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TIIE SIORXIXG OREGONTAX; . SATURDAY, DECE3IBER" 9. 1910.
LEAGUE TO BENEFIT
BY YOUNG BLOOD
Manager McCredie Pleased at
Rule Requiring Clubs to
Carry Four Tyros.
BEAVERS' CAMP UNSETTLED
Fortland Scheduled to Open Season
April 3 at Salt Lake Playing
Season for 1917 Will Be
for Tsual 30 Weeks.
ET ROSCOE FAWCETT.
Pome of the fans and some of the
managers may wrinkle their foreheads
at the new Pacific Coast League rule
requiring each club to carry four young
players, but there'll be no crowfoot
corrugations In the alabaster brow of
Walter McCredie.
The Portland manager Is well
pleased with the action taken by the
league directors In session at Salt
Lake, bo much so, in fact,, that he
announced yesterday the proposed re
lease of Rip Hagerman to Spokane to
make room for two young pitchers.
"It's not the old fellows on your
payroll who make the class of your
league," added Manager McCredie, an
swering a query. "A few young stars
sprinkled in here and there will do
more for your club than all the old
timers you can assemble. When Louis
Gulsto was going good last Spring he
was half the Portland club.
Sotboron's Case Cited.
"Allen Sothoron Is another young
fellow who developed into a star. I
do not know the exact stipulations of
the pact yet." added McCredie. "Pos
sibly Sothoron might be barred under
those rules, as he was the property of a
major league club. But my argument
etill holds good that players of Soth
oron's experience really make a ball
club if they develop properly.
'An old-timer usually goes down
grade' each succeeding year, whereas
ine youngster may De renea upon io
aavance. s
"The rule will stimulate the comb
ing of the bushes by the Coast League
managers, and we can look for more
Guistos, Big-bees. Speed Martins, Ehm
kes, Bancrofts, Basslers, Tillle Shafers,
Houcka. Bobby Jones and Al Walters
than ever before in Coast League
lineups. If a manager is able to land
only one of these stars each year for
a regular position he can use the
other three tyros in utility roles until
they arc sufficiently experienced."
Hastrman to Go ,
Manager McCredie said the new rule
would mean that Portland would en
deavor to carry two young pitchers,
one utility infielder or outfielder and
possibly one young catcher. Rip Ha
german is one veteran pitcher who will
go to make room for youthful blood in
the pitching corps.
"We can carry two youngsters at
Rip's salary and still be stronger than
we were last year," declared McCredie.
"Hagerman will be turned overto the
Spokane club if we can make a suit
able trade for youngsters with Nick
Williams."
Manager McCredie added that he
had changed his mind about trading
Gus Fisher. The veteran backstop will
sgaln be first-string receiver for the
Beavers. Young O'Brien may be re-
retained as Fishers assistant.
The Portland magnates have done
nothing relative to choosing a train
ing camp for the Spring. The Beaver
are scheduled to open at Salt Lake on
April i. They will be in San Fran
cisco the following week, probably
against the Oaks, and home for a three
weeks visit on April 17. San Fran
cisco will open here.
Schedule Is 30 Weeks.
After quite a lengthy argument, the
directors voted for the usual 30 weeks
schedule, so the league will shut shop
October 28. The main argument in favor
of a 28 weeks' schedule was the pos
sibility of a post-season series with
the International and American Asso
elation winners for the championship
of the class AA leagues of the universe.
The post-season series between the
American and the Western League
AA . and plain A proved highly sue
cessful last Fall.
The action of the directors in open
ing the gate to the Chicago Cubs next
Spring means a few exhibition games
for. all the CoaBt clubs against the
Cubs. This new factor practically
puts the skids under McCredie's pro
posal to condition his Beavers in Walla
Walla, Baker or Pendleton.
lueri
would be little chance of coaxing the
Chicago Cubs so far north for exhibi
tion games in the Spring.
RAXKIXGS MAY BE SURPRISE
Tennis Committee Report Will Be
Made Public Today.
KEW YORK, Dec 8. Lawn tennis
experts predict many surprises in the
report o.f the ranking committee, sub
mitted at the annual meeting of the
executive committee of the United
States National Lawn Tennis Associa
tion here today. It will be made pub
lic some time tomorrow.
The crown is generally given to
Richard Norris Williams II, the cham
pion, with William M. Johnston second.
Third place is likewise conceded to
either Robert Lindley Murray or
George M. Church. Whichever one is
chosen by the committee, the other will
probably follow in fourth place. If
Ichlya Kurnagae, the Japanese star.
proves eligible for rating he will no
doubt be awarded a high place.
In the women's ranking, which was
made up by a committee of women and
submitted to the ranKing committee of
the tennis association, the same chaos
is said to exist, but Miss Molia Blur
stedt Is generally regarded as entitled
to lead the list.
IXTERLEAGtE GAMES LIKELY
American Association May Play With
International League.
INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. 8. After the
election of Thomas J. Hickey. of Min
neapolis to succeed President Thomas
M. Chivington, of Chicago, the Amerl
can Association took action at the an-
. nual meeting here today which prac
tically assures a series of lnter-league
b nico wiiii mo in Lri nai luild I u: UK UV.
The question of a. third major league,
as proposed to consist of four Ameri
can Association and four International
League clubs, was discussed informally.
President Hickey, who took the chair
shortly after being elected, announced
that the magnates did not take the pro
posed league seriously.
BLOODED DOG
IS - MISSING
Pointer Belonging to Wallace Chil
ders Lost by George Gravelle.
Wallace Childers, well-known Port
land semi-professional ballplayer, is
on a hunt for one of his female pointers
lost several days ago. "Chil" purchased
two of the thoroughbreds a month or
so a so. George Gravelle, -also ine of
the local boys, became fond of the pups
and asked to take one to his home to
keep for a while. -
Childers turned the pointer over.
Grave lie had her tied up, but she
chewed the rope in two and dashed for
liberty. Gravelle lives at 2850 East
Fifty-eighth street, and believes that
the 'thoroughbred is somewhere in the
neighborhood. Anyone knowing the
whereabouts of a few-months-old liver
and white female pointer will be re
warded by telephoning- Main S306. or
calling on Wallace Childers, 112 Sixth
street-
DAILY results are compiled
Los Angeles Leads In Winning Open
Ing Games of Series.
Allowing for weather and transpor
tation postponements that sometimes
prevented the opening of weekly se
ries on Tuesday in the "1916 Coast
League race, the record of Tuesday
victories does not show --the record of
victories in the opening games of. se
ries. Los Angeles made the best rec
ord here, winning the first game in 21
of the 80 series of the year. Portland
got off to a winning start IS times.
San Francisco and Vernon 15 times
each. Salt Lake 12 and Oakland 11.
Oakland's day-of-the-week victory
record shows up the tailenders as get
ting worse as the weeks proceeded.
Oakland won 12 and lost 19 Tifesday
games,' won 14 and lost 16 Wednesday
games, won 12 and lost 17 Thursday
games, won eight and lost 22 Friday
games, won 12 and lost 20 Saturday
games, won 10 and lost 14 Sunday
morning games, won none and lost two
Monday games.
Portland won island lost 11 on Tues
days, won 10 and lost 19 on Wednes
days, won 10 and lost 18 on Thursdays,
won 15 and lost 11 on Fridays, won 20,
lost 15 and tied one on Saturdays, won
six. lost eight and tied one on Sunday
mornings, won 17, lost 14 and tied one
on Sunday afternoons, won two and
lost two on Mondays. ' v
Friday was San Francisco's best
winning day. The Seals won 14 and
lost 13 on Tuesdays, won 12 and lose
16 on Wednesdays, won 15 and lost 14
on Thursdays, won 19 and lost 11 on
Fnidays, won 14 and lost 20 on Satur
days, won 12 and lost 13 on Sunday
morning, won 17 and lost 14 on Sunday
afternoons and won one and lost one
on Mondays.
HOCKEY TROUBLES OVER
IE OATMf CAN PLAY WITH
228TH BATTALION TEAM.
President ' Patrick Makes Announce
ment of Adjustment of Con
troversy Over Portland Man.
VANCOUVER. B. C, Dec. 8. (-Special.)
Peace reigns today In profes
sional Ice hockey circles in North
America. Yesterday Frank A. Patrick,
president of the Pacific Coast Hockey
Association, straightened out the only
difference that had existed between the
Western body and the National Hockey
Association by dispatching a telegram
to Major Frank Robinson, president of
the National Hockey Association, to the
effect that Eddie Oatman. of Portland,
would be allowed to play with the 228th
battalion team.
Also the only trouble cloud in the
National Hockey Association which
threatened to disrupt the Eastern
league disappeared with the battalion
team agreeing to let the Torontos have
Keats and Didier.
President Patrick announced the de
cision of the Pacific Coast Hockey As
sociation in regard to the Oatman mat
ter yesterday when he returned from
Spokane, E. H. Savage, manager of the
Portland club, . having decided to lift
the suspension placed on Oatman. Now
the former captain will be able to play
in the National Hockey Association
without further trouble.
The local puck chasers got back from
Spokane yesterday, where they ran into
a 6-to-4 defeat at the hands of the
Canaries on Tuesday. The Canaries are
due to arrive tomorrow for the game
hare that night, and, while the locals
are fagged, they believe they can take
the measure of the league leaders with
out trouble.
Lester Patrick, the leader of the
Spokane squad, who was injured in the
game at Spokane, may not be able to
play tomorrow night, but will be here
to coach his men.
RIVERS BEATEN BY MITCHELL
Milwaukee Lightweight Wins
clslvely in 10 Rounds.
De-
MILWAUKEE, Wis.. Dec 8. Richie
Mitchell, Milwaukee lightweight boxer.
decisively defeated Joe Rivers; of Cali
fornia, tonight In a 10-round bout.
After three even rounds Mitchell fol
lowed up a series of left Jabs to the
face with a risrht cross to the iw.
flooring Rivers tor a count of six.
Rivers, regaining his feet, remained
covered up -the remainder of the round.
and Mitchell took no chances, content
ing himself with left Jabbing through
Riveft guard
The next four rounds, saw Mitchell
jabbing the Mexican countless times.
In the ninth Mitchell put over a right
cross that staggered Joe. the ropes pre
venting him from falling out of the
ring.
The final session showed Rivers ral
lied, and he fought viciously to score
a knockout, but Mitchell -met him with
even exchanges.
KELLER IS HERE AFTER BOUTS
San Francisco Heavyweight May Be
Matched With Slnims!
Terry Keller, San Francisco heavy
weight, arrived in Portland last night
in search of matches. He may be
paired off with Lowe Slmms for
special event on the Business Men's
Club's card, to be presented, at the Rose
City Athletic Club next Thursday night,
If this match falls through teller will
go to Seattle.
He says that Bob McAllister left for
New York the day he left for Portland.
McAllister evidently is off on a. strenu
ous Eastern campaign and will not be
seen in action here again for some
time.
TIGERS GET 2 NEW COACHES
Samuel White and Knox Taylor Are
Added to Committee.
PRINCETON. N. J.. Dec. .8. Samuel
White, the hero of the Harvard and
Yale games in 1912. and Knox Taylor,
member of the Princeton varsity squad
in 1894, have been added to the Prince
ton football coaching and advisory
committee, it was announced tonight.
This committee will meet within
few weeks to select a head coach an
determine the coaching policy for next
year.
Newsboys Would Play Winner.
The "Newsboys All-Star football team
wishes to play the winner of the Hoi
laday-Arleta game, which Is to be
played tomorrow on the East Twelfth
and Davis streets grounds lor the 13a
pound championship of the city. The
Newsboys have lost no games. Mana
ger Brown, of ,tha Newsboys' eleven
desires a game for tomorrow and also
one with an out-of-town team for
Christmas. Write or call Abe Brown
care A. Q. Spalding & Bros.. Broadway
nnd AJder ptreet.
ORTLAND DEFEATS
SEATTLE, 5 TO ,2
Uncle Sams Score First Vic
tory of Season After
LosingJTw.ee.
CONTEST FULL OF THRILLS
Local Victory Due Mainly to Sen
sational Defensive Work of John- -eon,
Loughlin and Murray.
First Tally Is Early.
Pacific Coast Hockey Standing.
Goals
W. I. Pet. I'or Agst
pokane ........2
O
1
2
1000 11 8
600 1 8
&33 13 11
333 8 14
ancouver ......l
Portland 1
Seattle 1
Last Night' Results.
At Portland Portland B. Seattle 2.
Next Games.
Tonight Spokane at Vanccswver.
Tuesday Portland at Spokane. -Tuesday
Vancouver at Seattle.
Portland's representatives In the Pa-
iflc Coast Hockey Association came
to life last night In the ice raiace
and started what many of their fol
lowers hope will be a long winning
streak. It was Portland's first victory
f the 1916-17 season, after two de
feats.
Pete Muldoon and his Seattle Metro
politans were the victims the score
to 1!. Th a came was a clean-cut tri
umph from a Portland standpoint, and
it was mainly due to the sensational
efense work of "Moose' jonnson.
Clement Loughlin and. Tommy Murray
at goal.
, Rushes Are stopped.
These three athletes staved olf the
Mets' rushes time and time again,
amid the applause of the packed house,
and the shots at young Murray would
make the European battle front en
vious. He has played no better game
in his life since Joining the Lncie
Sams and they could not get the puck
past him when he set .his mind, to the
task of warding tnem on.
The finst score of the night came in,
four single minutes after play had
started. It was made unassisted by
Captain Charley Tobin. of the winners.
t took Just lZVa more minutes oi
play before "Smoky" Harris recetvea
he pass from Tommy uunaeraaie tnai
made the ecore read 2 to- 0 in favor of
Portland.
lust before the period ended, cully
Wilson shot the puck past Murray, but
he was assisted by Morns, making Se
attle's only point of the period. Dur
ing the second stanza three goals were
registered, two by the Uncle Sams and
one by the Mets. and-all of them came
by rushes down the ice without any
assistance.
Before the crowd had fairly warmed
up for the second canto, tsernie jjaorria
etted the rubber disc in 1:27 ana irom
then until "Moose" Johnson started
his customary electrifying dash down
he glossy surface which resulted in
a score, the count stood 2 all. "Moose's"
marker, which proved to be the win
ning number, came in 9:23 after Morris
had tied it up.
Dunderdale Makea Goal.
Just a little better than three min
utes before the period ended. Tommy
Dunderdale caught one and . shot it
through for the fourth goal. By this
time the Seattle players were taking
all kinds of chances to score without
result.
Evidently Manager E. H. Savage in
structed his Oregonlans to play on the
defensive throughout the remainder of
the contest, for they had 'em three
deep in front of the goal to protect
Murray, which, apparently, he didn't
need. One thrill followed another in
the final get-together and at times
bedlam broke loose.
Referee Ion was working overtime be
cause 9t the pace which the contest
ants set, and he was forced to dish
out five three-minute penalties in the
last period, .two of them going for
Cully ' Wilson, the "bad man" of the
Seattle septet. In the second period
Referee Ion got by with only two ath
letes being handed three-minute pen
alties.
Locals Strike Gait.
That the Portlanders have at last
struck their last season's'champlonshlp
form is quite evident in the fact that
but one substitution was made dur
ing the fray. In the second period
Manager Savage replaced Stan Marples
with Dick Irvin and Dick broke into
the score column for the first time in
his professional career in the third
period, but only after 18 minutes of
play had passed.
.Moose" Johnson played his usual
star game despite-his broken rib' and
no complaint can be made of the work
of Captain Tobln, Tommy Dunderdale
and "Smoky" Harris. Clem Loughlin
showed that he has the "makings" of
real star In the way be worked his
poke check.
Jack Walker Injured.
Taking It all around It was some
contest. Jack Walker had to be re
moved from the game in the last fife
minutes of play because of a cut re
ceived accidentally from Harris. Dr.
Earl Smith, the Portland club physi
cian, attended to the visitor by clos
ing the wound with three stitches. Dr.
Smith reported that all the rest of
the athletes were in good condition
after the strenuous tussle. '
The next game of the league will be
played tonight between Spokane and
Vancouver at Vancouver. B. C.
The summary follows:
Portland 5 Position (2) Seattle
Murray .....Goal........... Holmes
Johnson ..........Point............. Rows
LouKhlln .Cover Point Carpenter
Harris Rover Walker
Dunderdale Center Morris
Capt. Tobln R. W WllBon
Marples L. W. Capt. Foyston
Portland 2 2 1 B
Seattle. 1 1 0 2
First Period.
1, Portland. Tobln, 4.00.
Portland, Harris from Dunderdale,
12:30.
3, Seattle, Wilson from Morris, 1:18."
Second Period.
4, Seattle. Morrle. 1 :2T.
- 5. Portland, Johnson. 9:23.
- 6, Portland, - Dunderdale. 6:5T.
Third Period.
7, Portland. Irvin from Dunderdale. 18:25
Substitutions First period, none; second
period, Riley for Foyeton, Irvin for MarDles.
Foyston for Riley: third period, Riley for
walker. KicKey tor Koe, Howe ror Morris.
Morris for Riley.
Penalties First period, none; second peri
od. Harris 3 minutes, Riley 3 minutes; third
period, Wilson 3 minutes on two occasions;
loom 3 minutes, itowe a minutes, liundsr
dale 3 minutes.
Officials Fred Ton, Seattle, referee; Judge
Arthur l. uayion, roruana, timer: Rar
Ward. Portland, penalty timer; Jack ' Her
man and. Edward Peterson, goal umpires.
BASKETBALL OUT IN FRONT'
Malarkey Has Good Material for Mc
Minnville Team.
M'MINNVILLK. Or., Dec. 9. (Special.)
When Jefferson High School dis
banded for the season, "Mac's" chances
for a post-season game with the Port
land champions went a-gllmmering. S
the riet snd to:r nave rrcn nunc- up
for the year abd basketball has the
spotlight.
A year ago McMlnnvllle had a state
champion team, so citizens say, and this
season practically the entire squad Is
back in school with the exception of
the Champion brothers, wtio have en
tered McMinnville College.
Eckman, Martin. Holmes, Mardis.
Meade. Shipley and Murray are all let
ter men who Malarkey will have as a
foundation to wobJc upon. Hennagln,
O'Dell, Btckford and Van Orsdal are re
cruits who show possibilities.
A series of inter-class games Is now
being run off by the McMinnville coach
and following these the first-string
men will be picked and the season
started In earnest. Trips to Astoria,
Tillamook. Salem. Albany and Corvallis
are being planned.
puixman' prospects ltked
State College Expected to Have 14
Veterans for Team Next Year.
WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE.
Pullman. Dec. 8. (Special.) Thirteen
lettermen, which number includes Fin
ney, who was dismissed from the squad
late in the season because of violating
the training rules as posted by Lone
Star Dletz, are available for another
year of service under the crimson and
gray standard. Flshback. the colossal
tackle who was married recently, may
be influenced to stick out the semester.
If he condescends, he will be eligible
next Autumn, and It is altogether prob
able that he will return at that time,
which will make a total of 14 veterans
to start the 1917 campaign.
RICHARD SEEKS LONG LEASE
Boxing Promoter Is After Madison
Square Garden.
NEW YORK, Dec 8. Tex Rlckard.
promoter of boxing bouts, announced
tonight that he is negotiating with the
New York Life Insurance Company to
lease Madison Square Garden in behalf
of certain persons with whom he is as
sociated. "I have made an offer to the new
owners of the garden, he said, "to
take over the whole building for a
period of either five or 10 years. ' I
am hopeful that we will get the amphi
theater, and expect tomorrow to con
fer with the owners t.bout the matter.
FACULTY BARS DOBIE
I'rtKSIDKM SAYS HE FAILED
TR1IS CHARACTER.
University of Washington Football
Coach Blamed for Not Prevent
ion Strike by Eleven.
SEATLE. Waeh., Dec. 8. Gllmour
Doble will not return to coach the
University of Washington's football
team next season, said President Sua
zalo, of the university, tonight. The
president said that the chief function
of the university is to train character
ana that uoDie had railed to perrorm
his full ishare of this work. The presi
dent declared the faculty does not wish
Dobie to return next season.
Doble is blamed for not having pre
vented the strike of members of the
football squad a week before the
Thanksgiving game, because the fac
ulty had forbidden William Grimm
left guard of the team, to participate
further in athletic activities on account
of irregularities in a claxss examina
tion. The players continued their
strike two days before they consented
t. resume practice and play out their
schedule.
Inasmuch as President sSuzzallo's po
sition in' the matter was not made def
inite until tonight, no consideration has
been given to the question of Doble's
successor.
Before President Suzzallo's announce
ment, Dobie had said he had no 'in
tention of ever acting as football coach
for any team again.
O'DOXXELL DEFEATS NEWTON
Three-Cushion Contest Is Fast, Go-
ingvbut 38 Innings,
Bowie & Caldwell Tournament Standings.
w. i p.c.
J. N. Bendln a 0 1XX
F. B. Newton a 2 .oo
A. W. Morrla 3 II .000
J. H. O'lJormell - 2 2 .?
C M. Peterson 2 2 .500
E. A. Davis , 1 2 .3.(3
K. R. Chamberlain 1 3 .MO
Dr. H. P. Borders 1 3 .250
In the 16th game of the three-cushion
billiard tournament at Bowie & Cald
well's parlors, in the Pittock block,
J. H. CDonnell defeated Fred B. New
ton last night by the score of 30 to
15. Newton was playing for 24.
. The game lasted but 38 Innings, being
the fastest thus far in the tournament.
0Donnell's high run was four, which
he made three times, and he' went out
with four in his last inning unfinished.
His average was 79, which is remark
able, as few experts do-that well. New
ton averaged .41, and two was the
best he did in any one inning.
Newton played a perfect safety game.
but O Donnell was in great form, con
verting most of the leaves into points
and then adding to them. '
J. N. Bendle. 30, plays C. M. Peterson,
24. next Monday night in the next game
of the tourney. The contests start at
8 o'clock. v
PENDLETON GIRLS' FIVE WINS
La Grande High Young Women Are
Defeated by 18 to 11.
PENDLETON, Or.. Dec. 8. (Special.)
In the opening game of the season
here tonight the Pendleton High School
girls' basketball team defeated the La
Grande girls' , team, by a score of 18
to 11. The game was featured by the
basket shooting of forwards. Vera Tem
ple and Alta Mentzer, of Pendleton.
Both teams were coached by Univer
sity of Oregon graduates. The Pendle
ton coach was Miss Lois Bailey, and
Miss Jewell Tozier was the La Grande
coach.
EFFORTS MADE TO KEEP DTETZ
Pullman Students and Alumni Try
to Retain Football Coach.
PULLMAN, Wash.. Dec. 8. Student
and alumni of Washington State Col
lege today began an effort to have
"Lonestar" Dletz, the football coach
sign a new contract. Dietz has an
nouaced that he will not coach at th
state college next year.
A new contract will be submitted to
him before be leaves Pullman tbe last
of this month.
Sheridan Five Defeats Amity.
AMTTT, Or., Dec. 8. (Special.) Th
Sheridan High School basketball team
defeated the Amity High School her
tonight. 35 to 21. The game was close
for the greater part of the first half.
This is the second game in which
Sheridan has defeated Amity.
Woman Swimmer Cancels Trip.
HONOLULU. T. H-. Dec 8. Fanny
Durack. the Australian woman cham
pion swimmer, has called off her pro
posed visit to the United States, ac
cording to a cablegram received here
today from Hugh Mcintosh, of Sydney.
Gibbons Whips Sioux Boxer.
SIOUX CITY. Ia., Dee. 8 Mike Gib
bons. of St- Paul, defeated Clay Turner,
a Sioux Indian, of Appleton. Wis., In
four-round bout here tortlarht.
51 IN FINED FOB
EXHIBITION GAMES
National Commission Remits
Payment in Cases of
38 Ballplayers.
VIOLATORS ARE WARNED
Announcement Made That Any Fur
ther Infractions of Rule Will
Result in Infliction of Much
Greater Penalties. '
CINCINNATI, Dec. 8. Fines were
levied by the National Baseball Com
mission today on major league ball
players who have taken part in various
exhibition games following- the close of
the season of 1916.
Fifty-one players from IS of, the 18
major league teams were fined In
amounts ranging from $25 to $100.
However the commission suspended
fines on 38 players, allowing only 13
fines to stand. The men who must pay
are: Players Henrlcksen, Janvrln.
Shorten. Hoblltzell. Lewis, McNally.
Scott, Cady, Ruth and Barry, of the
world's champion Boston American
League team; Players Cobb and Young,
of the Detroit Americans and Player
Davis, of the Philadelphia Americans.
All of these were fined $100 except
Cobb, who must pay $50.
New Haven Game Opposed.
The- fines on the Boston Americans
came as the result of a game played
at New Haven. Conn., In violation of
the rule against members of the world's
champions playing in games after the
close of the season. Barry did not
play, but managed the team that did
Play.
Davis was fined as the manager or
a team which played In various East
ern cities, but the fines of the re
mainder of the team were suspended
because it was brought out in the
testimony that Davis had assured his
teammates that he had the word of
President Johnson, of the . American
League, that there would be no official
objection to the team's playing. The
Commission asserts ' that President
Lohnson simply advised Davis to take
up me mauer wiin ino enairmaii wi
the commission, which according to the
chairman, he failed to do. The chair
man. August Herrmann, says that had
Davis taken the matter up with him a
refusal to play would have been the
only possible ruling.
Player loung was fined for playing
with a team in the East after the dis-
bandment "of the Canadian Tourists,
while Ty Cobb was fined on account
of his having; taken part In the game
t New Haven against the Boston
Americans.
Many Escape Payment.
Those who were fined, but whose
fines were suspended, are:
Players Bush. Dubuc. Burns, Young,
Stanage, Boland and Dauss. of Detroit;
Mullen, Gilhooley and Nunamaker. of
the New York Americans, and Chap
man, Speaker and Gandil. of the Cleve
land team, each $o0, for participating
in games at Ottawa and Montreal.
Players Johnson of Washington. Al
exander of Philadelphia Nationals.
Wheat and Stengel of Brooklyn, and
Carey of Pittsburg, $25 each, for play
ing in a game at JopUn, Mo.
Player Bauman. of New York Amer
icans, $50 for playing at Indianapolis,
over the protest of Manager McGill
of the Indianapolis club.
Players Mullen. Love and Alexander
of the New York Americans. $50 each,
for playing at Lenox Oval, New York.
Players Maisel, Baker. Peckinpaugh
and Shawkey of the New York Ameri
cans, Rlxey and Bender of the Phila
delphia Nationals, Bush. Schang, Myers
and Strunk of the Philadelphia Ameri
cans. Collins of the Chicago Americans,
Plank of the St.- Louis Americans and
Chase of Cincinnati. $50 each, for play
ing in various Eastern cities. This was
the team managed By iarry uavis,
whose members told the commission
that Davis had assured them that Pres
ident Johnson had said there would be
no official objection.
Players Koob of the St. Louis Amer
icans, Danforth of the Chicago Amer
icans and Prendergast of the Chicago
Nationals, $25 each for playing In vari
ous independent games.
Thirteen Players Exonerated.
The cases of 13 players, other than
the above-mentioned were investigated,
and the players were exonerated. They
were:
Player Nehf. of the Boston Nationals,
who took, part in a game at Indian
apolis against the protest of President
McGill. Nehf showed that he had the
consent of the Boston Nationals
president and that he did not know
that President McGill had protested;
that as soon as he found this out he
canceled other games and wished to
abide by the rules. I
The following memoers.or tne new
York Nationals were exonerated when
it was shown that-in playing exhibi
tion games at Easton, Scranton and
other cities they were playing under
instruction from the New York National
League club' and that the moneys were
collected by this club: Burns. Lobert.
Robertson, ijlmmerman. j letcner,
Kauff, Holke, Kocher, Perrltt, Doolan,
Schupp and McCarthy.
The commission announcea mat any
further violation of the rules relative
to nlavlna- in exhibition games would
be more severely dealt with, ana mat
in case amy of the players whose fines
were suspended should violate the rule
again the original fine would do im
posed and a mucn heavier one aaaea.
Sports of All Sorts.
TNDICATIONS are that a record crowd
i will witness, the clash between the
University of Pennsylvania and the
University of Oregon football teams at
Pasadena. Cal., New -Year's day.. Tickets
went on sale yesterday ana it is re
ported that they went "like hotcakes.'
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A total of $280,000 was earned by the
Harvard football team during .the sea
son Just closed, making it the largest
year In the history of the college. Vale
and Harvard divided $123,000 after the
New Haven game last month.
.
A Red Cross fund was collected dur
ing the Yale-Harvard contest with the
result that $8429.81 was taken In for
the cause. This was the largest col
lection ,-et made In the famous Yale
BowL
The Henry Kendall College eleven
ended Its 1916 season with a 117-to-0
defeat of the Missouri School of Mines.
The team scored 667 points as against
40 by opponents. Several challenges
Lfor post-season contests have been
sent out but none of them have oeen
accepted. Efforts were being made to
land the Notre Dame football team,
but to no avail.
.
"Red" Held Is driving a iitney In
Los Angeles during the off-season, ac
cording to George Hildebrand, the
American League umpire. Held is wait
ing for the 1917 Pacific Coast League
nson to open n that hs can once
more get behind the platter or around
first base.
.
Military versus Civilians will be the
attraction at the big soccer game in
Vancouver, B. C. scheduled for Christ
mas day. All proceeds will be turned
over to the military fund. Several
practice games have, been held In order
to find out the strongest lineups.
Plans for a" championship walking
contest for residents of Salt Lake City
are now under way and in all proba
bility the -event will take place soon
after January 1, if not on that date.
The Deseret gymnasium officials are
handling the details.
Failure to kick a goal cost the Cul
ver Military Academy football team a
20-to-21 defeat at the hands of the
Michigan Military Academy on Thanks
giving day. Culver scored two touch
downs in the last quarter, but could not
even up matters. -
Ted Meredith's' failure to uphold the
athletic glory of the Stars and Stripes
at Stockholm recently may be due to
the melancholy fact that he is getting
old, for he attained the venerable age
of 24 the other day. His real name Is
James Meredith, and he is credited with
being the greatest all-around athlete
in the world. He had a bad attack of
boils just before he sailed for Sweden
a few months ago. and the long trip
across the water was not a good con
ditioner for him to meet the best of
them in the Old World.
Official announcement has been made
that Housatonie River, above Derby,
has been accepted as the course for
the annual Spring and Fall regattas by
the Yale Rowing Association. Negoti
ations are under way with Cornell and
Princeton to have the course adopted
as the official runway for the triangu
lar race between the institutions.
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Jack Beatty, field captain of the
Hannibal Three-Eye League club dur
ing the 1916 campaign, has filed appli
cation for the managership of the club
for next season. He will succeed Ted
Waring, who has been released to
Quincy. Beatty is wintering in To
ronto, Canada.
Clergymen of Orange. N. J., protested
against the hour of the East Orange
High and Barrlnger High, because It
interfered with Thanksgiving day serv
ices. The game was played on time.
NEW CABINET FORECAST
BOXAR LAW SAID TO BE SLATED
rOH EXCHEQUER.
Carson for Admiralty. Balfour for For-
elga Affair. Earl of Derby for
War, Standard's Prediction.
LONDON, Dec. 8. The Standard says
it understands that the following Cabi
net appointments are certain to be
made:
Chancellor of the Exchequer An
drew -Bonar Law.
Secretary tor Foreign Affairs A. J
Balfour.
First Lord of the Admiralty Sir Ed
ward Carson.
Secretary for War Earl of Derby.
Secretary for Labor Arthur Hen
derson.
The Home Office Portfolio, according
to the newspaper, was offered to Sir
f rederick E. Smith. Attorney-General
in the Coalition Cabinet, but he pre
ferred to retain the Attorney-General-
snip.
According to the Chronicle. King
George yesterday wrote to ex-Premier
Asquith offering him an Earldom and
the Order of the Garter. It Is under
stood that Mr. Asquith asked permits
sion to aeenne ootn honors.
Mr. Asquith declared at the meetlnir
or imerals today that although he bad
resigned the Premiership, he had not
given up leadership of the Liberal
party. The former Premier said there
had been a carefully engineered cam
paign against him. but he acquitted
Mr. Lloyd George and his other asso
ciates in the retiring government of
complicity therein.
JERSEY BREEDERS BANQUET
Affair at Portland Hotel Attended by
4 0 Men and Women.
Jersey breeders of the Northwest
gathered at the Portland Hotel last
night for their annual banquet. About
40 members, including both men and
women, attended.
That the Jersey cow Is growing- In
popularity was evidenced by annual re
ports of the officers and statistics
showing that the number of Jersey cat.
tie in the territory tributary to Port
land is increasing yearly.
Clifford Reid presided as toastmaster.
Among the principal speakers were
William Ladd and Professor Graves, of
the Oregon Agricultural College. Henrv
iniessen. president of the Columbia
Jersey Cattle Club, under whose aus
pices the banquet was held, made
brief report. W. H. Cleveland, of
Gresham, secretary of the club, reported
that mtrny dairymen are substituting
Jerseys for other breeds.
AUTOS HIT; RIDERS FLEE
Big Machine Strikes Small One and
Abandon Car.
A large automobile occupied by six
young men collided with a smaller auto
driven by W. W. Huff stutter and owned
by D. Dlpp, 174 Grover street, at 9
o'clock last night, at Fourteenth and
Couch streets. The occupants of the
larger machine deserted their car and
ran away.
A report to the police by an eye
witness of the accident said that one
man had been Injured, but Patrolmen
Gouldstone and Bales, who investi
gated, were unable to learn his name.
Police records show that the larger
machine is registered In the name of
Miss Ruth Steiwer, who lives near Ore
gon City, and It was first believed that
it had been stolen. No theft was re
ported. EX
FARES :
between all points in Oregon
Washington and Idaho, for the
HOLIDAYS
CHRISTMAS
NORTHERN
Tickets on sal Dec 21, 22, 23, 24, 25
Return Limit Jan. 3, 1917
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SCHEDULE FOB 1317.
EYED BY DIRECTORS
Three. Programmes of Tenta
tive Nature Are Submitted
for Consideration.
DECISION TO BE IN JANUARY
Pacific Coast League Magnates De
cide to Hold Anotlier Meeting
in San Francisco for Pur
pose of Fixing Dates.
SALT LAKE. Utah. Dec 8. (Special.)
The directors of the Pacific Coast
Baseball League concluded their an
nual meeting this afternoon. The ses
sion today was devoted to a discussion
of the 1917 schedule. Three tentative,
programmes were submitted. These)
will be gone over and tbe official
schedule will be adopted at a. meeting
to be held In ban Francisco In Janu
ary. Until that meeting It will b
impossible to tell how lucky the vari
ous towns will be in drawing holiday
dates.
W. W. McCredie. of Portland: John
K. Powers, of Los Angeles, and Frank;
S. Murphy were elected vice-presidenta
of the league.
Prior to the meeting the vlsltln
magnates and their wives were guest
of honor at a special organ recital at
the great Mormon Tabernacle and
listened to the large instrument for
two hours.
Powers. Darmody and Chance caught
the belated Los Angeles Limited for
home tonight. Berry, McCredie and
Cook will leave for their homes in tha
morning, and Baum and Ewtng, accom
panied by their wives, will go East
tomorrow to attend the National and
American League meetings.
Resolutions were adopted thanklnjr
the Salt Lake club for its hospitality
and the newspapers for their support
of baseball In general;-and that wound
up the meeting.
Los Angeles was selected as th
place for holding the 1917 meeting.
ROB1DEA0 SHADED BY BHITTON
Slow Malch Won on Points During
Last Half of Match.
CLEVELAND. O.. Dec. 8. Jack Brit,
ton, welterweight champion, shaded
Sam Robideau, of Philadelphia, here to
night in 10 rather slow rounds.
Britton adopted defensive tactics
throughout the first part of the bout,
but after the fifth, when Kobideaa
staggered him with a long left swinu
Britton opened up and had a margin on
points at the close.
Duluth to Entertain Curlers.
DULUTH. Minn.. Dec. 8. The 1917
Bonsniel of the Northwestern Curling
Association will be held at Duluth the.
week of January 22-27. according to
the announcement by officials of the
Northwestern Curling Association her
today. Special invitation will be sent
to Canadian rinks to take part in the
James J. Hill international trophy
event. The trophy was won by Min
neapolis curlers last year.
DR. STANSFIELD GREETED
First Methodists Welcome Pastor at
Reception ut Cliurch.
Dr. Joehua Stansfield. new psstor of
the First Methodist Episcopal Church,
with Mrs. Stansfield. and their two
daughters. Helen and Elizabeth, were
formally welcomed at a reception In the
parlors of the church last night.
Among the speakers welcoming Dr.
Stansfield and the members of his fam
ily were Dr. W. W. Youngson. super
intendent of the Portland district: Rev.
T. W. Lane, president of the Methodist
Episcopal Ministerial Association; Dr.
Matt S. Hughes, resident bishop of Ore
gon, and T. S. McDaniels. representing
th laymen. Rev. T. B. Ford, superin
tendent of the Salem district, also at
tended. Spectators
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