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Newspaper Page Text14 THJ aiOnNIXG OltEGONIATf. TTJEST3AT. rECE3IBER 12, 1916. DUE'S SUCCESSOR TO EASTERNER iYounger's Announcement Puts Quietus on Talk of Choos ing Pipal or Dietz. NOTED COACH NOT SOUGHT Pennsylvania Training Hard for Its t Big Game "With Oregon Four of Folwell's Men Selected "4 on All-American Team. Next year's football coach at the Uni versity of "Washington will be an East ern man not a Haughton or a Tost or Glenn Warner, but some coach who has made good -with a smaller college and has- yet to win his spurs. Such la the announcement of 3. Ar thur Younger, graduate manager at Washington, with reference to a suc cessor to Gilmour Dobie. When Dobie handed in his resigna tion last year Younger found himself deluged ' with applications. Nearly 60 coaches bid for the Job. Although no definite decision was announced, it 1a generally understood that Dr. Joseph Pipal, now coach at the Oregon 'Agri cultural College, had been agreed upon as Doble's successor. Younger's declaration that no Pacific Coast man will be considered this time eliminates Pipal as a possibility for 1917. By the same token "Lone 'Star" Dietz, of Washington State College, who has resigned his position, will have to seek elsewhere. Eastern Men Considered. "We have now Jn mind two or three Eastern men. but will take no action until we find if their last year's appli cations still hold good," said Younger yesterday. Doble's removal by the faculty and .the resignation of Dietz at Washington State College will mean new coaches Jn the five-cornered Coast conference race next Fall. Bezdek at Oregon, Pipal at the Oregon Agricultural Col lege, and Smith at California, undoubt edly will be holdovers. The football season has gone to sleep In all Eastern America except at Franklin Field at Pennsylvania, where Bob Folwell is drilUng- his clan, for their biggest battle of the season, the game wl-.h Oregon, at Pasadena, Cal., on New Year's Day, and the big news In the Red and Blue camp is that Howard Berry, the miracle man. Is going to play on the Pacific Coast. Penn is training Just as hard as if the season was Just starting, but In a Folwell way and under the Folwell eystem. which means that the gates are open to strangers at all times, and that there is a scrimmage only once a week. The exact Penn machine that slew in order Lafayette, West "Virginia Wesleyan, Michigan and Cornell, will go into action against the great- un beaten Oregon eleven. Four Chosen on All-American. An Eastern critic assembled some 26 All-Ahierican selections and he found by comparison that more Penn players had been chosen on this mythical elev en ;han the athletes of any other uni versity. The leader was Henry Miller, iOf Williamsport, Pa., who drew 21 . votes. Howard Berry, Penn's f ull-back,- was chosen by 20 votes, among the men who picked him being none other than the famous N. A. Tufts, who refereed the Penn - Dartmouth Yale-Harvard, and many other big games. Of the lineme. a guard, Charley Henning, of Buffalo, N. Y., got 15 votes, and Lew Little, of Boston, Mass., , a tackle, showed 13 selections, more than any rival for the position. This would give Penn four athletes on the All American, and Lud Wray, Penn's cen ter, was second choice, with 8 votes. Bob Folwell frankly admits that while his team developed a triple punch at the end of the season, he deliberate ly taught them a varied attack at the early part of the year, so that when Penn came to her big games she would steam-roller her foes with all sorts of an assault. This delayed, for a time, the proficiency of the Penn punch, but when Folwell's machine un corked its. wares It played a line smash ing, forward-passing and end-running game from the same formation and .with wonderful speed and precision. Attack Rated IIlKh. Penn may have lacked in attack at the start of the 1916 year, but when the gridiron season ended in the East, on Thanksgiving Day, and Folwell's ammunition had riddled Cornell to the tune of 23 to 3, the Red and Blue had an attack that was, according to the Cornell team, vastly superior to Har vard's. This Is high praise, but it must be remembered that on Turkey Bird Day Penn could not use the great speed of their Ail-American racer, Howard Berry, because of the slippery condi tion of the field. Berry was well watched and again he was used on fake plays to decoy Cornell to destruction, bo that .TJrquhart and Miller, Penn's ends, could skim down the field and take long passes from the fists of 3erry. Bell and Derr. 6 ANTED. .-HAS TITLE CHAXCE Victory Over Lewis Tomorrow Night Would Bolster Coast Man's Claim. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 11. The wres tling match scheduled here tomorrow night between "Strangler" Lewis, the Kentucklan, and Ad Santel, regarded as the Pacific Coast champion, will take -on the -aspect of a. championship contest . With Frank Gotch apparently retired,- and Lewis and Joe Stecher, con sidered the two men next in line for the heavyweight mat crown, credited with a five-hour draav bout, Santel, in the event of a victory over Lewis, would be conceded considerable right to the title. Lewis will have an advantage In weight of 40 or 45 pounds over his rival. B'NAI B'RITH TO PLAY TWICE First Team to Meet Christian Broth ers and Second C res ton. Two games will be played In the B'nai B'rlth building gymnasium tomorrow night, the first B'nai B'rith team meeting the Christian Brothers' Business College quintet and the B'hai B'rith second squad tangling- with the Creston basket-shooters. Coach Salm would like to schedule games for his aggregation every Wednesday with local or out-of-town teams. To get in touch with the B'nai B'rith contingents call Main 3088 or write to the B'nai B'rith building. Thirteenth and Mill streets, Portland. The first team will average around 145 pounds, but no limit has been placed on the weight that may oppose them. Iloppe Arrives Here Thursday. Willie Hoppe, world's champion bll liardist, will arrive in Portland Thurs day morning from Seattle. He will be accompanied by his manager, R. B. Benjamin, and Charles A. "Chic" Wright, Young Jake Schaefer and Charles Peterson. ' Hoppe will dem onstrate difficult shots, while Wright. Pacific Coast champion, will lecture on them. All of these brilliant players will be seen in ction Thursday, Fri day and Saturday at Bowie & Cald well's parlors in the Pittock block. WASHINGTON QUINTET BUSY Seven , Veterans Nucleus for Win ning Team In North. . UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.' Se attle, Dec. 11. (Special.) Now that football is gone for another year, basketball assumes its position as the favorite midwinter sport at Washing ton. Prospects for a winning team repre senting the purple and gold were never brighter. With seven veterans, three of them letter men, in college, and all but one turning out at present. Coach Jack Davidson has the nucleus for a winning: basketball five. In Jack Davidson, player coach and veteran of three years, and Jess Balmer, Washington has a pair of forwards whose shooting cannot be Improved upon. Smith and Staatz can play either center or guard and Eaglson is a second team man who Is out for a guard position on this year's life. Stanley Riddle, a guard of last year, will not be able to turn out rfor the team though still In college. The Washington five plays Washing ton State College a series of games t determine the winner of the northern section and that team will play the winner of the Oregon and California divisions to determine the champion of the Pacific Coast. Washington's first game will be played with Pullman me first week after the holidays. 16 COAST MEN HONORED CAMP NAMES FAR-WESTERNERS IN LIST OF 100 STARS. Mitchell, Beckett, Huntington and Par sons of Oregon, and JVewman, of Oregon Aggies, In List. , Sixteen players from the Coast and Pacific Northwest were named by Wal ter Camp this Fall on his honor roll of 100 football stars. The dean of football wiseacres names a 17th player Hurley, of Oregon State but, as nobody out in this section ever heard of him, the Hurley meant probably is Harley, of Ohio . State. The mistake likely was typographical. Here are the grldlsts honored this Fall by Camp: Ends Clark, Montana; Mitchell, Ore gon; Montgomery, California. Tackles Beckett, Oregon; Murphy, Washington. Guard Seagraves, Washington. Center Langdon, Washington State. Quarterback Durham, Washington State; Sharp, California. , ' Halves Brooks, California; Bangs, Washington State; Gerlough, Idaho; Hoover, Whitman; Huntington, Oregon; Newman, Oregon Aggies; Parsons, Ore gon. BRONSON TO MEET REAL BOXER Pelslnger Comes From San Fran cisco With Great Record. SEATTLE, - Dec. 11.- (Special.) "Moose" Taussig, a fistic promoter and manager of San Francisco and former manager of Willie Ritchie; arrived in Se attle yesterday, accompanied by Harry Pelslnger, a featherweight boxer, slated to meet Muff Bronson next Thursday night, and Frankie Jones, Pacific Coast welterweight champion. Taussig ex pressed the utmost' confidence in Harry Pelslnger' s ability to score over the famous Portland boy, who has made a considerable reputation in North western boxing circles in the past year. Pelslnger will celebrate his 18th birthday, tomorrow. He has been boxing before clubs in and around .San Fran Cisco the past year 'and has not yet been defeated by any of the short-route lads-with whom he- has tangled. He is an ambitious lad and is devoting his earnings as a boxer toward paying his expenses at the Hastings Law School, where he is studying for the bar. Frankie Jones, who is scheduled to meet Sid Mitchell in the middleweight division, is connected with the circula tion department of a San Franciscq daily. WISCONSIN BARS SALVATORE . Boxing Commission Insists That Welling Meet Mitchell. MILWAUKEE, Wis.. Dec ; 11. The Wisconsin Athletic Commission today indefinitely suspended Johnny Salv tore, of St. Paul prohibiting him from boxing in Wisconsin for violating contract to box at Oshkosh on Novem ber 17. The Commission decreed that Joe Welling, the Chicago lightweight, is morally bound to box Richie Mitchell, of Milwaukee, at .Racine or remain barred from Wisconsin rings until he appears at the latter city. Welling and Mitchell were to box there December 15. 'Welling, however, failed to sign the customary contract after assuring the promoters he would box MitcheH. The bout probably will be staged December -21, and Welling telegraphed the Commission virtually accepting the terms.. . LEARD SIGNS CHINESE STAR Ayau, Crack Shortstop, to Flay With Seattle Club Next Season. HONOLULU. T. EL. Dec. 11. Vernon Ayaa, shortstop on the Chinese base ball team which travels through the United States annually, was signed to dqs to play shortstop with the Seattle club of the Northwestern League. Bill Leard, manager of the Seattle club, who is now in Honolulu with Charley Swain's touring professionals, offered' Ayau the contract. Ayau is said to.be the first Chinese baseball player to enter organized ball circles. He has been a sensationtfhere for several years, and has starred in numerous games against, the. Swain aggregation. . . ' TRAMBITAS HAS THREE BOUTS Boxer to Meet Kellogg, AI Sommers and Farmer Burns In Turn. Valley Trambitas will be a busy boy for the next few days. Next' Friday night he will box six rounds with Hugh Kellogg at Molalla. Kellogg will be remembered as the heavyweight who lost a six-round decision to Frank Ken dall at the Rose City AT. hletio Club last Winter. Unless he has improved Trambitas figures to knock him out. The following Tuesday Valley . will box Al Summers 10 rounds before the Capital City Athletic Club, of Salem. After this, on Friday of the same week, Farmer Burns will be his opponent over the 10-round route at Echo, Or. Stanford to Play Santa Clara Rugby. SAN JOSE, Cal. DeA 11. Reports that Stanford will revert to American football were proved groundless today when Father J. Sullivan, vice-president ot the University of Santa Clara, an nounced that an agreement had been signed by him and Graduate Manager Behrens for the annual Santa Clara Stanford game on November 10. 1917. CLUB HEAD HONORED A. M. Ellsworth Is Honorary ; Member of Winged "M." 13 THUS DISTINGUISHED President of Multnomah Club One of Few . to Be Elevated in Many Years Meeting of Honorary Members Called This Week. As a reward for his distinguished services to the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club, Allan M. Ellsworth last night at the regular meeting of the board of directors received an honor ary membership in the Winged "M" in stitution. 'Mr. Ellsworth is president of the organization and has been a member of the club since 1892. But 13. men have eVer received the distinction of an honorary membership Allan M. Ellsworth, President of the -Mnltnomah Amatear Ath letic Club, Who Received an . Honorary Membership Last Night. and-'of this number fl are still living, Mr.' Ellsworth was a member of the first football' team to wear the Cardi nal and White and played on several ot the early club championship base ball squads. - Several times he won the handball championship of the club. He has been actively identified with the prog ress of the Multnomah Amateur Ath letic Club since its organization. Following are the honorary mem bers of the Multnomah - Club and the dates they joined: Joe'Smith, 1892; A. B. McAlpin. 1892; C. E McDonald. 1892 Herbert Greenland, I892r W. A. . Holt, 1892; Allan M. Ellsworth. 1892; Martin Pratt, '189S; ' Frank E. Watkins. 1897 M. H. Whitehouse, 1898; Bert Kerrigan, 1900; Edgar E. Frank, 1904. George H. Williams and George W. McMillan were the two honorary members who are deceased. The "i-honorary 'members formed a circle of their own for the purpose of keeping In touch with all matters per taining to the club. A meeting has been called for the latter part of this week, when Mr. Ellsworth '"will be for mally accepted as an honorary mem ber. '" At the regular gathering of the club directors last night the official ratlfl cation of the University of Oregon-Ore gon Agricultural College football game for Multnomah field Thanksgiving day was made. The directors, all of whom were present, are A. M. Ellsworth, president; W. W. Banks, P. W. Lewis, Plowden Stott, John R.- Latourette, Louis P. - Bruce, C. Henri Labbe, B. C. Ball, G. C. Jones, M. H. Whitehouse and A. D. Wakeman. BENDLE KEEPS RECORD CLEAR High Run of Six Made In Fast 3 ' ': Cushion Billiard Play. B. and C. Tournament Standliucn. W. L. Pet. I w. L. Pet. Benaie 4 0 l.fKKvpeteraon. . . 2 3 .400 Newton... 8 2 -OOOIDavls 1 2 .333 Morris 8 2 .O0iCha'berlaln 1 3 .250 ODonnell. 2 2 .6O0Border 1 S .250 In the 17th game of the Bowie & Caldwell tournament. J. N. Bendle maintained his clear record last night, defeating C. M. Peterson 30 to 19. Peterson was shooting for 24. Bendle's high run was six. This is the second time he has made it in the tourney. His average was .77, Just .02 less than that by . J. H. O'Donneil last week. Peterson's high run was three and his average .49. ; The winner played a beautiful game. In the 24th Inning the score was tied, 15 ail, but .from that point on the. tour nament leader stepped away from his opponent. E. A. Davis, 30, meets Dr. Harry P. Borders, 24," at 8 o'clock to night. - 3-CUSHION ; PLAY ONE-SIDED Trumbull Makes Runaway of Match Wth Metcalfe. Ed Trumoull scored the highest aver age so far in the Waldorf Billiard Par lors' handicap three-cushion billiard tournament last night when he de feated M. W. Metcalfe, 20 to 3. He averaged .71 and made three high runs of four. "-.Fred L. Boalt won from Car roll M. ifumford, 27 to 15; E. J. Blumen thal won from Ed Reichel, 25 to 22; F; H.' Goodland won from Herbert O'Connell, 25 to 23. and George Hart won from M. A. Rhben,- 27 to 14. This afternoon's games will bo E. A. Schaefer versus Larry Talbot. both playing to 25; S. S. Sanders (30) versus Dan Delehanty (27), while tonight S. B. Smith will meet Carroll M. Mumford, Smith going to 30, while his opponent will play to 27; and M. H. Merr (22) versus Ed Reichel (25). The games this afternoon start at C:15 o'clock, while tonight's sessions begin at 8:15 o'clock. 'Dutch' Reuther Gains Fame With Bat at Honolulu. Ex-Beaver Clout Out - Two Home Knm, One With Bases Full, and Wins Own Game' With Chinese. OVER Hawaii way, "'Dutch" Reuther, last year with Spokane and Port land, is making baseball history with hia'mlghty clouting. In & recent game at Honolulu between Charley Swain's invaders and the famous All-Chinese team, Reuther banged out two home runs, one of. them with the bases filled. All the poi devourers on the island are talking of "Dutch." One of his four-ply swats knocked a ukulele strummer out of a cocoanut tree two miles away from the park. While he was doing all this clouting, "Dutch" held the All-Chinese nine to three runs I- It : . A - ' T I ...lMj. "h -'? i ' A t and four hits, and as his clouting brought the invaders five runs, the de mon southpaw Just about won his own game. The final score was 6 to 3. Whin Charley Weeehman. of the Cubs, hears this he'll undoubtedly buy another Chicago restaurant, for Reu ther, you know, becomes a Cublet next Spring. 9 .. HUNTING LICENSES AVAILABLE Reservations Being Made for Certain Numbers on 1917 List. Hunting and fishing licenses for 1917 are being distributed among sporting goods houses. County Clerks and others ready for use. Hunters and anglers will be able to procure such from their nearest dealer long before their 1916 li censes become invalid. No. 1 of the hunting licenses is being reserved for Earl R. Goodwin, sporting writer of The Oregonian; No. 1 of the fishing licenses for. Fred M. Brown, chief clerk in the office of the State Fish and Game Commission, and No. 1 of the combination fishing and hunting licenses for I. N. Fleischner, a member of the Fish and Game Commission. No. 13, combination license, will go to Dr. E. C. McFarland, president of the Ore gon Sportsman's League, and of the Multnomah Anglers' Club. MOELLER TO JOIN TAC03IA Crack Semi-Pro Pitcher to 'Report to Rus's Hall in Spring. Southpaw Arthur -("Zip") Moeller an nounced yesterday that he would play with the Tacoma Northwestern League baseball club during me 1917 sea son. Moeller is the Portland boy who pitched in the Tri-State League in 1914 and with crack semi-professional teams of Portland since. Last season he. re ported to , Manager Nick Williams, of Spokane, but quit at his own request before the season was fairly under way. Moeller has. a good fast ball and fine control for a left-hander, and figures to make a good chucker for 'Ross Hall's Tigers next year. Catcher Al'Barthol emy, of iTacoma. who resides here, was instrumental in getting Moeller for Russ Hall. Moeller has not yet signed a contract, but will do so soon. Coast League Gossip PING BODIE, of San Francisco, sixth among the 1916 Coast League bat ters, and last of the regulars who bat ted better than .300 for the year, picked: out Salt Lake as the best means of fattening up his record. Against Salt Lake, Bodie showed a season bat ting, average of .342. The Oakland club - was his next best bet, Bodie .bat ting1 .321 against the tallenders. Against Vernon he batted .308. Los Angeles and Portland held Bodie below .300, his figure against the champion Angels being .272, and against the Beavers, .269. Following is the batting record that Bodie made against each club for the season: A.B. R. H. Pet. V, SaltLake 158 25 64 .342 Vs. Oakland 151) IT 51 .321 Vi. Vernon '. 15S 21 48 .308 Vn. Los Ancolei ........ 151 15 41 .272 Vs. Portland 145 25 89 .269 . Bodie started 'like a world beater in his first series against Portland, hit ting safely 16 times in 29 times at bat for a weekly batting average of .617 his best single, series performance of the entire , year. Thereafter Portland pitchers had Bodie s measure, and in the five subsequent "senies with Port land, Bodie. batted as follows for the respective weeks: .350, .233, .187, .077, and .208. Bodie had a .429 week against Salt Lake; a .423 week against Oakland; a .407 week for his best single series against Vernon, and. a .333 week for his best single series against Los Angeles. Buddy Ryan's revenge on hta old Portland club was the only point that prevemeo. .t-ortiana rrom gaining a reputation during the 1916 Coast League season as being death on .300 hitters. Of the six regulars who bat ted better than .300 for the year, Ryan, or ba.it LaKe. batted .388 asrainst Port land for the best season performance that any of the sluggers made against any one club. Brief, of Salt Lake, was me only otner regular Better than .800 hitter who could hit Portland at a .800 clip, and Brief barely tipped the scale witn a sum .302 average against the Beavers. Fitzgerald,-of Ban Francisco, a .316 hitter for the season, batted .289 against Portland; Kenworthy, of Oakland, a .314 hitter for the season, batted .288 against Port land; Brief. of Salt Lake. a .314 hitter for the season, batted .302 against Portland. Quinlan, of Salt Lake, a .313 hitter for the season, bat ted only .275 against Portland. Ryan, of Salt Lake, a .810 hitter for the sea son, batted .388 against Portland, and Bodie, of San Francisco, a .303 hitter for the- year, 'hit only .269 against Portland. ' . Brief's .246 record against Los An geles was the poorest made by any of the six leading sluggers against -any one club. But Qulnlan's .365 and Fits gerald's .354 against Lost Angeles pre vented the Angels from making as good a showing as' Portland in holding the 1916 heavy hitters to low records. Salt Lake had three of the six lead ing hitters in its own ranks, but the other three hit hard enough against Salt Lake to give that club the record of being the easiest - picking for the Bluggers, with the possible exception of Oakland. "Against Salt Lake. Ken worthy hit .348; Bodie, .342, and Fitz gerald, .337. Against Oakland. Brief hit .374; Quinlan, .853; Bodie, .321. and Fitzgerald. ,317. . Following is a summary for the pur poses of comparison of the batting av erages made by each of the six leading sluggers against each of the clubs. The figures show the batting averages made by each of the players against the various clubs: L. A Ot Po. 8. 1 B.T. Vn Fitzgerald. .854 .317 .289 .33T 260 Kenworthy .298 288 .848 .355 -23 Brief 246 .874 .302 313 8"1 Quinlan... .365 .853 .275 272 285 Uyn 264 .258 ..3S8 845 2S8 Bodie .272 .821 .29 .842 .... .8U8 CARPENTIER WIIiLING TO BOX French ' Puglllsif . Says He Brieves Furlough Will Be Arranged. NEW YORK. Dec. 11. Tex Rickard. who is endeavoring, to bring Georges Carpentler, the French pugilist, to this country for a boxing contest with Jess Wlllard, announced tonight that he had heard from Carpentler and that the latter intimated a furlough would be granted him by the army authorities and he would be glad to come to Amer ica and box for the benefit of the French relief fund. Carpentler asked for several minor changes in the contract submitted for his signature, including a sum to cover his training expenses, and Rickard agreed to these, it was said. Hoppe Scores 200 In Two Innings. ABERDEEN, Wash.. Dec. fl. .(Spe cial.) Willie Hoppe completed an 18.2 balk-line, exhibition, match 'with Chick Wright in two- innings here Friday night, running 176 from the layoff and 74 in the second Inning. He finished with the balls in a position "for making many more billiards, in the afternoon Wright won, 260 to 185, in bIx innings, i - The California State Federation of Labor has instructed its executive board to investigate the feasibility of organ izing Asiatics, both Chinese and Jap anese, under the banner of the Ameri can Federation of Labor. Chesterfields have done "the impossible" they f satisfy and yet they are not . strong. They are MILD ! Chesterfields do for your smoking what bacon and eggs do for your breakfast they satisfy. And yet Chesterfields are MILD that's 'the: point. , . ' ( . No other cigarette can give you this new enjoy ment (satisfy yet mild) because no cigarette maker can copy the Chesterfield blend This blend is an entirely new combination of tobaccos and is undoubtedly the most important new thing in cigarette making in 20 years. yGive me a package of those cigarettes that SATISFY v CiGARST CAMP NOT SELECTED Paso Robles Invites Beavers v to Train There. . OUTFIELD TO BE INTACT Portland to Keep Southworth, Nixon, Will and Williams McCredles Want First Baseman, Catch er and Three Pitchers. Paso Robles, Cal.. has put in Its bid to have the Portland Pacific Coast League club train there for the 1917 season. Walter- Henry McCredie, man ager ot the Beavers, received a tele gram yesterday from the "head of a committee that wishes to entertain the Beavers in the Spring. Neither of the Portland owners take kindly tooths Paso Robles site because it is too, far south, considering that Portland opens at Salt Lake., There is a fine hotel there. The San Francisco elub conditioned there in 1913 and the Chicago Americans shaped up in the Lower California city on one" or two oc casions. Marysvllle. a few miles from Sacra mento, is another town which Manager Mac has his eyes on, along with Stock ton and Sacramento. Charley Graham, who -owns the ball park at Sacramento, is hot after the McCredles to return to the 1916 training camp and if the same hotel rates can be secured at the Land Hotel the Cali fornia capital has a big edge and is al most certain to be selected. Walter McCredle announced yester day that according to the present out look the 1916 Beaver outfield would remain intact next season. This means that Billy Southworth, Kenneth Will lams, Dennis Wilie and Billy Nixon will all start the 1917 campaign. ' To date Walter H. has been unable- to get a deal started for the disposal of either Wilie or Nixon. Of course, if he could get a pitcher or two for either one he would be pleased. . Dan Howley; the old Portland catcher now managing the Montreal International League club, sent Walter the averages of that or ganization. They arrived yesterday. It may be that Howley is trying to send someone here for either Wilie or Nixon. Walter McCredle refused . to divulge anything about Howley's letter yester day. ' . , A catcher, three pitchers and a first baseman are the men wanted the most by Portland now, according to the Her culean leader. . If Evans and Howard return to Cleveland Bill Stumpf will start the season at third, which will leave only first base unoccupied. II What do about that a MILD cigarette that satisfies! TBS "Snow" Curry, the University of South ern California star, reports and shows much he may have a chance to step into Louie Guisto's shoes. But the McCredles cannot afford to take any chances with this inexperienced chap who may battle Dick Nelson, University of Oregon first sacker, for the right to be carried at least for a while. An experienced initial corner artist must be secured from someone some place. Walter McCredle believes that Short stop McGinnis. of Spokane, will put up a pretty fight for either shortstop or third base. He was rated as the best infielder in the Northwestern League last season that Is, next to Sammy Bohne, of Tacoma, and Roy Grover, who went up to the Philadelphia Athletics. Fred Beebe, the Cleveland veteran right-hander,- is almost certain to be a member of the Portland crew. Cleve land - has written asking if the Mc CretTIes can use him and all that re mains is to get Fred's, consent to come to the Coast. As he lives in Colo rado, it seems as if he should be glad to get a chance to pastime so close to his home. , Cleveland has other young pitchers who will have to be farmed out some where. Among them are Clarence "United States" Smith and "Southpaw" Petty. Portland is sure to get two. Before he left for his home in Co lumbus, O., Billy, Southworth requested Judge McCredle to trade him to some club close to that village. This will be almost impossible, as the McCredles could never secure waivers on the stel lar little outfielder. The Portland owners do rtot believe that they will be able to do much busi ness with the St. Louis American League club from now on. Fielder Jones' team has established, relations with Salt Lake and has already turned over three pastimers, among them be ing "Lefty" Leverenz and Outfielder To bin. CllAXDALL PIE FOIt SAINTS When Otis Quit Being Oak, How ever, He Could Shnt Out Bees. As long as Otis Crandall was pitch ing for Oakland, Salt Lake had his number, winning five games and losing none when he took the mound for the Oaks. 'But when Crandall Jumped from the" bottom to the top of the heap and put on a Los Angeles uniform. Salt Lake lost the rope that had led Cran dall's goat. After winning five games and losing none against Crandall, 'of Oakland, Salt Lake lost to Crandall, of Los Angeles, by a 1 to 0 score on Sep tember 27, the only time that Salt Lake lost to him during the year. Most of Salt Lake's victories against Oakland were at the expense of Beer, Prough and Crandall. Against Beer, Salt Lake won seven and lost two: against Prough,. Salt Lake won five and lost three; against Crandall, Salt Lake won five and lost none; against Boyd, Salt Lake won two and lost none, and against each of Klawitter and Higgin botham. Salt Lake won one and losj none, Martin was the only Oakland pitcher who -could finish on the right side of the slate against Salt Lake, winning you ' know 20rlO five and losing two games to the Utah aggregation. Creighton Challenges Syracuse. OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 11. Creighton University football officials tonight telegraphed the Syracuse University, New York, asking that next year's Thanksgiving day game be arranged between the schools, to be played either in Omaha or Syracuse. Kllbanc Outpoints Miller. TOUNGSTOWX, O., Dec.ll Johnny Kilbane, featherweight champion, eas ily outpointed Alvie Miller, of Lorain, here tonight in a 12-round bout. Miller kept covered up most of the way. Lefts and Rights. JACK ALLEN, the rugged Portland lightweight, who fought a draw with Walter Knowlton at the Rose City Athletic Club last Friday night, has a number of bouts lined up for the sea son. Jack has been resting, and his bout with Knowlton marked his return to active boxing. Boys whom he wants to meet are Tommy Clark, Billy Nel son., Pete Mltcbie. Lloyd Madden. Harry Casey and Frankie Moore. Kid Williams, who still styles him self bantamweight champion of the world, has signed to box Pete Herman, of New Orleans, January 8 in the Cres cent City. , Ritchie Mitchell, the crack Milwau kee lightweight, who recently beat Joe Rivers, will meet Joe Welling in a 10-round bout at Racine, Wis., Decem ber 15. , Johnny Dundee easily outpointed Johnny Tillman in six rounds at the Olympia Athletic Club In Philadelphia recently. . Dundee dropped Tillman in the first round with a solid right to the jaw. Battling Jim Johnson will clash with Sam Langford in Denver on January 5. Johnson is the heavyweight whe ap peared in Boise, Idaho, a few months ago. Business Men's Athletic Club BOXING 36 ROUNDS 36 TICKETS FOR SALE AT UUK'S STILLBR'g CIKAR STORES, GOLDEN WEST HOTEL. THURSDAY Send your friends,"THE COLUMBIA" A most beautiful book, truly inspiring Oregon message. KJL HAM'S, 5th and Oak. Tip?