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Newspaper Page Text12 TIIE MORNING- OltEGONIAN, MONDAY, 30JICIT 20, 1916. BEAVERS WIN BUT HITTING IS WEAK Harstad, Higg, Smith and Dunn Battered, While Whelan ; Gives Only Four Bingles. MEW PITCHERS SHOW WELL Qnlnn Makes Good Impression at Hat Nixon Breaks Into Game. Gnisto Slams Oat Li nor and Today Will Join Club. BY ROSCOE FAWCETT. VORTLAND TRAINING CAMP, Sac ramento, Cal., March 19. (Special.) Walt McCredie paraded four pitchers be fore about 300 fans today and had the satisfaction of seeing Portland trim the St. Mary's College boys for the third consecutive day. Score 5-3. , On points a tall, spindly southpaw named. Whelan, of the highbrow band, really deserved about a 2-2 game. His eupport looked like the Swiss navy at times. Although "Whelan allowed but four hits, the professionals garnered five runs off him. Some day the boy is going to have a real team behind him and our hunch is that he will make a real noise then. Smith Only Invulnerable. Harstad announced Hostetter by the umpire Higrginbotham, Dunn and then Smith took turns serving up the slants for Portland. The aborigine Smith was the only one of the quartet to come through unscathed. Harstad yielded one run in his two innings, Guisto singling for the first time in the series and scoring on Carpenter's double. Harstad did not exert himself. A single, error by Black and a squeeze bunt put one across on Hig ginbotham in the third inning. Al though it was his second day in uni form, Higginbotham appeared to be ready for the opening gun throughout his three stanzas on the mound. Dunn, the black-haired Kansas City youngster, two days in port, relieved Higginbotham In the sixth and worked two innings under Manager McCredie's elosest scrutiny. Dunn has worlds of speed and some good twisters. Prob ably he has not had enough experience for class AA ball, but withal the square-rigged Irish lad appears to be well worth watching. Dunn walked a couple in the seventh and Whelan's two-bagger sent one of his gratuities scampering across the home plate. Men May Need Seasoning;. Both Dunn and Smith would look irood on some Northwest League club for a year of seasoning. Smith twirled his allotted two innings in great style. Only one of Coach Fitzsimmons' pro teges reached base safely during the Indian's incumbency and he rode to first because Billy Southworth lost his fly somewhere in a cloudbank. Outfielder Nixon likewise made his debut in a Beaver box score oday, playing right field, for four innings. He bats right-handed and faced South paw Whelan twice, grounding to third the first time up and lining out to second base the next trip. Derham re lieved him In the fifth. Derham did not look prime against southpaw pitching. Owen Quinn justified Boss McCredie's judgment in locating him in the sec ond notch in the batting order. In the initial inning, after Hollocher's walk. Quinn laid down a beautiful bunt and helped Hollocher around for Portland's first tally. Holly completed the jour ney from third to home on a passed ball. Twice afterward when Quinn came up as first man in the inning he "looked em over"' carefully and drew walks,- so, in the box he appears as officially "at bat" only once. Quinn May Bat Second. If Bobby Vaughn does not report to the Beavers it is almost a cinch that Mack will use Quinn next to the lead off batsman instead of down about fifth position. Vaughn is supposed to he one of the greatest sacrifice hit ters in baseball, and no doubt, will have the call if he ultimately shows up for duty. Portland's second and third tallies crowded homeward in the fourth in ning on a comedy of infield errors. Second Baseman Hamilton being the worst offender. Stumpf's second hit and doubles by Speas and Black scored a couple more in the seventh, broke up a 3-3 tie, and clinched the affair. St. Mary's returned to Oakland to night, but before departing, the col legians put in a bid for next Sunday's training game here, vice Santa Clara. They may be accommodated. Vaughn, Wilie and Sothoron still are missing from the camp roster. Guisto is slated to say his good-byes to am ateurs tomorrow when he will ally himself with the Beavers. "In cold figures, Guisto didn't make much of a showing against us," said Walt McCredie tonight. "But he has done enough in other Spring series to convince me of his ability. I in structed my pitchers to work on him and they were putting everything they had on the ball whenever he showed up at the plate. He. is fast for a big man. extremely powerful, and it Is a cinch I will keep strings on him all season." McCredie Wins Dinner. Mack won a dinner from Graduate Manager Nevis, of St. Mary's. on a wager that Guisto would make six hits 1n the three games. He made just one and that today off Oscar Theander Harstad. The unusual prosaic training pro gramme will be back on the boards tomorrow. The score: Et. Mary a Col'ge ( Portland - BHOAEi BHOAE . ...... j- JL yj Fj .4 11 4 0;Hnnach'r,2 3 O 1 tui 3 12 OOQulnn.l ...1 Oil OO jwaner.a . "Wilson, m . Iiamll'n,2 2 O 2 8 2 SouthWh.l 4 0 Ouisto.l.. 4 11! OO'C.KlEdee.j 4 0 I.utKer.r. 3 O O OOXixon.r... 2 O Carpen'r.s 3 11 lO'smmpf.3. 3 2 Baker.c. 4 O 5 O O Speas. m.. 3 1 laroni.l.. 3 O 1 O O Blaek,c. . . 3 1 Whelan.p. 4 1 O 0 1: Harstad. p O O 0 1 2 0 O O 3 i 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 o O 0 0 0 n n o o rmnn.p. . . O O rerham.r. 2 O I,ush 1 0 Smith. p.. . 0 0 Totals. S 5 24 13 3' Totals.. 27 42712 3 Battel for Dunn in seventh. Et. Mary's 01 100010 0 3 Hits 0 2 2 O O O 1 O 0 r. Portland 1 0020020 5 Hits ., 0 A o 1 O03 0 4 Runs, Malier, Guisto. Maronl. Hollacher, Bouthworth, C. Bigt.po, Stumpf. fipeas. feiolPn rase. Southworth. Two-base hits. Carpenter, Whelan, Speas, Black. Sacrifice hits. Quinn, I-Tilpe. Hamilton. Wilson. Bases on balls, off HiirKinbotham 1, Dunn 3. Whelan 4. Struck out. by Harstad 2. Hlo-utivbotham 1, Pmlth 2, Whelan 3. Double play. Carpenter to Hamilton to Guisto. Innlnps plntcheo", bv Harstad 2. HIpeinbotham 3. Dunn 2. Credit victory to Hleslnbotham. Passel balls "Baker B:ack. Wild pitches, Whelan 2. Umpire, Croter. Tl.MS GIVES SEALS HOLIDAY Ian; and Maggini Alone Seem Slated for Discard. SAN JOSE, Cal.. March 19. (Spe cial.) Rainy weather and wet grounds combined to give the Seals a holiday this afternoon, instead of the hard grind that had been expected. In con sequence, if the weather behaves any better tomorrow, there will be a full fledged workout. . So far as the condition of the men is concerned, Wolverton can well af ford a couple of days' vacation. For the most part the athletes are round ing into form a little more rapidly than might be desired and there is al ways a possibility of going etale. It isn't likely that Elmer Lang, the outfielder, will be with the Seals for long, as he hardly has the necessary weight that he would need to back him up. The other boys, however, aside possibly from young Maggini, who needs more seasoning, are al most sure of remaining with the squad up to the cutting down time. LOATC BOOSTERS DISAPPOINTED Rain Keeps Players Off Field, but They Show Selves' at Theater. BOTES SPRINGS, Cal.. March 19. (Special.) A party of more than 100 excursionists, headed by J. Peter Cook, secretary of the Oakland Boosters' As sociation, came up here today to see the Oaks perform on the diamond, but were disappointed. The first rain of the training season visited here last night and today Manager Elliott found that it was out of the question to either allow his athletes to play a game or even to go through their regular practice stunts. The day was not misspent, however, as there was plenty of entertainment for both visitors and players. Dancing and music in the theater were the order of the day and all the new players were roundly cheered by the Oakland boosters as tney were in troduced to the fans. Arrangements have already been made for other excursions. Chabek is the only player still miss ing and Skipper Elliott looks for him to appear here tomorrow. BOOKINGS TO START SUNDAY Spalding to Reopen System of Scheduling Amateur Games. Manager L. A. Spangler, of A. G. Spalding & Brothers, has announced that the regular Spalding booking sys tem which is In vogue every Summer will start next Sunday. Baseball games will be booked for any independent baseball club. The list of bookings will be pub lished in The Oregonlan every Sunday. White Salmon, Wash., The Dalles, Or.. Stevenson, Wash., The Mikados, Albany, Salem, McMinnvllle and many other clubs already have asked the booking department of Spaldings to look after dates for them. They took care of the schedules of more than 50 semi-professional and amateur teams last season and expect to take care of more this season. SEATTLE TEAM CHOSEN CUNNINGHAM, EX-BEAVER, SIGNED FOR Ol'TFIELD BERTH. Hunky Shaw and Bert Cole Complete Lint of Gardener Ten Pitch ers Are on Staff. SEATTLE, Wash., March 19. (Spe cial.) How Seattle will line up: Catchers Moneymaker. Hunter. Pitchers Schmutz, Mclvor, Rose, Ma nouk. Brown, Wolfram, Day, Eastley, Glavenich, Poole. First base Charles Brooks. Second base "Hap" Morse. Third base Frank Guigni. Shortstop Tealey Raymond. Left field Bill Cunningham. Center fiold "Hunky" Shaw. Right field Bert Cole. Extra infielder Goldenson. Manager Tealey Raymond announced the makeup of the Seattle baseball club for the coming season yesterday. To followers of the team the special significance of the makeup is the out field, which has been lacking definite ness. The outfielders will be "Hunky" Shaw, in center, who Is too well known to require an introduction; Bill Cun ningham, in left, who is the flashlight object for the moment, and Bert Cole, in right, who is creating a sensation in San Francisco independent baseball circles. Raymond considers that the signing of Bill Cunningham means that the Giants have secured a man who is capable of filling the shoes of Jack Smith. Late in the season of 1913, the Port land club got hold of him and he re ported for. Uity. They played him 11 games and he clouted, the ball for .361. President Robert L. Blewett an nounced yesterday that the annual schedule meeting would be held at the Seattle Hotel, beginning at 11 o'clock next Wednesday morning. To date Hurley has only signed five men for Great Falls. Dan O'Brien, well kn,own in Seattle semi-pro circles, will have a chance at the third, sack. Oriet, an infielder;- Hildebrand, a left-hander from Decatur, 111.: Bliss, a catcher, and Sisl&r, a twirler, from Canada, are the men he has already signed. ' Hurley said that his team would probably train in North Yakima. MASCOTT WII.ii MEET VERNON Rose City Athletic Club Plans Friday Boxing Card. Another smoker will be staged by the Rose City Athletic Club next Friday night. Billy Mascott and "Tex" Ver non will hook up in the main event. Mascott is the featherweight champion of the Northwest, having won the title from the Texas personage last Novem ber. Bert Forbes and Jack Kaye will box the semi-windup at 126 pounds. Forbes Is the former Portland boy who has been going so well around Seattle. Frank Parslow and Leo Cross will box at the middleweight poundage. Joe Clifford, another white hope weighing 190 pounds, will endeavor to defeat Ike Cohen, the old trial horse. Cohen will enter the ring weighing about 175 pounds. Ike has won two straight matches and is feeling like a champion. Jack Allen and Jack Wagner will meet at 140 pounds, while Georgie Weston and "Toughy" Wing will meet for the championship of Albina at 115 pounds. SPOKANE ClitTJ MAY GET LOOF McCredie Recommends Aggie Star to . Nick Williams. Walter McCredie has recommended Heinle Loof, captain of the Aggie team, to Nick Williams, the new Spokane boss, and Nick may endeavor to land him when he gets out of college. Loof is a great hitter and a capable outfielder. He is acting as coach of the Aggie nine this season. Walt be came impressed with him when assist ing the Oregon Agricultural squad get in shape a couple of weeks ago. Will iams coached the club last season and also has a good opinion of Loof. According to both Walter McCredie and Williams there are several other ball players at Oregon Agricultural College who will bear watching. Among them is Pitcher "Bicky" Williams. Spokane Players to Be Signed. Nick Williams, new Spokane man ager, will leave Portland for the Inland Empire metropolis tonight. Active work signing players, etc., will start immediately. The Indians will report at Spokane or thereabouts for train ing April 1. KENDALL PREDICTS IRAN'S SUCCESS Portland Boxer Makes Good as Challenger's Partner in Training Camp. STAGE FRIGHT VANISHING Valley Trambitas' Showing In Mill Witli-Mnrray Convinces Friends He Is of Championship Stuff and Butler Is Retained. N BY HARRY M. GRAYSON. "Frank Moran has a wonderful right hand and will connect with Jess Willard's jaw quite frequently. His left hand isn't as good as the average heavyweight's but he hit Coffey on the point of the Jaw with his right many times In both of their contests and will treat the champion the same way, Frank Intends to start fighting at the tap of the first bell and be the agres sor throughout. He has an excellent chance of shading Willard." The foregoing statement regarding the outcome o? next Saturday's bout Is fresh from Frank Moran's training camp at Dal Hawkins" place. New York. It comes from Frank Kendall, the Portland heavyweight, who is the challenger's chief sparring partner. The letter which contained Kendall's prediction was received by Stanley McDonald, Deputy Sheriff, and the man who started Kendall in the boxing game. Frank says that he is enjoying his workouts with the challenger, who, he says, is one of the best fellows whom he ever met. A great friendship seems to have sprung up between Moran, Kendall and Willie Lewis, the trainer. Kendall is getting much praise since he Joined Moran's camp. New York papers are saying that the Portland 200-pounder knows how to handle him self. The work with Moran will un doubtedly do Frank a lot of good. He always could box and was extremely fast for a big fellow, but seemed to lose his head when in a contest. Andre Anderson, the 'big Chicago heavyweight, recently stopped him in New York. It's a ten to one shot that Kendall can box rings around Anderson but forgot all he knew the minute he climbed through the ropes and went In and slugged with a heavy hitting burly whom he could have stood off and outboxed. Kendall has been boxing only four years, and after he finds that he can hit heavyweights of the Moran caliber, which he is getting credit for doing in New York, It may install the neces sary confidence to make Frank a win ner. Kendall adds in his letter to Mc Donald that he thinks it is all off be tween Billy Roche and himself. Frank left here a few months ago with Ralph Gruman, bound for New York, where Roche was to take over the management of the pair. Roche handled Frank in the Anderson contest and dropped him promptly after Frank was beaten. Kendall says that he never sees Roche any more nor hears from him. In conclusion, the Portland boy adds that if Roche wants to take another fling at the padded mit game as his manager he will be glad to have him. "My working with Moran may wake him up," is the way Kendall puts it. Things seem to be coming Kendall's way, and. If he can get over his stage fright, he may be able to make some money by landing matches through the publicity he has received by working with the challenger of the heavyweight champion. Satisfied by the showing he made against "Fighting Billy" Murray last Friday night that he is of champion ship caliber friends of Valley Tram bitas have arranged to have Mike But ler continue instructing the Roumanian in the finer points of the boxing game. Under Butler's tutelage. Valley made a marvelous improvement in 10 days time and his friends felt that the 17-year- old lad who boxed with the one-time sensational middleweight last Friday night will soon be able to cope with any boxer of his heft in the country. Naturally, Trambitas was a bit timid Friday night, but his showing has in stalled confidence and from now on he should prove hard to defeat. Probably the most talked-of boxer In the city after the last Rose City show, barring the principals In the main event, was "Muff" Bronson. "Muff showed himself to be one of the best featherweights who has dis played his wares in a local ring this season. When he climbed through the ropes to meet Houck, "Muff" was a pretty sick boy. He was suffering from over training before the contest. He re minded old timers of Terry McGovern. Bronson is a two-handed boxer and one of the few boys around Portland who can use both mlts equally well. "Fighting Billy" Murray is out with a big boost for Trambitas. He says that the local phenom will have to be reckoned with among the middle weights In a short while. "He is a ;ood straight puncher, and his timing Is almost perfect," said William yes terday. When Murray heard that the former newsboy was not yet 18 years of age he expressed his belief that Trambitas might outgrow the middleweight poundage as Les Darcy has done. Mur ray concluded by saying that Valley was a wonder for his age. Coast League Notes KRAMER, the former Sacramento pitcher, is making a good impres- ion in the New York' training camp at Marlin, Tex.. Following is some com ment from a New York paper, which also mentions rtalph Stroud, the chap Portland fans used to like so well: Kramer and Henry Wacker. the Dartmouth sophomore, hooked up for the next three innings, Kramer being assigned to the Kochers. The "Van couver recruit not only held the Wen dells to one hit in three innings, but caught three runners at first base with a half-balk movement . which Manager McGraw pronounced unusu ally clever for a young fellow. In the sixth. Ralph Stroud began to toss them up for the Kochers. It was Stroud's first time on the slab. ' - - The Seals' roster now, before being trimmed to 16, is as follows: Pitch ers, holdover Bill Steen, Spider Baum, Skeeter Fanning, Curley Brown and Johnny Couch. New men Pol Perritt, Los Angeles; Ad Machold, Sacramento; Harold Chase, San Jose; Dutch Raymond, San Francisco; Joe Corbett, San Francisco; Soldier Napoleon Freschette, Philip pine Islands; O. Nino, San Jose. Infielders, holdovers Chick Autrey, Jerry Downs, Sammy Bonne, Bobby Jones; new men Gay, Sacramento; Johnny Wuffli, Spokane; Al Allen, Oak land; Harold Burns, San Francisco; .E. Maggini, Sacred Heart, San Francisco. Outfielders, holdovers Ping Bodie, Biff Schaller, Justin Fitzgerald. New man Elmer Lang, Monterey. Of the younsters in the San Francisco training camp. Ad Machold, the San Francisco semi-professional, is show ing the most stuff. Machold has a free and easy delivery, a good curve and plenty of steam. Tom Stephens, part owner of the San Francisco Seals and formerly head of the San Jose California League Club, has started etate league talk again. According to reports from San Fran cisco, he expects the movement for a league to get under way by next month. His Idea is to limit salaries to. say, $1000 per month, and have a six-club circuit of Fresno, Sacramento, Stock ton, Vallejo, Richmond and San Jose. Games could be played on five days of the week, starting on Wednesday. "The reason that we did not succeed before was that we started on too large a scale." says Stephens. "Cer tainly a state league is needed here for the development of young players, and I know the Coast League managers would welcome one. Look at the young players who came forward through de velopment in the State League. "There were Piercy, Couch, Lvnn, Standridge. Wilhoit, McKenry, Sawyer and a number of others that would have had to be turned adrift. I'm will ing to back San Jose, and I would like to see someone in the other cities mentioned get busy." Cliff Blankenship, manager of the Salt Lake Bees. led the smmH which went to Fresno today from jvioaesto for a game with the Fresno All-Stars at Recreation Park. Fresno The following Bees made the trip: Cliff Blankenship and Vann, catchers; Munsell and Fittery. pitchers; Eldred, Brief, Murphy, Orr, Infielders; Shinn, Reuther, Nutt and Hall outfielders. Concerning a six-club California state league Bert Maul, one of Fresno'e lead ing baseball promoters, said recently: "Some time ago I wrote Charles Doyle, Sacramento promoter, who formerly was an outfielder in the old Coast League team which represented Fresno, that we Would consider nnv nrnnnclHnn the Northern cities would care to maite. i nave not as yet received an answer." "Bullet" Miller, who pitched for the San Francisco club several seasons ago, is with the Pittsburg Nationals in their training camp. This makes Miller's fourth trial in the big show. Art Kreuger, former Portland player, who Jumped to the Federals from Los Angeles after being traded to them by Portland for Ty Lober, has been given his release and is now a free agent. , Fourteen more days and they'll be off Bill Lindsay, who played third base for Walter McCredie several seasons ago, was one of those fellows who did not enjoy spending any of his money. The club was quartered at a hotel in Los Angeles shortly after he Joined it. One morning he and Jack Barry went to breakfast together. Jack or dered an elaborate breakfast, while Lindsay asked for hotcakes and coffee, which came to 15 cents. Lindsay was through first and slipped Jack the necessary 15, asking him to pay for the meal. "Why, McCredie pays for it," said Rarry. Lindsay im mediately got hungry again, sat down and ordered $1.05 worth of breakfast in addition to his hotcakes. i Kid Ehmke is a victim of the Fed eral League one of those youngsters who appeared to have a bright future and still is not in demand as matters stand today. When Ehmke was with the Angels he was going great guns. Later his brother persuaded him to Jump to the Feds and the youth at once disap peared. These last few months he has been wintering in the Southland. A couple of days ago he learned that he was a free agent, PLAYERS FOB DEFENSE BASEBALL FRATERNITY MEMBERS UNIT FOR PREPAREDNESS. Managers of AH Team In Training Camps, Speaking: tor Men, Tell of Teed for Strong; Military. NEW YORK, March 19. Telegrams received by the National Security League in response to inquiries ad dressed to prominent members of the Baseball Players' Fraternity through out the country indicate that all favor the movement for National defense, it was announced by officials of the security league here last night. Bill Donovan, manager of the New York Americans, said the Yankees were not only in favor of a larger Army and Navy, but that they believed in compulsory military service for one year of all youths attaining their ma jority. They also are for a Federalized militia, Donovan added. W. F. Carrigan, manager of the Bos ton Americans, sent this message: "We believe in preparedness as far as training is concerned. That's why we are at the Springs." The Cincinnati team; which, accord ing to Manager Charles L. Herzog, Is "composed of men of Irish, English, Scotch, Welsh, German and Italian de scent," Is unanimous in the belief that the United States should "so arm itself that no other nation will venture to insult, bully or attack it." Connie Mack, of the Philadelphia Americans, telegraphed: "Every citizen is a trustee for the blessings of liberty handed us by our forefathers. It is our highest duty to hand them intact to the next genera tion. Only an adequate military de fense can be our safeguard." Other messages were from Clark Griffith, of the Washington team; John McGraw, of the New York Giants; Joe Tinker, of the Chicago Nationals, and Patrick J. Moran, of the Philadelphia Nationals. ILLINOIS WINS INDOOR MEET Arlic Mucks Puts Shot 48 Feet 7 1-2 and Mason Breaks 2 Marks. CHICAGO, March 19. Illinois won the big nine conference indoor track meet last night at Northwestern Uni versity with 41 points. Wisconsin was second, with 28. The others finished as follows: Chicago 23, Purdue 6, Minnesota 5, Northwestern 2, Iowa and Ohio . Mike Mason broke two conference indoor records helping Illinois win," tak ing the mile in 4:24, and lowered his own mark in the two-mile by doing the distance in 9:43 4-5. Arlie Mucks, Wisconsin's strong man, set a confer ence record in the shotput with a heave of 48 feet 7 Inches. Morton Is Forming League. MORTON. Wash., March 19. (Spe cial. Kapowsin has applied for mem bership in the -baseball league to be formed here soon. It is the desire of local players and fans to organize a league of six teams. Definite action likely will be taken within the next week or 10 days. Whitman Wins, I 2 ; Milton High, 2. MILTON. Or., March 19. (Special.) The Whitman High School first bas ketball team played Whitman College team on the local diamond Friday. The score was 12 to 2 in favor of Whit man. The Whitman team was too heavy for the local boys. About 500 were present. J For the" Never-Well but Not well enough to enjoy living, yet not sick enough for the doctor who does not know that dreary, depressing state of " semi-health ! " Some of us get it occasionally "the blues" we call it others so often that they almost for get what it means to be normal and healthy. With nerves on edge, digestion uncertain, the mind depressed, our efficiency is reduced day by day. Am bition becomes stunted, our interest in things grows half-hearted. The reason : Our ship of life carries too much cargo we must unload or else get more power. Have you ever considered what Sanatogen is able to do in just such cases ? Know then that letter after letter from carefully observing physicians has told of the splendid effect of Sanatogen in giving fresh fuel to the overworked nerves, fresh building material to the fa tigued cells, afresh impetus to digestion and assimilation. And what trained physicians observe no less than 21,000 physicians have in writing approved the use of Sanatogen the actual users of Sanatogen joyfully confirm. Richard Le Gallienne, for instance, writes: " Several times I have found myself wondering why I n for Elbert Hubbard's book "Health philosophy, together with capital advice to address THE BAUER CHEMICAL HEW SWIM ORDERED Miss Cowells to Have Second Chance to Defend Title. SWIMMERS MAKE PROTEST False Start in Women's Coast Cham pionship Race Gives Contenders Several Yards Lead at Out set; Starter Admits Error. SAN FRANCISCO, March 19. Friends of Miss Frances Cowells, holder of the Woman's Pacific Coast record in the 50-yard swim, are indignant at the outturn of that eyent in the recent Pa cific Coast championships held here at the Sutro Baths, in which the cham pion failed to place, due to an abortive start. All the contestants were in the water with a lead of several strokes before the starting gun was fired with the exception of Miss Cowells, who alone made a correct start with the pistol. The lead acquired by her op ponents was more than she could over come. " Opinion is practically unanimous that Starter L. Scott Leary blundered in not again at once firing his pistol and recalling the racers. In his own de fense Leary said that he was not aware that he was empowered to do this. In speaking of the Incident, John Elliott, the referee, said: "There is no question that Leary should have brought the girls back for another start. It is a comparatively new ruling with which he was1 not familiar. The only jurisdiction I have as a referee in considering a protest lies in any foul which may occur after the race has started and they are out of the hands of the starter. Up to the time the contestants get away to what the starter considers a fair start they are under his jurisdiction. In view of the fact that Leary did not call the racers hack, the start technically must he construed as having been all right." Louis McLean, chairman of the meet, however, is of the opinion that the jurisdiction of the referee extends to all questions which may arise at such a meet and that he would have been within his authority to have or dered the race swum again. In the meantime, six of the eight contestants protested the race with the result that the Pacific Athletic Association has ordered it re-swum. CORVAIiMS MEET GETS RATES Railroads in Coast States Grant Special Concessions. Excursion rates on all railroad lines throughout Oregon, Idaho, Washing ton and California will enable quite a delegation of spectators to attend the Far Western Indoor track and field championships of the Amateur Athletic Union at Corvallis, Or., April 1. Dr. E. J. Stewart, of the Oregon Aggies, was a Portland visitor yesterday, and he made this announcement. Some of the greatest athletes In the country will be in attendance when the starter's gun is fired. Howard Drew and Fred Kelly, hoth of the Los An WANTED THOSE desiring to own new five and six-room bungalows in Rose City Park and other good dis tricts can get splendid easy term proposition from us. Call or write at once. Do not telephone. We' also have a remark able feature for lot owners. Come today. HomefeiiildeEg OLIVER K. JErFERY,PR. northwestern bank dd& Portland Oregon fi to do in just sucn cases f Know then that letter alter ' ljl j'i letter from carefully observing physicians has told of 17'TlrMii,i ft! the splendid effect of Sanatogen in giving fresh fuel to , llj the overworked nerves, fresh building material to the fa- ff0f(fi!jflr- ' tiguad cells, afresh impetus to digestion andassimilation. wiifimflllulr'' V ' !jt:l And what trained physicians observe no less than mmlllll(r$ (fllf, li'i'J 21,000 physicians have in writing approved the use of V iUulatWfPi''i Wffl jl'jj Sanatogen the actual users of Sanatogen joyfully xhllfwfffi&i- " Silt confirm. Richard Le Gallienne, for instance, writes: tl pjm &'' : 'SSi-'" - ' wl J '"Several times I have found myself wondering why I i lj jjlfffjr iftyZ?' S ill J rl . . lwyi' rFOODTONIcI OtJ 70,1? 7 TTTVT'-Sy "A - APPROVED SO ENCEI; C--)A5i K5. ij L t f l ' 1 in the Making." Written in his attractive manner and tilled with his shrewd on Sanatogen, health and contentment. It is FREE. Tear this off as a reminder CO., as-tt Irving Place, New York. geles Athletic Club, are holders of world's sprinting records, and they have been figuring on taking more honors in the Northwest a week from Saturday. Coach Stewart is planning on a half mile relay for high school teams as a special event for April 1, and if enough entries are received the teams will be put into classes, and the winner of each will receive a prize. OREGOX CITY BOXIXG BILLED Valley Trambitas and Frank Pars low Mix Tonight. The Oregon City Athletic Club, of Oregon City, will start a series of smokers tomorrow night. They have signed Valley Trambitas and Frank Parslow, middleweights, for the main event. Abie Gordon will take on Jackey Schultz. Schultz weighs about 115 pounds, so Abraham will again be giving weight. Following is the balance of the pro gramme: Boxing, 130 pounds. Bill Gold vs. Tony Alfe; 125 pounds. Blacksmith Martin vs. Carl Hanson: 170 pounds, George Story vs. "Doc" Coleman; wres tling, Harry Lammers, of Beaver Creek, vs. Carl Huffman, of Oregon City. R. L. Shepherd will referee all the events. Charley Davidson, the Seattle ban tamweight, is in Portland. He lost an eight-round decision to Billy Mascott at Salem Friday night. TENNIS RULE PROPOSED COMMITTEE FAVORS PROHIBITION OF" EXPENSE PAYMENT. Disbarment After April 1, 1918, of All Flayers In Sporting Goods Busi ness W&tle so Ks gaged, Urged. NEW TORK, March 19. The execu tive committee of the National Tennis Association has made public a pro posed new amateur rule to be presented for adoption at the annual meeting of the association in 1917. President G. T. Adee and other officials admitted that the present rule was so ambigu ous it would be impossible under it to disbar Maurice E. McLoughlin, Thomas C. Bundy and W. M. Johnston, the Californians, or F. B. Alexander and Wallace F. 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President Adee explained that no ac tion whatever was contemplated against players now engaged in' the sporting goods business. Ample time was being given men to enter another line of business. The executive committee so arranged the schedule of tournaments, which will be issued next week. The list contains 30 more tournaments than any previous year. Contract for Speedway Is IjCt. BIRMINGHAM. Ala., March 19. The Birmingham Motor Speedway Company yesterday awarded a contract for a two mile speedway around the lake of the Birmingham Motor & Country Club. The speedway will cost $500,000. Aug ust Herrmann of Cincinnati is presi dent of the speedway company. Gowdy's Hand Injured. MIAMI, Fla., March 19. 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