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THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, "TIIURSDAYt DECEMBER 14, 1916.
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PLAY HERE FRIDAY
Uncle Sams, Beaten at Spo
kane, Confident of Ability
to Win at Home.
SPOKANE GOES TO SEATTLE
Canaries Keep Tie for Leadership.
Millionaires and Inland Empire
Men Far Ahead in Stor
ing Points in League.
Pacific Coast Hockey Standings.
Goal.
W. L. .Pet. For. Agst.
Fpokane 3 1 .7r,0 24 lf2
Vancouver . . 3 1 ,7.0 20 110
Portland 1 3 .2.TO 17 13
Seattle 1 3 .250 14 21
- Totals 8 S SI 81
Vancouver versus Portland, and Spo
kane versus Seattle are the hockey
Karnes scheduled for tomorrow night
in the Pacific Coast Hockey' Associa
tion, the Millionaires playing in the
Portland Ice Palace, while the Canaries
will be staging a rally in Seattle.
The games promise to be aa bitter
as any yet played, for the under dogs
will be battling the leaders. Spo
kane's 7 to 5 victory over the Uacle
Hams on the Canaries' ice Tuesday
night, and Vancouver's win over the
Metropolitans, 7 to 6, with 14 minutes
overtime attached to the regular 60
minutes of play, made Spokane and
Vancouver tie for first honors.
The Portlanders arrived home from
the Inland Empire last night slightly
chagriiied at the defeat but full of
confidence that they will be able to
take the measure of the Vancouver,
B. C. representatives in the Ice Palace
tomorrow night.
"We certainly were" outlucked last
night," said Captain Tobin last night,
"but the boys did not get going to
gether as well as was expected. ,But
for all that we are the ones who "will
send Frank Patrick's aggregation down
the toboggan. Several penalties were
handed right and left in the match
with Spokane, but otherwise it was a
speedy affair."
. .
As a result of Tuesday's play. Dr.
Gordon Roberts, of the Millionairss,
etlll retains the leadership among the
scorers of the league to date. He
scored one goal and assisted in a sec
ond, making his total 12 points. "Cy
clone" Taylor lost his chance to equal
or to take the lead when he was sent
to a hospital for an acute attack of
appendicitis. Evidently the Vancouver
t"am did not miss his services much.
Individual scores to date are:
Name, Team. Goals. Assists. Points.
Roberts, Vancouver 9 3 12
Stanley, Vancouver 4 5 0
Taylor. Vancouver. ........ . 448
Mackey, Vancouver. ....... . Z 3 8
Kerr. Spokane ft 2 8
Llovd Cook. Spokane. ...... . ft 1 7
0.. Patrick. Spokane 4 3 7
McDonald. Spokane. 4 2 6
Nichols, Spokane 15 6
Morris, Seattle 4 2 6
Tobin. Portland 3 2 5
Walker. Seattle 1 4 ii
Harris. Portland 5 0 5
)underdale. Portland. ..... . 3 2 5
Wilson, Seattle 4 0 4
Johnson, Portland. ...... .... 2 2 4
y. Patrick, Vancouver. ...... 12 3
Jrvin, Portland 3 o 3
Bt:ey. Seattle 2 0
Moynes, Vancouver 3 0 2
Howe. Seattle 112
Jenge, Spokane. ........... . 2 O 2
Mallen. Spokane 10 1
Marples, Portland. ........ .. 101
Griff is. Vancouver.. . 1, 0 1
Foyston. Seattle 0 11
Carpenter, Seattle 0 1 1
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It will be seen that the Vancouver
team is monopolizing the individual
scoring honors. , The first four names
hail from across the border, while the
next five are from Spokane and the
next one is registered from Seattle.
The first Portlander in the list is
Captain Charley Tobin and he doesn't
appear until No. 11. He is tied witn
three others with five points each.
"Smoky" Harris has scored the most
goals for Portland with five, but he
has made no assists.
...
As it now happens that "Cyclone"
Taylor will not be in the Vancouver
lineup tomorrow night in the Ice
Palace the Millionaires will be handi
capped, buv the Uncle Sams are confi
dent that they will be returned vic
torious no matter who plays against
them.
Portland hockey fans will not have
another chance to see their favorites
in action after tomorrow night until
December 29, when Spokane will fur
nish tlie speed. The Uncle Sams will
take a much-needed rest next week.
After tomorrow's clash they remain in
Portland until December 23, when they
go to Vancouver, B. C, in the return
clash.
Tomorrow's game starts at 8:30
o'clock F. M.
HOCKEY STAR ILL IX HOSPITAL
"Cs-clonc" Taylor, of' Vancouver,
Cndergoes Appendicitis Operation.
VANCOUVER, B. C, Dec. 13. Spe
cial.) "Cyclone" Fred Taylor, rover for
the Millionaires, and all-around star of
the Pacific Coast Hockey Association,
may never play hockey again. Tonight
he is in a local hospital recovering
from an operation performed at noon
yesterday. He was stricken with an at
tack of appendicitis -early in the day.
His condition is reported as "very seri
ous." and the doctors who performed
the operation would give no other state
ment except that "it was successful."
It cannot be known for some time
whether he will be able to play again,
but Frank Patrick, manager of the
local team, said today that -Taylor
would not be able to play this season.
"With Jim Seaborn, one of the spares,
suspended, Moynes, the other utilitv
man, may play a regular position for
Vancouver in Portland Friday night.
The Dalles to Play Holladay Team.
clal.) Football fans are now busy
making preparation for the coming
Mams oeiween j. ne uaiies ana the Hol
laday team, of Portland. Coach Murray
is drilling the team hard and Is looking
forward for a hard battle with the
hardy team of the Rose City. The game
is scheduled for Sunday afternoon, De
cember 17.
Soccer Interest Increases.
NEW YORK, Dec 13. The number
of colleges having soccer teams was
almost doubled this year, according to
reports received tonight by the soccer
committee of the National Collegiate
Athletic Association. Plans were made
by the committee to develop the game
in sections of the country where it
etill is comparatively unlfnown it wag
announced.
Game Guard Is Wanted.
EUGENE, Or., Dec. 13. (Special.)
The fish and game bureau of the Eu
gene Chamber of Commerce will ask
the Federal Government to employ a
hunter and trapper to be stationed on
the Upper McKenzie for the purpose of
destroying precatory animals which
feed on fish and same. '
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Miss Frances Ehlers, daughter of a Scribner", Neb., banker. Mrs. Stecher is
Just 18. The couple met two years ago and the young woman watched Joe
with much interest in his first Omaha match. They are en route to New
York on their honeymoon. Joe will be matched there in several bouts shortly.
SIX BOUTS ON CARD
Business Men's Athletic Club
Smoker to Be Tonight.
MASCOTT TO BOX JOHNSON
Knowlton-Sullivan Go of Chief In
terest After Ileadliner Many
Programmes Being Prepared
for Holiday Season.
The Business Men's Athletic Club
will make its debut to Portland fistic
followers when it stages a show at the
Rose City Athletic Club, East First and
Ea3t Morrison streets, tonight. Billy
Mascott and Dee Johnson, feather
weights, will furnish the main event.
Following are the other "five bouts of
a well-balanced programme:
135 pounds. Walter Knowlton versus
Frankie Sullivan; 135 pounds, Peter
Mitchie versus Billy Nelson; 158
pounds," Eddie Palmer versus Frank
Parslow: 130 pounds. Willie Evans
versus Ed Olson; 116 pounds, Neil Zim
merman versus Freddie Laue. Jack
Grant will referee the three main
bouts. Jack Fahie will keep time,
while Leo "Frisco" Edwards will an
nounce. First bout, 8:30 o'clock.
The bout between Walter Knowlton
and Frankie Sullivan should be a hard-
fought one The Portland fireman has
told some of the folks about town that
he would make an earnest endeavor
to stop the Los Angeles Greek tonight.
It is said that George Moore, mana
ger of the Golden West Athletic
League, is willing to let "Muff" Brnn-.
son come in at 125 pounds against Lee
Johnson and under those conditions he
will bet Joe Flanigan $1000 that John
son wiir Deat Bronson. Bobby Evans
has posted a $100 forfeit to bind a
$1000 side bet that BUly Mascott can
beat Bronson at 122 pounds, it is re
ported. In tl.o opinion of a lot of the fans.
Moore and Evans are flattering poor
little Muffey and his Irish manager. If
Bronson and Flanigan ever saw $1000
all at once, they'd drop dead.
...
It is rumored around town that the
Golden West Athletic League will stags
a show December 22 at the Baker The
ater. Manager Moore has the follow
ing bouts lined up for that date: 122
pounds, Lee Johnson versus Joe Gor
man; 165 pounds. Jack Slmms versus
"Young Jack" Johnson; 135 pounds,
Walter Knowlton versus Ted Meredith.
...
The Rose City Athletic Club will
stage its next bill next Tuesday night.
Chet Neff. of Seattle, will meet Wal
ter Knowlton. '"Terry" Keller will box
either Simms or Frank Farmer, of Ta
coma. Manager Merrill says he will
have Leo Houck, of Seattle: Nelson, Joe
Benjamin, Mitchie and Palmer on the
card.
v ...
"Muff" Bronson. Pacific Coast feath
erweight champion, will be matched
by Manager Merrill, of the Rose City
Athletic Club, with one of the best
featherweights on the Coast either
Christmas night or December 28. An
all-star card will back up the bout In
which the Portland schoolboy will en
gage. Henry Jones, champion welterweight
wrestler of Utah, has consented to the
Rose City Club's terms and is eager to
come here and try to take away Eddie
J. O'Connell's welterweight laurels.
HIGH RUN" RECORD IS TIKD
F. H. Spehar Makes 5 Straight 3
Cushion Shots in Game.
Another cueist last, night tied the
high-run record of t Waldorf Bil
liard Parlors handicap three-cushion
billiard tournament when Edward
Ingles defeated F. H. Spehar 20 to 12,
and in so doing scored five ( three
cushions in one inning. In the other
match last night George G. Hart won
from Larry Talbot 27 to 21.
In the afternoon Herbert O'Connell
did not have much trouble to win from
WEDS BANKER'S DAUGHTER.
L. E. Merk, 25 to 14, both playing for
25. Manager Parker has two more
games at 2:15 o'clock this afternoon
and two matches will be tonight at
8:15 o'clock. Efforts are being made
to rush the tourney so that everything
will be completed within ten days.
AMATEUR HOCKEYISTS TO MEET
Schedule to Be Drawn at Session at
Ice Palace Saturday.
President L. A. Spangler, of the Port
land Amateur Hockey Association, has
issued a call for a meeting to take
place in the Ice .Palace next Saturday
night, when the official 1916-17 sched
ule of the circuit will be drawn up and
ratified.
Four septets are lined up with the
organization, Multnomah Amateur Ath
letic Club. O.-W. R. & N. Company.
Northwest Auto Hockey Club, and the
Police. The Winged "M" athletes have
won the pennant two years in succes
sion, but Captain Leslie is going to
have his hands full trying to gather
his veterans for the coming session.
Several of last season's teams are out
of the city and Captain Leslie does not
know whether or not they will return
in time to start the year.
GREAT GOLFER IS KILLED
SCOTLAND'S FOREMOST PLAYER,
JAMES BRAID, IX MISHAP.
Winner of Five Open Cbamplonshlpa in
Britain Thrown From Moving: Train.
Record for Long Drive Held.
The golfing set will be shocked to
learn of the death of one of the fore
most golfers in the world James
Braid. Scotland's greatest exponent of
the royal and ancient sport. Braid was
killed a few days ago while boarding
a moving train at Waterloo station. He
was thrown backward and fell on his
head, dying on the way to the hos
pital. Harry Vardon, J. H. Taylor and Braid
were considered the greatest golfers
the sport ever knew. Among them
they won 16 British open champion
ships. Brrfid and Taylor each winning
five and Vardon six. Times unnum
bered these three sterling players met
in links battles and always the uncer
tainty of leadership was the issue.
Until 1910 Braid, was considered in
vincible, but in the last six years Var
don and Taylor have advanced and
have somewhat dimmed the luster of
the famous Scotchman.
Born at Fifeshire, Scotland, in 1870,
Braid received his golf education on
the famous Gullane links. He won his
club championship while only 16 years
old. He competed in many local tour
naments with success, and finally was
persuaded to try for the open cham
pionship, in 1901. In this event Braid
played against Vardon, Taylor and. H.
H. Hilton, the famous British amateur,
and won handily, much to the aston
ishment of the British golf world.
In the semifinal rounds of the 1901
event, which was played over the Muir
field links, Gullane, Scotland, in June,
1901, Vardon eliminated Taylor and
Braid won from Hilton, leaving Vardon
and Braid to contest for the title. Tay
lor was the playing through champion
at the time and Vardon was the run-
nerup of the year before, so Braid's
chances were not highly considered.
But he surprised, all the next day by
taking the measure of Vardon. Braid's
prodigious driving was too much for
Vardon to overcome.
Among other things. Braid estab
lished a record for driving a golf ball,
sending the ball 375 yards off the tee.
No other player ever came within yards
of this distance.
Braid was one of the few Scottish
golfers to win the English open title.
He acquired the championship in this
event in 1901, 1905. 1906. 1908 and 1910.
His course records established at St.
Andrews and several other British
links still stand as monuments to his
wonderful golf. His success was at
tributed more to his skill with the
clubs than to strength. He was only
of average size. It was said many
times that Braid could talk to the ball
ana make it do his bidding.
Brown Elects Farnum Captain.
PROVIDENCE. R. I.. Decj 13. Mark
Farnum, '18. of Georgiaville, R. L, was
re-elected captain of the Brown foot
balUeleven by the 18 letter men of the
varsity today. Farnum plays at tackle
, and guard.
HOWARD HAS TOUGH
JOB AHEAD OF
Oakland Pilot Hopes to Put
Team in Running for
Pennant in 1917.
REAL CATCHER IS WANTED
Gus Fisher Expects to Be Good as
New in Spring Jack Ryan Is
Pitching Winter Ball Louis
Guisto Stars at Honolulu.
Del Howard, pilot of the good ship
Hope, home port Oakland, has a good
chance of earning the title of "Miracle
Man" if he can put the Oaks in the
running In 1917. Del has dropped an
chor at Paso Roblets, where his home
is, and will remain there for the re
mainder of the Winter. After attend
ing the meeting of the minor leagues
at New Orleans he roamed around Illi
nois and Missouri, visiting fond rel
atives and looking for ivory domes.
Howard has the toughest job ahead
of him of any man in the league. He
has to step into the Jackpot with a
pair of deuces and depend on the draw
to give him a good enough hand to
warrant even a call. Whether he suc
ceeds or not is largely a matter of
luck. The odds favor him, for it isn't
in the nature of things that the long
string of misfortune for the Oakland
club is to continue.
Del Howard pulled the Seals out of
a hole and built up the club with
which Harry Wolverton won the 1915
pennant for San Francisco. He may
do as much for Oakland.
Getting down to cases, Howard's
most difficult task will be to Jimmy
a capable catcher out of the majors.
That's one 'Job on the ball field that
cannot be intrusted to an unseasoned
player, no matter how skillful or prom
ising he is.
The Oaks have had some sweet
maskmen in the past. You recall
Chester Thomas, Honus Mitze and
Rowdy Elliott.
Howard makes no bones of his de
sire to see Rowdy Elliott back in har
ness with the Oaks, but he will find
stiff opposition from Los Angeles if
Elliott in some way happens to be let
go by the Cubs and if waivers are
secured on him. Los Angeles has a
working agreement with the Cubs.
Many figured that when Frank Chance
induced the Cubs to buy Elliott last
season he did so with the idea of get
ting the .player himself in 1917.
Rowdy, however, went so well with the
Cubs that the billikin will undoubtedly
be retained.
Til- Rvan rt Via Ancrels. has been
pressed into service by the Fullerton
team, wnicn is Dauwng wnu do.
r,-.- K Eimrnmarir nf Southern Califor
nia, Southpaw Decanniere pitches for
Pasadena. Considerable baseball Is
dispensed In the- weekly clashes be
tween the clubs.
...
&ii,ief Trieste,, wna arniind .hAseball
headquarters ' yesterday. His injured
leg is as good as new ana xne neavei
backstop will be as gay as a race horse
in the Spring.
...
Honolulans having watched Charley
Swain's All-Americans mow down the
stars of the Hawaiian Islands with
regularity and ease, have at last come
out openly to acknowledge that the
visitors have too much class. Much
had. been expected, of the Twenty-fifth
Infantry team, the best of the island
organizations.
The soldiers were too mucn xor me
Olympics and the Santa Claras, but
they were shut out in the first two
games with Swain's bunch and lost tne
third. 7 to 2.
"Dutch" Reuther pitched this game,
allowing seven hits, while the All
Americans gathered in 11. The Travel
ing Chinese gave the boys something of
a tussle; lut lost. 6 to 4. "Chief" John
son did the heaving here and allowed
six hits. Home runs were plentiful,
each side making two. Louis Guisto
propelled one of them and his hitting
has been a feature in nearly every
contest.
The invaders have decided to remain
a week longer than was intended at
first. They are enjoying themselves
immensely, having been royally en
tertained from the first day of their
arrival.
Harold Janvrin. the Boston Red Sox
second Backer, spoke on baseball and
the world's series at a Jinks at the
Young Men's Christian Association
where the visiting players were the
guests of honor.
...
Tom Stephens, associated with Hen
Berry in the management of the Seals,
has promised Jay McCabe, representing
the San Jose Chamber of Commerce,
that the Seals would do their 1917
training there again next Spring. The
citizens of San Jose have offered the
Seals a bonus.
"Tub" Spencer, former Tiger, now
catcher for Detroit, has landed a berth
as a salesman in a San Francisco
haberdashery.
OREGON ELEVEN LAUDED
PENN ASSISTANT CO AC II WARNS
FOLWELlS PLAYERS.
Gus Zelgler Telia Men They Will Be
Against Beat Team They Have Ever
Met In Pasadena Game.
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 13. (Special.)
Gus Ziegler. who was a former Penn
All-American guard and this Fall
coached the line of the University of
California, returned to Philadelphia to
assist the red and blue for the great
gridiron classic with the University of
Oregon at Pasadena, Cal., in the
Tournament of Roses.
- Ziegler gave the Folwell machine a
blackboard talk on the work of the
Oregon team, as he saw them play
against California. Ziegler did not see
the red and blue team in action, but he
realizes that a team that can beat
Michigan, Cornell, State College, Lafay
ette. Franklin and Marshall, West Vir
ginia and West Virginia Wesleyan,
must have a gallant and terrific attack
and a stonewall defense.
Ziegler explained the Oregon plays
on the slate board to the Penn team
and during" his chat he said:
"You fellows are facing the best foot
ball machine you ever stacked up
against. I have a good Idea of foot
ball; I coached at Exeter, Mercersburg.
California and Old Penn. The Oregon
line is a corker, it fights like mad
hornets, and if Johnny Parsons, Shy
Huntington and Captain Beckett played
in the East they would be mentioned as
All-American players. I know that this
miracle man of yours. Bob Folwell. has
developed a great team, but you are
going to meet a machine that is .physi
cally perfect and Coach Hugo Bezdek
r
Hi
is up to all the modern football
strategy.
"There has never been a Pacific
Coast player picked on the All-American,
but the time Is ripe, for there are
lots of excellent players in the Far
West."
Ziegler will assist Coach Harold Gas
ton with the scrub team, teaching them
all the Oregon formations. The Penn
scrub team will use these plays in their
scrimmages with, the varsity machine.
Folwell will send his stars, Howard
Berry. Henry Miller and Bert Bell, to
the Coast in the best condition of their
careers.
BROXSOX WlXIi BOX TOXIGHT
Portlander Favorite Over Pelsinger
With Fans at Seattle.
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 13. (Special.)
"Muff" Bronson, of Portland, Pacific
Coast featherweight champion, wound
up hard training at the Seattle School
of Physical Culture today. He will not
don a glove again until he steps into
the Dreamland ring to face Harry
Pelsinger tomorrow night. Although
the San Francisco boy is heralded as
California's premier featherweight.
Bronson is a 2 to 1 favorite in the bet
ting. If Bronson gets as good as a draw
tomorrow night he will step out of his
class once more, and take on Chet Neff,
Seattle lightweight, here December 22.
PLAYERS FACE PAY GUTS
BAN JOHNSON SAYS ECONOMY WILL
BE RULE IN AMERICA.
League Likely to Forbid Men Writing
for Paper Sale of Boston Clnb
to Be Ratified Today.
CHICAGO, Dec. 12. Ratification of
the sale of the Boston club curtail
ment of players' salaries and adoption
of legislation providing for punishment
to players who permit the use of their
name in writing newspaper stories on
world series games, are the important
questions to be considered at a meet
ing of the American League, which
opens here tomorrow.
Economy will be urged by President
Johnson, who asserted tonight that the
game, has been conducted on an ex
travagant basis, and every expense, in
cluding salaries, must be curtailed.
Players offered high salaried contracts
to retain them during the war with the
Federal League must Expect a reduc
tion, Johnson said.
President Johnson also is deter
mined to stop the practice ol players
writing for newspapers or permitting
the use of their names in connection
with these stories. He plans to offer
a resolution providing for severe pun
ishment for violation of the rule.
The sale of the Boston club to H. H.
Frazee and Hugh J. Ward, of New
York, will be ratified without opposi
tion, it was said. Frazee announced
that he hoped to retain the services
of William Carrigan as manager and
was prepared to make him every pos
sible financial inducement.
In the event that Carrigan could not
be induced, to return Frazee said that
"there are one or two players on the
Boston club -who might make good
managers." Jack Barry, second base
man, and Outfielder Hooper were men
tioned in this connection.
Practically every club owner in the
league was here tonight for the meet
ing. HOPPE RECITES CAREER
BALK-LINE CHAMPION'S FIRST SUC
CESS WON AS CHILD.
Great Cue Wielder at 12 Defeats High
Ranking Player and S Years
Later Galna World's Title.
BY WILLIE HOPPE.
World's Balkllne Billiard Champion.
Dad had a billiard table in our home
and he wouldn't allow me to play on
the streets with the other boys n the
neighborhood. That'e the answer to
my success in billiards. I was 3 years
old when I made the first point on the
table and at 6, when I was finished
with my kindergarten work, I was
knocking the ivory balls against the
cushions. That's how I started Dad
kept me. inside and I had to play some
game. It was billiards.
At the age of 8 I gave my first public
exhibition in New York. I evidently
created a great sensation, as all the
New York dailies had long accounts of
the "boy wonder" and his great future.
The majority of them predicted I was
a coming champion. At the age of 12
I played my finst match game against
Al Taylor, a well-known player in the
first ranks of the professionals.-
We played at Chicago for tlOO aside
and I defeated him, scoring 300 to his
207. What a proud boy I was!
Yes, I have been champion for 11
years, longer, probably, than any other
man has been in any branch of sport
Undoubtedly the match of my career
to which the most Importance was at
tached was when I went to Paris and
defeated Vlgnaux for the world's cham
pionship. Imagine at the tender age.
of 18 I crossed the Atlantic to fight for
the billiard crown of the world. It
never seemed to worry me in the least.
I felt that I would win, because I had
the "fighting spirit in me."
Defeating Vignaux was undoubtedly
the sensation of my life, but my hard
est fight was a match game with the
late Jake Schaefer. Yes, he was some
player and in our match game at New
York, when I defeated him, scoring 500
to his 472, it required all my nerve and
grit. Twice during the game was
Schaefer 100 points ahead, and I caught
up and passed him on both occasions,
and we battled right up to the last
etroke.
I have traveled to Paris on five oc
casions, and during my last visit put
up the highest run ever made at balk
line, 622. in a match game with Louis
Cure.
As to my future I am quite undecided.
This season I am undertaking a six
months' tour through America and have
many offers made to me to operate for
moving pictures and many to star in
vaudeville the following season.
HOPPE TO PLAY HERE TODAY
Champion and Three Others to Give
Exhibitions In Portland.
Willie Hoppe, world's champion bil
liardist, will arrive in Portland from
Seattle this morning. He will be ac
companied by Harry A. ("Chic") Wright,
Charles C. Peterson and Jacob Schaefer,
Jr. The quartet will stage exhibitions
on the afternoon and evenings of to
day and tomorrow and on Saturday
afternoon at Bowie & Caldwell's par
lors. Following is the programme:
Afternoon sessions, 3 o'clock Hoppe vs.
Wright, 2oO points. 18.2 balkllne; schaefer
vs. Peterson, 15 points, thre-cushlon Kame;
lecture, "How to Play Billiards.- by Wright,
with demonstrations by Hoppe; fancy shots
by the world's wonder, C. C. Peterson.
Xight sessions. 8 o'clock Hoppe vs.
Schaefer. 250 points, 1S.2 balkllne; Wright
vs. Peterson, 15 points, three-cushion game;
lecture and demonstration; fancy shots by
Peterson.
In Ceylon the largest pearls are
worth $200 to $250; in Europe and
America they sell at more than three
times this price.
STALLING!) MAY BE
MANAGER OF CUBS
Weeghman Says He Is Eager
to Sign Miracle Man
. to Pilot Team.
DEAL NOT YET ARRANGED
If Change Is Made Mitchell Will
Lead Braves Gawy Cravatli
Likely to Come to Coast
to Managerial Post.
NEW YORK. Dec, 13. George Stall
ings. manager of the Boston Nationals
for the past four years, tonight was
regarded here as the leading candidate
for the vacant position of manager of
the Chicago Nationals.
"I am eager to sign either Stallings
or Mitchell," said President Charles
Weeghman, of the Chicago Nationals.
Weeghman and President Naughton
of the Braves were said to have had
a conference at the Harvard Club here
following the afternoon session of the
-National League.
Weeghman says he does not know
what chance there Is to get Stallings,
but asserts he is willing to make a
bargain. In the event that Stallings
goes to Chicago Fred Mitchell. Coach
of the Boston and Harvard teams, will
be elevated to the management of the
club. Haughton recommended Mitchell
to succeed himself as Harvard coach
and says he considers him one of the
smartest baseball men in the game.
Stallings Not Approached.
"I have a five-year contract with
Boston, of which I have served only
one year," said Stallings tonight.
Neither Weeghman nor anyone con
nected with the Chicago club has made
me an offer.
Patrick Moran, manager of the Phila
delphia club, announced that If he can
make a trade for another rightf ielder.
Cravath, the famous extra base hitter
of the Philadelphia team, will be per
mitted to go to the Pacifio Coast
League, where he has an offer to man
age a team. Moran is now trying to
maxe a trade with Pittsburg for Out
fielder i rank Schulte.
Albert Bender, former pitcher of the
Philadelphia Americans, and last year
witn the Philadelphia Nationals, has
been appointed manager of the Toronto
International League team for next
season, succeeding Russell Blackburn.
Late Trades Opposed.
A great part of today's session of
the league was taken up in discussing
a proposition made by President Baker,
of the Philadelphia club, to amend the
constitution so that no player could bo
released after August 1 each year un
lss all the clubs in the league were
asked for waivers. This was to pre
vent trades of players which might
strengthen leading clubs in the pen
nant race, but it was pointed out that
it might also work against clubs in the
second division which might desire to
make trades. The question was re
ferred to a committee which Is to re
port back at the schedule meeting next
February.
The New York club was desirous of
making it imperative , that no more
than two championship games could be
played on the same day by any club'.
As there is no rule governing the num
ber of games that might be played in
an emergency, this also was left to the
same committee for a report next
February.
There was a lively discussion over
the question whether players under
contract but not actually taking part
in championship games should be in-
ciuaea in a ciuos limit or. piayers.
It was finally settled that every player
under contract is to be counted in the
22 allowed to each club, as voted on at
yesterday's session.
CRAVATH MAY PILOT AXGELS
Los Angeles Counts on Slugger to
Succeed Frank Chance.
LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Dec. 13. C. C.
Cravath, right fielder of the Philadel
phia Nationals, will probably manage
the Los Angeles or Vernon club, if
Manager Moran makes his trade.
Officials of both clubs refused to make
a statement tonight regarding Cravath,
but it was reported the heavy-hitting
Quaker may succeed Frank Chance as
head of the local team in event the
peerless leader does not pilot the pennant-winners
next season.
EASTERN STARS PICKED
PITTSBURG, YALE, PRINCETON AND
CORNELL GET 2 MEX EACH.
Selection of Peck at Center. Anderson
at Quarter and Oliphant, Pollard
and Berry, Backs, Almost L'nlt.
- NEW YORK. Dec 13. A concensus
of the numerous so-called all-Eastern
football teams selected at the close of
the gridiron season shows that players
from seven colleges and universities of
this section are outstanding favorites
for positions on the mythical eleven.
The University of Pittsburg, which
many authorities and writers name as
the leadng team of the East, places two
men while Colgate, Yale and Princeton
also get a like number. Pennsylvania.
Brown and Army each has one man
named.
Beginning with the ends the compila
tion shows that of the 11 players named
Herron. of Pittsburg, and Moseley, of
Yale, are the leading candidates. Com
erford, Yale; Miller, Pennsylvania;
Weeks. Brown, and Harte, of Harvard,
all secure favorable mention. For
tackles. West, of Colgate, and McLean,
of Princeton, lead, with Gates, Yale;
Wheeler. Harvard; Little. Pennsylvania,
and Horning, Colgate, next in line:
Black, of Yale, is the outstanding fa
vorite for guard, with Hogg. Princeton,
his running mate. The other votes for
these positions are scattered between
Dadmun, Harvard; Fox. Yale; Henning.
Pennsylvania, and Seis. Pittsburg. Peck,
of Pittsburg, and Anderson, of Colgate,
are almost unanimous choices for cen
ter and quarterback, respectively. Mc-
Ewan, Army, is the only other center
to secure more than qne or two votes
and Shiverick, Cornell, occupies the po
sition of runner-up for quarterback.
Pollard, Oliphant and Berry have a
runaway race of it for backfield honors.
The Army halfback, formerly of Per
due, and Pollard, the negro star at
Brown, gather between them virtually
all the votes for the halfback, positions,
although Casey, Harvard; Gilroy,
Georgetown, and Hastings. Pittsburg,
are named by a few all-team selectors.
Berry, the all-round athlete of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, is apparently
adjudged to be in a class by himself as
fullback, as he is mentioned by fully
nine- out of every ten writers who have
set themselves the task of naming such
teams.
The complete selections and lineup of
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this concensus of all-Eastern teams is
as follows:
Position. Player. College.
Left end ......... M s. 1 y yale
Left tackle McLean Princeton
Left guard Black Tale
Center Peck Plttsbure
Klpht guard Hoejt Princeton
Right Tackle West Colgata
Right end .Herron. ...... ... Pittsburg
Quarterback ....Anderson. ..... Colgate.
Lett halfback. Ollphant Armv
Right halfback. . ..Pollard .'. . Brown
Fullback Berry Pennsylvania
Positions by colleges Yale Princeton U.
Colgate S. Pittsburg 2, Army 1, Pennsylvania
1, Brown 1.
MITCHELL MAY PILOT CUBS
National League Includes All Under
Contract in Limit of 2 2.
CHICAGO. Dec. 13. While the Na
tional League club owners spent al
most eight hours discussing league
business at their session here today.
Secretary Heydler said tonight that a
great deal remained to be done and it
is probable that the annual meeting
may not be finished until Friday.
President Weeghman, of the Chicago
club, said tonight that he had made an
appointment with President Haughton.
of Boston, to talkjover the deal for
the services of Fred Mitchell as mana
ger. Both of- them said that they
might come to terms as soon as they
understood each other.
Piercey, With 8 Shutouts,
Leads Coast Pitchers.
Sothoron. of Portland. Itlanka Oppo
nents Six Tlrarn In Season Five
Others Pitch Five Scoreless Games.
SEVEN pitchers in the 1916 Pacific
Coast League race were credited
with winning five or more shutout vic
tories during the year. Of these
Piercey. of Salt Lake, won first honors
with a total of eight shutout victories,
and Sothoron. of Portland, ran second
with six shutout wins. Couch, of San
Francisco; Ryan, of Los Angeles; De
canniere and Fromme. of Vernon, and
Fittery. of Salt "Lake, each won five
shutout games. With the exception of
one of Fittery's games in which a re
lief pitcher was needed in the eighth
inning, all of these shutout victories
were complete games pitched by one
pitcher.
Of these seven leading shutout pitch
ers, Fromme suffered five defeats in
which h team failed to make a run
behind him; Piercey suffered three
shutout defeats, and Sothoron. Couch
and Decanniere one each.
In running up his season record of
eight shutout victories, Piercey found
Oakland most to his liking, blanking
the Oaks three times; Portland and
Vernon each twice, and San Francisco
once. In his ehutout wins against Oak
land Piercey allowed eight hits in one
game, four in another and three in an
other; in his shutouts against Vernon
Piercey pitched a five, and a two-kit
game: against Portland he pitched a
two-hit game and a one-hit game, aiifl
in blanking San Francisco he allowe
six hits.
Sothoron, tof Portland, second high
est in shutout honors, blanked tha
champion Los Angeles club three times,
being more than any other pitcher shut
out the pennant winners. Once Sothoron
allowed the Angels four hits, and each
of the other two times he allowe".
them only three hits. San Francisco
twice and Oakland once were Sotho
ron's other victims.
Thirteen hits without a run was the
prize shutout performance of the year.
On August 1 Bill Burns, of Oakland,
blanked Portland. 4 to 0. and wan
touched for 13 Beaver hits.
Xewton Wins Three-Cushion Match.
Fred B. Newton won his three-cushion
match from A. W. Morris last night
in the Bowie & Caldwell billiard par
lors, score 24 to 13. Newton played a
safe game, and this accounts for the
one-sidedness. Morris made a high run
of two, while his opponent made three
in one inning,' while Newton averaged
.51 as against .22 for Morris. No more
games will be played in the amateur
tourney until next Monday.
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