Tin? 3rORXTNG QREGOXTAy, "WEDNESDAY, 3rA"RCIT 8. 101G. HOPPE OUTPOINTS YAMAHA WITH CUE ..-.itainKSE MARVEL EXCELS AT .THE MASSE SHOT. Great Billiardist Beats Japa nese, 400 to 258, in Won derful Exhibition. CHAMPION'S HIGH RUN IS 98 14 8? J t J mm mm krAmMm Steady and True Shots Displayed in 18.2 Contest Freak and Mass Demonstration Given at Close of Match Balk-Line Play. About 175 billiard enthusiasts gath ered at Bowie & Caldwell's parlors yesterday to see Willie Hoppe and Kojl Yamada put on their exhibition of IS. 2 balkline billiards. Hoppe won the afternoon session 400 to 258. Here is the champion's score: 0. 77, 3. 0. 5, 98. 1, 77, 11, 24, 2, 1. 31, 2, 1, 10, S3. Yamada's tally follows: 1. 19, 4, 24, 24, 4, 6, 55, 7, 21, 3, 17, 47. 3, 20. Hoppe made the high run of the aft ernoon, 98. After the fame the Japanese put on an exhibition of fancy, freakish and difficult shots which did him credit. He is pronounced by critics as being' the greatest demonstrator of the masse shot on earth. Some of the masse shots done by him yesterday made one's bead swim. The audience was kept applauding during the entire period. As far as the billiard game goes, Hoppe has the steadier and better stroke. When he made his run of 98 and the two runs of 77 It seemed im possible for the wizard to miss. Hoppe and Yamada arrived yesterday morning from Everett, Wash. Hoppo and R. B. Benjamin, who is managing the tour, were kidding Ya mada after yesterday afternoon's game and exhibition. It seems that up until that time he had not been invited to a Japanese banquet held in his honor in Portland. "In almost every town we visit," said the champion, "Yamada is pulled into a Japanese banquet, and there is always a delegation waiting for him when he arrives in a new town. "When we left Seattle some of his Japanese admirers presented him with a huge Japanese cake, and he kept me awake nearly all night munching In his berth." S Harvard Football Stars Flunked. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 7. Har- TTsrri's fnnthll snilnH fnr novt TT 11 ceived a heavy blow when three of its strongest candidates, Captain-eject J. A. Oilman, of Honolulu, a guard; Thomas H. Enwright. of Fall River, and W. J. Boles, of Boston, both backfield stars, were asked by the college administra tive board to withdraw from college because of failure to pass the midyear examinations. Baseball, Football, Boxing, Persona! Touches in Sport EIGHT southpaws in "Wild Bill" Don ovan's camp justifies the squirrel Joke at least once a week. - When it comes to hitters, Wahoo Pam Crawford is there or thereabouts. The Detroit Tiger is entitled to hon orable mention in any extended resume that has to do with .300 hitting. In 19 years of professional baseball playing Barber Sam has hit .300 on 13 different occasions, and all of these marks were made in the American and National leagues. Crawford's best major league mark was made with the Tigers in 1911. when lie hit .378. As a member of Hughie Jennings' club he has hit .332, .323, .311, .314, .378. .325, .316 and .314. Handball was the only game at Princeton University 50 years ago. Max Flack, the young Chicago fly grabber, held out on President Weegh man for a rise in salary in spite of the fact that the Windy City restaurateur lias something like a dozen outfielders on his payroll. He has come to terms, however, Dick Rudolph, star twirler of the Boston Braves, who has been coaching the pitching staff of Williams' College for the last month, has left to join the Boston club on their Spring training trip. An innovation in the way of a cork carpet mat will assist the competitors in the running high jump at the annual senior National indoor championships to be staged on March 1 S at the Twenty-second Regiment Armory, New York. Middle Western athletes are sure to cut a big figure in the points at the senior National championships to be hT-ld at New York March IS. With the Vhicago and Illinois Athletic associa tions sending on small but evenly-balanced teams. Eastern clubs will not find the path to victorv so easy, ' The lineup whtch.'"Wi1d Bill" Dono Tan has decided upon for his regulars consists of Plpp, first base; Gedeon. second base; Peckinpaugh. shortstop; Baker, third base; High, left field; Ma gee, center field, and Maisel, right field. Allan Smith, a Scotchman employed by an American company in Japan. has recently been awarded the black belt given for proficiency in jiu-jitsu. In order to win this distinct honor in the art of the Japanese it is necessary to obtain 10,000 falls. Only a few for eigners have won the "black belt, al though hundreds have tried and failed after long sessions of training and competition. Mllburn Saylor. the lightweight box er who has been critically ill with pneumonia at his home in Indianapolis. Ind., has passed through the crisis of his illness and is slowly recovering. Otto Suter. the 146-pound boy of Olendale. Mont., wants to meet Eddie O'Connell or Walter Miller. He may be accommodated soon. m Zip Wrigley. the old-time third base man, is a great admirer of Bobby Elsh, the youngster who is training with the Giants at Marlin. Wrigley saw Elsh In several games last season and was so impressed by his work that he per sonally conducted him into the office of the Giants' owners. Ralph Gruman, the Portland light weight, will leave Wednesday for Hood River, from where he will go to the farm of some friend. He is going to take part of his equipment with him - and do some light work to keep in shape. Ralph intends to be out on the road every morning. His jaw, which was broken last Summer and injured at Salt Lake recently, appears to be Just as good as new, but his parents here don't believe that it will be good policy for the Portland boy to partici pate in any important engagements for at least three or four months. KO.II YAMAHA. WHO HAS SIADK BILLIARD UAHE. UK HAS BEE t'UR. ONLY FIVE YEARS. HOCKEY TRIP IS PLi Uncle Sams and Chosen Team to Play in East. MICHIGAN ASKS CONTESTS Manager Savage Thinks Tliat, After Portland Plays Canadians for World Title, YVay "Will Be Open for Big Trip. BY ROSCOB FAWCETT. When the Portland hockeyists leave Sunday night for Eastern Canada to meet the champions of the National Hockey Association for the world's title it may be the start of quite an extensive tour. Manager Savage said yesterday that he hoped to tour several big- Eastern cities like Boston, New York, Pittsburg", Cleveland and others before disbanding for the year. As these cities now support only ama teur hockey, it will be necessary to pick up another team in Eastern Canada af ter the world's series to cart around for exhibition purposes. 3Ik'hiKan Towiim Seek: GameN. Several Michigan towns are also af ter games en route. Manager Savage is convinced ' that Portland's opponents in the world's series will be the Canadians, of Mon treal. This team is now several notches off to the front, with only a j few more frames to be played. Most of the members of this club are French Canadians, three of them being former members of tho Pacific Coast League. These three men are Pitre, La Londe and Skinner Poulin. La Londe is perhaps one of the great est hockeyists that ever played in the West. It was the fuss over his draft by the the Easterners that caused the warfare between the -two big leagues a couple of years ago and which broke out afresh last Fall. The Easterners' league was supposed to pay 5750 for his draft, but balked when it came time to fork over a check. Klnanclnl Details Bared. Manager Savage bared some of the financial details of the big series. Players on the winning team likely will receive close to $350 and the play ers on the losing aggregation around $250. The series will be decided by three out of five games, which means that four and more likely five games will be necessary to decide the cham pionship. Thirty per cent of the gross receipts of all games goes to the owners of the rinks. Back there the rinks and the hockey teams are owned separately. Twenty-five hundred dollars is guaran teed the Portland team as expenses and all that remains is divided among the players of the two teams 60 per cent to the winners and 40 per cent to the losers. Style of Plar Divided. Thus, if the gate receipts total only $10,000, 30 per cent, or $3000. goes to the rinks, $2500 is deducted for the Portland expense guarantee, making a total of $5500, and the balance $4500 is split amongst the players. Receipts undoubtedly will eclipse $10,000 if the series runs more than three games. The first game of the series will be played under the Eastern style, six men to the side and no forward pass ing anywhere in the rink. "Under this style of play six men are always on the ice on each side. If a player is dis qualified his side is allowed to send a substitute upon the ice at once. Both Systems Tried On. Seven-man hockey will be played In the second game of the series and the two different systems will then alter nate to the finish of the series. Both these styles were tried out Monday night before a Portland aud ience in the Portland-All Star game and the six-man brand proved about as popular as the white plague. At the start of the third period a megaphone man announced that it would be left to the crowd whether the teams would play seven or six-man hockey in the third period. His voice was then drowned out and quite a number stood up when he called for the six-man converts. No body could hear him when he called for seven-man votes and so the teams began the period with only six men to a side on the ice. When the crowd saw the blunder that had. been made it set up a terrific holler V WOXDERFIl VBVAM'G IN THE IV PLAYING UALK-I.1MC BILLIARD!! and the hubbub continued until the management "got wise" and scurried a couple more players out onto the ice. Date for Women's Oolf Changed. NEW YORK, March 7. The executive committee of the United States Golf Association announced today that it has changed the date of the women's national championship from September 11 to October 2. The tournament will continue until October 7. The change was made at the recruest of women who began the agitation at the annual meeting of the Women's Metropolitan Golf Association. The tournament will be held on the links of the Belmont Spring Country Club at Waverly, Mass. Stovall Signed by Brcsnahan. TOLEDO. O.. March 7. George Stovall, last year's manager of the Kansas City Federal Legue club, has been signed by Roger Bresnahan, owner of the Toledo American Association club, it became known today. BY BILLY EVANS, American League Umpire. WHEN is what appears to be a force play, which makes the third out and retires the side, not a force out? It would seem that there could be no such a play, yet it came up in a game last Summer. It was all made possible by an existing doubt as to whether an outfielder had caught or trapped a tiy ball. A belief on the part of a base runner that the ball had been caught and a ruling by the umpire that it had not be-en caught precipitated the trou ble. Incidentally the decision played a big part in the final result of the game. m The play came up in the last half of the ninth inning. Two were down, the bases filled and the team in the field needed two runs to win the game. The batter hit a short fly ball to right field. The runner on first realized that if the two runners ahead of him scored it meant the ball game, jogged down to second, all the time watching the outfielder try for the catch. In the meantime the runners on second and third were tearing for the plate like mad, with the two runs needed to win. Now for the complication. After a desperate try the fielder man aged to reach the ball; he either made a most wonderful catch or a most skill ful trap of the ball. The runner from first had reached second on the play and he apparently thought the fielder had caught the ball, because he started for his bench. The fielder also started in the direction of the clubhouse. Then it was made evident that the umpire had ruled, the ball a trapped ball. In stantly there was confusion. The runner originally on first and who had reached second was at the time about midway between first and se-cond. Not desiring to be classed as a '"bone" and deciding to play it safe, he dashed for second again. The fielder in the meantime had thrown the ball to the second baseman, who had touched the bag before the runner could regain possession of the bag. Immediately the question arose as to whether the two runs scored on the hit, which gave the team at bat enough runs to win, were legal. The team in the field naturally put up the claim that the runner originally on first had been forced at second on the play B.a0 that since no runs can be scored on a force', third out, that the two runs should be wiped off the slate, which would give the game to the team in the field by a one-run margin , The umpire in charge of tho game contended that it was impossible to make a force play at a base to which the player was entitled. Had the run ner gone within a few inches of sec ond and failed to touch it and then started for the bench, believing the ball had been caught, it would have been possible to have made a force play on him. In the case cited the runner had touched second, which gave him the right to that base, and consequently it was impossible to force a man at a base to which he was entitled. The only , way a runner could have been retired at such a base would have been to touch him with the ball before he got back, and since both runners would have scored prior to such action, the out, had it been so made, would have i had no effect on the score. ! iw- rr TC7 t'l Thm stamp placed over f - 'fTA&&-rjft r endMs (ha packa, Ct-Jy . -; . r:l'iL StT I V which Aeeps out mirr W VT ; T T" Cyr' ) 1 thereby prsj-vintf tho lTllIv? YfESi ife I quality of th faenrfed 1 A - -5 ' --yJ tobaccos. By inserting '-Tlfe.-" .ZZ-W tho fingers ma illua- V- "C- - "ll-r tS tratcd, tho stamp easily - bromks -writhout tearing - tho tin foil, wiicA folds back into AMATEUR PLAY ASSURED L.A GRANDE, NORTH POWDER, COVE AND BAKER .TO HAVE GAMES. Season Probably to Open Slay 1 and Continue to Ana;ust 1 Sunday Conteats Only Planned. BAKER, Or., March 7. (Special.) That there would be an Eastern Oregon baseball league this year was assured by. A. W. Geddes, after a trip to La Grande, North Powder and Cove, all of which promised to have a representa tive in Baker when the meeting to or ganize is "held. Mr. Geddes said that the season will probably open May 1 and continue un til August 1 and that Sunday games only will be attempted at first. "Hick" Mclnnes is lining up the La Grande nine, and Al Daniels is stir ring up the Cove players. The North Powder manager Is not chosen. Baker fans will soon meet and outline their team plans. Geddes, who slabbed for the Arthur team in the Utah Copper League, has offered to donate his services to Baker. M'CHEDIE SEES AGGIES WORK Squad of 50 Baseball Players Prac tices in Big. Gymnasium. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, Corvallis, March 7. (Special.) A squad of 50 baseball players of all degrees of ability turned out yesterday afternoon at the Oregon Agricultural College for indoor practice under the trained eye of Walter McCredie, who arrived from Portland at noon to spend a week teaching the candidates some of the fundamentals of baseball. Due to the rainy weather and conse quent sogginesa of the diamond it is not probable that the team will get any outdoor work this week. How ever, the Armory affords ample space for the limbering up of stiff muscles and light batting practice. McCredie soent considerable time with the catch ers and first basemen in the afternoon. Second base is to be the most close ly contested of any position on the team. Bissett. the football star; Dave Wilson, former Portland Academy player, whose only weakness is before fast curve pitching, Seeley, also of Portland, and Captain Heinle Loof, are all prospects at the keystone corner. VARIOUS seasons bring various shifts in the doddering dope. No one -would ever charge this remarkable statement to the brain of riato or Aristotle, but that doesn't prevent its truth, nor its qualifications for a lead ing paragraph. . About Pitchers. - Year after year early Spring interest in baseball has been raised around the promise of young pitchers recruits breaking in or youngsters who have shown something after a year's trial. 1916 is another year. Young pitchers carry but little interest. The bulk of fandom interest is now- gathered around the most remarkable flock of veterans that ever reached the last rims of their prime together. The game has never before known as many stars of yesterday in the box who are so un certain about tomorrow's returns. The Record Crop. Take a look fit the long list of those lifted to stardom who either had a bad year last season and hope to come back, or else have reached such ad vanced pitching ages that 1316- if a most uncertain period for the display of their wares: Years biK leagu Nrhip Aeo. service. Mathewson Htt l-i Brown M 14 Plank 41 1.1 Rucker 31 Bender :i 1- Marquard - - 1 Wood 8 Cheney SO 4 3ame 4 3 TValsn 34 12 Peering Abend. There are two types of cases here. Mathewson, Brown and Plank have all crossed 35. They have all seen over 12 years' service. They are about due to drop back beyond fame's skyline. Bender is another veteran who has seen 12 years' service, and so has out lasted the average by many campaigns. More than one of these might have a big year. But there would be no great surprise if they should fail. The Other Type. But there is another type hanging in the balance. Rube Marquard and Joe Wood are but 26. BUI James is but win smokers because they find the blend of choice Turkish and choice Domestic tobaccos so refreshing; because they appreciate the absence 24. All three are big. powerful fellows in their early prime, in fine physical shape. . Last season, even with a sore arm. Joe Wood won IS games out of 20 starts. His arm feels better this Spring than it has felt in two years. There is no rerson, then, why Smokeball Joe shouldn't return to the land of glory. The future of James also depends upon his ability to eradicate a kink in his right shoulder. James won 26 games in 1914 and lost seven; in 1915 he won six games and lost four. Some thing went astray in a vital spot and Bill hit the chutes. Sometimes they get over this and sometimes they don't. The record of 1916 alone can tell the story. Marquard's Cnne. The career of Rube Marquard is still another matter. Rube is only 26. There is nothing the matter with his arm. He takes good care of himself. In 1911 Marquard won 24 games and lost seven: in 1912 he won 26 and lost 11; in 1913 he won 23 nnd dropped 10. But in 1914 and 1915 he won but 23 games all told, while losing 32. A drop from a steady average of .700 to .400 is quite a slip. But other stars in the past have drawn off seasons; and since the re nowned Rube's left shoulder and elbow are O. K., he should have no great worry ahead, especially with Robinson ready to take him back in hand. Hon About Cheney? Robby has another uncertain pros pect but a possible return to stardom in Larry Cheney. The ex-Cub's-case is like that of Marquard's. In 1912, his first year up. Cheney won 26 games and lost but lu. In 1913 and 1914 Cheney took part in 104 games, win ning a majority of his starts. He was an iron horse for work. But in 1915 Cheney only won eight games against 11 defeats. If Marquard and Cheney should return with their best stuff, Brooklyn would breeze in with the best pitching staff in base ball. Of the Ten. We have named over ten stars above who have all had greatness. Eight of the ten have helped produce flag winners and have been vital factors in world series games. Rucker and Cheney alone have never been on flag-winning lineups. Only three of the list are now under 30 and only three are over 35. How many of the ten will have oldtime sea sons and figure up among the leaders? Will Chief Bender be able to do as well for the Phillies as he did for Connie Mack? The Chief is only 33, and his arm has never bothered him to any great extent. But no one can tell. But it is the list of problems of this sort that makes 1916 one of the most interesting cam paigns to look to that baseball has yet known. There has never been a year before when so many great pitching stars of the past were hanging in the balance. H. II. Keck AYlns Bllliurd Trophy. H. H. Keck defeated T. H. Cleland, 85 to 44, in the deciding game of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club handicap billiard tournament at the club last night. Mr. Keck wins a gold medal and the Dr. A. D. Walker trophy. Mr. Cleland took second prize, which is a handsome billiard cue. ANNOUNCEMENT Following our profit-sharing policy, which has been in effect for many years in our stores, we beg to announce that coupons and certificates will be given with all sales of merchandise in our Portland stores, entitling our customers to 4 cash discount. Our clerks will be pleased to explain new plan, for the asking. UNITED CIGAR STORES CO. of tongue-bite, throat-parch and any unpleasant cigaretty after-taste! You'll prefer this Camel blend flavor to either kind of tobacco smoked straight And the quality is so apparent men do not look for or expect coupons or premiums ! Once you know the delightful mellow -mild-smoothness of Camels and how liberally you can smoke them without a comeback you'll choose them against any cigarette at any price! Camels are sold everywhere in scientifically sealed packages, 20 for 10c; or ten packages .200 cigarettes) in a glassine papercovered carton for fl.OO. We strongly recommend this carton for the home or office supply or -when you travel. R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO, Winston-Salem, N. C. Municipal Golf Links 4 liidlanapollo, Ind. WITH a population of 233.650 in .1910, not much more pan Port land's population. Indianapolis is extremely well fixed for municipal golf courses. The first course proved so popular among the middle classes that it wasn't long before the ctiy was called upon to construct another and now Indianapolis boasts of three 18 hole links and of one nine-hole links. Small fees are charged for the use of the links and of the lockers. The season permit for men is $8. the month ly permit $3 and the daily 50 cents. Lockers are rented for $5 a season or $1 a month. The women pay $5 a sea son, which includes locker rent. The Indianapolis courses are very well kept and the park board spends quite a lot of money on them. The op erating expense on the 18-hole courses is 15689 and the revenue 13595 and the operating expense on the nine-hole course is $1688 and the revenue J542. Approximately 40,000 players use the links each season. Superintendent Lowrey has just an nounced plans for a municipal golf championship that is attracting a great deal of attention among the wielders of the mashie and niblic. The plan calls for a course championship among the players at each links and the win ners to meet for the city championship. In addition to the public links In dianapolis has several fine private clubs courses. KADDERLY COACHtXG AGGIES rreshmen Are Among Most Promis ing Track Material. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Corvallis. March 7. (Special.) Cap tain Kadderly has charge of the track team at the Oregon Agricultural Col lege this week, during the absence of Dr. E. J. Stewart in Nebraska, and each night has from 20 to 30 candi dates working out in the Armory. A strong effort is being made to group the shattered fragments of the varsity team into shape for the Far Western indoor meet April 1. Reardon, a freshman, is the most promising of the hurdlers. Casey, also a freshman, is the leading shot putter of the squad, heaving the big pellet consistently better than 40 feet. Dut ton, of the football squad, is getting down to weight, and is running a pretty 220. Coleman, Loughery and Spriggs are the mile runners who are most likely to be'seen in action in the big meet. Loughery is also the best two-miler in the squad. AMATEURS TAKE ICE TONIGHT Multnomah and O.-AV. R. & X. to Play for Hockey Title. The championship game of the Port land Amateur Ice Hockey Association will be played tonight in the Port land Ice Hippodrome between the Mult nomah Amateur Athletic Union septet and the O.-W. R. & N. puckchasers. At the same time George W. McMath. man ager of the railroaders, will retire from amateur athletics in Portland after 20 years of experience. Should the Winged "M" team win, the championship of the league for tho second time in the last two years will rest with the clubmen, and the J. X. Farrell cup will again go to the club. The contingents are closely matched, athletes on both sides having seen sev eral seasons of amateur hockey beore coming to Portland. SPORTSMAX 2D-CLuVSS MAIIi Publication Entered at Postofrico on Showing Bona Fide Subscription. Notice was received yesterday by Carl I. Shoemaker, one of the contrib uting editors to the Oregon Sportsman, the official organ of the Oregon Fish and Game Commission, that that pub lication had been entered at the Port land postofflce as second-class mail matter. To assure the entrance of the Sports man a3 second-class matter it was nec essary to determine that 90 per cent of the issue was sent to bona fide sub scribers. Boxing-Wrestling Meet Schedueld. HOOD RIVER, Or., March 7. (Spe cial.) The activities of the athletic de partment ot the local Commercial Club are extending beyond the city. On the evening of Monday, March 20, in charge of Robert Murray, coach of The Dalles High School athletic teams, eight ama teurs from The Dalles will come nere to participate in wrestling bouts and boxing matches with athletes of the club. Pugilist Dies Prom Drug Overdose. PHILADELPHIA. March 7. Willie Gibbs, a featherweight pugilist of this city, died today from poisoning which physicians say resulted from an over dose of a drug. Gibbs, whose correct name was Daniel Sharp, had met such men as Kid Williams. Jimmy Welsh, Joe Mandot, Tommy O'Toole and many others. Gymnastic Championships May 13. NEW YORK, March 7. The National gymnastic championship contests ot the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States, it was announced her today, will be held in Newark, N. J.. May 13. President Wilson is expected to visit New York on that day. the oc casion being the celebration of the city's 250th anniversary. Walt Miller Goes to Billings. Walter Miller, world's middleweight champion wrestler, who made & big hit in Portland in his match with Eddie O'Connell last week, will leavei this morning for Spokane. Wash., from where he will go to Billings, Mont., to meet Mike Yokel, soon. Wills Outfights Langford. NEW YORK. March 7. Harry Wills, of New Orleans, outfought Sam Lang ford, of Boston, in a fast 10-round bout here tonight. Wills weighed 204 pounds and Langford 195. SHASTA LIMITED SERVICE TO GRAYS HARBOR VIA O-W. R. R. & N. UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM From Union Depot jj) Daily 2:10 P. M. Better Service at NO EXTRA FARE STEEL CARS OF COURSE Phone the CITY TICKET OFFICE Washington at Third A 6121 Broadway 4500 for tickets, reservations, etc. Yeur Baggage Checked at Home Ask About It.