controversies, and. if you will pardon me, of your bluffs. "Baseball is the National game. The public is intensely interested in the feats and skill of the players. It was rapidly sickening of your squabbles. They did nothing to enhance the keen ness of competiion between your clubs. It is this competition which gives the game its hold on the American people." ' Everyone is placing the laurel on the brow of Lee Magee. Since George Stallings came out and said the blonde "boy who formerly played with Seattle and who will play with the Y'anks this year was the closest approach to Tyrus Raymond Cobb he had ever seen, sport 'writers have vied with each other in chronicling his worth. It is a long- time since New York nas developed a champion boxer. Terry ' McGovern was their last titleholder. and Terry came from Brooklyn. It looks much now as if they might have one in the lightweight division in the near future. Bennie Leonard, Billy Gibson's protege. Is the New York lad 'who may annex the champion's crown. Benny is only a youngster of 22. Until recently he was regarded as only a flashy youngster without a punch. However, he knocked out Joe Alandot a month or so ago, and the other night at Boston he stopped Phil Bloom, of Ilrooklyn. He has fought them all nd made a creditable showing, and New York fans are clamoring to have him matched with Freddie Welsh. Baseball was not so gosh darned different back in 1876, when the Na tional League started, as many may think. In that year Cincinnati won cine games, lost S6, and finished last with a percentage of .135. Mike Finn, veteran player and scout. Is ill, and will be out of the game for the season. He has been long promi nent in baseball. Physicians told him recently that lie must stay out of the game for at least a year. He is in the hospital at Little Rock. Afk. Ac cordingly. Finn announced that he had asked Jim Delehanty, ex-American League second baseman, to assume his contract to manage the Beaumont team of the Texas League during the coming season. Finn last year was scout for the Detroit Americans. ' Fred T. Merrill, manager of the Rose City Athletic Club, has been hinting -that he may stage a six-day bicycle race at the club soon. Hero is a tip for Fred: Six-day bicycle races are Earn Tram Has 25 Saturday Games, About Kvenly Divided, and Holiday Contest Apportioned 3 F.arh. NEW YORK. Feb. 16. Baseball schedule experts are almost unanimous in expressing: the opinion that the National League' echedule, considered as a whole, is one of the best balanced lists prepared In years. So far as the allotment of Saturoay, Sunday and hol iday dates Is concerned, the eight clubs of the organization share evenly. Every club secures 25 Saturdays, about eaually divided oetween home and abroad. All receive three holidays, with the exception of Boston, which secures four, owing to the Bunker Hill day date. The four Eastern clubs play from five to six Sunday games; Pittsburg 11 and the other Western teams 18 or 19. The final day's play In the National League is set for Thursday, October 6 and in the American League a day earlier, which will, in all probability bring the opening game of the 1916 world's series on iSaturday, October 7. Under this arrangement the competing clubs will be certain of one Saturday game and if Western clubs are engaged in the title battle, one Sunday con test. If the series extended beyond four games, Columbus day will be in cluded and should it go seven games, a second Saturday might be added to the list, making an excellent outlook for the gate receipts. The care with which the major league schedules have been prepared is further arrested by the fact that there are but three con flicting dates. The accompanying tabulation shows the number of Saturday, Sunday and holiday games for the National League clubs, both at home and abroad dur ing the coming season: At hom. Abroad FOG SPOILS HOCKEY Players Lucky to Escape Un injured in Seattle. HAZE HIDES PUCK AND MEN Cncle Sams to Meet Victoria in Jieturn Contest -Here Tomorrow and Result Is Iinpor in Pennant Race. -ight tant Boston Brooklyn . .1:1 New York. . U Hillndelp'la PHtsburK ..!" Cincinnati .It Chit-aRO ... 1 1 St. Louis ..13 Sa. Su. H IS Sa. Su. li. Total. Pa. Su. H O 3 12 6 1 i'5 6 4 o i i:t 5 2 n : it l 1-2 r, t, :i O 2 13 5 1 2.- .". 3 O 3 1i 11 0 25 11 3 i- o 14 2 :i 2.-, a 14 2 14 4 1 23 18 X 15 1 12 6 2 25 1! 3 SCORES AT TRAPS HIGH J. IIOI.OIIA.V TOPS FIELD WITH MIRK OP 94 OUT OF 100. II. R. Kvrrdlng, Dennis Holohan, E. H. Keller, J. W. Seavey, Frank Temple ton, H. A. Derrick In Spotlieht. When E. L. Matthews, manager of he Portland Gun Club, near Jenne station, called for his squads yester day afternoon he found nearly a dozen enthusiasts out for the regular mid week trap shoot. I. J. Holohan, the well-known Du Pont clay bird murderer, led the field with 94 kills in 100 targets, while Dennis Holohan was second with 90 victims. Close behind came H. R. Everding, prime booster ot this sport aemocrauc, with 86; K. H. Keller, with So; J. W. Seavey. with 83; Frank Templeton, with 81; H. A. Derrick, with 80, and J. G. Clemson. with between 60 and 70 kills. At or around the halfway station were it. t awcett, ueorge tseriz ana S. C. Moser. Shooting against Frank Templeton, H. It. Everding broke 24 out of 25 tar gets, which was the best mark of the day. J. W. Seavey also broke into the near-straight class with a 24. Frank Templeton. Dennis Holohan and the mysterious stranger. Mr. Derrick, bagged 19 out of 20 birds as members of one squad. , V. M. C. A. ATHLETE IS WINNER Paul J. McGary, of Chicago, Scores Highest in International Trials. CHICAGO. Feb. 16. Paul J. McGary, of the Chicago Central Young Mens Christian Association athletic team, won the International Amateur Ath- etic Federation track meet, it was an nounced today. His score was 366 5-6 points and he was 30 points ahead of his nearest competitor. McGary headed a field of athletes numbering thousands. The competi tions have been going on for months n all parts of the civilized world not embraced in the zonee of war. The scores were kept in accordance with a uniform chart arranged two ears ago for athletic competitions around the world. Scores from all over the world where competition took place were forwarded to a central point for tabulation, and the result of that tabu lation was announced today. McGary has shown that he has all around athletic ability by making 1154 points out of a possible 1200 in the Y. M. C. A. medal tests. He is 19 years old, started his career in athletics when 13 years old, and was captain of the North Division High School basket ball team in 191a. "San Francisco's famous fog had nothing on that seen in the Seattle Ice Arena last night during the. Portland-Victoria ico hockey game of the Pacific Coast Ice Hockey Association," said J. George Keller, assistant mana ger of the Portland Uncle Sams. Mr. Keller attended the contest in me Sound City and returned home yesterday. "That several of the players were not seriously hurt," he continued, "is a wonder to me. for It was impossible to distinguish one player from the other. let alone see the puck. The only way we could tell that a goal was scored wii when a player shot and the puck failed to hit anything. It either hit the back wall or the goalkeeper's pro tectors and if there was no sound we knew it was time to put up a score. 'The first period was bad enough. but it got worse as the game pro gressed, and as a result Manager Mul doon was forced to announce that the game would be played again tonight. All thoee who attended received 'rain checks' and they will be admitted to night. Both teams started out in great fashion in the opening stanza and it looked like a great affair. The first period was 2 to 1, the second period ended 3 to 2 in favor of the Portlanders and the final count was 4 to 4." The Portland Uncle Sams played oir the match with Victoria last night in Seattle and both teams will meet again in the Portland Ice Hippodrome to morrow night. Manager Savage and his Uncle Sams are due in Portland early this morning, while Manage Lester Patrick is figuring on arriving in Oregon some time tomorrow. The Oregonians are still leading th circuit. Manager Savage feels rather grave about the puck chasing match in the Portland Ice Hippodrome tomorrow nicrht. Victoria always has been stumbling block to the Portlanders. Injuries -and hard luck have followed Lester Patrick and his Aristocrats all season and it is for this reason that his septet rests at the bottom of the heaD. The game tomorrow night will start promptly at 8:30 o clock. Eighteen goals in one game is sup nosed to be the world's record in i hockey game, and Jack Darragh, of the Ottawa septet of the National JtiocKey Association, holds that distinction, Frank McGee registered 12 goals in Stanley Cup game against the Dawson City aggregation, one time, out u&r- ragh put through 18 points for his team several seasons ago. This is the 24th year of competition for the Stanley Cup. It was put up in 1893. At present it is in the posses sion of the Vancouver Athletes of the Pacific Coast Ice Hockey Association, pound class, sophomore, gained two decisions over O'Neill, a freshman. Watson, also a sophomore, disposed of Rlsley with ease by a fall, and then threw Reichart twice, in the 125-pound class. Stromet sophomore, got two falls on Woods' in the 115-pound competition. Harry Patton. junior, won a fall and decision from Radcliff at 145 pounds. Cramer, freshman, won two decisions over Hilton, a sophomore. Porter, '16, won at 158 pounds from Tanner. END OF WINTER SEASON NEAR Meetings of American League and National Commission on Card. NEW YORK. Feb. 16. With meet ings of the American League and the National Commission in this city to morrow and Friday and a special ses sion called by President Gilmore to wind up the affairs of the Federal League at Chicago on Saturday, the annual Winter season devoted to major league baseball legislation probably will close this week. As was the case when the National League had its session here last week, American League club owners will Do called upon to welcome new repre sentatives of two clubs. W1LLARD REALLY ILL M'CARTHY SEEKS TITLE WINGED M WRESTLER TO BE EN TERED IX NATIONAL MEET. All Agree to Postponement Until March 25. DELAY COSTS JESS $10,000 "STR ANGLER" SMITH BUSY, TOO Winner of O'Coiinell-Mlllcr Bout to Get Challenge From Suter. Charles "Strangler" Smith, who wres tled in Portland several years ago, wishes to issue a challenge to the. win ner of the O'Connell-Miller match which will be held here February 29 in behalf of Otto Suter, welterweight. of Glendale, Mont. In a letter from Suter, he discloses a little information on how he got $100 of Jim Londos' money at Billings, Mont., last month. Londos and Young Santell, his partner, came into Glendale and the Greek agreed to throw Suter twice in one hour and bet J100 that he could do so. Londos secured the first fall in 38 minutes, but was unable to get the second and lost the money Londos and Y'oung Santell operate this way all over the country. They were in Portland last December and came here under assumed names at first. . Charley Cutler and Walter Miller are engaged in getting in condition at San- Francisco. They are doing road work and working out at the Olympic Club. Cutler is preparing himself for a prospective match with the winner of the Gotch-bantell affair at San Jran cisco next Tuesday night and Miller is working harder than ever before for his match with Eddie O'Connell here February 29. WILLIE IIOPPE IS COMING Vamado. Japanese Billiard Wizard, Also to Play in Portland. Willie Hoppe. world's champion bil- liardist, and Yamado. the Japanese wiz ard, will play 18.2 balk-line exhibition matches in Portland for two days be tween March 5 and 10. They play in Salt Lake. February 24, and will come here from there. R. B. Benjamin, who is booking dates for them, will arrive here four or five days ahead of the two crack shots. The matches here will be housed by Bowie & Caldwell, in the Pittock block. OLYMPIC FIVE NOT TO VISIT Chance for Games in Northwest Fails and Schedule Is Changed. WAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 16. (Spe cial.) It has been decided by Al Stad feldt, manager of the Olympic un limited basketball five, to abandon the proposed trip of his charges to the Pa cific Northwest. It had been originally planned to play games in Portland, but a chain of circumstances has brought an end to this. After the Multnomah Athletic Club game was canceled, Stadfeldt com municated with the tossers of the Ore gon Agricultural College for a contest. The Aggies suggested March 6 for a date, but Stadfeldt telegraphed Tues day that this would be out of the ques tion, for the Winged O outfit will be well on their way to the Middle West by that time. Dallas, Or., telegraphed Stadfeldt for a game today, but the rival managers could not come to terms. EX-CUB FROZEN TO DEATH Thomas Seymour, One-Time Ball player, Loses Life Near Boise. BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 16. (Special.) Thomas Seymour, ex-National League ballplayer, was found dead today in the mountains near Cascade, in Long Valley. He was frozen to death. Sey mour had some mining property on West Mountain. He went to Cascade several weeks ago from Payette and outfitted for the mines, intending to do some prospect .work. It is supposed that he became lost in one of the fre quent storms in that section and was exposed to the bitter cold weather. His frozen body was found along side the mountain trail. Seymour was 43 years old. He is Id to have been a member of the Chicago club for some years. Crack l.V-i-I'o unil Grappler to Compete In Amateur Games at Newark, X. J., May 4 and 6. Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club is in line to have a representative at the Amateur Athletic Union wrestling championships at Newark, N. J., May 4 and 6. Edgar E. Frank, chaiman of the registration cemmittee of the Pacific Northwest Association, leaves for New York next Monday afternoon, and -while he is in the East he plans to enter George McCarthy, the 158-pound wearer of the Winged "M." Both Mr. Frank and T. Morris Dunne, secretary-treasurer of the Pacific Northwest Association, yesterday re ceived the official list of Amateur Ath letic Union championships up to May 15. The first athletic event will be the settlement of the National basketball title in Chicago. 111., March 15, 16 and 17. On March 18 the indoor track and field games will be staked in New York City, while the boxing matches have been arranged for April 3 and 4 in Boston Mass. Wrestling will be contested in Newark, N. J., May 4 and 6, and on May 13 the gymnastic events will be held the same location. The National track and field championships have been given to Newark, N. J., mainly because the city will be celebrating its 2o0th anniversary this year. As for the swimming titles, the 100 yard dash will be held in Pittsburg April 8; 220-yard dash and fancy divin April 10 in New York; 500-yard and plunge for distance, on April 22 at St. Louis; 220-yard breast stroke and 50- yard in Chicago. April 26; 440-yard re lay. 150-yard back stroke, on April 27 In Chicago, while the water polo will be held under the auspices of the 111 l nols Athletic Club in Chicago, April 27. Three American wrestlers were in vited to participate in the international wrestling championships under the auspices of the Idraetsforeningen Sparta, of Copenhagen. Denmark. Will lam R. Spangler, of New York, at 175 pounds; John Karpinski, 145 pounds, of Cleveland. O.. and John Maioney, isu pounds, of Philadelphia, will leave the United States today on the steamer Oscar II, from New York, to represent this country in the world's amateur wrestling championships. Baseball Balks and Bunts. Charley Arbogast, discarded Los An geles and Oakland catcher, is stirring up no litle fuss in Los Angeles and San Francisco by attempting to sign Coast League stars to contracts in the independent Arizona Copper League. Just why Arbogast is enaeavonng to have e-ood ballplayers jump contracts during these days when he could eas ily pick up youngsters wno win oe squeezed out of getting a chance in organized ball by the recent peace compact is beyond comprehension. The Arizona League agent nas al ready signed Art Guest, lormer uaK land shortstop, and has practically reached terms with Harry Harper, the outfielder, who finished the season with Los Angeles. It is reported that he is also after Bill Leard, who is a free agent. The George Stovall of the West tried to snare Jack Ryan, without success, but he announces that he hopes to be more successful in getting Rube Gard ner from the uaKS. in me jvnaun. CoDDer League it is said that only three or 'four games a week will be nlaved. but the boys are promised good Jobs all Winter as an extra inducement. Nearly every year some proposition of this kind rises up to give the Coast I.eae-iin managers a little trouble, iney usually blow up. however, in the mid dle of the season, only to have some thing else bob up the next Spring. President Baum proresses ne is not afraid of the recent raid, and no bar will be placed in front of Arbogast s getting in touch witn piayers. Reports from Washington indicate that Chick Gandil, former Sacramento first-sacker, will have to hustle to hold his job this season. Chick did not do over well at the initial sack last sea son for the Senators. Joe Judge is the young fellow that will be hot after Gandil s place. He was easily the best first-sacker in the International League last season. He played in 144 games with the Buffalo Bisons and ranked sixth in batting at the season's close with a mark of .320 Champion to Lose by Failure to Fulfill Theatrical Engagements. Cold Interferes With Breath ing and Prevents Training. CHICAGO. Feb. 16. Postponement of the JVillard-Moran bout at Madison Square Garden, New York, to March 25 was .agreed upon today by all the principals involved except Moran, and it was said he would offer no objection. A brief visit to the champion's home in Rogers Park today convinced Dave Lewisohn, representative of Tex Rick ard, the promoter, that Willard could not get in shape by March 8, the orig inal date, and over the long-distance telephone he obtained Mr. Rickard's consent to the delay. AVith Tom Jones, Willard's manager, Lewisohn interviewed Jess, and found him suffering from a cold which inter fered too much with his breathing to allow him to train consistently. Jones agreed to remain with Willard until he recovered sufficiently to begin work and then to take him to New York. Physicians were not sure when Wil lard would be able to work, but it is expected it will be in two weeks or less. Willard has been confined to his bed most of the time for several days, it was given out. Jones said he would remain in Chi cago until Willard was about ready to begin work, and then take him to New York, where he would do all his training. This, it is expected, will be in a few days. Willard stands to lose $10,000 by the postponement, it was said, because it interferes with theatrical engagements. I AM PORTLAND'S ORIGINAL UPSTAIRS CLOTHIER I SELL STANDARD MAKES IN MEN'S CLOTHES ALL READY TO WEAR ZZZ3 I pay $55 a month upstairs instead of $300 to $1500 a month downstairs on the ground floor. I SAVE MEN OF PORTLAND $10,000 A YEAR BE CAUSE I SAVE $10,000 A YEAR IN RENT MYSELF. Buy your Suit where the high rent profit is eliminated. MEN'S $20.00 SUITS MEN'S $25.00 SUITS The Clothier 315-16-17 OREGONIAN BLDG. ELEVATOR TO 3D FLOOR 3 $14.75 REDY $18.75 WEAR JIMMY DUNN E Jake Stahl Heads Amateur Body. CHICAGO. Feb. 16. Garland Jake) Stahl, former manager of the Boston American League club, was chosen president of the Chicago Association of Amateur Baseball Leagues at a meet ing of the assocation last night, ac cording to an announcement today. Pirates Buy Art Wilson. " CHICAGO. Feb. 16. Art ("Home Run") Wilson, catcher, was sold today to the Pittsburg Nationals, Manager Tinker, of the Cubs, announced. The terms of the sale were not given out. ICE OCKEY W The raSHinr of John Mnrmy. (Jack Murray, former Giant outfielder. whr, ninvml lust vear with the CuDS. nas been reli-ase-l to Kansas City in the Ameri can Association.) Back' to th hush, old pal. Back where the dream grows pale: Where the call Ol lame in tne grana oiu game. That sptu th Youthful heart aflame. Mingles with voices o those who fad. Back to the bush, old pal. weary and sick or it aw; With only dreams of what used to be. When the eye was keen and the swinr was frpe. To comfort you where the shadows fall. Chicago is, or was, the cradle of baseball managers. A demon statisti- ian of the Windy City has figured out that 16 men who played on the Cubs and White Sox in the years of their greatest glory, from 1905 to 1910, have ince managed teams with better than Class A rating. AGGIE SOPH GRAPPLERS WIN Seeond-Vear Men Take Three Out of Six Events at Corvallis. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, Corvallis, Feb. 16. (Special.) The. sophomore class won the interclass wrestling meet held today at the Ore gon Agricultural College. The second year men were successful in three out of six matches, the remaining three go ing one each to the three other classes. "Darkhorse" Newman, in the 17a- Koseburg Beats Ashland, 23-11. ROSEBURG. Or., Feb. 16. (Special.) In the fastest game of basketball played here this season the Roseburg igh school team last night defeated the Ashland high school team, 23 to 11. By winning this game the Roseburg team claims the championship of Southern Oregon. The Roseburg and Corvallis high school teams will play here Saturday night. Schoolmasters' Club Will Meet. ROSEBURG. Or.. Feb. 16. (Special.) At the meeting of the Douglas Coun ty Schoolmasters' Club to be held here Saturday Professor J. H. Ackerman, president of the State Normal School, will be the principal speaker. Another address will be delivered by Alfred Powers, superintendent of the Oakland schools. BY BILLY EVANS, American League Umpire. HEN does a substitute batter le gally enter into a ball game? That question came up twice in ama teur circles last season and In both cases was the cause of a big mixup. It first happened in a game at Washing ton, D. C, for the district champion ship. It came up again in a game between the White Autos, of Cleveland. and the leading amateur club of Johns town. Pa., In the eliminations for the right to play for the world's ama teur championship. The White Autos, by the way, carried off this honor, al though it looked for a time as If the play in question might possibly be the cause of putting that team out or tne race. In the game at Washington, if I recall the circumstances correctly, the hianager of the team at bat decided to substitute a pinch hitter for one of his players He selected the pinch hit ter and sent him up to the plate. The pinch hitter neglected to inform the umpire of the change. The substitute batter then proceeded to crack out a hit that sent a run over the plate, the run . that would have won the game for his team had not the umpire in charge ruled against allowing of same. The moment the substitute batter singled, the manager of the team in the field rushed up to the umpire and asked why the change had not been announced. The umpire in turn ad mittted that the player had neglected to inform him that he "had been sent up to bat for such and such a player. The manager of the team in the field then claimed that since the player had not informed the umpire that he had been substituted, that technically he was not in the game when he made the hit and hence was the improper bats man and should be declared out. The umpire upheld that view of the play and the governing body of the ama teur circles took a similar view. PORTLAND vs. VICTORIA, B. C. Tomorrow Night, 8:30 o'Clock Seat sale now on at Portland Ice Hippodrome, 21st and Marshall Huntley Drug Store, 4th and Washington Schiller Cigar Store, 11th and Washington Prices, 50c, 75c, $1.00. Box Seats, $1.25 Seats ordered and not paid for will not be held after 7:30 the night of the game. Portland Ice Hippodrome 21st and Marshall Take W, 23d, 16th or Lovejoy Cars JOHNSTON HAS SUPPORT I'tAVKRS' FHATERXITY Sl'STAISS EX-OAK I-V REFUSAL TO MfiX. some other Portland boy will furnish the semi-windup. There will bo four bouts on the card. Amorlrnii rommerrlal lnlret In riri'rn lnnfl rests wholly in obtaining nuppl!- 'f cryull'.e from therv The q'lurrica nt Ivl Kut. Ht the poulhtru extremity ut tht' IuikI, supply nearly all tho cryollttj um1 In hu world. The White Autos, of Cleveland", fig ured in a very much similar play at Johnstown, except that the. Johnstown manager protested a.t a different stage of the proceedings and was wrongly upheld by the official in the conten tion he made. Near the close of the game, with the Johnstown club lead ing by a one-run margin, the manager of the White Auto team sent one of his timely hitters up to substitute for one of the weaker batsmen. -As in the case at Washington, the Cleveland player reelected to inform the umpire that he was being substituted for one of the players in the regular lineup. The umpire having never seen any of the Cleveland players before, was nat urally not aware that a change had been made. After the pitcher had de- i livered several balls to the batter, the count being two balls and one strike, someone wised up the Johnstown man ager to the fact that the batter was a substituted player. Had he waited until the batsman had finished his time at bat, he might have had a leg to stand on, but Instead he protested at once. The umpire in charge of the game admittted that the player had not in formed him of his entrance into the game. The manager of the home team then contended that, not being In the game, he was the improper batsman and should be declared out. This rul ing, which was In error, practically kiiled the chances of the Cleveland team to score in that inning. Since Johnstown won the game with a run to spare, the decision played a promi nent cart ir the outcome of the game. tlad the ruling been correct it would have eliminated the Cleveland team. Since the mistake was discovered be fore the substitute was retired or be came a base runner, the umpire had no right to declare lfim out, the reg ular piayer in the lineup could again have been suDstitutea ana tne two balls and strike would have been counted on him. The game was thrown out and when the two clubs met again Johnstown was decisively defeated. Outfielder lllulntalnH He Has Krd Con tract for Two Years nnd That Brooklyn Should Assume It. NEW YORK, Feb. 16. Refusal of "Jimmy" Johnston, of the Newark Fed eral League Club, to sign a contract with the Brooklyn Nationals, to which he was sold, has been sustained by the Baseball Players' Fraternity, according to a statement issued tonight by Presi dent David A. Fultz. It is contended by Fultz that John ston signed a contract with the Newark Federals for 1S16 and 11)17. in which his salary was guaranteed for that period. President Kbbets, of the Brooklyn club, offered him a contract containing a 10 days' release clause and naming a salary lower than ho was to receive under his Federal con tract. Johnston insists that the Brook lyn club should assume his existing contract. President Fultz declared the pro posal made to Johnston violated the "peace agreement," and expressed the belief that the National Commission will sustain the player in his stand. STANLEY IjAPHAM IS KLKJIBLK Amateur Cnrds Still Denied Tour Interscliolastlc Athletes. Stanley Lapham. the Washington High School athlete whose eligibility to compete in the Portland Interschol astic League has been questioned he- cause nf alleged professionalism, yes terday received an Amateur Athletic Union card from Kdgar E. Frank, chair man of the registration committee of the Pacific Northwest Association, lie will work out immediately with Coach Fensterniacher and his basketball players. 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