23 THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, "TIIURSDAYt DECEMBER 14, 1916. O SEPT TO 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 ... 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. ' VANGd NOTED NEBRASKA WRESTLER - f 'ft.v$.yK V JV , -v 1 " - '-' - - S m y Ar" , ?' " , fi ifst1 ' ' i - - - H;i H -?tf V - - - "f ' ' 1 ' ". rr jEw' , - - . -Vh -Z ' y " ' - " " - ;,,; -.: ;-; ; ; " - 1 '7 ' s T " ' . 1 J s ' ' I- : i Tift -tTiA mi! ant. A.N L MRS. joe: stecheb , Joe Stecher, Nebraska's wrestling pride, was married the other day to 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 "A CIGAR " says Dedman, "with a good old Havana fla vor, is like a guy with a trick razor it gets the crowd." Juan de Fuca "Havana Bond ed" Cigac. 'gets the crowd' well made and 'crowded' with pure Havana leaf tobacco. Try a 'Commodore' size to day. Don't forget to see the "Pipe Craft" Shop in our new Broadway location it offers Christmas suggestions. 17 , Cisar Co. Ill Broadway Eleven steps from Washing ton. Owl opposite. 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. World's Fastest Game , rortiai , i Or' vs. Vancouv- Portland Tomorrow Night 8:30 O'CLOCK SHARP Tickets on Sale at Huntley Dmi Store, Main 32fs Fpalfllng's Sporting Goods Main T1S Meier & Frank Sporting (loods Dept. Ice Palace. Main 709O. Take "W" Car to Ice Palace 20th and Marshall. America's jr"inet Ice Rink. Send your f riends,"THE COLUMBIA" A most beautiful book, a truly inspiring Oregon message. KILHAM'S, 5th and Oak. er cm