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TIIE MORNING OREGONIATT. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1916. 13 "FAIR" NIMRODS REPRESENTING PORTLAND GUN CLUB IN TELEGRAPHIC SHOOT AGAINST TRIO OF STAKING OF BELT SPOKANE, WASH., WOMEN. IT YET 0ECI0E0 'HE Dumbest Ovster can make km a better pearl than the brightest man. The oyster uses Nature's methods. O'Connell Promises Champion Wrestler Tough Battle in Any Event. MILLER TO ARRIVE TODAY TVord Expected Soon as to Whether Trophy Emblematic of Title Is to Be Put Vj for Big Con test Tomorrow 'lght. Whether or not .'Walter Miller will be forced to stake his beautiful middle weight championship belt on the result of his match with Kddie O'Connel at the Eleventh-street Playhouse tomor row night Is still in doubi. Milton Seaman, manager of the thea ter, telegraphed Richard K. Fox, pub lisher of the Police Gazette, who put up the trophy, Saturday night, after much protesting by O'Connell's friends regarding Millers attitude. Seaman asked the Gazette publisher the terms of competing for the trophy and ex pects to have an answer by telegraph today. Millers viewpoint Is also still un known, as he did not arrive here yes terday afternoon, as per schedule. On account of having some unfinished business in San Francisco he and Cutler stayed over. They will arrive here at 8:25 A. M. today. - Miller will work out at a Portland gymnasium for a short while immedi ately on his arrival and this will mark his final workout before the match Both Men In Tiptop Shape. Both men are in the best of condition. Tuesday night's match is the most im portant wrestling event ever held in Portland. Judging from the advance sale of seats, the contest Is meeting with the hearty approval of the fans. Local fans will see in action the un disputed middleweight champion of the world pitted against the most formid able opponent imaginable. For the past six years promoters all over the country, and especially in St. Paul, Minn., Miller's home, and in Portland have endeavored to get them together. For reasons of his own, the St. Paui man heretofore has absolutely refused to meet the Winged "M" mentor in any other place but St. Paul, but when he and Charley Cutler came through here a month or so ago on a tour of the coast he agreed to take on the Port land wizard. Both men are strong and wiry and are credited with being the two best men in their division. O'Connell is giving away a little weight, although Miller is a light middleweight. Walter win undoubtedly step on the mat weighing about 154 pounds, against probaby 148 for the Portland man. More action should be seen in this contest than in any other ever staged here, for both men are heralded over the entire Nation as having speed to burn. O'Connell says that he is going after Miller from the start and force the issue all the way. He Is getting an opportunity which he has long desired meeting Miller and proposes to leave no stone un turned in his effort to annex the St. Paul man's title and championship belt. O'Connell Sen Great Chance. "This fellow is not a stepping-stone toward getting future matches," said Eddie yesterday. "He is the top step in the middleweight wrestling ladder. I have long desired to meet him, and as I am in first-class condition and have prepared myself carefully I shall have no excuse to offer should I lose. The man that beats Walter Miller has no peer in his division, so you see what I am after. I think I will be the middleweight champion after Tuesday night's match." Walter Miller started wrestling. In the St. Paul, Minn., Young Men's Chris tian Association about 13 years ago. He and Mike Gibbons, the middle weight boxing champion, were attend ing school and belonged to the same classes In the association. Strange to relate, but Gibbons started as a wrestler and Miller as a boxer and they appeared on several programmes in St. Paul in their youthful days Gibbons as a wrestler and Miller as a boxer. About the same time Gibbons' arm was nearly pulled off by some grap pler heavier than he and Miller was hit on the point of the jaw by an amateur boy, and they decided to switch voca tions. Now St. Paul, Minn., has three idols: Walter Miller, champion wres tler; Mike Gibbons, champion boxer, and Marty O'Toole, baseball pitcher. FAN'S PITY POOR JOE COKBETT Signing of Star of 20 Tears Ago by Seals Xot Taken Seriously. SAN" FRANCISCO, Feb. 27. The signing of Joe Corbett. 20 years ago pitcher for and one-time star of the Baltimore "Orioles." by the man ager of the San Francisco club of the Pacific Coast League, inspires a num ber of Coast writers to pity. "Poor Old Joe Corbett to Try to 'Come Back' Coast League Lives Up to Reputation as Home for Feeble and Aged by Sign ing Oldtimer," is the way one sporting editor sums up the situation in a head. Corbett is popular and well liked in Ban Francisco, which is bis home town, and. it is believed, that largely for this reason be has escaped hereabouts some of the fun that has been poked at the transaction on the outside. The move has not been a popular one. but, in deference to the fact that Corbett Is liked here, his signing has not been commented on adversely. On the other hand, it has received scant recommen dation. MOCNTAIX HOME WIXS TITLE Caldwell Beaten in Game for South western Idaho Hooper Honors. CALDWELL. Or.. Feb. 27. (Special.) In one of the best basketball games of the season. Mountain Home High School defeated Caldwell High. 31 to 24. for the Southwestern Idaho Conference championship last night. Mountain Home won the game in the last four minutes of play, a whirlwind attack netting them eight points. The game was rough, both teams be ing penalized frequently. Breshears and Connors, of Caldwell, shone on of fense, while Case was the most consist ent point gainer for Mountain Home. Chase of Boise officiated. Cards at Golf Run Illffh. Bright sunshine yesterday brought out capacity crowds at all three Port land golf links. Owing to the recent spoil of bad weather the courses are not yet in tip-top shape, and most of the SO experts are bringing in cards anywhere between 85 and 90. At Waverley. on Saturday. Kusseli Smith, former state champion, negotiated the J holrs in 76, which Is the record for f ; If v - 1 JjfSJf i 1 - 5 , -d ill? vV rSi "11 ' J nlrSy ? : : ;i( 4 QUINTS TO CLASH SPOKANE TRIO WINS Mk&l Gun Club Women Again Out shoot Portland Nimrods. MR. EVERDING LOSES EVENT Ili'sh Wind Handicaps Local Man in Telegraphic Match With C. A. O'Conner; More Than 35 Take Part in Events. Again the three Spokane (Wash.) Gun Club women triumphed over the Portland Gun Club trio in the second round of the telegraph tournament shoot yesterday. The Spokane nimrods, Mrs. C. A. O'Connor. Mrs. Sybil Marsh and Miss Bessie La Mar, broke 52 ou of 75 blue rocks, while the Portlanders are credited with 45 breaks in 75 tries yesterday, at the Portland Gun Club grounds at Everding Park, near Jenne Station. H. R. Everding, ex-president of the Portland Gun Club, lost his match with C. A. O'Connor, president of the Spo kane Gun Club. The Washington man broke 91 per cent, but because of the high wind Hy was only able to nip 83 per cent. A return match will be shot later. More than 35 scattergun artists were at the traps yesterday morning. The first 25 birds to each contestant were regular targets, but after the first round a strong wind took possession of the elusive clays, and good scores went tumbling. A. W. Strowger, president of the Portland Gun Club, is planning on several attractions prior to the first registered tournament under the aus pices of the club at the Everding Park traps. With the good weather on and the closed season at hand, many nim rods are journeying out to take a fling at tne elusive clays. Frank J. Gerth, on his first trip to the tiring line, broke 7 out of 25 and followed it with an 8. Motion pictures were taken yesterday oi tne women shooters. Mrs. C. A. O'Cononor. of Spokane. made 20. Mrs. Sybil Marsh 17, and Miss Bessie La Mar 15, for a total of 52 out of 75. The Portland women made the following: Miss Ada Schilling 22. Miss Gladys Reid 14, and Mrs. E. H. Keller 9, total 45. out of 75. Following!! are the scores made in the regular events: Charles Leith 86, rred Duncan 92. John G. Clemson 62 H. A. Pollock 72, Earl R. Goodwin 74. Mark Siddall 81, Al Seguin 80, J. S. Crane 74. E. B. Van Arnam 83. J. C. Morris 70, A. W. Strowger 73, Mrs. Ada Schilling 82, Abner Blair 81, Miss Gladys Reid 7.1, James Reid 81. B. E. Leonard 67. Ray Winters 50, H. R. Everding 80. W. C. Bristol with 20- gauge gun 46. E. F. Piatt 72. Frank J Gerth 30, J. D. Piatt 43, Treve Jones 32. W. A. Shaner 70, J. Bull 85, Frank Van Atta 80. E. H. Keller 74, Mrs. E. H. Keller 38, C. C. Kelly 80, J. H. Kloster- man 20, James W. Seavey 74, L. S. Bes son 86. and Wade Strowger, with 28 gauge gun, 35. Baseball, Football, Boxing, Persona! Touches in Sport A. s outfielder who was tried last season by the Pittsburg club fig ured in a peculiar Middle Western ro mance a few years ago. He was in the Central League then and fate came upon him as he was sitting in the dining-room of a hotel In South Bend. A waitress hurrying past spilled a plate of hot soup down his neck. The ballplayer was so badly scalded that it was necessary to take him to a hospital. The contrite waitress called every day to see how her victim was getting along. In two weeks he was well enough to walk out and marry the waitress. Strangely enough, six traveling men and a visiting lecturer were scalded by hot soup at that same South Bend restaurant within a month. ... With the major league meeting com pleted, peace declared and schedules accepted, the baseball magnates will now surrender the spotlight 'in favor of the players. Virtually every club any league of consequence In the country will be at us training camp within the next two weeks. Pat Ragan and Marty McIIale are rounding into early-season condition Left to Rljrht Mr. E. H. Keller, Mrs. Ada Schilling, Who Holds the High Amateur Record of the United States Among the Women for the 1U1S Sea son, and Miss Gladys Held. at George Georgia. Stallings' plantation in The Advance Explosion. Slam the cymbal! Bang the Klaxon! Give a good old Anglo-Saxon Cheer for Walter H. McCredie! Hoo-Ray! Hoo-Ray! Soon the Beavers will be rattling South as though shot by a Gatling Gun. Hip, hip, for Sacramento, Not far away, not far away! In goif there is only one better maxim than keeping an eye on the ball. It is to keep two eyes on it. Baseball Brltannlca. bnortstop. The shortstop Is a man who Is supposed to defend himself against batted and thrown ball with one J1.25 glove, a self-starting vocab ulary and a four-speed ambition. A growing tendency has been noted for shortstops also to use their knees, chest and feet In stopping the ball. Hence: "Mushface booted Fink's easy grounder." The life of a shortstop is a fairly nappy one, and he may consider he is getting on in the world when he is compared with Hans Wagner. He is often useful in double plays, If Circus Solly Hoffman, the former Cub and Pirate, can come to terms with Joe Tinker, part owner of th Peoria Three-I-League team, he will act as manager of that team the com lng season. Tinker has offered the job to his old teammate, but there seems to be some hitch on the subject ot salary. "Red" Smith has signed with the Braves. His contract contains the 10- day -clause. Smith recently visited Manager George Stallings at The Meadows. Haddock, Ga. The sorrel-ton ana tne miracle man had a heart-to heart talk, with the result that Smith was persuaded tfl get in line. V All of the Braves are signed with the exception of Pitcher George Davis. There is only a slight difference be tween Stallings and Davis, and as it is only the technicality of allowing Davis to remain in tne Harvard law school until June It will be only the matter of a short time when things will be settled amicably between the twirler and his boss. New boxing rules and regulations announced recently by the New York Athletic Commission provide for a new scale of weights. Attention is also given to the question of a guarantee for boxers, the Commission demanding that the financial responsibility of guarantor be shown or the full amount of the guarantee be put up in advance of a match. To safeguard the state tax of 7 per cent on all receipts a new system of ticket control Is to be inaugurated After asserting that boxing rings must be constructed In a manner satisfac tory to the Commission, they provided that they must not be less than 16 or more than 24 feet square. The sport-loving people of Los An geles are to see Frank Gotch in action In a wrestling match at the Los An geels Athletic Club on the evening of March 10. Demetral, the Greek, has been chosen as Gotch's opponent for this trial, and the Greek should at least give Frank a tussle. Demetral is being brought to Los Angeles from Chicago by the Los Angeles Athletic Club for the match and is in shape right now to go on the mat. It is plain that tne champion thought twice before tackling Adolf Ernst (Santel) with an agreement to toss the German twice within one hour. Billiard Match on Tonight. W. R. Siebert and C. A. Marsch will stage the first match of the 18.2 balk- ine billiard tournament at the Bowie & Caldwell parloi-s tonight, starting at 8:30. Siebert will play 225 to 150 for Marsch. No selection of referee will be made until prior to the contest to James John to Play Academy; Lincoln Meets Washington. TWO TEAMS TIED FOR LEAD Columbia and Washington High Yet Unbeaten, Each Having Four Victories and Record Putting the Fives Abont on Par. 1916 Intercollegiate Basketball Standings. Points W. L,. p.C. F Washington High . . Columbia University Lincoln High James John High .. Jefferson High Franklin High Hill Military Acad'y Benson Tech Portland Academy. . BY EARL R. GOODWIN. Two games will be played In the Portland Interscholastic Basketball League tomorrow afternoon. The schedule calls for only the James John High versus Portland Academy affair. but Coach Borleske, of Lincoln, and Coach Fenstermacher, of Washington, decided to stage their annual battle to morrow afternoon instead of Wednes day. The James John High-Portland Academy match will be played in the Portland Academy gymnasium, with Charles Botsford as referee, while the high schoolers will be battling each other in the Young Men's Christian Association building. Because the game was set ahead and Mr. Botsford is the official referee of the league a substitute had to be secured for the Lincoln-Washington contest. A. M. Grllley has been selected. m m Now that the 1916 season is fast drawing to a close. Manager Eddie Cohn, of the Young Men's Hebrew As sociation quintets, wants to arrange several games for the various weights. Call him at Main 3088. Captain Alfred Schllt, of the first squad, has had his athletes out for practice three times a week. A double-header will be staged in the B'nai B'rith gymnasium Wednes day night. s Franklin High and Columbia Univer sity are billed for Thursday afternoon in the Washington high school gym nasium. At present Columbia Univer sity is tied with Washington High for the leadership of the Portland Inter scholastic League, with four victories and no defeats. Each quintet has had the same number of points scored ainst it, but the collegians have an nexed five more points than the high schoolers. Joe McEntee, one of the star for wards on the Christian Brothers Busi ness College aggregation, has gone to The Dalles and will remain for the re mainder of the season. This will cause a switch m the lineup. "Pop" Silver will play forward and Ed Houck, who ill, will be substituted by Maurice Murnane. The team plays the News boys Wednesday night in the Neigh borhood House at Second and Woods streets. HOBGOOD MAY RUN FOR CLUB Former O. A. C. Stndent Leaves for Post at Lander, Wyo. Guy Hobgood, the Oregon Agricul tural College distance runner, was a Portland visitor yesterday on his way to Lander, Wyo. Hobgood accepted a position with the state and county In the agricultural department. Dr. Stewart, coach of the Oregon Aggies, had been planning on a great year for Hobgood. Last week, just be for he left for his now home, "Hobbie" traveled the half mile in 2:07, a rare thing for an athlete at this time of the year. Last Summer, while wearing the colors of the Multnomah Amateur Ath letic Club, Hobgood won the mile and two-mile events in the Far Western championships at San Francleco. He also placed third in the five-mile race In the National track and field cham ionships. He may represent Multno mah again this year. JOHN S. BEALL NINE ORGANIZES Amateurs, First Baseball Team to Start Practice, Elect Officers. The first baseball team to organize nd start practicing for the 1916 sea son Is the John S. Beall squad. The members of the team met yesterday and elected "Gyp" Ankelis manager and Morris Rogoway captain. They had workout on the South Portland Bot toms yesterday afternoon. Abe Popick, considered to be one of the best third basemen among the amateur nines of Portland, who played with the Newsboys last year, has been igned by the Beall contingent. With im went Lloyd Lawpaugh, Abe Shoc- kett and Joe Marino from the 1915 Newsboys. I W. L,. V.C. For AgBt. , 4 0 1 00O 1IU 89 4 O 1O00 6 S! . 2 1 .007 114 68 . 3 3 ..100 13S 175 , 1 2 .."3:t 50 87 . 1 -J. .3.S3 70 1M3 0 1 .000 10 39 .0 3 .000 64 128 0 3 .000 42 170 7:: . r,;.r-- California Clubs and Colleges to Send Best Athletes. MANY ALREADY ENTERED Far Western Meet at Corvallis April 1 to Have Stanford. California, ' Olympic, V. S. C, Los An geles Club and Others. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. Corvallis, Feb. 26. (Special.) While in California with the basketball team last week. Athletic Director Stewart received personal assurances that the University of California, Stanford. Uni versity and the Olympic Club of San Francisco would enter strong teams in the Far Western indoor meet to be held April 1 in the Oregon Agricultural College Armory. St. Mary's and Santa Clara colleges will also send two or three of their best athletes. Millard of the Olympic Club will be one of the San Francisco entries. He finished second to Kolehmainen of New York in the five-mile race at the National championships at San Fran cisco last Summer. Dr. Bohler, of Washington State, will send down a team from Pullman and said, while here this week, that he had an athlete named Smith, registered this year from Canada, who would give Millard a hard race in the five mile. The University of Southern Califor nia has already entered a strong team and the Los Angeles Athletic Club will send up a delegation of athletes. The meet will be open to inter scholastic athletes if registered in the Amateur Athletic Union. Murphy, higl. jumper from Columbia, has already en tered for his event. The Denver Athletic Club has decid ed that it will be impossible to send a team to the meet. Idaho, Whitman, the University of Oregon and probably the University of Washington will en ter all their best track and field men. The Armory affords the place for an indoor meet in the West, according to leading authorities. A fast track is be ing constructed. Plans are being made to install seating accommodations for 2000. The prospects of a winning track team, or even a reasonably good track team at the Oregon Agricultural Col lege are daily becoming more gloomy. The weights, however, promise to be strong, making up in a measure for the loss of distance men. John Casey, a freshman, looms up as the best shot putter In the squad. Last night he was tossing the heavy pellet around the 42 foot mark. Cole Is to be coached as a shot-putter. Foster, a member of the squad for the past two years, is work ing out and Is increasing his distance every night. "Moose" Johnson, veteran of last year's team, is also rounding into shape rapidly. Damon, relay man, half-miler, javelin thrower and broad Jumper of varsity caliber, is going to be tried out in the STAR TEAmS COMING THE gtVJKiifa T03ACC0 WHEN I'm maturin tobacco forVELVET,Itakeapage from old Mother Nature's Book. Nature says smokin tobacco don t arrive at its full, hearty maturity until after two years maturin'. Some folks may say: "Why wait on Nature? We can do it quicker." I'm strong for Nature's way the V ELVET way two years mellowing in big, wooden hogsheads "ageing in the wood.' What do you say? Well, fill a pipe with VELVET, an draw in the cool, mild smoke that's so fragrant an rich that but what's the use of trying to describe a taste? Take my word for VELVET long enough to try a pipeful, and you won't need to take anybody s word after that. $1 5e Metal-lined Be 1 lOeTin. One Pound Glni Humidors 220-yard hurdles. Hilton, a sophomore, is another man who is developing Into a fast man over the sticks. Kadderly will again enter the 440 and relay, also the 220. BEUTELL 42, LINCOLN HIGH 2 8 Tacoma Quintet Too Much for Port land School Five. The Beutell Business College basket ball team, of Tacoma, Wash., was too much for the Lincoln High School quin tet Saturday night in the Rallsplltters' e-vmnasium. The visitors won, 42 to 28 hpfnre more than 150 spectators. Captain Bishop, of Tacoma. registered 12 points, as did his teammate, r. hprt Cantain Carl Caesar, of the Port land aggregation, was high man for his side with 12 markers to his credit, while Carl Knudson threw four field baskets. Knudson played a great game considering the fact he played Rcainst D Tonneson. who towered ai most a foot higher. A dance was held after the game. Following are the lineups: Capt. Bishop (12) ..F (B)H. CIerln F. Gilbert (12) V... (12 )Capt. Caesar D. Tonneson (6) C (S) C. Knudson Pulford ((!) O I.lllaril Holmes (tl) G (2) Stevens Keferee. Albert Livingstone: scorer, men ard Sharp. ELM A WIXS DOUBLE-HEADER Boys' Team and Girls' Team Take Games From Montesano. ELMA. Wash.. Feb. 27. (Special.) The Elma High School boys' ana gins teams defeated the Montesano High School teams in two close games last Tiitrht The first half score stood 10 to 9 in favor of the Elma girls. Time in the second half found the score 14 to 14. Olga Hagoes then made the bas ket winning the game for Elma. The score was 16 to 15. In the boys' game the Elma lads de feated Montesano 34 to 31. At the end of the first half the score stood 24 to 20 in favor of Elma. Mon tesano soon tied and forged ahead two points after. In the last minute of the game Elma scored a free throw and field basket. Northwestern Boxing Notes TONIGHT in Vancouver, the post gymnasium, AVash., the Evergreen Athletic Club of that city will stage a boxing and wrestling smoker. Benny Grant, whom Tommy Clark beat last Wednesday night, and Jack Lewis, of Oregon City, will clash in the main boxing bout. "Dummy" Meagher and Shell McCool, at 122 pounds, will both attempt comebacks. Two other box ing events, Rooney vs. "Soldier" Kelly, 140-Dounders. and McDonald, who ap peared in Portland last Winter against Stahl, middleweights, will finish the boxing numbers. Clyde Leiser, a Vancouver welter weight, and S. Anderson will put up a wrestling match.. Numerous Portland fans will journey ove- the Columbia to see the program. "Fighting Billy" Murray hooks up with Frank Farmer tonight at catch weights before Paul Steele's Glide Kink Club in Tacoma, Wash. Seattle pro moters are attempting to stage Murray with Billy Weeks at the Sound City March 14. Weeks was offered the match with Murray at Tacoma, but didn't seem to want any of the Santa llosa boy's game. ln a letter to Portland g" LSI LJ HIIIIIIIIMIimillllllllll.'HIIIll ef-H (04 V'y-""" iopynent via .Murray says: "Weeks, indeed, has a foxy little manager." The next show of the Capital City Athletic Club, of Salem, is scheduled for next Wednesday night. Hilly Mas cott v.'-. Joi key Bennett, Al Kommura vs. Romeo llution, Alex Trambitas vs. Earl Zimmerman, and two bouts be tween home boys, will make up the programme. The following is the complete pro gramme to be presented by the Homo City Athletic Club March 7: 122 pounds at 6 o'clock. Jimmy Fox vs. Joe Ben jamin: 108 pounds at 6 o'clock. Abie Gordon vs. Glenn Reynolds; heavy weights, Jim Kelly vs. Ike Cohen: 133 pounds. "Mult" Bronson vs. Jack Kaye: 135 pounds, Tommy Clark vs. Walter Knowlton, and LIS pounds. Valley Trambitas vs. Al Sommers. It this card doesn't draw a packed house, tho Hose City Athletic Club might Just as well close its doors. Billy Mntray may meet some local or outside middleweight here March 17. Whether or not he boxes Weeks In Seattle March 14 makes no difference to the 1911 sensation, for he would box four or six rounds every day If the matches could be landed. Ladd Tennis Club to Meet. There will be a meeting of the mem bers of the Ladd Tennis Club tonight at 8 o'clock in the busement of tlm United Evangelical Church. Ladd's Ad dition. All members and those Inter ested in the coming tennis season are requested to be present. MALONE TO ANSWER ROOT New York Federal Employe Will Speak in Centrul West. ATLANTIC CITlTN. J., Feb. 19. The answer to the arraignment of the Wil son Administration by Senator Ellhu Root will be presented by Dudley Field Malone, collector vt the Port of New York, who arrived at the Hotel Tray more to rest a few days previous to his opening a speaking tour through out the Middle West. Mr. Malone is the first representative of the Administration to get on tho firing line. He will discuss the subject of preparedness, and will uphold and defend President Wilson's position on that subject, and will devote particular attention to the attacks made by Sen ator Root, Colonel Roosevelt and others. Great Vrestling Classic WALTER MILLER of St. Paul EDDIE O'CONNELL Of Portland World's Middleweight Champion ship NEXT TUESDAY 11th Street Playhouse $1.00, $1.50, Ringside $2.00 Seats now on sale at Rich's Cigar Store, Schiller's Cigar Store, Hunt ley's Drug Co., Mult. A. A. Club. b